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Improving Home Appliance Safety with IEC Standards

Improving Home Appliance Safety with IEC Standards

This article explores the IEC 60730 Class B standard for functional safety to address both mechanical and electrical design in appliances. Learn what the standard entails and controllers to help meet these standards.


Understanding Multi-Faceted Modeling Within Fusion 360

Understanding Multi-Faceted Modeling Within Fusion 360

Documentation within the project pipeline is essential and design modeling is no different. In this article, learn about how to leverage the different modeling methods in Fusion 360.


How the PowerQuad Co-processor Frees Up CPU Cores in the LPC55S69 MCU

How the PowerQuad Co-processor Frees Up CPU Cores in the LPC55S69 MCU

In this article, learn about the PowerQuad co-processor and its role in performing CPU-heavy tasks to allow the Arm Cortex-M33 cores to execute other tasks in the LPC55S69 MCU.


Intelligent Circuit Protection and Sensing Design for Smart Home Locks and Access Controls

Intelligent Circuit Protection and Sensing Design for Smart Home Locks and Access Controls

This article provides an overview of access control topology in smart homes and industrial buildings by covering the various protection and sensing solutions engineers can use in their designs.


How to Draw, Render, and Animate with Fusion 360

How to Draw, Render, and Animate with Fusion 360

Learn how to use Fusion 360 to develop digital drawings, 3D renderings, and animations to help in the creations of complex designs.


Adding an ISP and Machine Learning Acceleration to the i.MX 8M Family

Adding an ISP and Machine Learning Acceleration to the i.MX 8M Family

Learn how the i.MX 8M Plus applications processor enables edge computing, speeding up machine learning for a variety of applications including industrial tasks.


Processing Solutions for High-Density PCBs

Processing Solutions for High-Density PCBs

Designers must consider processing temperatures, producibility, and solder joint integrity of every component as well as higher I/O connectors. This article looks at ways to enable smaller component footprints for high-density PCBs.


How to Manage and Store Project Data with Fusion 360

How to Manage and Store Project Data with Fusion 360

In this article, learn how Fusion 360 allows multiple teams, decision-makers, and stakeholders to view and work on projects while safeguarding sensitive data.


Understanding Terminal Blocks for Safe Connections

Understanding Terminal Blocks for Safe Connections

Learn about the key electrical and mechanical considerations, safety ratings, and more in greater detail to aid in the terminal block selection process.


Machine Learning and Intelligent Vision for the Industrial Edge

Machine Learning and Intelligent Vision for the Industrial Edge

NXP’s i.MX 8M Plus applications processor enables machine learning and intelligent vision for consumer applications and the industrial edge. Learn about the features of this processor and how it can be used in embedded vision systems.


Points to Consider When Selecting an NTC Thermistor

Points to Consider When Selecting an NTC Thermistor

This article explores NTC thermistor types and their critical performance criteria and provides advice on selecting the appropriate device for a given application.


The Fundamentals of Power Density

The Fundamentals of Power Density

In this article, learn about the power density in power management systems, including how it is estimated, its limitations, and solutions for overcoming those limitations.


How to Verify and Validate Designs Using Fusion 360

How to Verify and Validate Designs Using Fusion 360

This article discusses why verification and validation matter in design, how they differ, and how applications help teams incorporate and enrich their workflows.


Technology Enablers for Faster, Safer, High-Efficiency EV chargers

Technology Enablers for Faster, Safer, High-Efficiency EV chargers

This article looks at semiconductor technologies that are driving EV chargers, including high-voltage semiconductor switches, power converters, and multi-level complex power stages.


How to Reduce Noise in Low-Voltage Amplifier Designs

How to Reduce Noise in Low-Voltage Amplifier Designs

This article compares the noise performance of two different amplifiers and optimizes noise performance through the use of passive filtering.


Understanding the Six Power Modes for Maximum Efficiency on NXP’s LPC55S69 MCU 

Understanding the Six Power Modes for Maximum Efficiency on NXP’s LPC55S69 MCU 

This article explores the power rails and power modes of the LPC55S69 and investigates how the modes affect the MCU in various applications.


How to Implement Digit Recognition with TensorFlow Lite using an i.MX RT1060 Crossover MCU

How to Implement Digit Recognition with TensorFlow Lite using an i.MX RT1060 Crossover MCU

This article looks at digit detection and recognition using MNIST eIQ as an example, which consists of several parts — the digit recognition is performed by a TensorFlow Lite model, and a GUI is used to increase the usability of the i.MX RT1060 device.


Designing Microelectronics Using Fusion 360

Designing Microelectronics Using Fusion 360

This article dives into how Fusion 360 can be used to produce smarter microelectronics.


Protecting IoT Embedded Designs with Security ICs

Protecting IoT Embedded Designs with Security ICs

In this article, we discuss some key security threats to be aware of when designing for the IoT, important security functions, and how protecting these designs is becoming easier with advances in security ICs. 


How to Enable I2C on the OKdo E1 Board Using the NXP MCUXpresso IDE

How to Enable I2C on the OKdo E1 Board Using the NXP MCUXpresso IDE

In this article, learn how to enable I2C by allowing the LPC55S69 MCU on the E1 board to communicate with a Bosch BME280 environmental sensor present on the Microe Weather click module.