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Featured Content

How to Design Very Wide Loop BW High-Performance PLL Frequency Synthesizers (Part 3)

Wrapping up the series, in Part 3 we model and simulate the example synthesizer PLL section loop dynamics and measure its critical characteristics, which demonstrates the excellent...

Designing Robust Power Sources with Ideal Diodes

Frederik Dostal explains the rise of the ideal diode and how it can be used to develop more robust power systems.

Inverter-Motor Integration Can Deliver Benefits—But It Takes Planning

To achieve EV potential by squeezing more functionality into a given volume, and delivering value at a compelling price point, means there are strong incentives for integrating...

Building the Bridge Between Smart Homes and EV Charging

From Wi-Fi to cellular IoT, explore the wireless technologies enabling secure, intelligent EV charging solutions for smart homes.

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America’s First Multi-User Silicon Carbide Fab Opens

First U.S. Multi-User Silicon-Carbide Fab Opens Its Doors

The opening of America’s first multi-user SiC fab establishes Arkansas as the nation’s next semiconductor manufacturing center of excellence.

SPAD-Based Camera Delivers High Dynamic Range Video

Ubicept’s single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD)-based camera works well for automotive applications.

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An Inside Look at the Evolving Cloud Infrastructure

With the wireless ecosystem becoming a constantly moving target, more than ever, today’s engineers must stay on top of it.

More of This Week's Articles

The Featured Articles above are just some of the content that's new this week on Electronic Design. Check out the rest here.

Arrow Lake Box PCs Bring Scalability to the Edge

Developed by MSI, these PCs are compact, modular platforms that stretch from palm-size industrial controllers to high-performance edge computers.

Playbook Shows How America Can Regain Leadership in the Global Energy Economy

Despite a booming global energy market, the U.S. is ceding its economic and technical leadership to other nations. A new report provides a detailed playbook on how to resume its...

AI in Embedded Systems: Navigating Challenges and Solutions

As AI transforms embedded systems, new security risks emerge. Developers must adopt advanced defenses to safeguard against cyberthreats.

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Flexible Coating Boosts Solid-State Battery Performance in Extreme Conditions

An “armor” coating for solid-state EV batteries promises 4,500 hours of stability.

Swing Aboard the 800-V Bus: NVIDIA’s AI Power Architecture and the Chips to Drive It

Electronic Design has curated a series of white papers that help you understand NVIDIA’s 800-V DC power architecture for “AI factories” and how the semiconductor community is ...

Demonstrating the Popular NEC Infrared Protocol

The NEC infrared protocol can be supported without the need for extra components or heavy coding.

PCIe/104 Gets Mini PCIe Expansion Board

VersaLogic's expansion board now integrates a pair of Mini PCIe slots.

The Latest Wireless IoT Dev Kits to Close Out 2025 (Part 1)

Here’s a look at six wireless IoT development kits that enhance multiprotocol design, from BLE and Zigbee to LoRa and Thread.

GenioBoard Speeds Path to AI-Ready Computing Platforms

The SBC helps accelerate the creation of commercial edge AI and IoT devices without having to start from scratch.

What Does Ultra High Reliability Mean from a Physical-Layer Perspective?

Wi-Fi 8 (IEEE 802.11bn) Draft 1.0 brings greater clarity to the physical-layer features designed to achieve Ultra High Reliability.

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8-TB Option Added to the FURY Renegade G5 Line of NVMe SSDs

Kingston's FURY Renegade G5 NVMe SSD, which features read speeds up to 14.8 GB/s, is aimed at gamers, engineers, and developers building the next generation of high-performance...

What’s Inside a Wireless IoT SoC?

Is the IoT SoC transforming into a separate class of embedded processor?

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IC Trio Makes Non-Magnet Inductive Sensing Easier and More Accurate

These non-magnetic inductive-sensor interface ICs offer high performance, features, and ease of use via coil-development tools.

Real-Time MCUs Drive the Next Generation of More Efficient Appliances and Power Tools

Sponsored by Texas Instruments: The latest microcontrollers featuring field-oriented control bring higher efficiency to motor-control circuit designs in consumer applications....

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12-kW High-Density PSU Ref Design Aimed at AI Data Centers and Servers

Infineon’s reference design for high-power data center power supplies employs advanced power-conversion topologies in both the AC-DC and DC-DC power stages.

8-Channel Gate Driver Improves Efficiency of 48-V Mild-Hybrid Vehicles

STMicro’s smart 8-channel gate driver brings enhanced efficiency, integrated protection, and diagnostics to 48-V automotive applications.

Editor's Choice: From the Electronic Design Archives

These articles were chosen by the editors at Electronic Design that complement the new articles above. They are included in our regular newsletters.

What's the Difference Between AC-DC and DC-DC Power Supplies?

Significant complications arise when trying to get your power supply working from a wall outlet.

The Maker Movement: Then and Now

Makers have been coming up with interesting projects and products courtesy of the latest open-source hardware and software.

Wind Turbines and Stormy Weather: Mitigating Disaster

With more than 70,000 wind turbines supplying power to millions of homes during harsh conditions, it’s important to employ the latest safety techniques to keep them running strong...

Geometry Engine: The Legendary Chip That Launched SGI

Graphics Chip Chronicles Vol.5 No. 4 - The Geometry Engine was an engineering marvel, a special-purpose processor able to carry out many of the fundamental computations used in...

How Earth-2 Uses AI to Make Quick Weather Forecasts

The digital-twin platform, Earth-2, uses AI and machine-learning models for improved weather predictions with enhanced visualizations.

Smart Ideal Diodes Protect Car Battery Front-Ends

Discover the most effective solutions for protecting car batteries from reverse polarity and how smart diode controllers can play a significant role in making that happen.

“Deep Sky” Film Explores the Miraculous James Webb Space Telescope

NASA's “Deep Sky” IMAX movie puts the results of 20 years of work on the James Webb Space Telescope front and center.

“Photographer”: Technology and Technique of the Image

“Photographer” from National Geographic explains the blend of art and technology by some of the world’s most prominent wildlife photographers.

Queens: Female-Led Wildlife Viewed Through the Latest Tech

Queens, a new nature series from National Geographic, documents female-led wildlife in shocking detail thanks to the latest filming technology.

What is a Rugged Power Supply?

There’s no agreed-upon definition for a “rugged” power supply. As a result, take care to check the mechanical, environmental, electrical, and long-life requirements early in the...

Noninvasive Trackers Monitor Polar Bears by Satellite

The wildlife tracking technology, which adheres to the bear's fur, delivers promising results after years of field trials.

"Secrets of the Octopus" by James Cameron is a Scientific Triumph

The series, helmed by James Cameron, explores just how intelligent an octopus can be, using state-of-the-art technology.

Editor's Picks from Other Websites

We hope you enjoy the articles on Electronic Design, but there's a lot going on and we can't cover everything. In this section, Electronic Design editors highlight articles they found this week that you might be interested in as well.

Meet Five Women Shaping Engineering Careers @ Machine Design - From labs to leadership, meet a handful of women reshaping engineering from the ground up.

What’s the Difference Between a Metric Gear and an Imperial Gear? @ Machine Design - Can gears be exciting? See a fun coversation "where gear ratios and engineering quirks come to life."

Bill Wong's Picks for the Week

Do you know what a MEP is? If not, you should.

"The 50 Manufacturing Extension Partnerships, or MEPs, are nonprofit organizations that provide business development and support to small- and medium-sized manufacturers across the country. Some have cut staff and are not hiring for open positions as they wait for their payments, said Carrie Hines, president of the American Small Manufacturers Coalition, the trade association for MEPs."

Trump Administration Plans to Defund MEPs Next Year, Ignoring Congress’ Allocation @ IndustryWeek - Programs in all 50 states threatened as NIST plans not to distribute funds that lawmakers allocated to the manufacturing extension partnerships.

Here are a few interesting selections starting with a discussion about chatbots and security. It is something every embedded developer should read especially if you are bringing gen AI into your development cycle.

Chatbot Becomes a Digital Sociopath @ Security Info Watch - Gen-AI Just Went Rogue: When Your Clever It’s time we stopped treating chatbot security as quirks and started seeing them for what they are: red flags of deeper systemic danger.

Seeing the light is important for vision systems hence my pick from Vision Systems Design.

Test Your Knowledge About Addressing Lighting Challenges in Machine Vision @ Vision Systems Design - Take Vision Systems Design's brief quiz on common lighting challenges in machine vision systems.

Continuing on with the vision systems theme this week, I challenge you to take this quiz. Embedded systems with sensors and vision systems is becoming more common.