Exploding bandwidth?
The new Xilinx Virtex®-5 TXT FPGAs address the needs of equipment
manufacturers
who are racing to deploy 100G Ethernet technology in response to
exploding internet bandwidth
consumption driven by IP video and enhanced media content. See New
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editor's view |
Ten Top Design Skills For Tough Times By John Edwards, Contributing Editor
Tough times call for top talent. Here’s a look at the critical
skills employers are looking for—the abilities that will help keep you
happily and securely employed.
Technology Has Been Very Good To Obama, And He
Plans To Reciprocate By Ron Schneiderman, Contributing Editor
President-elect Barack Obama likes technology. All you have to do is
look at how effectively and creatively he used the Internet in his
election campaign, as well as at how often you saw him on TV and in news
photos working his BlackBerry.
Worldwide Standards Fuel The Growth of Digital
Television By Raj Karamchedu, Legend Silicon Inc.
This article provides an overview of major DTV standards that are
being deployed worldwide, with a specific focus on those in use in
Europe, North America, and China The article also provides a more
comprehensive examination of the China Digital Television Terrestrial
Broadcasting (DTTB) System Standard, also known as GB20600-2006, which
is unique among all the digital broadcast television standards for its
capability to deliver high-definition television (HDTV) to mobile
devices moving at speeds of greater than 200 km/hour.
Learn how to improve the power accuracy of receiver
tests
Testing to WiMAXTM standards, this application note from Agilent tells
how power measurement inaccuracy affects receiver tests, and shows you
how to use external variable attenuators to increase both accuracy and
speed in power calibration. Click here to learn more and download the note.
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Performance and Safety Using Remote Sensing and Remote
Disable
With longer leads, higher wire gauges, and testing being performed
further away from the power supply, it is desirable to regulate the
power supply using the voltage and current at the test point, rather
than at the terminals. Power supply features such as remote sense and
remote disable allow the power supply regulate its output and even shut
down based upon what is happening at the load.
Your Ideas For Design Can Win $500
Send us your Ideas for Design and we'll pay you $150 for every Idea for
Design that we publish. In addition, the year's top design as selected
by our readers will earn an additional $500, with two runners-up each
receiving $250. You can submit your Ideas for Design via e-mail to dbs@penton.com, or you can mail your
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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.
From the labs at Analog Devices comes a new technology in analog to
digital converter technology that is the culmination of three years
work. In this episode, Bill Scofield, Design Group Leader, explains the
new continuous time sigma-delta converter that uses an internal loop
filter with no switch capacitor sampler section.
news from the editors |
Like An Electronic Marvel? Thank An
Engineer
Texas Instruments wants you to know your contributions as engineers
are highly appreciated. To make that point, the company is running a
series of short videos that provide a funny look at what the world would
be like without those contributions.
The IEEE is joining the effort to ensure that people are aware of
the switch to all-digital TV broadcasting next Feb. 17 and have the
information and resources they need to accommodate the change.
Engineers and technical and industrial professionals rely heavily in
the Internet for work, according to the seventh annual GlobalSpec
Engineering Trends Survey.
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ADCs Consume 36 µA Per 18-Bit
Conversion
Unveiled as low-power, high-resolution delta-sigma analog-to-digital
converters (ADCs), the MCP3422, MCP3423, and MCP3424 provide 18 bits of
resolution and consume 135 µA at 3-V continuous conversion.
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