EDN Europe April 2004 Archive
CURRENT ISSUE - APRIL 2004
FEATURES:
Whatever happened to fuzzy logic?
A handful of years ago, it was common to see consumer products sporting the label
“fuzzy-logic control,” but those front-panel stickers have faded away.
By Graham Prophet, Editor
EDN Hands-on Project: And then
there was one
Five years ago, I built a multimedia-enhanced PC platform for the living room.
Now for the encore: just how much could I squeeze into one box, how small could the box
be, and would the result meet or beat the multiple boxes it replaced?
By Brian Dipert, Technical Editor
Noise 102
A few more basic concepts, presented in this concluding installment of our
two-part series, can get you started thinking about designing for low noise.
By Joshua Israelsohn, Technical Editor
LEADING EDGE:
Á la carte intermediate bus power
Restructure the costs of IP-based design
Embedded world sizes up ARM
Tester keeps your cables in harness
FPGA-design software includes microprocessor IP
Be a SATA superstar
Bus advancements improve cell-phone connections
T&M-application-development package should please loyal
users and attract new ones
Multiprocessor chip wraps up the multimedia phone
DESIGN IDEAS:
Simple circuit forms multichannel temperature monitor
Simple setup tests bit-error rate
Solar-powered motor runs on 10 nA
PWM controller drives LEDs from high-voltage lines
Boost converter works with wide-range negative-input supply
Circuit provides efficient fan-speed control
DEPARTMENTS & COLUMNS
An ASIC daydream By Graham Prophet,
Editor
