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Apr. 23, 2013

Product

Smart Battery Charger Estimates Fastest Possible Charge

Eschewing an external CPU or system hardware, Maxim’s latest battery charger automatically can detect adapter types and charges at the highest possible current....More
Mar. 15, 2013

Product

Drop-in AFE Reference Design Supports Industrial Sensors

Maxim’s Cupertino subsystem reference design is a drop-in-ready, isolated, 16-bit analogue front-end (AFE)....More
Mar. 12, 2013

White Paper

Electronic Design

Integrating Power Passives and Tactical Trade-Offs for Power Efficiency: Part 1, Harmony - Design like a Symphony Conductor

In the quest for smaller, thinner, and more powerful devices, designers need to decrease the size of power passives, inductors, and capacitors....More
Mar. 12, 2013

White Paper

Electronic Design

Calibration - Needless or a Necessity?

Calibration always seems to be scheduled at the most critical time in a project, but is it really important?...More
Mar. 12, 2013

White Paper

Electronic Design

Liquid-Level Control and Delivery System Uses a Compensated Silicon Pressure Sensor and Precision Delta-Sigma ADCs

This reference design describes a cost-effective, low-power liquid-level measurement data acquisition system (DAS) that use a compensated silicon pressure sensor and a high-precision delta-sigma ADC....More
Mar. 5, 2013

Commentary

Electronic Design

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....More
Feb. 15, 2013

Article

Electronic Design

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....More
Feb. 5, 2013

Product

Laser Driver Provides Pixel-Sharp Images For HUDs

Maxim is now sampling the MAX3601, a highly integrated, 8-bit RGB laser driver for pico laser projectors aimed at automotive heads-up displays (HUDs)....More
Jan. 30, 2013

Article

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....More
Jan. 18, 2013

Article

Electronic Design

Two Chips Synthesize Up To 128 QAM Channels For Cable TV Systems

You used to need a couple racks of modulator modules and related gear to accumulate and combine a full complement of TV channel signals that were ready to transmit. Now, you can do most of that with a couple of ICs like Maxim Integrated's MAX5880 and MAX5882 chip set...More