Communications Technical Features
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By Lou Frenzel, May 18, 2012
As concerns about interference, noise, and attenuation are addressed, new standards expand PLC’s role in the home and industry.
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By Marko Kannisto, May 10, 2012
This article shows the details of building a wireless speaker system using class D amplifiers, Bluetooth and an iPod music source.
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By Mike Fahrion, May 08, 2012
A view of how both Moore's IC law and Metcalfe's network law are bringing about the Internet of Things concept through M2M technology.
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By Lou Frenzel, May 01, 2012
An explanation of bit rate and baud rate and related bandwidth considerations for wired and wireless data communications.
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By Andrew Dawson, May 01, 2012
Several parameters are important in selecting a digitizer for acquiring and accurately measuring the signals used to design and test wireless equipment.
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By Paul Whytock, April 24, 2012
New contactless card system offers increased security
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By Ron Cates, April 20, 2012
An overview of the standards and technologies available to implement 10 Gigabit Ethernet in data centers.
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By Paul Whytock, April 19, 2012
Winning an Olympic gold medal typically requires some combination of speed, endurance, and correct technique. As the London Olympics—already being dubbed the “digital games”—approaches, questions swirl about London having the same performance attributes when it comes to Internet services during the games.
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By Lou Frenzel, April 17, 2012
Front-end LNA and filter IC for GPS and GLONASS receivers have exceptional gain and ideal noise figure.
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By Thomas Kugelstadt, April 12, 2012
Theater lighting standard DMX connects up to 512 light nodes using a serial daisy chain with EIA-485 or CAT5 for control.
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By Paul Whytock, April 12, 2012
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By Lou Frenzel, April 10, 2012
New interface ICs for fiber optic system cut costs and power while improving performance.
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By Sally Ward-Foxton, April 03, 2012
A British startup is, perhaps ambitiously, targeting the mobile phone handset market with crystal-replacement technology built entirely on a standard 180-nm CMOS process. The first device from eoSemi, a 32-kHz timing reference circuit, draws just 8 µA of supply current in active mode.
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By Sally Ward-Foxton, April 03, 2012
The U.K.’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) has come up with a novel multiband antenna design that’s expected to cost less than 10 cents in volume, saving bill of materials (BOM) costs by replacing several antennas.
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By David Hall, April 02, 2012