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The Changing Landscape of Frequency Mixing Components

Abhishek Kapoor & Assaf Toledano, Analog Devices January 10, 2017 Comments Off on The Changing Landscape of Frequency Mixing Components

Continued innovations in semiconductor processes and RF packaging technologies have completely changed the ways engineers design RF, microwave and millimeter wave design applications. The technical and design support needs of... Read More

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

Lee Thompson, TTI Inc. January 10, 2017 Comments Off on COTS+ and DSCC parts emerge as alternatives to MIL-STD

Unfortunately, and as much as some would like you to believe, standard parts are generally not of a high enough performance or quality to be suitable for use in harsh... Read More

Towards avionics safety certification on multi-core processor architectures

Paul Parkinson, Wind River January 10, 2017 Comments Off on Towards avionics safety certification on multi-core processor architectures

Abstract Single-core processor architectures which are widely-used in safety-critical avionics applications are now becoming scarce due to the migration of semi-conductor manufacturers to multi-core processor architectures. In this article, the... Read More

Implementing a class D audio amplifier

Steve Bowling, Microchip Technology January 10, 2017 Comments Off on Implementing a class D audio amplifier

A 16bit microcontroller and a few external peripherals can be used to create a class D audio amplifier Class D amplifiers have become popular as an audio amplifier topology due... Read More

Comparing CPLD-Based Circuit Board Power Management Architectures

Shyam Chandra, Lattice Semiconductor January 10, 2017 Comments Off on Comparing CPLD-Based Circuit Board Power Management Architectures

Introduction The growing complexity of board-level designs has begun to strain the capabilities of today’s hardware/power management architectures. While any one of the four most commonly used management architectures can... Read More

Power Modules – In Search of a Winning Combination

Jon Cronk, Exar Corporation January 10, 2017 Comments Off on Power Modules – In Search of a Winning Combination

Equipment designs increasingly utilize advanced MCU, DSP and FPGA devices to deliver the functionality and performance demanded of them. With this sophistication comes the challenge of providing the multiple power... Read More

Digi-key and the European Electronic Market

Tatiana Yamin, New-Tech Europe January 10, 2017 Comments Off on Digi-key and the European Electronic Market

At the ‘electronica 2016’ in Munich we met with Mr. Tom Treichl, Digi-key’s Senior Director of Production Business. Q: What is your forecast for Digi-Key’s growth in the next few... Read More

Automotive Security: A Hacker’s Eye View

Paul McLellan, Cadence January 10, 2017 Comments Off on Automotive Security: A Hacker’s Eye View

Charlie Miller gave a keynote at ARM TechCon on automotive security. He is regarded as one of the world’s most proficient hacker, although he is one of the good guys... Read More

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

Bob Scannell, Analog Devices Inc. January 10, 2017 Comments Off on A Sensor-Fusion Approach to First Responder Precision Location/Tracking

Locating first responders deep within GPS-denied infrastructure with high precision has been an elusive goal of the fire safety and emergency personnel community for well over a decade. The objective... Read More