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Electronica 2008 Thrives Despite Economic
Upheaval By Mark David, Group Editorial Director
With the infamous naked (painted) booth babes of 2006 Electronica
replaced by a foosball table, Electronica 2008 seemed to have had a
little less flash (or was that flesh?) and sizzle than some previous
shows. Maybe this was a concession to the tough global economic times.
But despite the steady stream of news about global recession, the mood
at Electronica was one of “business as usualâ€쳌 with a look to the
future. The show was a big success.
Entry-Level Oscilloscopes Serve Mixed-Signal
Applications By David Maliniak, EDA/Test Editor
While oscilloscopes remain the instrument of choice for embedded
designers, today’s design environment demands that scopes bring more
to the table than their traditional function of signal visualization.
Low-Power Design With Multi-VDD
Flows By Sudhakar Jilla, Mentor Graphics Inc.
Nearly all designs at advanced process nodes need some sort of
power-saving strategy. As more designs employ advanced low-power
techniques, design teams are discovering huge implementation hurdles
that affect cost, performance, and time to market.
Download Agilent White Paper: Achieve Cleaner Power
Signals by Minimizing Common Sources of Noise
Noise in low-level measurements can come from a number of different
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If you couldn't make it to all the booths at electronica, or if you
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Download Agilent White Paper: Achieve Cleaner Power
Signals by Minimizing Common Sources of Noise
Noise in low-level measurements can come from a number of different
sources, including motors, office machines, power demands, and the
switching supplies found in office equipment. Learn tips on what
features to look for in the power supply, and how to minimize the noise
in your test setup.
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Send us your Ideas for Design and we'll pay you $150 for every Idea for
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IFD of the week |
Design A Low-Cost 4- To 20-mA Receiver Circuit
For Control Loops By Ken Whiteleather, Sparton Electronics
Current-mode control loops (particularly the popular 4- to 20-mA
controls) are used in many industrial applications because of their
immunity to induced EMI from motors, contactors, relays, and other
sources...
Joe Desposito speaks with Hans-Günter Osthoff, Product Manager
of Connection Systems at Delphi, about a variety of components available
from Delphi for hybrid and electric vehicles.Watch it
now...
lab bench online |
Roku Netflix Player By Bill Wong, Embedded/Systems/Software Editor
Technology Editor Bill Wong takes a look at Roku’s Netflix Player.
In Part 1 of this interview, Engineering TV visited Jeff
Bellinghausen, CTO and Chief Architect, at the Sixense studios in Los
Gatos, California. Jeff gives us a run-down of the Sixense TrueMotion
control system. The TrueMotion 3D controller is an input device based on
precise tracking relative to a basestation and is able to react with
pinpoint accuracy to movement in six degrees of freedom. Unlike a
Wiimote or Sixaxis controller, the TrueMotion controller operates within
a weak magnetic field rather than relying upon accelerometer technology.
The degree of accuracy falls to the nearest millimeter and is updated
once every 10 ms. This results in a fluid, highly accurate input device
that could revolutionize PC and console gaming, as well as lead to some
fascinating applications in the engineering design, industrial and
medical fields.
news from the editors |
Power Grid Presents Great Market Opportunity
The bad news is that today’s power grid is wasteful, costly,
inefficient, and dumb, according to Lux Research. But, according to
Lux’s research found in “Alternative Power and Energy Storage State
of the Market Q4 2008: Weaving the $65 Billion Power Web,â€쳌 the good
news is that the advent of distributed generation, distributed storage,
and distributed intelligence will change power infrastructure into an
intelligent and more nimble power web
Technology May Give Consumers The Upper Hand
In Health Care
Personal health care could change radically as two disruptive
technology forces come together, according to Laird Technologies
Wireless Systems’ white paper, titled “Trust me, I’m not a
doctor—The changing nature of health care.â€쳌
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Sigma-Delta ADCs Optimize Bandwidth And
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Touting the industry’s best combination of operating frequency,
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