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Isolated CAN Transceivers Aimed at Improving the Robustness of Industrial Communications

Isolated CAN Transceivers Aimed at Improving the Robustness of Industrial Communications

Maxim Integrated introduces a new family of isolated CAN transceivers to help increase communication uptimes in the industrial arena.


News Jan 11, 2018 by Nick Davis
Designed for Aerospace Applications: A Radiation-Tolerant Microcontroller from Microchip

Designed for Aerospace Applications: A Radiation-Tolerant Microcontroller from Microchip

Microchip's ATmegaS64M1 AVR microcontroller offers enhanced radiation protection, an extended temperature range, and increased reliability for space and aerospace applications.


News Jan 10, 2018 by Nick Davis
Simplifying VHDL Code: The Std_Logic_Vector Data Type

Simplifying VHDL Code: The Std_Logic_Vector Data Type

This article will review the "std_logic_vector" data type which is one of the most common data types in VHDL.


Concurrent Conditional and Selected Signal Assignment in VHDL

Concurrent Conditional and Selected Signal Assignment in VHDL

This article will review the concurrent signal assignment statements in VHDL.


The Hardware Side of Bioinformatics: Protein Sequenator to Raspberry Pi

The Hardware Side of Bioinformatics: Protein Sequenator to Raspberry Pi

Computational biology turned sequencing into a routine laboratory process, and today computer technology helps analyze a wide variety of molecular biology information.


News Jan 03, 2018 by Chantelle Dubois
What Is VHDL? Getting Started with Hardware Description Language for Digital Circuit Design

What Is VHDL? Getting Started with Hardware Description Language for Digital Circuit Design

This article gives some introductory examples for VHDL coding, a hardware description language used in digital circuit design.


STMicro’s Newest Stepper Motor Driver: A 256-Microstep Driver with Integrated Control Logic

STMicro’s Newest Stepper Motor Driver: A 256-Microstep Driver with Integrated Control Logic

STMicroelectronics offers their new microstepping motor driver that includes control logic and a power stage.


News Dec 29, 2017 by Nick Davis
Terasic Technologies DE-10 Nano Development Kit | Featured Product Spotlight

Terasic Technologies DE-10 Nano Development Kit | Featured Product Spotlight

The Terasic Technologies DE-10 Nano Development Kit is based on the Intel® Cyclone V SoC and provides extensive connectivity and expandability to leverage the capabilities of the Cyclone V SoC.


A Powerful Yet Flexible Capacitance-to-Digital Converter from ams

A Powerful Yet Flexible Capacitance-to-Digital Converter from ams

A new CDC capable of measuring capacitance changes ranging from a few picofarads to hundreds of nanofarads.


News Dec 25, 2017 by Nick Davis
Texas Instruments PGA460 Signal Processor and Transducer SoC | Featured Product Spotlight

Texas Instruments PGA460 Signal Processor and Transducer SoC | Featured Product Spotlight

TI’s PGA460 is a highly integrated ultrasonic signal processor and transducer SoC that can be used for object detection and distance sensing in automotive, drone, IoT, and industrial applications, with the flexibility to be used in transformer-based or direct drive topologies for transducer excitation.


High-Accuracy Temperature Sensing: New Digital Temperature Sensors from Sensirion

High-Accuracy Temperature Sensing: New Digital Temperature Sensors from Sensirion

Sensirion asserts that their new series of digital temperature sensors are more accurate, have increased intelligence, and are more reliable than their predecessors.


News Dec 21, 2017 by Nick Davis
Engineer Spotlight: Shafy Eltoukhy, Head of SiFive’s DesignShare Program

Engineer Spotlight: Shafy Eltoukhy, Head of SiFive’s DesignShare Program

AAC writer, Chantelle Dubois, had a chance to speak one-on-one with the head of SiFive's DesignShare program about the benefits to IP sharing, and what he believes will be important for the future of SoC design.


News Dec 21, 2017 by Chantelle Dubois
Flex Logix Co-Founder Awarded 3 Patents for eFPGA Designs

Flex Logix Co-Founder Awarded 3 Patents for eFPGA Designs

With three new patents under their belt, and more potentially on the way, what effect will Flex Logix’s new designs have on the FPGA industry, and how do Flex Logix’s eFPGAs differ from traditional FPGAs?


News Dec 15, 2017 by Justin Kirkham
What Is Digital Twinning? Bringing Industrial IoT Sensors and VR Together

What Is Digital Twinning? Bringing Industrial IoT Sensors and VR Together

Gartner predicts that 50% of large industrial companies will use digital twins by 2021. What are they and what do they do?


News Dec 12, 2017 by Chantelle Dubois
A New Wireless-Enabled Audio Processor for Hearing Aids and Cochlear Implants

A New Wireless-Enabled Audio Processor for Hearing Aids and Cochlear Implants

Let's take a look at ON Semiconductor's new DSP-based hybrid IC solution that brings wireless connectivity to hearing aids and cochlear implants.


News Dec 11, 2017 by Nick Davis
What Can Hackers Learn from Your Device’s Emissions? How Side Channel Attacks Thwart Cybersecurity

What Can Hackers Learn from Your Device’s Emissions? How Side Channel Attacks Thwart Cybersecurity

Side channel attacks can be used in a variety of ways to take advantage of unintended acoustic, mechanical, and electromagnetic signals to recreate data.


News Dec 08, 2017 by Chantelle Dubois
Infineon DPS310 Digital Pressure Sensor | New Product Brief

Infineon DPS310 Digital Pressure Sensor | New Product Brief

Infineon’s DPS310 is a low-power digital pressure sensor for wearable and battery-powered devices that monitor activity, elevation, motion, and weather.


The Polyphase Implementation of Interpolation Filters in Digital Signal Processing

The Polyphase Implementation of Interpolation Filters in Digital Signal Processing

This article discusses an efficient implementation of the interpolation filters called the polyphase implementation.


High Voltage Design: A New Three-Phase Half Bridge Gate Driver from Diodes Inc.

High Voltage Design: A New Three-Phase Half Bridge Gate Driver from Diodes Inc.

Diodes Incorporated has announced a new three-phase half bridge gate driver with multiple protection features and the ability to drive N-Channel MOSFETs and IGBTs.


News Dec 06, 2017 by Nick Davis
How To Simplify USB PD 1-4s Charging Design

How To Simplify USB PD 1-4s Charging Design

In this video, we'll take a look at a buck/boost battery manager IC that can charge your device battery using standard USB PD voltages—but it can also work in reverse, providing output to power or charge other devices.