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Why MEMS Accelerometers Are Becoming the Designer’s Best Choice for CbM Applications

Why MEMS Accelerometers Are Becoming the Designer’s Best Choice for CbM Applications

The global condition-based monitoring (CbM) market has experienced significant growth over the past few years, and it will likely only continue to grow in the near future. This growth coincides with the rapid advancement of MEMS accelerometers for use in vibration sensing applications, now rivaling the once-dominant piezoelectric (or PZT) accelerometer. 


How the Smart Hardware Engineer Can Easily Design Power Supplies: Mini Tutorial

How the Smart Hardware Engineer Can Easily Design Power Supplies: Mini Tutorial

This mini-tutorial gives an overview of the possibilities for power supply design. It addresses the basic and commonly used isolated and nonisolated power supply topologies along with their advantages and disadvantages. It also covers electromagnetic interference (EMI) and filtering considerations. 


Embedded Analytics: A Platform Approach

Embedded Analytics: A Platform Approach

This paper outlines the multi-dimensional nature of this complexity and the costs and opportunities it generates. It also demonstrates that the key to designers meeting this challenge is the ability to attain system-level visibility: both during the semiconductor development cycle, and subsequently after embedded systems are deployed in the field.


Tessent Silicon Lifecycle Solutions: Enabling the Next Step in IC Test and Monitoring

Tessent Silicon Lifecycle Solutions: Enabling the Next Step in IC Test and Monitoring

This paper explains the drivers and benefits of implementing PLM practices into the semiconductor industry. This resource also provides a detailed description of the elements that make up the Tessent Silicon Lifecycle Solutions platform.


Online DFM Analysis For Better Products and Faster Cloud-Based Tools For Collaboration Between PCB Designers and Manufacturers

Online DFM Analysis For Better Products and Faster Cloud-Based Tools For Collaboration Between PCB Designers and Manufacturers

This white paper describes Siemens' new cloud-based solution and provides use-case examples. Readers will also get a detailed description and testimonial from an early adopter.


High Rate Pulse Ultra-Wideband (UWB) Physical Layer Test and Certification

High Rate Pulse Ultra-Wideband (UWB) Physical Layer Test and Certification

Get an overview of UWB physical layer fundamentals, the associated test requirements and appropriate test solutions.


EMI Debugging with Oscilloscopes

EMI Debugging with Oscilloscopes

A simple guideline to help hardware developers analyze EMI problems using near-field probes in conjunction with digital oscilloscopes.


Autoranging: Theory of Operation

Autoranging: Theory of Operation

Programmable DC power sources are an essential tool in product development and production testing of a wide range of electronic devices and systems. In many instances, functional test requires submitting the device-under-test (DUT) to a wide range of operating conditions. In some cases, the DUT draws constant power under variable input conditions.


Analog/Mixed-Signal Design and Simulation in a Tanner Flow

Analog/Mixed-Signal Design and Simulation in a Tanner Flow

This white paper displays how the Tanner flow simplifies the design and verification process of Analog/Mixed-Signal design. It also describes how the user can verify design functionality, connectivity, and performance at all levels of the design hierarchy and for all integrated circuit (IC) applications.


5G Technology Devices for an O-RAN Wireless Solution

5G Technology Devices for an O-RAN Wireless Solution

This white paper discusses 5G Technology Devices for an O-RAN Wireless Solution and will review one of these solutions for designing and building a power efficient 5G device.


Polyimide Film Uses for Digital Isolators

Polyimide Film Uses for Digital Isolators

In this article, learn about digital isolator construction using polyimide films as isolation layers.


Eaton Provides Reliable Overcurrent Protection in Automotive Applications

Eaton Provides Reliable Overcurrent Protection in Automotive Applications

This use case discusses circuit protection required throughout today’s vehicles as well as reliable overcurrent protection with Eaton Bussmann solutions.


Fundamentals of Spectrum Analysis

Fundamentals of Spectrum Analysis

This eBook from Rohde & Schwarz provides information on spectrum analysis, including the complex measurement instruments and theoretical background. This resource also provides key information on avoiding measurement errors and insight into typical applications such as phase noise and channel power measurements. 


Automotive Radar - Chirp Analysis with R&S RTP Oscilloscope

Automotive Radar - Chirp Analysis with R&S RTP Oscilloscope

This application note focuses on how to measure and analyze FMCW radar signals with up to 6 GHz bandwidth with an R&S® RTP oscilloscope. On-board analysis features for pulse and chirp analysis for single- and multi-channel measurements are addressed, as well as the combination of oscilloscopes and R&S® VSE software. This resource also demonstrates the measurement of an FMCW radar signal in the 77 - 81GHz band with 4 GHz bandwidth.


Addressing Complexity and Minimizing Risk in Modern Aerospace Electrical Platforms

Addressing Complexity and Minimizing Risk in Modern Aerospace Electrical Platforms

This eBook explains how digitalization not only allows teams to work in a virtual environment, but introduces a high level of automation across domains and disciplines bringing visibility, insight, and traceability to all facets of electrical program and wire system development.


The Keys to Generative Design

The Keys to Generative Design

This white paper examines the challenges facing automotive engineers and briefly describes how a generative design flow is instrumental to the solution. It also takes a closer look at the design flow to describe the keys to a successful implementation: automation, engineering within a platform context, and cross-domain integration.


Accelerating Electrical Systems Design and Analysis

Accelerating Electrical Systems Design and Analysis

This white paper walks through the design and review of a wiring harness for a small tractor using VeSys. Solutions like the one discussed in this resource allow vehicle manufacturers to meet the demands of product complexity and quality while going to market faster than ever.


Improving the Reliability and Performance of RF ICs With Advanced EDA Technology

Improving the Reliability and Performance of RF ICs With Advanced EDA Technology

In this white paper, the reader will learn how the Calibre tools provide enhanced verification and fill optimization that can drastically reduce the number of simulations required. It also discusses how the tools achieve the aforementioned while still ensuring designs will perform reliably in conformance with their design specifications over the lifetime of the products in which they are used. 


Tape Out On Time With On-Demand Signoff DRC in P&R

Tape Out On Time With On-Demand Signoff DRC in P&R

This white paper looks at the challenges of ever-increasingly complex designs packed into each die and explores techniques that can be used to close designs efficiently and deliver them on time.


A Painless Solution for Analog Verification Management

A Painless Solution for Analog Verification Management

This white paper outlines how to simplify the analog management process by rolling all the tasks into a single tool that also enables the visualization of results in spreadsheets.