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The Versatility of Radar-on-Chip Systems: ADAS, Health-Monitoring, and More

The Versatility of Radar-on-Chip Systems: ADAS, Health-Monitoring, and More

Radar-on-chip systems span a number of industries, from autonomous cars to continuously-measuring medical devices. What's the secret to their flexibility?


News Aug 13, 2020 by Rushi Patel
Precisely Capture Servo Motor Position Using a High-Speed Simultaneous Sampling ADC

Precisely Capture Servo Motor Position Using a High-Speed Simultaneous Sampling ADC

Autonomous drones and robots utilize small motors. These fast-spinning mini motors require miniature encoders and IC package sizes. This article shows how an optical sinusoidal encoder provides a higher resolution and increased speeds with a 2x3 mm dual simultaneous-sampling SAR-ADC.


What Is the Fourier Transform?

What Is the Fourier Transform?

This article gives you essential information on a mathematical technique that plays an absolutely fundamental role in system design and signal processing.


Reed Relays Can Be the Best Solution for Signal Switching in T&M

Reed Relays Can Be the Best Solution for Signal Switching in T&M

Signal switching is vital in test systems, and there are many options to accomplish the task. Here's why reed relay-based switching systems may be your best bet.


News Jul 29, 2020 by Dr. Steve Arar
How Do Engineers Work Around a Congested RF Spectrum?

How Do Engineers Work Around a Congested RF Spectrum?

The usable RF spectrum is a finite resource, and, with enough simultaneous users, congestion can become a serious impediment to reliable communication.


News Jul 24, 2020 by Jake Hertz
Sample-Size Compensation in Standard Deviation Calculations

Sample-Size Compensation in Standard Deviation Calculations

This article discusses Bessel’s correction, which helps us to more accurately estimate the standard deviation of certain parameters and of long-duration signals.


Behind Elon Musk’s Neuralink, the Company Developing Brain-Machine Interfaces

Behind Elon Musk’s Neuralink, the Company Developing Brain-Machine Interfaces

What's going on at the silicon level of Elon Musk's human brain-machine interface?


News Jul 20, 2020 by Adrian Gibbons
Average Deviation, Standard Deviation, and Variance in Signal Processing

Average Deviation, Standard Deviation, and Variance in Signal Processing

This article discusses three descriptive statistical measures from the perspective of signal-processing applications.


The Multi-Core and DSP Capabilities of the LPC5500 MCU Series

The Multi-Core and DSP Capabilities of the LPC5500 MCU Series

In this article, learn more about the multi-core, DSP acceleration, and co-processing features of the LPC5500 series of microcontrollers.


Engineers Can Develop Fever-Sensing Technology. But Should We?

Engineers Can Develop Fever-Sensing Technology. But Should We?

Thermal imaging technology has become ubiquitous in industrial and commercial applications. Now, governments and health regulators are recommending temperature checks as a method to combat the spread of COVID-19.


News Jul 06, 2020 by Adrian Gibbons
Common Analog, Digital, and Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuits (ICs)

Common Analog, Digital, and Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuits (ICs)

This video tutorial provides an overview of integrated circuits that electrical engineers regularly incorporate into their designs.


Descriptive Statistics in Electrical Engineering

Descriptive Statistics in Electrical Engineering

This article discusses statistical techniques that we can use to characterize an engineered system or analyze performance data.


Intel’s AI Portfolio Shows How Designs Must Gear Up for Real-Time Processing

Intel’s AI Portfolio Shows How Designs Must Gear Up for Real-Time Processing

With processing demands on data centers higher than ever before, designers should be aware of how hardware- (and software-) based AI may have increasing prominence in their designs.


News Jun 22, 2020 by Adrian Gibbons
Introduction to Analog and Digital Electronics

Introduction to Analog and Digital Electronics

This video tutorial explores important topics that allow us to divide integrated circuits into two broad categories.


What Is a Linear System?

What Is a Linear System?

This article explains the essential aspects of linear systems, which play a fundamental role in electrical engineering and signal processing.


Understanding Types of Lock-In Amplifiers and Related Noise Sources

Understanding Types of Lock-In Amplifiers and Related Noise Sources

This article is a general guideline on the main aspects of commercially-available amplifiers.


Introduction to Statistical Analysis in Electrical Engineering

Introduction to Statistical Analysis in Electrical Engineering

This article explores statistics and probability as tools that help us to understand circuit behavior and characterize engineered systems.


Wi-Fi Is a Power Guzzler. New Multi-Protocol Modules May Change the Game of Battery-Based IoT

Wi-Fi Is a Power Guzzler. New Multi-Protocol Modules May Change the Game of Battery-Based IoT

Wi-Fi's high power consumption represents a serious challenge to battery-powered IoT products. But this may no longer be a problem with the digitally-dominant advanced radio architecture of two new modules from Innophase.


News Jun 09, 2020 by Dr. Steve Arar
How Is the Laplace Transform Used in Circuit Design?

How Is the Laplace Transform Used in Circuit Design?

In this article, we briefly review how the Laplace transform can help us solve circuits involving damped and steady-state sinusoidal signals.


What Is Dynamic Range?

What Is Dynamic Range?

The concept of dynamic range appears frequently in engineering discussions. But what exactly does this term mean? And how does it apply to electronic circuits and systems?