Electronic Design's Best of 2023

What considerations should developers focus on when setting up AI and automotive simulations?

Effective printed-circuit-board cleaning requires special fluids, tools, and methods. Here are some of the most common to use and to avoid.

Ionblox said its new lithium-silicon batteries for EVs enable charging of 60% of capacity in just five minutes and 80% in 10 minutes.

Continuous supply voltage via an uninterruptible power supply is crucial for a number of applications, but it can be tough to ensure at all times. This Idea for Design offers ...

This article series aims to provide a simplified understanding and renewed appreciation for the art of power-supply design.

From a development board for on-device AI to high-end MEMS microphones, check out these standout products that debuted at CES 2023.

AI has the potential to disrupt or eliminate up to 300 million full-time jobs, and there’s no path forward that promises ample work ahead for all. Here’s what you can do to prepare...

Testing a high-voltage battery? Building a battery-powered IoT device? Check out this installment of Products of the Week for the latest battery test systems to hit the market...

Can Dukosi's novel "chip-on-cell" battery monitoring technology usher in a more circular economy for electronics?

Learn more about TI’s new family of opto-emulators and how they differ from traditional optocouplers.

How did RISC-V transform from a student project into an architecture that’s being used by organizations, universities, and governments around the world? Let’s dive into the history...

One is defined as a converter’s rate output power, while the other is a measure of a signal’s power content versus frequency. This article makes further distinctions between the...

At the core of every secure product is robust hardware security, which must also address the threats created by hardware vulnerabilities.

The RP2040—the first MCU from the Raspberry Pi Foundation—offers designers a high-power, small-form-factor option, while the Raspberry Pi 4 SBC runs a full operating system. What...

The new e-fuse from Microchip Technology suits virtually any high-voltage power distribution system.

IoT devices based on Semtech’s LoRa technology can now connect to Amazon’s Sidewalk network.

With a single-inductor, multiple-output (SIMO) converter, multiple voltages can be generated with just one energy-storage inductor, providing for a more compact power-supply architectur...

Sensors have become staples in design across the industry, impacting applications ranging from automotive to medical to the IoT. Here are some of the latest advances in the field...

BMW's future was on display at IAA Mobility, featuring new all-electric models along with a novel hydrogen-powered fuel-cell drive system.

Switched reluctance motors are tough, inexpensive to build, and don’t require rare-earth minerals, but they do pose some challenges for use in electric vehicles.

LiquidPiston’s XTS-210 engine is ideal for UAV applications, portable power generation, and other military and defense applications.

Hall-effect sensors are rising to the challenges of industrial and automotive systems, What are some common misconceptions regarding these magnetic-field sensors?

6G will come with spectrum challenges, but its advantages will push wider adoption.

Worx’s newest Landroid is equipped with a camera that can avoid objects while it works.

Demand for networking bandwidth in the data center is no longer sustainable. Enter optical I/O.

Wouldn’t it be great to not repeat the same amplifier application errors many new designers fall into? Read on to head off these common confusions and oversights.

This three-part series discusses how phase noise in general is modeled and simulated, and how RF component phase noise propagates through a PLL to determine its output phase noise...

The Python programming language and its applications can be supercharged by these leading compilers and interpreters.

555 timers may be over 50 years old, but they’re still driving the latest electronics to hit the market and will continue in the next-gen devices on the horizon. Read about the...

Bill Wong highlights the most popular articles to appear on Electronic Design this year.

The latest motor architectures assist in curtailing or eliminating the economic, environmental, and geopolitical costs associated with the rare-earth materials used in most electric...

This article presents a practical approach to the layout design of mixed-signal boards, discussing component placement, board layering, and ground-plane considerations.

At the heart of every EV powertrain is a traction inverter, which ultimately impacts driving range and many other characteristics that EV makers care about.

Internal resistance is a key parameter to consider when selecting lithium-ions for your application. This article brings to light the specifics of ac internal resistance (ACIR...

Today, 48-V power systems are already helping improve the efficiency and performance of ICE and mild hybrid vehicles, but they will become an essential technology for tomorrow...

“It’s a bug hunt”… A look at modern trace and debugging techniques such as static and dynamic analysis.

The differences between the Python and MicroPython programming languages are minute, but they make a powerful difference.

Even in the age of MCUs, the NE555 remains useful decades after its inception.

Here’s a way to apply modern techniques to archaic ways on April 1st.

ChatGPT stuns in jaw-dropping new statistics: The advent of artificial intelligence as it permeates the engineering field.

NVIDIA’s CUDA and AMD’s ROCm provide frameworks to take advantage of the respective GPU platforms.

The latest single-board computers encompass everything from familiar favorites to eclectic newcomers.

This series examines the differences between buck, boost, and buck-boost DC-DC converters.

Researchers at the Illinois Institute of Technology and U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory developed a lithium-air battery that could power an EV for as much...

Solder’s days are numbered. There’s a better alternative that, essentially, reverses the manufacturing process.

How exactly is the correct inductance value chosen? Frederik Dostal looks at the considerations and what happens when selecting a current ripple that’s too high or too low.

Overcapacities and lessening demand will likely lead to an approximate 20% drop in the semiconductor industry this year.

Transitioning from a hardware-centric to a software-defined vehicle approach stems from the inability of flat E/E architectures to scale to the processing and data bandwidth requirement...

Here are several examples of how LiDAR is taking a step up and forward.

ST’s SPSB081 adds standby modes and programmable local and remote wake-up capabilities that lend themselves to the design of car-body controllers.

Take this timed quiz to test your memory of memory and storage technologies.

Can current-sensor ICs win out against the shunt resistor and other passive components? Check out some of the latest offerings on the market in this Products of the Week gallery...

Electric-vehicle makers are turning to 800-V systems to solve range and charging time issues that have created barriers with consumers and slowed the rollout of EVs. Here’s how...

When selecting an analog-to-digital (A/D) board, an external data acquisition system, or other measurement device, many parameters must be considered. Product characteristics ...

What's kept Li-metal batteries from fulfilling their potential to be a viable intermediate technology between today's Li-ion cells and the solid-state batteries expected to eventually...

Check out some amusing and impossible ideas in this year's April 1st issue.

This article explains proportional integral derivative (PID) control, including the math behind it, with the use case of a linear servo motor.

Matter device and development-board breakthroughs could be seen from all corners at this year’s CES. Here are six that caught our eye.

What’s the state of the state for today’s calibration engineers? The cartoon series courtesy of Fluke Calibration takes a satirical snapshot of the current climate.

The new battery chemistry, based on abundant, inexpensive elements, promises to offer an inexpensive solution to storing renewable energy for times when the wind isn't blowing...

The CAN bus protocol is being phased out of the automotive industry in favor of single-pair Ethernet due to its increased data bandwidth, node efficiency, security, and more.

Here’s a field guide to the SAE J1772 EV charging interface, and its dc-capable relative, the Combined Charging System (CCS).

Browse some of the most notable new components, solutions, and other products to hit the market.

Learn more about the latest intelligent power devices (IPDs) on the market in this installment of the Products of the Week gallery.