VITAL STATS: EDN's Third Annual Programmable-Logic Directory By Brian Dipert, Technical Editor EDN's PAL, PLD, and FPGA directory highlights the architectures available for your next design. Find out what's new, what's obsolete, and what's evolved in PALs, PLDs, and FPGAs.
FROM EDN EUROPE: Op amps take the next step By David Marsh, Contributing Technical Editor
Operational amplifiers are the universal building blocks for signal-conditioning duties. And, thanks to the proliferation of ADCs, they're now more popular than ever. But contemporary design stresses low-voltage, low-power operation that complicates traditional op-amp circuits. First, know your op amp.
Design Features
Co-verification speeds SOC design By Jason Andrews, Axis Systems Inc
Optimum co-verification techniques give designers a better understanding of system performance and a shorter time to market.
A free RTOS for any embedded device By Anthony J Massa, Senior Software Engineer
The eCos RTOS lets you quickly set up a no-cost embedded-software-development environment.
Engineers find surprises as they move into management By Gabe Moretti, Technical Editor
Engineers moving from the objective world of technology into the predominantly subjective world of management find the transformation more challenging than expected.
Hear today, gone tomorrow By Joseph Ogando, Design News Magazine
Inventive design and attention to manufacturing have made disposable hearing aids a reality.
Tech Trends
Automotive-sensor technology drives nonautomotive embedded
designs By Dan Strassberg, Senior Technical Editor
Ever-smarter motor vehicles demand a variety of rugged, low-cost sensors, many of which also prove nearly ideal in other sorts of embedded systems. Now, digital programmability is starting to simplify adapting the automotive devices to their new uses.
