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American Bright ezyLED | Digital Datasheet

American Bright ezyLED | Digital Datasheet

American Bright's ezyLED shrinks LED system designs by removing the need for external passives and integrates a driver IC, allowing it to be directly connected to a 12 V or 24 V supply.


RISC-V: All Hype or Real Hope for the Processor Market?

RISC-V: All Hype or Real Hope for the Processor Market?

RISC-V is changing processor design through open source hardware. In this article, learn about some of the new uses for this technology.


Maxim Integrated MAX77324 Evaluation Kit | New Product Brief

Maxim Integrated MAX77324 Evaluation Kit | New Product Brief

Maxim Integrated’s MAX77324 Evaluation Kit supports the evaluation and design of high-efficiency step-down converters using the ultra-small MAX77324 buck converter.


Maxim Integrated MAX14745 Wearable Charge-Management Solution | New Product Brief

Maxim Integrated MAX14745 Wearable Charge-Management Solution | New Product Brief

Maxim Integrated’s MAX14745 is a battery-charge management IC for low-power wearables and rechargeable IoT devices.


How to Design a Super Simple Sensor System for Industrial Monitoring Applications

How to Design a Super Simple Sensor System for Industrial Monitoring Applications

This article describes an Ethernet-connected subsystem of a larger modular sensor system designed for industrial or smart home sensing and monitoring. We will discuss a custom sensor subsystem developed for this application.


Projects Sep 12, 2018 by Mark Hughes
Design Implementation in the Xilinx Vivado Design Suite

Design Implementation in the Xilinx Vivado Design Suite

This article will look at the techniques that Vivado employs to accelerate design implementation.


News Sep 07, 2018 by Dr. Steve Arar
How Design Kits Simplify IoT’s Last Mile to the Cloud

How Design Kits Simplify IoT’s Last Mile to the Cloud

A sneak peek of two IoT platforms allows developers to save time and cost while they streamline connectivity to the cloud services.


News Aug 31, 2018 by Majeed Ahmad
How to Build a Class-D Power Amp

How to Build a Class-D Power Amp

Learn how to build your own Class D power amplifier—one of the most efficient ways to listen to music.


Projects Aug 29, 2018 by Cezar Chirila
Guide to PCB Design: How to Choose a PCB Manufacturer

Guide to PCB Design: How to Choose a PCB Manufacturer

In this article, we will discuss some best practices for how to choose a manufacturer to produce your custom PCB board.


Guide to PCB Design: How to Generate Manufacturing Files for Custom Printed Circuit Boards

Guide to PCB Design: How to Generate Manufacturing Files for Custom Printed Circuit Boards

In this article, we'll go over the basics of generating manufacturing files for PCB design and manufacturing.


Guide to PCB Design: From PCB Schematic to Board Layout

Guide to PCB Design: From PCB Schematic to Board Layout

In this article, you will learn the basics of how to plan a schematic for a custom PCB and lay out your PCB prototype design.


How Cloud-Based CAE Is Changing Prototyping: An Interview with Ian Campbell, CEO of OnScale

How Cloud-Based CAE Is Changing Prototyping: An Interview with Ian Campbell, CEO of OnScale

The days of manual prototyping may be numbered, but so could prohibitively expensive IP licenses.


News Aug 27, 2018 by Karissa Manske
FPGA Design Software: An Overview of Time-to-Integration Features in Xilinx’s Vivado Design Suite

FPGA Design Software: An Overview of Time-to-Integration Features in Xilinx’s Vivado Design Suite

This article will look at some of the most important features of the Xilinx Vivado Design Suite which accelerates the "time to integration" of the design procedure.


News Aug 24, 2018 by Dr. Steve Arar
Texas Instruments mmWave Sensors | Featured Product Spotlight

Texas Instruments mmWave Sensors | Featured Product Spotlight

Texas Instruments mmWave Sensors are the first single-chip, CMOS millimeter wave sensors available and prove 3 times the accuracy than alternatives while also shrinking the sensing footprint and power consumption.


SiFive Announces Open Source-Focused SoC Development Platform Based on RISC-V and NVDLA

SiFive Announces Open Source-Focused SoC Development Platform Based on RISC-V and NVDLA

SiFive announces an open-source SoC platform based on RISC-V and NVDLA architectures.


News Aug 21, 2018 by Bridgette Stone
Resolving the Signal Part 8: How Voltage Reference Noise Affects Delta Sigma ADCs

Resolving the Signal Part 8: How Voltage Reference Noise Affects Delta Sigma ADCs

Part 8 of the Resolving the Signal series dives further into how different noise sources impact precision delta-sigma ADCs by focusing on reference noise and ADC noise, and how gain affects reference noise.


History of the ISA: Processors, the PowerPC, and the AIM Triple-Threat

History of the ISA: Processors, the PowerPC, and the AIM Triple-Threat

Continuing our series on the Instruction Set Architecture (ISA), this week we delve into the PowerPC ISA.


News Aug 18, 2018 by Chantelle Dubois
Components in Harsh Environments: Defining “Harsh” and Considering Certifications

Components in Harsh Environments: Defining “Harsh” and Considering Certifications

Harsh environments can be incredibly demanding on both circuits and their designers. If a circuit is to be put into a situation that requires rugged characteristics, it will sometimes need to be certified to do so. What are harsh environments and what are some common examples of the required certifications?


News Aug 17, 2018 by Robin Mitchell
Piezoelectric Speakers and Ultrasonic Sensors Abound: A MEMS-Based Audio Roundup

Piezoelectric Speakers and Ultrasonic Sensors Abound: A MEMS-Based Audio Roundup

Sound can be used to detect objects and communicate. This roundup looks at three new MEMS-based microphones and ultrasonic sensors on display at Sensor Expo 2018.


News Aug 16, 2018 by Mark Hughes
The Electrical Engineer’s Guide to Instruction Set Architectures (ISAs)

The Electrical Engineer’s Guide to Instruction Set Architectures (ISAs)

This article explores some important details related to the design and functionality of processors.