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The Good and the Bad of MCU Internal Oscillators

This article describes the benefits and requirements of the internal RC oscillator often available inside many low-cost Microcontroller units, including the calibration procedure to obtain the best possible accuracy.

December 11, 2019 by Eduardo Corpeño

How Choosing Oscillators over Crystals Reduces Time to Market and Project Costs

This article looks at the differences between crystal resonators and oscillators and presents examples that show when choosing crystals over oscillators could increase the total cost of a design.

November 05, 2019 by Bruce Potvin, SiTime

Integrator Limitations: Magnitude and Phase Errors

In this article, we will examine the deviation of the actual transfer function H from the ideal \(H_{ideal}\) in finer detail.

October 26, 2019 by Dr. Sergio Franco

New RF-Sampling Transceivers From TI Feature Industry’s Widest Frequency Range

New quad- and dual-channel transceivers are designed for radar, software-defined radio, and 5G applications.

March 07, 2019 by Gary Elinoff

A New Wideband Upconverter for High-Frequency Radar and Communication Systems

Analog Devices has recently released an SPI-programmable RF upconverter that can translate baseband or IF signals to extremely high transmission frequencies.

February 12, 2019 by Robert Keim

Clock Signal Management: Clock Resources of FPGAs

This article will review the common FPGA resources that allow us to efficiently generate and distribute clock signals throughout a system.

September 21, 2018 by Steve Arar

How to Perform Frequency Modulation with a Digitized Audio Signal

In this article, we’ll use Scilab to create an FM waveform that carries information corresponding to an audio recording.

September 17, 2018 by Robert Keim

How to Perform Frequency-Domain Analysis with Scilab

In this article we’ll work with sinusoidal signals in the frequency domain using Scilab’s fast Fourier transform (FFT) functionality.

September 04, 2018 by Robert Keim

Choosing the Right Transistor: Understanding Low-Frequency MOSFET Parameters

This article provides an overview of various characteristics and specifications that are relevant to low-frequency MOSFET operation.

July 23, 2018 by Robert Keim

Precise Time-Keeping: The Crystal Oscillator, the Atomic Clock, and the Quantum Clock

Time is really important in electronics, being used in other measurements including the volt. Depending on the application, different ways of time-keeping may be required for electronic devices. Here’s a look at a few ways of time-keeping, and their applications.

June 27, 2018 by Chantelle Dubois

Ultra-Low Jitter: A Programmable Oscillator with Internal EEPROM from Texas Instruments

The LMK61E07 is an I2C-controlled programmable variable frequency oscillator that can be used as an adjustable frequency source in computer networking, medical imaging, FPGA, and broadcast video applications.

June 14, 2018 by Mark Hughes

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.

May 24, 2018 by Eduardo Corpeño

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.

May 23, 2018 by Eduardo Corpeño

What Exactly Is a Quartz Crystal, Anyways? A Look at Quartz Crystal Oscillators

This article explains some theory behind an extremely common electronic component.

March 02, 2018 by Robert Keim

One Crystal Oscillator to Replace Many: I2C User-Programmable XO for Frequencies of 0.2 to 1500 MHz

A new high-performance I2C-programmable crystal oscillator (XO) that delivers an ultra-low-jitter output frequency.

February 05, 2018 by Nick Davis

EMI Compliance: A New Customizable Spread Spectrum Oscillator from SiTime

SiTime announces their new spread spectrum oscillator that is advertised to ensure emissions compliance.

November 17, 2017 by Nick Davis

Design of FIR Filters Using the Frequency Sampling Method

This article will review the basics of the frequency sampling method for designing FIR filters.

September 29, 2017 by Steve Arar

Clock-Noise Impact on RF Signals for Different Receiver Architectures

This article examines the common assumption that the clock-performance requirement for an RF sampling ADC is much more stringent compared to a heterodyne approach.

August 08, 2017 by Thomas Neu, Texas Instruments

Learn About ATmega328P Fuse Bits and How to Use Them with an External Crystal Oscillator

This project introduces ATmega328P fuse bits and shows how to set them to use an external 16 MHz crystal oscillator.

August 03, 2017 by Charles R. Hampton

Flexible, Low-Noise Frequency Generation: A New Programmable Clock IC from ON Semiconductor

Clock-generator ICs such as the NB3H73113G offer various features that are beneficial for your digital and mixed-signal designs.

June 30, 2017 by Robert Keim