Electronic Design UPDATE e-Newsletter August 23, 2006
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Today's Table Of Contents:
Editor's View: Top 10 Ways To Get Greater Range And Reliability From Your Short-Range Wireless System
Focus On Microcontrollers: MCUs With Up To 1 Mbyte Of Embedded Flash Target Auto Applications
News From The Editors:
Sparking Short Circuits
Electric Sports Car Sells Out
Tiny GPS Receiver Module Measures 15 By 15 mm
Magazine Highlights: August 17, 2006
Engineering Feature: Hot Chips 18 Serves Up Another Summer Scorcher
Technology Reprt: DSCs—The Right Size For The Right Task
Leapfrog First Look: LabVIEW's 20th Anniversary Edition Emphasizes Communications Test
Design View/Design Solution: Drive And Control Electronics Enhance The Brushless Motor's Advantages
Electronic Design UPDATE edited by Lisa Maliniak, eMedia Editor
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Top 10 Ways To Get Greater Range And Reliability From Your Short-Range Wireless System By Louis E. Frenzel, Communications/Test Editor
When designing a short-range wireless system, you look for one that will give you the maximum range (distance between transmitter and receiver) and reliability that fits the application. Often, the technology choices do not always give you the range you need. So before you go nailing down a technology or standard choice it is best to do some up front calculations. First look at the available technologies and determine their maximum reliable ranges...
MCUs With Up To 1 Mbyte Of Embedded Flash Target Auto Applications
NEC Electronic’s new line of microcontrollers (MCUs) is based on the company’s 0.15-µm process technology and has up to 1 Mbyte of embedded flash memory. The 8-bit Fx2 series and 32-bit Fx3 series are optimized for automotive body and safety-control applications...
Sparking Short Circuits A little short circuit can lead to big trouble. In 1996, a spark caused by faulty wiring insulation exploded fumes inside TWA Flight 800's fuel tank, leading to a horrific explosion and crash that caused the deaths of 230 people...
Electric Sports Car Sells Out It’s sleek. It’s fast. It’s environmentally friendly. And just three weeks after its debut, it’s sold out. Tesla Motors has sold all 100 models in its Signature One Hundred line of all-electric Roadsters. These stylish sports cars accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in four seconds, get the equivalent of 135 mpg, and can travel 250 miles on a single charge...
Tiny GPS Receiver Module Measures 15 By 15 mm Wi2Wi is claiming it has the industry's smallest fully-integrated global positioning system (GPS) receiver module. Measuring just 15 mm by 15 mm, the W2SG0001 device incorporates SiRF Technology's SiRFSTAR III GPS-enabled location technology...
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[ Technology Report ] DSCs—The Right Size For The Right Task Digital signal controllers thrive in growing niches where fast data manipulation is essential.
Parallax Propeller Embedded in Electronic Design (EiED) Online is your source for technical insight and hands-on reviews. Read Embedded Technology Editor Bill Wong's latest EiED Online column, "Parallax Propeller." Bill checks out the Propeller multicore microprocessor from Parallax. This is definitely not your mother’s Basic Stamp.
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