| A Guide to VHDL for Embedded Software Developers-Part 1: Essential Commands by EE Times Embedded |
July 19, 2011 -- This series of articles is designed to give concise and useful summary information on important language constructs and usage in VHDL; helpful and easy to use, but not necessarily complete. It will introduce the key concepts in ... read more |
| Guide to VHDL for embedded software developers-Part 2: More Essential Commands by EE Times Embedded |
July 19, 2011 -- In hierarchical designs, functions are a simple way of encapsulating behavior in a model that can be reused in multiple architectures. Functions can be defined locally to an architecture or more commonly in a package. In this pa ... read more |
| Managing Signal Integrity in Tomorrow's High-Speed Flash-Memory-System Designs by Agilent Technologies, Inc. in EE Times Test & Measurement Designline |
July 19, 2011 -- Signal integrity will matter more in next-generation Flash devices, and several changes in the technology will make managing signal integrity more critical. For example, data rates in these devices will range from 400MHz to 6GHz ... read more |
| Methods of Estimating Component Temperatures-Part 1 by Texas Instruments, Inc. (TI) in Electronic Engineering Journal |
July 14, 2011 -- It is well known that IC components heat up during operation as they dissipate power while doing their analog and digital magic. But how can the user determine if a component (semiconductor device) is too hot? Many engineers hav ... read more |
| Simulation Techniques Test Automotive Cluster Display ECUs by Agilent Technologies, Inc. in EE Times Automotive Designline |
July 14, 2011 -- With automotive display cluster being the main means to convey the status and information of a vehicle system and drive conditions, it is of utmost importance to ensure reliable functional testing for these cluster devices. This ... read more |
| Power-Integrity Simulation Keeps Your Planes Perfect by EDN Magazine |
July 14, 2011 -- Delivering power to the chips on your PCB (printed-circuit board) is no longer a simple proposition. You used to be able to connect the ICs to power and ground using thin traces that took little space. As chips got faster, you f ... read more |
| Tracking PLL Design Through the Decades-Part 2 by Silicon Creations in EDN Magazine |
July 14, 2011 -- The desire to integrate more gates has driven two advances in CMOS-processing technology, enabling the integration of practical inductors in generic CMOS-logic processes. The first, the use of CMP (chemical-mechanical polishing) ... read more |
| Tracking PLL Design Through the Decades-Part 1 by Silicon Creations in EDN Magazine |
July 14, 2011 -- PLLs (phase-locked loops) are among the most common types of analog/ mixed-signal circuits on today's SOC (system-on-chip) ICs. PLLs are essential companions to the digital-logic circuits and processors on these chips. Today's S ... read more |
| Designers Take a Fresh Look at Power Management System Design by Lattice Semiconductor Corp. in New Electronics Magazine |
July 12, 2011 -- As programmable logic technology migrates into the power subsystem portion of a design, new capabilities are becoming available to engineers. The benefits of applying programmable logic technology to power management are realize ... read more |
| Fundamentals of Touch Interfaces by Electronic Products Magazine |
July 12, 2011 -- Single- and multi-touch user interface development dates from the early 1970s, although the technology achieved first notable implementation prominence when Apple unveiled the capacitive touch-based first-generation iPhone in Ja ... read more |
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