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    Communications

    What’s the Difference: Serial Communications 101

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    Communication is the hallmark of IoT and computer systems in general. Here are some of the basics.
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    Exploring Embedded Development in the Cloud

    July 3, 2021
    Cloud-based development tools can help kickstart, and significantly simplify, development on a microcontroller.
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    5 Steps to Improved Power-Supply Design Using Semi-Automation

    July 2, 2021
    Today’s architecture tools for power-supply design have become very sophisticated and powerful enough to meet the demands of complex systems, yet are now easy enough to use for...
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    Marvell Fights Nvidia and Intel With Latest Octeon Family of DPUs

    July 2, 2021
    Marvell is pushing the envelope with its Octeon 10 DPU product line. The Octeon 10 is the first server processor in the category to take advantage of TSMC's 5-nm node and Arm'...
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    Automotive

    Radar Systems for Autonomous Driving—at L2/L2+ and Beyond

    July 1, 2021
    The hot next trend in automated driving is L2+, with semi-autonomy guided by both camera and HD radar sensing. What demands does radar add, and how can they be addressed?

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    Virtual Switch Offloading Maximizes Data-Center Utilization

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    Impedance Matching Basics: Smith Charts

    June 29, 2021
    This article offers an introduction to the Smith chart and how it’s used to make transmission-line calculations and fundamental impedance-matching circuits.
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    Analog

    Smart Class-D/G Amplifier Features Inaudible Noise Floor, Low Quiescent Power

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    Higher fidelity, extended battery life, and support for features like gesture-based interfaces are some of the advances Maxim built into its MAX98396 speaker amp.
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    Dual-Series MCUs Address Automotive Safety-Critical Apps Up to ASIL D

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    How to Use Ada to Insulate Software from Hardware Updates

    June 25, 2021
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    Automotive

    MIPI A-PHY: A Resilient Asymmetric Data Transport for a Vehicle’s Lifespan

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    Automation

    Small-Form-Factor FPGA Packs a Punch

    June 23, 2021
    The 9- × 9-mm package squeezes in 100K logic cells plus high-speed SERDES.
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    Nvidia’s Quadratic Processor: The NV1

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