News, in-depth tutorial feature articles, and Design Ideas published in EDN.com's Consumer Electronics Design Center. en-us http://www.edn.com/community/47043/Consumer+Electronics+Design.html Copyright 2010 Reed Business Information. Subject to its Terms of Use (http://www.edn.com/index.asp?layout=page&module=terms) Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:55:02 PDT http://www.edn.com/article/CA6722375.html?rssid=238 A peek inside a Black and Decker string trimmer to determine why the string won't spin provides a good reason to look at its overall design. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 PDT http://www.edn.com/article/CA6718486.html?rssid=238 There is no use crying over spilled milk or, in this case, spilled wine. Instead, it gives us a reason to take a look at the inner workings of an Inspiron 700m. Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:00:00 PDT http://www.edn.com/article/CA6716492.html?rssid=238 Although the last several years have seen much constriction within the semiconductor industry, development and implementation activities in the PC area have remained comparatively bullish. X86 vendors have various plans for continuing this trend. Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 PDT http://www.reed-electronics.com/electronicnews/article/CA6716692.html?rssid=238 It’s official: Apple has announced its highly anticipated iPad, a touch-enabled tablet device using an Apple-built custom "A4" chip.  Some expect the iPad will bring the company’s market share and sales, as well as overall acceptance of the tablet form factor, to new levels. Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:00:00 PDT http://www.edn.com/article/CA6715773.html?rssid=238 This hands-on project showcases the second generation of Western Digital's My Book World Edition NAS (network-attached storage) device, so named because it is potentially accessible by a user from anywhere in the world. Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:00:00 PDT http://www.edn.com/article/CA6715766.html?rssid=238 Building your system with separate dice or separate chips may be a smart alternative to using SOCs. Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:00:00 PDT