COTS+ and DSCC parts emerge as alternatives to MIL-STD

10 years ago

Unfortunately, and as much as some would like you to believe, standard parts are generally not of a high enough…

Towards avionics safety certification on multi-core processor architectures

10 years ago

Abstract Single-core processor architectures which are widely-used in safety-critical avionics applications are now becoming scarce due to the migration of…

Implementing a class D audio amplifier

10 years ago

A 16bit microcontroller and a few external peripherals can be used to create a class D audio amplifier Class D…

Comparing CPLD-Based Circuit Board Power Management Architectures

10 years ago

Introduction The growing complexity of board-level designs has begun to strain the capabilities of today's hardware/power management architectures. While any…

Power Modules – In Search of a Winning Combination

10 years ago

Equipment designs increasingly utilize advanced MCU, DSP and FPGA devices to deliver the functionality and performance demanded of them. With…

Digi-key and the European Electronic Market

10 years ago

At the 'electronica 2016' in Munich we met with Mr. Tom Treichl, Digi-key's Senior Director of Production Business. Q: What…

Automotive Security: A Hacker’s Eye View

10 years ago

Charlie Miller gave a keynote at ARM TechCon on automotive security. He is regarded as one of the world's most…

A Sensor-Fusion Approach to First Responder Precision Location/Tracking

10 years ago

Locating first responders deep within GPS-denied infrastructure with high precision has been an elusive goal of the fire safety and…

Circuit Protection a vital consideration for the machine builder

10 years ago

How circuit protection ensures operator safety, machine uptime and manufacturing OEM profitability In today’s global market, machine builders must be…

Milestone in graphene production

10 years ago

For the first time, it has been possible to produce functional OLED electrodes from graphene. The process was developed by…