| Image gallery: Tearing down Samsung Galaxy S3
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2012-06-25 |
| In this teardown, UBM TechInsights probed the inner workings of the European version of Samsung Galaxy S3 smartphone. |
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| Identify drain-current conditions when computing power of multicore SoCs
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2012-01-17 |
| Know the factors to consider when calculating the power numbers of multicore SoCs. |
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| How to turn waste heat into electrical energy
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2012-10-08 |
| Here's a look at a device designed to generate multiple watts of power by turning waste heat from industrial piping into electrical energy. |
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| How to select PCB materials for high-frequency apps
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2012-09-28 |
| Find out how to simplify that choice when striving for the best tradeoff between ease of fabrication and best electrical performance. |
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| How to reset an FPGA
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2011-08-22 |
| Know the various reset options available for FPGAs, as well as their advantages and disadvantages. |
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How to prevent thermal EMF
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2011-04-25 |
| Find out how thermal effects can affect precision resistor circuits and what do to minimize them. |
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How to optimize power control in 3G terminals
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2011-04-25 |
| Know how 3G mobile devices can operate to the highest level of performance possible. |
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| How to optimize low-current and high-resistance measurements (Part 2)
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2012-08-28 |
| Learn how to determine the offset current of a low-current measurement system, and understand the sources of measurement error in such systems. |
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| How to optimize low-current and high-resistance measurements (Part 1)
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2012-08-22 |
| Here's a series that provides tips and tricks for optimizing low-current and high-resistance measurements. |
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How to maximize profits in DRAM
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2011-05-09 |
| Here's a look at some of the current trends in DRAM, and how to best take advantage of them. |
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How to achieve cost-effective gigabit serial links over cable
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2009-10-02 |
| This article scratches the surface of what can be achieved with modern signal conditioning semiconductor technologies. |
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How software virtualization works in embedded
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2009-07-15 |
| The increased use of software virtualization in embedded systems is enabling additional use of open-source operating systems and applications. The term "virtualization" is overused and needs to be broken down to clearly see which virtualization technologies are most relevant to embedded systems developers. |
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| How FRAM RFID eases medical sterilization
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2012-03-28 |
| Understand how the combination of ferroelectric RAM and RFID technologies helps ensure the safety of medical equipment. |
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Hints on wireless USB via UWB tests
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2008-06-02 |
| The unique ability of UWB signaling to operate at the noise floor enables UWB devices to peacefully co-exist and share spectrum with traditional wireless services. |
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| Guide to troubleshooting RS-485
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2012-08-01 |
| The best way to handle RS-485 challenges is to pay attention to the basics. |
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| Guide to configuring FPGAs over USB
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2012-09-06 |
| Find out how to configure FPGA-based systems over USB to implement the flexibility of in-field upgrades, replace the JTAG configuration interface, and eliminate a separate on-board JTAG controller. |
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| Guarding against side-channel attacks (Part 2)
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2012-10-12 |
| Here's a discussion on a differential power analysis attack against AES using EM emissions from the devices. |
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Guarantee quality in voice engine design
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2008-04-16 |
| The general purpose SoCs used by today's cordless or IP telephones, integrated access devices and wireless unified communications devices, fully support the software DSP required for VoIP by integrating a software voice engine within the system software. This article discusses how to implement this in order to exceed telephony quality communication. |
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| Grasping the Goertzel algorithm
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2011-11-02 |
| Understand the Goertzel algorithm and how it can perform tone detection using much less CPU horsepower than the Fast Fourier Transform. |
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| Grasping power factor and solid state lighting
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2013-04-19 |
| In order to effectively design an LED-based luminaire, designers need to understand power factor, the impact of LED drivers on it, and the different techniques for cost-effectively integrating power factor correction in the LED driver design. |
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| Grasping noise, ENOB and effective resolution in ADC
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2011-09-29 |
| Given the demand for higher resolution, designers must develop a better understanding of ADC noise, effective number of bits, effective resolution, and signal-to-noise ratio. |
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Grasp SystemVerilog testbench debug and analysis
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2008-10-16 |
| Verifying SoC designs is becoming more complex. Fortunately, SystemVerilog addresses the complexity challenge, and enables advanced verification methodologies and automation. |
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| Gigabit serial links paves way for multi-core scalability
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2012-07-10 |
| Built on top of the serdes for data-intensive apps, gigabit serial interfaces minimize system cost and pin count while improving parallelism, performance and capacity. |
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Getting capacity up for backhaul links
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2009-09-30 |
| The demand for higher capacity is relentless, and the data rate of next-generation LTE and WiMAX networks can rise to a peak of 150Mbit/s per connection. |
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Get FlexRay working effectively
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2008-03-03 |
| Given that FlexRay is intended to be the next-generation automotive networking system, the target is to combine in one standard, the best flexibility, stability, robustness, reliability and dependability. |
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| Generate big sounds from small speakers
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2012-02-22 |
| Innovative DSP algorithms allow mobile device manufacturers to get the most out of small speakers' acoustic power without increasing hardware BOM costs. |
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Gear up for mobile-ready MEMS microphones
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2007-07-02 |
| MEMS microphones are more robust against heat, RF and vibration than electret microphones. It also permits fully automated SMT manufacturing, resulting in greater design freedom and system cost advantages. |
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| Galaxy tab: A worthy foe for iPad?
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2011-03-28 |
| With the launch of its Galaxy Tab, Samsung hopes to bite into Apple's market share with a tablet platform designed to give the iPad real competition. |
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| Fundamentals of embedded firewalls (Part 2)
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2012-03-16 |
| Know the requirements, issues, filtering options and best practices when building embedded firewalls. |
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| Functional safety features in modern MCUs
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2012-04-04 |
| Understand the key functional safety features present in modern semiconductor devices, allowing customers to run safety relevant tasks in their applications. |
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