Design Solutions

Consumer product manufacturers typically must contend with the issue of accidental hard resets, namely how to eliminate them from happening. The best method is to use the pushbutton reset IC. Intended for the safe generation of hard system resets, the dual inputs and long setup periods protect against accidental system resets in smartphones, tablets, eBooks, set-top boxes, personal-navigation and medical devices, and toys. This article explains how to implement these ICs into system designs....More

Video and other timing-sensitive applications require a more rigorous solution to packet delivery....More

This article explains the concepts behind an arc flash detection circuit that detects both light and current in a novel way....More

For many applications, a modern logic analyzer will reveal the root cause of troublesome bugs in less time than alternative instruments....More

Software tools guide code development and test to bring better products to market for high-reliability applications...More