CAN, LIN, MOST, FlexRay :: Altera Fuels Its Automotive Electronics Portfolio

Providing a platform for innovation in the automotive electronics market, Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) has announced that it will begin shipping automotive-grade devices for selected members...  >>  

Mobile Handsets :: Zoran’s APPROACH 5C Multimedia Processor Powers LG’s Secret Black Label Phone With High Quality Image Capture

Zoran announces that its APPROACH 5C multimedia processor powers LG’s Secret (model LG-KF750), the newest and third handset of the Black Label Series, 5 megapixel camera phone.  >>  

Handheld/PDA/Palmtop :: Aptina Introduces New Feature-Rich ISP Companion Chip

Aptina Imaging announced today the launch of its new image signal processor (ISP) companion chip, MT9S311. The new ISP was designed to provide users with greater compatibility with Aptina’s...  >>  

Military/Aerospace Avionics :: Actel Expands Military-Qualified Flash-Based FPGA Offerings

Actel Corporation has announced it has added new ProASIC®3 and ProASIC®3EL FPGAs to its military-qualified product offerings. Verified to operate across the full military temperature...  >>  

Digital Power Management :: Fairchild Semiconductor’s IntelliMAX™ Load Switches Provide the Industry’s Highest Accuracy Current Limiting

Fairchild Semiconductor offers designers a series of advanced load switches with superior current limiting accuracy for robust circuit protection. This tight tolerance series of...  >>  

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Bucking the Trend: When Discrete Solutions can be Better than Integration

By Alex Lloyd, Axiom Microdevices, Inc. Irvine, Calif. Conventional wisdom has it that increasing levels of integration bring benefits in terms of reduced cost, size and increased reliability.  >>  

Notebook PC Hardware :: Real Cost of Solid State Drives

by Steve Weinger, Samsung Semiconductor, Inc. Solid state drives (SSDs) are popping up everywhere. Dell, Lenovo, Sony and Toshiba are just some of the notebook PC OEMs who are now offering SSDs. A growing number of IT managers around the globe as well have been looking at the SSD option for notebooks in corporate networks.  >>  

RF in the Piazza – Novice’s Guide for Bringing Applications to Market

By David Bourner, Micrel Corp. Until quite recently, I taught a senior undergraduate projects course in computer engineering. One of the paragons of the course involved students discovering and using engineering standards to help successfully tackle a two-semester long design project. After three years of study in the computer engineering program, my students had the basis to “pick...  >>  

Everything Is Going Green with White Goods

By Tony Armstrong, Linear Technology Corp. The popularization of the concept of “Green Environment Protection” has been in the news a great deal during recent months. As a result, many power management IC suppliers have made a lot of progress in improving power efficiency.  >>  

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Battery Management ::

Analogic Tech announced today the AAT2782 and AAT2783 , two new power management ICs (PMICs) for portable applications. Combining two step-down converters with a low VIN LDO, these new devices... [from Analogic Tech]  >>  

CAN, LIN, MOST, FlexRay :: Atmel Introduces a Family of AVR Microcontrollers for Automotive LIN Networking Applications

Atmel announced the availability of a new family of AVR 8-bit microcontrollers for LIN Automotive networking applications. The ATtiny167 is the first device and is optimized to LIN slave... [from Atmel]  >>  

RAID :: Oxford Semiconductor Unveils New Consumer Network-Attached and Direct-Attached Storage Solution-on-a-chip Platforms

Oxford Semiconductor, provider of silicon and software solutions designed to simplify digital storage and retrieval, today unveiled the latest additions to its family of storage platforms that... [from Oxford Semiconductor]  >>  

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Satellite Access Application Notes :: AN2677/D - Digital Satellite Equipment Control (DiSEqC) using C68HC908QT/QY

This document describes using the Motorola MC68HC908QT/QY series microcontroller unit (MCU) as the digital satellite equipment control slave. The MCU in this application note is a twin...  >>  

CoAx Networking Application Notes :: HPNA over Coax application note

The purpose of this document is to serve as a handbook for the design and installation of HPNA 3.0 products over coax media and over mixed phone/coax media. Section 1 gives general information and...  >>  

HDMI/DVI Application Notes :: HDMI Transmitter/Receiver Support on TMS320DM6467

This application report describes how to equip the DM6467 device with transmit/receive capabilities via high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI). A general description is provided for all the...  >>  

Passive Optical Network White Papers :: 10G EPON Brings Advantages to the Fiber Access Network

As the deployment of Fiber to the Home (FTTH) technologies in the access network accelerates, vendors and technology innovators are looking ahead to solve next-generation applications'...  >>  

HDMI/DVI White Papers :: WHDI™ - Wireless High Definition Interface

WHDI™ - Wireless High Definition Interface sets a new standard for wireless high-definition video connectivity. It provides a high-quality, uncompressed wireless link which can support...  >>  

CoAx Networking White Papers :: Hybrid Coax-Wireless Multimedia Home Networks

As the demand for capacity in the home network increases, the coverage of the wireless connection may limit operators’ ability to offer new bandwidth intensive services and applications such...  >>  

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DC/DC Power Conversion :: MCP1630 Li-Ion Multi Bay Battery Charger Reference Design

The MCP1630 Multi-Bay Li-Ion Charger is used to evaluate Microchip’s MCP1630 used in a SEPIC power converter application.  >>  

Voice-over-IP (VoIP) :: Zarlink's Newest Access Chipset Brings Voice to Next Generation Triple Play Network Deployment

Zarlink Semiconductor announced availability of the VoiceEdge VE792 Next Generation Carrier Chipset (NGCC), expanding the company's VoiceEdge family of highly-programmable integrated voice...  >>  

Battery Management :: Design Idea for 5 W Charger/Adapter

Design Idea 158 showcases a design for a 5 W universal input, constant voltage/constant current (CV/CC) charger using LinkSwitch-II. This design is useful for battery chargers for cell phones, USB...  >>  

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Lighting :: Cypress Webinar Gives Designers Overview And Design Tips On Communication Interfaces For Intelligent Lighting Networks

Cypress Semiconductor Corp. announced a free online seminar that reviews communication interfaces for intelligent lighting networks and presents tools to simplify the design process.  >>  

Sensor Signal Conditioning :: NEC Electronics America Shares Tips for Developing Low-Cost Custom Silicon for the Industrial Market

Engineers working in the industrial market face a number of critical design challenges to support low power consumption, device security and long life cycles while delivering low-cost, highly...  >>  

AC Motor Control :: Providing Reliable and Accurate Motor Control Systems with Isolation Solutions

In a high electrical noise and hazardous voltage environment of motor control system, designers face challenges in achieving system reliability, accuracy and smooth communication within industrial...  >>  

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Desktop/Server Hardware :: TI introduces flexible, eight-channel ESD solution for HDMI and DisplayPort

Texas Instruments introduced a robust electrostatic discharge (ESD) solution that provides system-level ESD protection for eight high-speed differential lines, designed specifically for...  >>  

Handheld/PDA/Palmtop :: TI introduces complete audio subsystem for portable devices

Texas Instruments introduced an analog-input audio subsystem that integrates TI's field-proven stereo Class-D power amplifier and stereo DirectPath headphone amplifier into one compact package.  >>  

Solid State Lighting :: Toshiba Introduces High Power, High Flux 90 Lumen White Led

Toshiba announced TL12W02-D, a new high power, high brightness white LED for commercial, residential and industrial lighting applications that can provide a typical flux of 90 lumens (lm) when...  >>  

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