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Simplify Your Industrial Interface by Eliminating RS-485 Control Lines

Simplify Your Industrial Interface by Eliminating RS-485 Control Lines

This article outlines traditional half-duplex RS-485 configurations and then presents new alternatives for simplifying the control interface by eliminating the required control lines and software control code.


Who Really Owns Hardware? Property Rights vs Copyrights

Who Really Owns Hardware? Property Rights vs Copyrights

In a world where electronics and embedded systems are becoming increasingly sophisticated, protecting them against theft, piracy, or unauthorized modification is becoming increasingly important for designers and manufacturers.


News May 29, 2018 by Chantelle Dubois
PCB Layout for a Charge-Pump Bipolar Power Supply

PCB Layout for a Charge-Pump Bipolar Power Supply

In this article we’ll look at the PCB design for a low-noise ±5 V inductorless power supply.


Two New SPI Analog Mux Switches from Analog Devices

Two New SPI Analog Mux Switches from Analog Devices

Analog Devices recently announced two new SPI-controlled analog mux switches: the ADGS1208, which has eight single channels, and the ADGS1209, which has four differential channels.


News May 25, 2018 by Nick Davis
Texas Instruments MSP432E401Y/MSP432E411Y SimpleLink Ethernet MCUs | Featured Product Spotlight

Texas Instruments MSP432E401Y/MSP432E411Y SimpleLink Ethernet MCUs | Featured Product Spotlight

Texas Instruments’ MSP-EXP432E401Y SimpleLink Ethernet MCU LaunchPad Development Kit is a development platform for the MSP432E4 family of MCUs, which integrate an Ethernet MAC & PHY, a 120 MHz Arm Cortex-M4F CPU, a broad set of communication peripherals, and high-performance analog and digital functionality.


Making Safer Implantable Medical Sensors: The Benefits and Challenges of Biodegradable Sensors

Making Safer Implantable Medical Sensors: The Benefits and Challenges of Biodegradable Sensors

Imagine an implantable sensor that did not need to be removed because it degrades by itself over time. Meet the biodegradable sensor!


News May 24, 2018 by Robin Mitchell
How to Design Schmitt Trigger Oscillators

How to Design Schmitt Trigger Oscillators

This article discusses the good and the bad regarding Schmitt Trigger RC oscillators. These oscillators are especially important because they are present in the internal oscillator in many popular MCUs.


TE Connectivity Buchanan WireMate Connector Surface Mount (TB Series) | Tech Specs

TE Connectivity Buchanan WireMate Connector Surface Mount (TB Series) | Tech Specs

TE Connectivity offers a two-piece pluggable SMT connector solution: the Buchanan WireMate connector Surface Mount TB series.


new products May 24, 2018 by TTI, Inc
TE Connectivity IPX8 Waterproof USB Type C Onboard Receptacle | New Product Brief

TE Connectivity IPX8 Waterproof USB Type C Onboard Receptacle | New Product Brief

TE Connectivity IPX8 Waterproof USB Type C Onboard receptacles provide IPX8 waterproofing and additional design enhancements.


The First Telegraph Message to the IBM 704: The May 2018 Hardware History Roundup

The First Telegraph Message to the IBM 704: The May 2018 Hardware History Roundup

From the first telegraph message sent in 1884 to the founding of Dell computers in 1984 here is a roundup of history for the month of May.


News May 23, 2018 by Chantelle Dubois
Exactly How Schmitt Trigger Oscillators Work

Exactly How Schmitt Trigger Oscillators Work

This article is intended to help readers understand the good and the bad traits of Schmitt Trigger RC oscillators, which are especially important because they are present in the internal oscillator in popular MCUs.


Cypress Semiconductor EZ-BT WICED Dual-Mode Module Evaluation Board | Featured Product Spotlight

Cypress Semiconductor EZ-BT WICED Dual-Mode Module Evaluation Board | Featured Product Spotlight

Cypress Semiconductor offers the EZ-BT WICED Dual-Mode Module Evaluation Board, which is designed for evaluating and developing Bluetooth 5.0 applications with the Cypress EZ-BT WICED module.


Resolving the Signal Part 5: Understanding Effective Noise Bandwidth in Precision Delta-Sigma ADCs

Resolving the Signal Part 5: Understanding Effective Noise Bandwidth in Precision Delta-Sigma ADCs

Part 5 of this 12-part series continues to explore effective noise bandwidth as it relates to delta-sigma ADCs and system-level design by stepping through a simple example using a two-stage filter to understand how to calculate the ENBW and how system changes affect the ENBW.


A Replacement to LM75/TMP75 Digital Temperature Sensors: The Texas Instruments TMP1075

A Replacement to LM75/TMP75 Digital Temperature Sensors: The Texas Instruments TMP1075

Texas Instruments announces their new TMP1075, which is a replacement to the industry standard LM75 and TMP75 digital temperature sensors.


News May 22, 2018 by Nick Davis
Vishay Power Metal Strip Resistor WSHP2818 | Tech Specs

Vishay Power Metal Strip Resistor WSHP2818 | Tech Specs

Vishay’s WSHP2818 is a 10 W automotive grade Power Metal Strip resistor in a 2818 package, and its high power density (198 W/in2) saves PCB space, reduces weight, and lowers component count.


new products May 22, 2018 by TTI, Inc
TDK VLBS Series Inductors | New Product Brief

TDK VLBS Series Inductors | New Product Brief

TDK’s VLBS Series Inductors are high current, low resistance inductors for power supply circuits in servers, base stations, and voltage regulator modules.


Pipelined Direct Form FIR Versus the Transposed Structure

Pipelined Direct Form FIR Versus the Transposed Structure

This article will review two pipelined structures to implement a high throughput FIR filter.


A Modern Day Icarus: The Parker Solar Probe’s Mission to the Sun

A Modern Day Icarus: The Parker Solar Probe’s Mission to the Sun

How do we design, build, and test a sensitive piece of equipment for millions of times more heat and radiation exposure?


News May 21, 2018 by Chantelle Dubois
SL Power TE150 Single Output Power Supply | New Product Brief

SL Power TE150 Single Output Power Supply | New Product Brief

SL Power’s TE150 series is a compact, 150 W external power supply that meets US and European efficiency requirements.


Accelerating Embedded Vision Integration with Xilinx SoCs and the reVISION Stack

Accelerating Embedded Vision Integration with Xilinx SoCs and the reVISION Stack

SoCs with programmable logic are an essential element of real-time embedded vision systems. Designers can capitalize on the power and efficiency of Xilinx's Zynq Ultrascale+ MPSoC devices to implement their designs using Avnet's Embedded Vision Kits and the Xilinx reVISION stack.