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September 2, 2008
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Coming Soon! One Powerful Day
Mark October 15, 2008 on your calendar now. From 10AM-5PM the editors at
Penton Media’s Electronic
Design Group are joining together to bring the latest in power design
information direct to you the
designer with the premier of ONE POWERFUL DAY, an online
conference with a full day of top
speakers on top topics via web conferencing. Watch for more information
as registration will be
opening soon. Marquee Sponsorship by International Rectifier.
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Collaboration Results In First IEEE 1149.7
cJTAG Semiconductor IP Core
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The industry’s first synthesizable IP core that implements the
upcoming IEEE 1149.7 cJTAG standard, which will be ratified in early
2009, is available from IPextreme. The IEEE 1149.7 standard will provide
designers with powerful extensions to the current IEEE 1149.1 (JTAG)
standard, using fewer pins and maintaining compatibility with IEEE
1149.1-based hardware and software.
Read the
full article...
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New Product Showcase: TI's New
Step-Down Converter
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Doug Phillips, Worldwide Marketing Manager for Power Management
at Texas Instruments, discusses the ultra-thin, 6MHz, 500mA TPS62601
step-down converter. Watch it
now...
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Doug Phillips, Worldwide Marketing Manager for Power Management
at Texas Instruments, discusses the ultra-thin, 6MHz, 500mA TPS62601
step-down converter. Watch it now...
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 material to:
Ideas for Design
Electronic Design
45 Eisenhower Dr., Suite 550
Paramus, NJ 07652
Click here for our guidelines on Ideas for Design.
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Looking for the latest design techniques and technology in your market?
Check out Electronic Design's Design
Hotspots. Here you'll find exclusive content from our editors in Embedded, Power, and Analog
technologies as well as Green Design and ROHS.
We've also compiled Ideas for Design schematics here for your circuit
design sweet-tooth. These spots are chock-a-block with information, so
don't delay!
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 It wouldn't be DAC without a chat with Gary Smith, the EDA
industry's preeminent analyst and market consultant, who gives his take
on the dominant trends in technology. Visit www.garysmitheda.com for more from the industry
analyst.
For more videos from DAC with EDA Editor David Maliniak, click
here.
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Lambda's Genesys family of programmable power supplies sets a new
standard for flexible, reliable, ac-dc power systems in OEM, industrial,
and laboratory applications. Now available in 750-W, 1.5-kW, 3.3-kW,
5-kW, 10-kW, and 15-kW power levels, with output voltages from 7.5 to
600 V and current up to 1,000 A, this member of the Lambda Genesys
product family of programmable switching power supplies provides
high-power density, low ripple, and a complete set of user-friendly
interfaces. The user-friendly front panel provides reliable control
through encoders selectable for fine or course adjustment (six or 30
turns) and four digit LED voltage and current meters. Adjustable OVP,
UVL, and current foldback provide further flexibility.
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Yield Enhancement Software To Aid Solar Cell
Fabs
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Magma Design Automation Inc. is developing a yield enhancement
software system customized for solar fabs to improve conversion
efficiency, increase yield, and reduce the manufacturing costs of solar
cells.
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full article...
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Audio Engine Codec Library Expands With Dolby
Pro Logic Additions
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Tensilica's audio codec library for its Xtensa HiFi 2 Audio Engine
has been expanded to include Dolby Pro Logic II and Pro Logic IIx
decoders. Both Dolby Pro Logic decoders are essential sound processing
technologies employed in home-theater AV receivers. Dolby Pro Logic II
creates 5.1-channel surround sound from any stereo movie, music, TV, or
game audio source, while Dolby Pro Logic IIx extends the sound
experience up to a full 7.1-channel configuration.
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full article...
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Accellera Rolls New Version of Analog,
Mixed-Signal Standard
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Accellera's Board of Directors and Technical Committee members have
approved a new version of its Verilog-Analog Mixed-Signal (AMS)
standard, Verilog-AMS 2.3, as an Accellera standard for analog and
mixed-signal design and simulation. The new Verilog-AMS standard unifies
the Verilog-AMS 2.2 specification with the IEEE Std. 1364-2005 or
Verilog hardware description language (HDL) standard.
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full article...
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ESC Boston – The Embedded industry’s fall tradition
October 26-30, 2008
Hynes Convention Center – Boston, MA
ESC Boston continues to draw more system architects and design engineers
year after year. It’s the
fastest-growing embedded event in the world, with a 21% attendance
increase in 2007 — over 3,600
attendees from 36 countries. This year, more than 150 exhibitors will
showcase their innovative new
products and services to thousands of OEM representatives, industry
analysts, and media.
Register today! Use
Priority Code: PEN01
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Thanks to new processors, digital
video is appearing everywhere. How do you feel about its
ubiquity?
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- It's great! The applications are endless, from security to
entertainment.
- Some video can be convenient, but other applications seem
superfluous.
- It's awful! We already suffer from information overload.
Click here to
take the poll. Remember to scroll down. The poll is at the bottom of the
page.
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If you haven't seen our video coverage, you don't know
DAC
EDA Editor David Maliniak chatted with representatives of leading
companies like Mentor, Agilent,
and Synopsys and got the scoop on the latest from CoFluent, OneSpin, and
CLK. More than 20 video
segments are available to fill you in on what you missed!
Click
here.
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