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Using PXI Modular Instruments and LabVIEW for Secondary Surveillance Radar ATE

Vishwanath Kalkur - Captronic Systems Pvt Ltd Mondeep Duarah - Captronic Systems Pvt Ltd October 25, 2016 Comments Off on Using PXI Modular Instruments and LabVIEW for Secondary Surveillance Radar ATE

“With the ATE for SSR we created using NI PXI modular instruments and LabVIEW, our customer reduced radar test time by 90 percent compared to earlier desktop instrument manual connections.... Read More

Meeting Functional Safety Requirements Efficiently Via Electronic Design Tools and Techniques

Philippe Roche, STMicroelectronics, and Adam Sherer, Cadence Design Systems October 25, 2016 Comments Off on Meeting Functional Safety Requirements Efficiently Via Electronic Design Tools and Techniques

In an intelligent electronic system, unexpected errors can lead to unplanned, unexpected behavior. This can be a potentially dangerous proposition for, say, an automotive manufacturer, as well as a costly... Read More

Run All Simulations from a Single Environment

Steve Kaufer, Mentor Graphics Corp. October 11, 2016 Comments Off on Run All Simulations from a Single Environment

High-speed PCBs vary greatly in size, layer count, routing density, signaling speed, types of silicon used, power-delivery challenges, and other factors. Some designers resort to multiple analysis tools, for example... Read More

Mellanox: Using Palladium ICA Mode

Paul McLellan, Cadence September 28, 2016 Comments Off on Mellanox: Using Palladium ICA Mode

At CDNLive Israel, Yaron Netanel of Mellanox talked about his experience with Palladium ICA mode. ICA stands for in-circuit acceleration. One basic way of using Palladium is in-circuit emulation or... Read More

RED – new radio equipment directive for Europe

Heinz Mellein September 26, 2016 Comments Off on RED – new radio equipment directive for Europe

The new radio equipment directive (RED) is effective from mid-June onward. The directive also covers radio receivers; they will have to meet minimum performance requirements in terms of sensitivity and... Read More

Considerations In Selecting The Right Contact For Your Interconnect System

Danny Boesing Product Marketing Director Samtec, Inc. September 21, 2016 Comments Off on Considerations In Selecting The Right Contact For Your Interconnect System

Many articles on interconnects discuss bleeding edge new technologies, new products, or provide guidelines on optimizing system performance. Having said that, standard pitch (2.54, 2.00, or 1.27 mm centerline) board-to-board... Read More

The lifecycle of an idea

Steve Vecchialrelli, Vice President Supply Chain Solutions at Digi-Key Electronics September 20, 2016 Comments Off on The lifecycle of an idea

In May last year, one of just 200 Apple I computers ever made sold at auction in Germany for more than £400,000. Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak designed and hand-built the... Read More

Qormino® – Complex embedded design made quick, easy and enduring

e2v September 20, 2016 Comments Off on Qormino® – Complex embedded design made quick, easy and enduring

Qormino® is an ultra-compact, 64-bit multi-core, NXP QorIQ™ processor based module integrating DDR SDRAMs for high performance, communication intensive applications. Designed to aid fast time to market, it solves the... Read More