EDN hands-on project: Get a grip: connecting mobile devices By Warren Webb, Technical Editor
With the rapid convergence of handheld electronics and wireless technologies, designers are scrambling to meet the surging demand for new mobile devices.
FROM EDN EUROPE: Virtual instruments drive test standards By David Marsh, Contributing Technical Editor
With avionics and military test-system developers demanding commercial-off-the-shelf instrumentation to reduce cost of ownership, modular hardware provides a natural solution. In a complementary development, today's focus on structured software aims to enable truly interchangeable instruments.
Designing controlled-impedance vias By Thomas Neu, Texas Instruments
Preserve pc-board signal integrity with this unique method for creating layer interconnects (vias) that closely match the signal-trace impedance.
Uncovering the truth in benchmarks By Robert Cravotta, Technical Editor
Benchmarks are supposed to save you time when analyzing and comparing systems. But getting true value from benchmarks usually means reverse-engineering what each score means and applying those insights to your situation.
