Selecting A/D converters in microprocessor design
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2002-03-16 |
| The usual method of bringing analog inputs into a microprocessor is to use an ADC. Here are some tips for selecting such a part and calibrating it to fit your needs |
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| Managing noise on the K6-III microprocessor
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2001-02-01 |
| Shrinking line widths demand attention to noise issues, so design methodologies must change to include comprehensive noise analysis. |
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| Microprocessor trends: It's time to double up
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2005-08-16 |
| There is a definite shift away from ever higher frequencies to multicore processors to meet higher device performance requirements |
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| Get Faster, Quicker!
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2004-05-01 |
| This technical article discusses the growth of microprocessor SIMD engines in embedded applications |
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| MAJC—the solution for the future media-rich convergence market
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2000-03-20 |
| This paper describes the MAJC (Microprocessor Architecture for JavaTM computing) as a new general-purpose microprocessor architecture from Sun Microsystems designed to address the converged services platforms and infrastructure needs of the new millennium |
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| Two-step power conversion: Portable power for the future
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1999-04-08 |
| As microprocessor operating voltages continue to decrease, power conversion for CPU core power is becoming a daunting challenge. A core power supply must have fast transient response, good efficiency, and low heat generation in the vicinity of the processor. These factors will soon force a move away from one-step power conversion from battery or wall adapter to processor, to two-step conversion where the CPU core power is obtained from the 5V supply. This paper discusses about the two-step power conversion |
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| Use a 16bit MCU to drive smart sensor transmitter
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2006-04-17 |
| Second-generation 4-20mA transmitters use a microprocessor and data converter to condition the signal remotely |
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| Cut down processor power consumption with CPLD
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2008-05-16 |
| According to Mark Ng of Xilinx Inc., Reducing power consumption not only involves correct management of the operating mode of a device, but designing a system to take advantage of the modes a device can operate within. Offloading operations of the microprocessor allows it to stay in its low-power state for a longer amount of time. One way to reduce system power is to allow a low-power programmable logic device, such as a CPLD, to manage these offloaded operations |
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| Adding nonvolatile SRAM into embedded systems
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2002-07-01 |
| Learn how to interface a nonvolatile SRAM to a microprocessor-based system either as program or data memory |
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| Exploring optical and magnetic sensors
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2004-01-16 |
| Sensors help microprocessor-based systems find their bearings. This article looks at optical and magnetic sensors, their applications, and how they interface to processors |
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| Inside Advantech touchscreen terminal for medical apps
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2011-11-08 |
| The Advantech HIT-W121 terminal shares many of the same characteristics of a traditional computing platform, yet it needs a few extra bells and whistles to be appropriate for medical applications. |
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| Reconfiguring SoC according to Garp
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2001-05-01 |
| Programmable SoC components, containing a microcontroller and reconfigurable hardware, promise the flexibility of software and the performance of hardware. |
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| Open source hardware
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2002-12-02 |
| This technical article discusses how open-source techniques in hardware design are still impossible to achieve with the current technology available to engineers. |
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| Leveraging PLDs for embedded system functionality
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1999-03-01 |
| You can directly apply the techniques and tools used in Internet Reconfigurable Logic (IRL)-based enterprise development to embedded systems and thus enhance their capabilities. |
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| Programmable-chip methods get fresh look
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2001-05-01 |
| At the current lithographic resolutions, PLDs offer the potential of producing "systems on programmable circuits." |
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| Wireless Web appliances evolve anew
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2001-04-01 |
| This article describes the common wireless technologies for embedded platforms, such as Cellular Digital Packet Data and General Packet Radio Service, for web appliances. |
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| SoCs likely to pose heading-off test problems
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2000-12-01 |
| This technology news article describes the problems and solutions test engineers should face when confronting SoC designs. |
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| The future of mixed-signal design
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2000-02-01 |
| I hear two contradictory things regarding mixed-signal IC design. One set of voices says the systems-on-chip (SoC) of the future will be large mixed-signal systems, and the proportion of these being built will double from about 33 percent currently to 66 percent by 2005. The other set of voices says everything will be big digital chips constructed in ever-deeper submicron CMOS, in that the ASICs of the future will use as many 15 million logic gates, but that the analog and mixed-signal circuitry will be left off-chip. |
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| Flow is shaky for programmable SoCs
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2001-03-01 |
| Programmable SoC designs are becoming the trend of the future thanks to the greater density of today's programmable devices and the availability of efficient microprocessors. Unfortunately the CAD flows for these devices are far from being robust. |
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| Dolphin, Raisonance team-up on microcontroller core
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2001-06-01 |
| The Dolphin Integration and Raisonance team up to create a hierarchical development system for the 8051 8-bit microcontroller core is expected to bring enhancements in the field of control technology. |
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| Hardware/software co-dev't with emphasis on software
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2012-02-06 |
| Read about the problems of hardware/software co-development from the point of view of the software designer. |
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| Multicore future is right now
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2007-11-01 |
| Great hopes are being pinned on multiprocessor and parallel architecture as the answers for the continuing development of electronics and computing. The picoArray from picoChip is an example of a product which makes possible the promise of these two technologies. |
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| Shenzhen home to kindred entrepreneurial spirits
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2001-04-01 |
| Ling Shi and Dong Tao are kindred examples of a new spirit of entrepreneurialism taking root in Shenzhen, the Chinese boomtown just across the border from Hong Kong. |
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| New thinking needed amid runaway test costs
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2001-04-15 |
| There is a need to achieve test-cost reductions that rival the reductions in wafer fabrication costs to ensure continued growth of semiconductor markets. ATE should not wait for someone else to do it. |
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| Taking the necessary risks in design
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2000-12-01 |
| This technology news article describes the risks that are necessary for setting up design roadmaps for engineers. |
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| Smart toys revel in mobility, speech and control
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2001-02-01 |
| This news article describes the evolution of the conventional toy into enhanced engineering designs which not only offers young children entertainment value, but also expands the possibilities for engineers to design devices useful to the electronics industry. |
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| Specialized foundry processing yields high-performance analog IC
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2011-09-26 |
| Learn about the impact of foundry process on achievable specifications. |
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| Understanding inverters' role in the solar industry
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2011-09-01 |
| Learn how solar inverters can eventually pave the way for further development of future energy-harvesting systems. |
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| Taking advantage of ambient energy
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2011-09-01 |
| Know how to convert ambient energy sources into electrical energy by utilizing an appropriate transducer, such as thermoelectric generator for heat, a piezoelectric element for vibration, or a photovoltaic cell for sunlight. |
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| Oki, Lexra roll out prototyping boards for SoCs
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2001-04-15 |
| This article discusses Oki Semiconductor and Lexra Inc.'s board products intended to speed time-to-silicon for complex SoC designs. |
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