| What is Power Line Communication? by Cypress Semiconductor Corp. in EE Times Industrial Control Designline |
August 17, 2011 -- Power Line Communication (PLC) is a communication technology that enables sending data over existing power cables. This means that, with just power cables running to an electronic device (for example) one can both power it up ... read more |
| Basics of Core-Based FPGA Design-Part 1: Core Types & Trade-Offs by EE Times Embedded |
August 17, 2011 -- The implementation of an embedded processor within an FPGA requires many of the same decisions and trade-offs required to implement a discrete processor design. Some of the factors influencing an embedded processor implementat ... read more |
| Cache-Coherence Verification by Jasper Design Automation in EE Times EDA Designline |
August 17, 2011 -- As consumers, we place many demands on our personal electronics, especially mobile devices. We want them to perform all sorts of tasks efficiently, accurately, and with minimal power consumption. Complex embedded SOCs have lar ... read more |
| Standardization in Software Tools Boosts Development of Next-Generation Applications by EE Times MCU Designline |
August 15, 2011 -- Industry is setting on standards for hardware components as well as for non-proprietary middleware: It saves time, money and workforce to work within well-known scopes. This also applies to the tools used for developing embedd ... read more |
| Distributed Video Coding (DVC): Challenges in Implementation and Practical Usage by Wipro Technologies in Design & Reuse |
August 15, 2011 -- The state-of-the-art video compression standards such as MPEG2, MPEG4, H.264, DivX and VC1 are suitable for applications such as broadcast and streaming video-on-demand. Typically encoder complexity is 5-10 times that of the d ... read more |
| Making Embedded Processing Development Easy-Part 2 by Texas Instruments, Inc. (TI) in EE Times MCU Designline |
August 15, 2011 -- Welcome to a six-part series on making embedded processing development easy. We're on the second installment in a sequence created to introduce you to the fundamentals of embedded software design and considerations to aid with ... read more |
| EMI Scans Verify Chip Design and Accelerate Time-to-Market by EE Times Automotive Designline |
August 11, 2011 -- Automotive electronic systems are particularly sensitive to the electromagnetic emission profiles of the chips and printed circuit boards supplied by vendors. As a result, SAE (formerly the Society of Automotive Engineers) has ... read more |
| How Do I Reset My FPGA? by Xilinx, Inc. in EE Times Programmable Logic Designline |
August 10, 2011 -- In an FPGA design, a reset acts as a synchronization signal that sets all the storage elements to a known state. In a digital design, designers normally implement a global reset as an external pin to initialize the design on p ... read more |
| Realizing the Promise of Electrically-Aware Custom IC Design by Cadence Design Systems, Inc. in Electronic Design Magazine |
August 9, 2011 -- As silicon technology advances, a related increase in design complexity and uncertainty demands innovations in EDA solutions. The challenge for design teams is to improve productivity while differentiating their products. Uncer ... read more |
| Making Embedded Processing Development Easy-Part 1 by Texas Instruments, Inc. (TI) in EE Times MCU Designline |
August 8, 2011 -- Welcome to a six-part series on making embedded processing development easy. Over the next six weeks, we'll introduce you to considerations to aid with embedded processor design. This series is derived from the expertise of emb ... read more |
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