Making the move to serial buses By Curtis A Ridgeway and Harmel S Sangha, LSI Logic Corp
Serial-bus architectures offer high performance and system scalability. Understanding how they operate is the first step in managing the transition away from parallel-system-bus designs.
Reducing audio "buzz" in GSM cell phones By Bill Poole, Freescale Semiconductor
The pulse rate for GSM is within the audio band, and the dc current and RF energy readily convert into an objectionable audio "buzz" within the phone's circuitry. You can minimize the buzz if you take precautions early in the design stage.
S-parameters and digital-circuit design By Jeff Loyer, Intel Corp
As bus speeds move into the microwave range, digital designers need thorough knowledge of S-parameters.
FROM EDN EUROPE: LIN simplifies and standardises in-vehicle networks By David Marsh, Contributing Technical Editor
The exponential growth of electronic subsystems within vehicles demands application-specific networking topologies that range from the mission critical to the mundane. Embodying experience from more complex protocols, LIN tackles low-end applications with a comprehensive design-flow methodology.
