13 results found for John H. Day, displaying items 1 - 13
Best Electronic Design 2006[Technology Report] Let Your Car Park Itself
How often have you wondered, "Can my car fit into that parking space?" The answer usually depends upon your ability to estimate the size of the prospective space in relation to the length of the vehicle—as well as your skill at parallel parking. But now, Lexus owners have another option. They can push a button on the navigation screen and let the car park itself. The Lexus LS 460 L's Intuitive Parking Assist/ Advanced Parking Guidance System (APGS) option package not only...
September 27, 2006
[Electronic Design UPDATE] Electronic Design UPDATE: September 27, 2006
What's New In The Q? Motorola partnered with Cingular Wireless when it introduced its ultra-slim RAZR and SLVR handsets, and both of those Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) phones were based on chip sets from Freescale Semiconductor. But Motorola's decision to pair up with Verizon Wireless on a Windows Mobile-based smartphone – the Moto Q – dictated a CDMA design.
September 22, 2006
[Technology In The News] What's new in the Q?
The magic in Motorola's super-slim Moto Q phone is less in the electronics than in the packaging. How did they make it so thin?
March 23, 2006
[Web Exclusive] Mixed-signal ASIC Design Meets Tight Deadline
When Emerson Process Management learned that a vital component for their best-selling Rosemount 3051CD had been discontinued, they had to come up with a replacement-and fast. How ASIC and Emerson pulled it off in just 50 weeks.
September 1, 2005[Success Story] The New Breed Of Universal Remote
Combine sophistication and simplicity to achieve elegance. Such is the primary goal for today's developers of home-entertainment/ automation control devices. How come? Simply put, the high end is driving the market for such devices, and consumers willing to spend tens of thousands on gear and setup have neither the time nor the inclination to abide anything clunky or overly complex. The trend today is to store electronic equipment out of sight, but the remote control must remain...
January 20, 2005[Engineering Feature] Inside iPod
It was an unusual strategy for a design engineer, but it was appropriate for the job. Elaine Wherry, manager of usability and design at Synaptics Inc., put on her hooded sweatshirt so she would blend in at college campuses. Her mission was to understand user requirements for a digital music player. On campus, she observed people jog, ride bikes, walk, sit quietly, and in myriad other ways, enjoy their tunes. She made similar observations in libraries, airports, and other venues...
January 20, 2005[Engineering Feature] The iPod Creates A Whole New Industry
Let's cut to the chase, bypassing for the moment the deluxe headphones, car chargers, cozy little iPod car seats, colorful knit socks, docking stations for simultaneous charging and synchronizing, and the myriad other paraphernalia designed especially for Apple's portable music player. Consider the iPort, from Sonance (San Clemente, Calif.), a firm that specializes in architectural audio. The iPort is an in-wall docking station that lets the iPod's music play over any whole-home...
September 13, 2004[YOUR Issue] EEs Try To Survive The Changing Workplace
It has become abundantly clear to all electronics engineers that the workplace is morphing at a rapid clip. In fact, you could say the change is as drastic, if not more so, than when the electronic calculator and the PC replaced the slide...
June 21, 2004[Success Story] Can BMW's iDrive Pass Its Road Test Now?
BMW's 2001 introduction of iDrive, its pioneering driver information/entertainment system, was arguably the biggest corporate disaster since Coca-Cola Co. decided to tinker with the formula for its eponymous beverage. To say that the...
June 21, 2004[Success Story] The iDrive: Driving A Faster Bus
There is a lot more to BMW's research and development effort than iDrive. For example, take FlexRay, the automotive network communications system. BMW and Daimler-Chrysler, along with Philips and Motorola (now Freescale Semiconductor), formed the...
