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The Appearance of the 48-Volt Mild Hybrid Vehicle

The Appearance of the 48-Volt Mild Hybrid Vehicle

This article explores how MHEVs differ from a traditional ICE vehicle, touching on the electrification of the powertrain by digging into some of the key differences in terms of architecture.


What Is an aCOT? A New Synchronous DC-to-DC Buck Converter from Diodes Incorporated

What Is an aCOT? A New Synchronous DC-to-DC Buck Converter from Diodes Incorporated

Diodes Incorporated recently released an adaptive constant on-time (aCOT) synchronous DC-to-DC buck converter that offers high efficiencies and an improved transient response.


News Apr 18, 2018 by Nick Davis
Analog Devices LTM9100 Isolated Anyside µModule Controllers | Featured Product Spotlight

Analog Devices LTM9100 Isolated Anyside µModule Controllers | Featured Product Spotlight

Analog Devices µModule Regulators are system-in-package power management solutions. They are efficient, reliable, and provide a known-good power conversion solution that reduces board space, design time, and verification time.


T Is for Toggle: Understanding the T Flip-Flop

T Is for Toggle: Understanding the T Flip-Flop

This tech brief provides an overview of a somewhat uncommon member of the flip-flop family.


Teardown Tuesday: Space Heater

Teardown Tuesday: Space Heater

In this teardown, we dissect a rotating space heater that has two modes of operation: silence and turbo.


News Apr 17, 2018 by Nick Davis
NXP Semiconductors i.MX 8M Applications Processors | New Product Brief

NXP Semiconductors i.MX 8M Applications Processors | New Product Brief

NXP i.MX 8M application processors provide multimedia processing for streaming video, streaming audio, voice control, and voice assistant applications.


What Is the Difference between Conducted and Radiated EMI?

What Is the Difference between Conducted and Radiated EMI?

This technical brief explains two distinct types of electromagnetic interference.


Low Noise, Low Power, High Speed: An 18-bit, 2 MSPS Precision SAR ADC from Analog Devices

Low Noise, Low Power, High Speed: An 18-bit, 2 MSPS Precision SAR ADC from Analog Devices

The AD4002 from Analog Devices is a low-noise, low-power, and high-speed 18-bit successive approximation register analog-to-digital converter.


News Apr 16, 2018 by Nick Davis
How to Use Carry-Save Adders to Efficiently Implement Multioperand Addition

How to Use Carry-Save Adders to Efficiently Implement Multioperand Addition

This article reviews the use of carry-save adders to efficiently compute a multioperand addition.


Maxim Integrated MAX12900 Sensor Transmitter AFE | Featured Product Spotlight

Maxim Integrated MAX12900 Sensor Transmitter AFE | Featured Product Spotlight

Maxim’s MAX12900 Sensor Transmitter Analog Front-End is an ultra-low-power, highly integrated 4-20 mA sensor transmitter for industrial applications.


How to Stream Sensor Data from Bosch’s XDK110 Evaluation Board to the MQTT Messaging Service

How to Stream Sensor Data from Bosch’s XDK110 Evaluation Board to the MQTT Messaging Service

In this article, we will take a look at the XDK110 rapid prototyping kit, characterize its hardware, explore its software environment, and demonstrate connecting the device to the MQTT messaging service.


Projects Apr 12, 2018 by Mark Hughes
High Efficiencies at Light Loads: A Voltage Boost Converter from Texas Instruments

High Efficiencies at Light Loads: A Voltage Boost Converter from Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments recently released their new voltage boost converter (step-up converter) that offers high efficiencies at light load conditions.


News Apr 12, 2018 by Nick Davis
Molex Imperium High Voltage/High Current Connector System | Tech Specs

Molex Imperium High Voltage/High Current Connector System | Tech Specs

The Molex Imperium High Voltage/High Current Connector System allows designers to connect up to 1000V and 250 A per contact.


new products Apr 12, 2018 by TTI, Inc
Intel Compute Card | New Product Brief

Intel Compute Card | New Product Brief

The Intel Compute Card packs a full computing solution into a platform the size of a credit card.


Resolving the Signal Part 4: Understanding Effective Noise Bandwidth in Precision Delta-Sigma ADCs

Resolving the Signal Part 4: Understanding Effective Noise Bandwidth in Precision Delta-Sigma ADCs

Part 4 of this “Resolving the Signal” article series covers noise in delta-sigma ADCs focuses on understanding basic effective noise bandwidth (ENBW) topics.


Adjustable Step-Down DC/DC Constant-Current Control: An LED Controller from Diodes Incorporated

Adjustable Step-Down DC/DC Constant-Current Control: An LED Controller from Diodes Incorporated

Diodes Incorporated announced a new adjustable constant-current LED step-down (buck) DC/DC converter that accepts an input voltage ranging from 5V to 60V.


News Apr 11, 2018 by Nick Davis
Intel Optane 900P Series SSD | Featured Product Spotlight

Intel Optane 900P Series SSD | Featured Product Spotlight

The Intel Optane SSD 900P series offers high-throughput, low-latency storage that prevents data bottlenecks and processor starvation to improve the overall platform performance.


BJTs after Biasing: Analyzing BJTs with a Small-Signal Model

BJTs after Biasing: Analyzing BJTs with a Small-Signal Model

This article presents two circuits that can be used to analyze the small-signal behavior of a bipolar junction transistor.


Teardown Tuesday: Immersion Cooker

Teardown Tuesday: Immersion Cooker

In this teardown, we open up an Immersion Cooker, from My Sous Vide.


News Apr 10, 2018 by Nick Davis
ISSI IS21ES eMMC Flash Drives | New Product Brief

ISSI IS21ES eMMC Flash Drives | New Product Brief

ISSI IS21ES eMMC flash drives integrate MLC NAND and an eMMC 5.0 controller to simplify storage in automotive, industrial, and medical applications.