Bill Laumeister

Bill Laumeister is a senior applications engineer with Maxim Integrated.

Articles by Bill Laumeister
Moore’s Law Makes Household Robots Possible
Improvements in microprocessors have enabled a modern lifestyle that relies on robots to do the dirty work not only in industry but also around the office and around the house.
Work Through All Your Choices Before Making Your Efficiency Tradeoffs
The interaction of even small changes on other seemingly unrelated circuits requires constant vigilance. So, our design process must be iterative, changing small things to optimize the system’s overall power consumption.
Calibration: Needless Or A Necessity? 2
Accurate calibration is not a needless luxury. It ensures the reliability of test instruments, the safety of personnel, and the quality of the final product.
Design For Power Efficiency Like A Symphony Conductor
Symphony conductors must know the sound and the capability of each instrument and each musician to direct a harmonious production. Similarly, a good designer must have a wide range of knowledge to ensure a well-integrated, power-efficient solution.
Turn Off Vampire Power To Save Your Money And Electronics
Design issues associated with elctronic devices that are continually plugged-in and turned on: excessive standby power draw, and susceptibility to voltage transients.
Integrate More Analog Into Your Digital Designs
Maxim’s Bill Laumeister suggests apnotes and analog building blocks useful in augmenting analog-to-digital interfaces for ASICs and FPGAs.
It’s Hot, Powering, And Burning CMOS Logic Circuits
Explanation of possible modes of unanticipated behavior in CMOS and biCMOS circuits caused by incorrect application of logic-level inputs before power supplies are stabilized.
Image Conscious
Advancing technology continues to advance the quality of the television pictures in our living rooms. Consumers see the quality of DVD and HDTV pictures and they demand better pictures from all video providers. Set-top box (STB) manufacturers have met t

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