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February 1, 2007
Cover Story
- Evaluating IP with the four Cs: compare, consider, collect, and calculate
Finding quality IP is one of the biggest headaches in IC design. Fortunately, there are a few resources as well as tips and tricks to help designers home in on the best choice. Consider the four Cs: Compare many cores, consider vendor size, collect references, and calculate risks.
Design Features
- EDN's 2006 Innovation finalists: It's show time!
The paparazzi are on standby. The nominees are excited. The ballot is ready. Who will win recognition for outstanding innovation in EDN's 17th annual program honoring engineering excellence? You decide. - Designing instrumentation circuitry with rms/dc converters
RMS converters rectify average results. - Maximizing EOS and ESD immunity in high-performance serial buses
Protecting products from electrostatic hazards may seem to involve black magic, but it doesn't. A layered strategy of defending against the hazards maximizes products' immunity and minimizes the impact on part costs and project schedules
Pulse
- New direction may be breakthrough for flexible electronics
- Researchers inch forward on phase-change memory
- Microcontroller cores focus on video decoding
- Handset availability may slow interest in converged VOWLAN/cellular services
- Reflective-display technology operates in all light levels
- When electronic design isn’t enough
- Target boards extend USB-development tool
- Lithium-ion advancement improves safety and energy density
- RTOS upgrade adds USB 1.1 and 2.0 support
- Voltage regulators employ emulated-current mode, virtual-knob tool
- Denali offers MLC and SLC NAND-controller core, development software
Departments and Columns
- Signal Integrity
Why teach science?
- Scope
Scope: PCB Design West, the energy-efficiency opportunity
- Tales From The Cube
You're gonna do what with an LCR bridge?
- edn.comment
Has Jobs lost his magic?
