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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.


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.


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.


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.


How to Use VHDL Components to Create a Neat Hierarchical Design

How to Use VHDL Components to Create a Neat Hierarchical Design

This article defines VHDL components, describes component declaration, and gives examples of how to use VHDL components in your code. It also touches on the "for-generate" statement and its uses.


Controlling Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors: A Highly-Integrated IC from Infineon

Controlling Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors: A Highly-Integrated IC from Infineon

A new series of highly-integrated ICs provide a flexible solution for driving variable speed motors.


News Apr 05, 2018 by Nick Davis
Two Programmable Buck Converters and Two Programmable Linear Voltage Regulators in a Single Package

Two Programmable Buck Converters and Two Programmable Linear Voltage Regulators in a Single Package

Texas Instruments recently announced their new dual high-current buck converter and dual linear regulator all in a single IC.


News Mar 30, 2018 by Nick Davis
Digilent Arty S7 Board | New Product Brief

Digilent Arty S7 Board | New Product Brief

Digilent’s Arty S7 board is a highly expandable development board based on the Xilinx Spartan-7 FPGA, which deliver improved performance, reduced power consumption, and enhanced security compared to previous Spartan families.


How to Write the VHDL Description of a Simple Algorithm: The Control Path

How to Write the VHDL Description of a Simple Algorithm: The Control Path

This article will review converting a simple algorithm into a VHDL description.


How to Write the VHDL Description of a Simple Algorithm: The Data Path

How to Write the VHDL Description of a Simple Algorithm: The Data Path

In this article, you'll learn how to write the VHDL code for a simple algorithm.


Spacecraft Applications: A New Radiation Hardened Digital Temperature Sensor from Texas Instruments

Spacecraft Applications: A New Radiation Hardened Digital Temperature Sensor from Texas Instruments

A new radiation-hardened temperature sensor offers both local and remote digital temperature monitoring.


News Mar 14, 2018 by Nick Davis
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.


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.


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.


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.


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
How to Decode Manchester-Encoded Data Using Hardware

How to Decode Manchester-Encoded Data Using Hardware

This article looks at some circuits that can help you extract the original data from a Manchester-encoded signal.


How to Generate Manchester-Encoded Data in Hardware and Firmware

How to Generate Manchester-Encoded Data in Hardware and Firmware

This article discusses implementation details for a simple yet effective technique that can improve your digital communication.


Design a Custom Microcontroller Programming and Testing Board

Design a Custom Microcontroller Programming and Testing Board

In this article we’ll discuss the design for a custom microcontroller programming/debug/extension PCB and we’ll look at an example project.


Projects Feb 25, 2018 by Robert Keim
Incomplete If Statements and Latch Inference in VHDL

Incomplete If Statements and Latch Inference in VHDL

In this article, we’ll see that a memory element can be unintentionally inferred from an incomplete “if” statement.