Latest Computers & Peripherals Industry White Papers

Rethinking Applications Processing for Ultra-Low Power - i.MX 7ULP

This white paper discusses how NXP was able to reduce power without severely compromising features and performance dramatically. It also provides a closer look at how the i.MX 7ULP applications processor brings the benefits of a rich OS to battery-powered devices.

Computer-on-Module for High Performance Computing

Learn how the long-established COM Express standard for Computer-on-Modules (COM) has been combined with a new high-performance computing standard.

The DDRx Memory Interface is the Most Complicated Modern Bus

DDRx memory interfaces are key enablers for the technology that shapes modern life. Servers, computers, smartphones, gaming consoles, and GPS systems are just some of the products that demand high-speed, high-bandwidth, double-data-rate memory. Each generation of DDRx DRAM brings new advantages that allow for faster, higher-capacity, and lower-power-consumption products.

Supercapacitors Provide Reliable Power in Energy Harvesting Applications

As climate change remains at the center of many conversations globally, countries are looking to renewable energy sources to reduce the volume of emissions produced annually. Moreover, with the rapid deployment of sensors into electronic devices with shrinking geometries, installing and replacing batteries can be challenging or impractical.

Zero Volt Operation With an Electronic Load

Electronic loads operate up to a specified minimum DC input, and below this minimum voltage, the available voltage will decay on a linear scale. However, in order to be able to perform applications such as testing individual battery cells - for example, a 3.6V lithium battery - the electronic load must operate with a greater range.

Keysight Technologies Smart Test Instruments Guide

The world is innovating with a greater sense of urgency than ever before. Labs are looking for smart test instruments that connect to each other, the lab, the cloud, and the next innovation. Because of this, a complete portfolio of lab bench products with a single powerful graphical interface is a game-changer.

Accelerate Time to Market with Calibre nmLVS Recon Technology: A New Paradigm for Circuit Verification

One thing is clear — tapeouts are getting harder and taking longer. According to statistics from industry conference surveys, at least 50% of scheduled tapeouts slip each year.

AC & DC Programmable Power Supplies Catalog

Selecting the right AC and DC power supplies and simulation systems is critically important. There are many (sometimes competing) design considerations that must be accounted for in order to specify the correct power supplies and simulation systems.

How to Optimize Signal Integrity for Better Data Acquisition

Whether designing a new jet engine or building a medical-grade freezer, signal integrity matters. Designers need certainty in, and from, their testing to ensure that their products will do what they are meant to do. This can only be accomplished through proper data acquisition systems with uncompromised signal integrity.

Improving Productivity With More Efficient LVS Debug

Layout versus schematic (LVS) verification is an essential and integral part of integrated circuit (IC) verification in a system-on-chip (SoC) design cycle, but with today’s highly dense and hierarchical layouts, increasing circuit complexity, and intricate foundry rules, running LVS can be a time-consuming and resource-intensive endeavor.

Accelerate Early Design Exploration and Verification for Faster Time to Market

Early chip-level physical verification faces many challenges. The Calibre™ Recon tool enables design teams to perform analysis and physical verification of full-chip design layouts during the very early stages of the design cycle, while the different components are still immature.

Power-Up Phase Determinism Using Multichip Synchronization Features in Integrated Wideband DACs and ADCs

The integration of multiple digital signal processing (DSP) blocks, wideband digital-to-analog converters (DACs), and wideband analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) within a single monolithic chip are enabling the offloading of FPGA resources.

Choosing the Most Suitable Predictive Maintenance Sensor

Condition-based monitoring (CbM) involves monitoring of machines or assets using sensors to measure the current state of health.

From IoT Factories to Operating Rooms: How to Design Better Comms Systems

While a factory floor and a medical operating theater share little in common, the equipment used in both areas must deliver trusted and precise operation, which is often mission critical. With the need for smarter systems, more data, and higher fidelity, bandwidth requirements are increasing.

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.

Selecting the Right Programmable DC Power Supply

Optimizing EMI Input Filters for Switched Mode Power Supplies

Design Considerations for Silicon Carbide Power