Contents
September 1, 2006
Cover Story
- The right video architecture can make all the difference
Digital-video broadcast and the iPod phenomenon have ignited a race to bring video to the palmtop. Processing architectures are at the center of the struggle.
Design Features
- Clash of the wireless-USB standards
Wireless USB is poised to enter the market. Understanding the differences between the two leading approaches will help developers choose the right one for their application. - An overview of on-chip compression architectures
Data-compression techniques can help manage the escalating cost of test in nanometer designs.
Pulse
- Voices: Modular instrumentation: LXI challenges PXI
- Vibration powers wireless sensor
- Spectrum analyzer adds phase-noise-measurement set
- FROM EDN EUROPE: Single-chip receiver for mobiles handles TV and radio
- FROM EDN EUROPE: Analyser watches 110-MHz spectrum in real time
- FROM EDN EUROPE: Analyser probes WiMAX, HSDPA/HSUPA signals
- FROM EDN EUROPE: Develop software early, on virtual ARM hardware
- Biometric sensor and preboot software lock down laptops
- Free tool tracks verification plans
- Immersion-lithography road map hits dead end
- Speedy Spice-accurate simulator targets analog, RF
- Power-conversion/ management IC squeezes into embedded-system space
Departments and Columns
- Baker's Best
Using Spice to ease your life
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Sportslike competition drives science and technology education
- Prying Eyes
Tiny computer holds embedded treasure
- Scope
Scope: Audio-engineering convention, semiconductor forecast, video phone
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FROM EDN EUROPE: The chip that changed the world
