Wireless-sensor networks find a fit in the unlicensed band By Margery Conner, Technical Editor
Welcome to the new world of wireless connectivity, thanks to recently introduced standards, protocols, and enabling hardware for the unlicensed RF bands.
Design Features
ROHS compliance: It's not easy being green By Richard A Quinnell, Contributing Technical Editor
European environmental directives take effect soon, leaving many US companies struggling to overcome the challenges of implementing compliant designs.
System architects get help from emulators By Gabe Moretti, GABEonEDA
Emulators, which designers once used only for debugging at the last stages of design implementation and for regression testing, are now becoming useful tools for system architects, as well.
Mobile applications challenge test-and-measurement tools By Kris Utermark, Tektronix Inc
Advances in probing and triggering and in simultaneously monitoring multiple buses—including high-speed serial buses—are adapting logic analyzers to the world of fast, low-power mobile applications.
The economics of structured- and standard-cell-ASIC designs By Arun Kottolli, Open-Silicon
Structured ASICs offer cost and performance that fall between FPGAs and traditional standard-cell ASICs. But their introduction has complicated the choice of the right silicon.
