Electronic Design UPDATE e-Newsletter | November 19,
2008 | FREEmagazine
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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 Webcast 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. Read the full article...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. Read the full article... industry view |Energy Harvester Perpetually Powers WIreless Sensors By Pierre Mars, CAP-XX Ltd.
Energy production requires state-of-the-art monitoring systems. Of course, these systems require energy of their own to operate. Read the full article... design solution |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. Read the full article... design hotspots | Analog · Fast ADC Sips Power, Simplifies Design-In | By Don Tuite, Analog/Power Editor
Power · Ultracapacitors Branch Out Into Wider Markets | By Mat Dirjish, Components Editor
Embedded · PACs Become Task Masters | By Terry Costlow, Contributing Editor
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 Webcast 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. Read the full article...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. Read the full article... industry view |Energy Harvester Perpetually Powers WIreless Sensors By Pierre Mars, CAP-XX Ltd.
Energy production requires state-of-the-art monitoring systems. Of course, these systems require energy of their own to operate. Read the full article... design solution |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. Read the full article... design hotspots | Analog · Fast ADC Sips Power, Simplifies Design-In | By Don Tuite, Analog/Power Editor
Power · Ultracapacitors Branch Out Into Wider Markets | By Mat Dirjish, Components Editor
Embedded · PACs Become Task Masters | By Terry Costlow, Contributing Editor
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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. engineer's resource | electronica 2008: The Industry’s Tech Extravaganza Can't make it to Munich for electronica? Then let us take you there. We're shooting video with all the big companies and scooping all the best technology from electronica, so don't miss out!
Download Agilent White Paper: Improve Power Supply 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 [email protected], or you can mail your material to:
Ideas for Design
Electronic Design
45 Eisenhower Dr., Suite 550
Paramus, NJ 07652
Click here for our guidelines on Ideas for Design.
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. Read the full article... video of the week | Audio Precision at electronica 2008
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. engineer's resource | electronica 2008: The Industry’s Tech Extravaganza Can't make it to Munich for electronica? Then let us take you there. We're shooting video with all the big companies and scooping all the best technology from electronica, so don't miss out!
Download Agilent White Paper: Improve Power Supply 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 [email protected], or you can mail your material to:
Ideas for Design
Electronic Design
45 Eisenhower Dr., Suite 550
Paramus, NJ 07652
Click here for our guidelines on Ideas for Design.
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. Read the full article... video of the week | Audio Precision at electronica 2008
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TDA5230 Design Contest
Co-sponsored by Penton Media and LS Research, Get Smart! Get Wireless! lets you showcase your innovative thinking - just design a wireless application using Infineon’s TDA5230 and win $2,000, $3,000 or $6,000 in cash prizes! To help get you started, we are offering a free design kit (est. $100 retail value) to qualified registrants. Entries are due by April 15, 2009 and will be judged on innovation, use of the TDA5230’s feature-set, cost effectiveness, and consumer benefit.
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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. Read the
full article...
product picks online |
Eight-Channel Switches/Multiplexers Provide Bus Lockup
Detection/Notification
PC/104 SBC Goes Fanless Up To 800
MHz
AC-DC Power Bricks Deliver 1 kW
Wireless DAQ And PXIe Modules Handle Sound/Vibration
Apps
Pin Fin Coolers Temper HEV IGBT Power
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upcoming industry events |
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Electronic System Conference & Exhibiton
Grenoble, France
Dec. 3-4 2008 International Electron Devices Meeting
San Francisco, Calif.
Dec. 15-17 ED bookstore |Networking, 2nd Edition By Jeffrey S. Beasley
I usually do not review textbooks but this one grabbed my attention. It is a generic college textbook on all aspects of networking. Read the full article...
Co-sponsored by Penton Media and LS Research, Get Smart! Get Wireless! lets you showcase your innovative thinking - just design a wireless application using Infineon’s TDA5230 and win $2,000, $3,000 or $6,000 in cash prizes! To help get you started, we are offering a free design kit (est. $100 retail value) to qualified registrants. Entries are due by April 15, 2009 and will be judged on innovation, use of the TDA5230’s feature-set, cost effectiveness, and consumer benefit.
Register today to Get Smart! Get Wireless! with Infineon Technologies! focus product |
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ADCs Consume 36 µA Per 18-Bit
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Grenoble, France
Dec. 3-4 2008 International Electron Devices Meeting
San Francisco, Calif.
Dec. 15-17 ED bookstore |Networking, 2nd Edition By Jeffrey S. Beasley
I usually do not review textbooks but this one grabbed my attention. It is a generic college textbook on all aspects of networking. Read the full article...