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Green Engineering features measurement and control techniques to help
you design, develop, and improve technologies resulting in environmental
benefits. Learn about the green engineering practices that are being
developed and deployed with NI technologies to help you conserve energy,
identify process inefficiencies, and reduce scrap.
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VIDEO: Chevy Volt Takes Charge In New York
City By Richard Gawel, Managing Editor
GM’s top designers are taking the Chevy Volt on tour, stopping
earlier this month to show the extended-range electric vehicle (E-REV)
in New York City.
Software Turns Scopes Into Vector RF Signal
Analyzers By David Maliniak, EDA Editor
The marriage of digital technologies and RF is a done deal, leaving
designers with a need for increased information bandwidth and accurate
phase and magnitude characterization of extremely wideband signals.
Few U.S. EE Schools Teaching Environmental
Design Requirements By Ron Schneiderman, Contributing Editor
How many EE schools in the U.S. cover the environmental legislation
coming out of the European Union (EU), China, and other major world
markets that will impact the design of electronic products? Not many,
according to an informal and random survey of U.S. engineering schools
by Electronic Design.
Can't make it to Munich for electronica? We're there shooting video
and reporting on all the technology rolling out from the biggest tech
companies. Check out exclusive footage from industry leaders like
Digi-Key, Novacap, AVX Interconnects and more here.
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Design that we publish. In addition, the year's top design as selected
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IFD of the week |
In-Circuit Programming Switch Simplifies
Operation Of Programmable Devices By Eric Schlaepfer, Maxim Integrated Products
Many devices require programming through a serial bus, such as
I2C. The programming can be done during final test, after the
circuit board has been assembled. In many cases, the pins used for
programming can then be utilized for something else during normal
operation. In fact, the bus itself can also be used for another
function.
Bill Baumann, Group Publisher, talks with Chris Beeson, VP,
Supplier Management & Volume Business Division of Digi-Key, about his
company's international growth at the opening of electronica 2008. View
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lab bench online |
Doing The Robot, And More, At ESC 2008
By Bill Wong, Embedded/Systems/Software Editor
Finally heading back home by train towards Philly—and the Phillies
just wrapped up the World Series last evening—so that should spice up
my pass through the city of brotherly love a little.
Bill Ferguson, Motorola's senior RFID technical architect, discusses
some of Motorola's RFID solutions. These enable a new level of
efficiency by providing greater visibility into inventory as it moves
across the supply chain. The XR450 is an industrial-class, fixed RFID
reader featuring both mono-static and bi-static antenna operation
capability, and is designed for a wide range of business-critical,
dense-reader deployments. The RD5000 Mobile RFID Reader extends the
reach of your RFID network so you can achieve a new level of visibility
into inventory and assets. The MC9090-G RFID Handheld Mobile Computer is
a rugged RFID reader, writer, and bar code scanner, all in a single
device.
news from the editors |
Mellonox Puts 10 GigE On Motherboard By Bill Wong, Embedded/Systems/Software Editor
Mellanox has combined forces with Teranetics to create the 10GBaseT
ConnectX ENt, a single-chip solution for LAN on Motherboard (LOM)
high-performance networking.
Couple’s $15 Million Gift Advances Rice
Engineering Education
A $15 million gift from two engineering graduates of Rice University
in Houston, Texas, will fund the new Rice Center for Engineering
Leadership, which aims to transform the way engineers are educated.
The SOI Industry Consortium will hold its first annual Members’
Forum in support of the consortium mission to accelerate
silicon-on-insulator innovation into broad markets.
Major economic downturns often lead to
significant innovations. If history repeats itself, where will the next
breakthrough come from?
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focus product |
Li-ion Battery Powers Space Apps
Powering up the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) satellite,
Li-ion battery, built by Orbital Sciences Corp., employs the same cells
deployed in the Mars Exploration Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity.
A Signal Integrity Engineer’s Companion:
Real-Time Test And Measurement And Design Simulation By Geoff Lawday, David Ireland, and Greg Edlund
If you are designing high-speed digital interfaces or buses or need
to test them, this a fact-filled book that should help you make the
tests you need, explain the procedures, and select the equipment. A good
reference.
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