EDN hands-on project: Online design tools: 7 tips for safe passage By Joshua Israelsohn, Technical Editor
Models are not always available for your in-house EDA tools. It's up to you to span the gulf between what the vendor's software provides and a complete design.
FROM EDN EUROPE: Silicon sensors harness thermal management By David Marsh, Contributing Technical Editor
From automotive climate control to preserving the processors in your workstation, gauging temperature is by far the most common physical measurement. Today's digital-output ICs and contactless infrared sensors enable applications with ease of use that challenges traditional analogue techniques.
Design Features
Programmatic interface generation simplifies software integration By Roger Howarth, Beach Solutions
Complex SOCs often contain multiple processor cores and interconnect buses, along with IP blocks from numerous sources and associated embedded software. Implementing a contiguous data flow within the design flow can help you avoid costly silicon respins and delayed product introductions.
Design verification and debugging FPGA implementations By Hossain Hajimowlana, Analog Devices
As the complexity of ASIC designs grows and development schedules shrink, design engineers must seek ways to improve their productivity. The best approach for them is to adopt new design methods.
Skew generation and analysis in timing-critical circuits By Naveen Tiwari and Ruchir Saraswat, STMicroelectronics
Custom-made circuits enable designers to achieve timing precision on the order of a few picoseconds. By following recommended techniques, designers can achieve highly accurate skew insertion and balancing, and Spice simulations confirm the design method's suitability.
Cooling processor hot spots By Robert Cravotta, Technical Editor
Increasing high-performance-processor peak power density demands increasingly efficient and reliable cooling mechanisms.
Tech Trends
Mesh technology boosts wireless performance By Warren Webb, Technical Editor
Multihop mesh technology combines multiple wireless nodes into an extendable network environment with non-line-of-sight coverage and self-healing datapaths.
