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A Brief History of the Emergency Communications Network

A Brief History of the Emergency Communications Network

What are emergency communications networks? How were they developed and who put them in place? Here's a look at how the US spreads information to its populace quickly in case of emergencies.


News Mar 10, 2018 by Chantelle Dubois
Digi International TransPort Routers | New Product Brief

Digi International TransPort Routers | New Product Brief

Digi TransPort Routers provide a secure, reliable, and low-cost cellular connection that can be deployed globally for applications including retail, digital signage, transportation, and manufacturing automation.


What Exactly Is a Phase-Locked Loop, Anyways?

What Exactly Is a Phase-Locked Loop, Anyways?

This article introduces a phase-based feedback system that plays an important role in many applications.


Nonvolatile Resistance Switching in Atom Thin Memristors

Nonvolatile Resistance Switching in Atom Thin Memristors

A research team with members globally has created what seems to be the first working atomically thin memristor.


News Mar 09, 2018 by Zabrel Holsman
High Voltage: An Up to 99% Efficiency Buck-Boost Controller from Linear Technology

High Voltage: An Up to 99% Efficiency Buck-Boost Controller from Linear Technology

A four-switch DC/DC controller that operates from input voltages above, below, or equal to the regulated output voltage.


News Mar 09, 2018 by Nick Davis
Microchip PIC32MZDA Series Graphics Applications MCUs | Featured Product Spotlight

Microchip PIC32MZDA Series Graphics Applications MCUs | Featured Product Spotlight

Microchip's PIC32MZDA Series MCUs for advanced graphics applications integrate a graphics controller and a 2D GPU along with expansive on-chip or external DDR2 memory options.


How to Reduce Power Consumption with Clock Gating

How to Reduce Power Consumption with Clock Gating

This article will discuss the basic concepts of clock gating and how it can be used to reduce the power consumption of synchronous digital systems.


An Integrated High-Current Power Module: 0.5 to 2 Volt at 35 Amps from Texas Instruments

An Integrated High-Current Power Module: 0.5 to 2 Volt at 35 Amps from Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments has released a fixed-frequency step-down power module that delivers up to 35 Amps at output voltages ranging from 0.5 to 2 V.


News Mar 08, 2018 by Nick Davis
Vishay IHLE Series E-Field Shielded Inductors | Tech Specs

Vishay IHLE Series E-Field Shielded Inductors | Tech Specs

E-M-I: three dreaded letters for any designer. And while I can’t solve all your EMI problems, the Vishay IHLE power inductors can certainly help.


new products Mar 08, 2018 by TTI, Inc
TE Connectivity Chipconnect Internal Faceplate-to-Processor Cable Assemblies | New Product Spotlight

TE Connectivity Chipconnect Internal Faceplate-to-Processor Cable Assemblies | New Product Spotlight

TE Connectivity Chipconnect internal faceplate-to-processor cable assemblies enable Intel’s Omni-Path Architecture for data centers and high-performance computing.


How to Low-Pass Filter a Square Wave

How to Low-Pass Filter a Square Wave

This article, part of AAC’s Analog Circuit Collection, presents a circuit that is a good choice when you need to remove high-frequency noise from a digital signal.


An Electronically Resettable Hot Swap Smart Fuse from ON Semiconductor

An Electronically Resettable Hot Swap Smart Fuse from ON Semiconductor

ON Semiconductor offers their new hot swap smart fuse which is an electronically resettable and programmable in-line fuse for high-current applications.


News Mar 07, 2018 by Nick Davis
Maxim MAX14878-MAX14880 Isolated CAN Transceivers | Featured Product Spotlight

Maxim MAX14878-MAX14880 Isolated CAN Transceivers | Featured Product Spotlight

Maxim's MAX14878, MAX14879, and MAX14880 are isolated CAN transceivers that ensure reliable communication and improve uptime.


LED Dimming: A High-Power 40V Buck LED Driver with Two Dimming Methods from Diodes Incorporated

LED Dimming: A High-Power 40V Buck LED Driver with Two Dimming Methods from Diodes Incorporated

Diodes Incorporated has released a high-power 40 V LED controller that's capable of driving up to 3 amps of current.


News Mar 06, 2018 by Nick Davis
Resolving the Signal: Introduction to Noise in Delta-Sigma ADCs Part 3

Resolving the Signal: Introduction to Noise in Delta-Sigma ADCs Part 3

This 12-part article series focuses on the impact of noise in delta-sigma ADCs. Part 3 brings the theoretical information provided in parts 1 and 2 to a real-world design example.


Providers and Manufacturers Are Getting 5G Ready

Providers and Manufacturers Are Getting 5G Ready

It’s only been just over a month, but already 5G is starting to pop up in the repertoire of device designers and being used for demonstration purposes to spread the word. Here are a few examples that demonstrate we’ll be seeing 5G adoption this year.


News Mar 06, 2018 by Chantelle Dubois
STMicroelectronics Industrial Motion Sensors | New Product Brief

STMicroelectronics Industrial Motion Sensors | New Product Brief

STMicroelectronics Industrial Motion Sensors are high performance, high quality, ultralow-power MEMS sensors for Industry 4.0, building automation, and other demanding applications.


Encoding the States of a Finite State Machine in VHDL

Encoding the States of a Finite State Machine in VHDL

This article will review different encoding methods that can be used to implement the states of an FSM.


How to Design Low-Cost Contactless Position Sensors

How to Design Low-Cost Contactless Position Sensors

In this video, we’ll demonstrate an inductive sensing technique used for contactless position sensing.


Cold Storage and Cold Chain Monitoring: A Highly Accurate Digital Temperature Sensor from ams

Cold Storage and Cold Chain Monitoring: A Highly Accurate Digital Temperature Sensor from ams

A new highly accurate cold chain digital temperature sensor from ams makes the design of refrigerators and data loggers, in cold-chain storage equipment, a little easier.


News Mar 05, 2018 by Nick Davis