Programmable analog ICs: designer's delight or dilemma? By Bill Schweber, Executive Editor
Analog ICs that you configure for your topology offer flexibility and versatility, but you need to consider available performance and long-term factors as well.
From EDN Europe: Drive by wire fuels network-highway race By David Marsh, Contributing Technical Editor
New automotive subsystems promise greater than 20% fuel economy with safety and ride-comfort enhancements. Control-system engineers scour network highways for the optimum balance of real-time performance, security, and cost.
Design Features
IP addresses: maxed out Maury Wright
As the worldwide online population explodes and as new applications emerge, we face an inevitable IP-address shortage.
EDN Hands-On Project: Designing Web appliances on a shoestring
By Warren Webb, Technical Editor
As designers ready progressively smaller embedded systems for the Web, the networking problem soon exceeds the application problem. Examine some guidelines for designing your next Internet appliance without breaking the project budget.
Tackling the echo-control challenge Mike Kropotkin, Tellabs Inc
High call quality demands effective echo cancellation. New recommendations and custom-design approaches potentially combine echo control with noise-reduction and level-control features, paving the way for improved echo-cancellation-equipment design.
A quick guide to voltage references Roger Kenyon, Maxim Integrated Products
A review of reference topologies and a quick look at the various ways that manufacturers specify references will help you pick the best part for your next design.
