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NXP Semiconductors EdgeLock® SE050 Plug & Trust Secure Element Family | New Product Brief

NXP Semiconductors EdgeLock® SE050 Plug & Trust Secure Element Family | New Product Brief

This New Product Brief (NPB) is part of a video series highlighting the features, applications, and technical specs of newly-released products.


Amphenol Communications Solutions SAS/PCIe 5.0 (U.2 & U.3) Connectors | New Product Brief

Amphenol Communications Solutions SAS/PCIe 5.0 (U.2 & U.3) Connectors | New Product Brief

This New Product Brief (NPB) is part of a video series highlighting the features, applications, and technical specs of newly-released products.


Renesas Takes a Swing at HMIs With Octal-SPI and RTOS-supported MPUs

Renesas Takes a Swing at HMIs With Octal-SPI and RTOS-supported MPUs

The new MPU family hopes to address traditional challenges in the design of HMI systems.


News Aug 08, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Microcontrollers Bulk Up with Added Security, TSN Support, and More

Microcontrollers Bulk Up with Added Security, TSN Support, and More

High expectations are placed on today’s microcontrollers (MCUs). To keep pace, MCU companies are beefing up peripheral mixes and security, while some are even adding time-sensitive networking (TSN).


News Jul 09, 2022 by Abdulwaliy Oyekunle
Overcoming LCD HMI Challenges with Smart LCD Displays

Overcoming LCD HMI Challenges with Smart LCD Displays

Learn about some of the challenges for liquid crystal display (LCD) touch-screen human-machine interface (HMI) designs and how a designer might integrate them.


Amphenol FCI DDR5 Memory Module Sockets (SMT) | NPB

Amphenol FCI DDR5 Memory Module Sockets (SMT) | NPB

This New Product Brief (NPB) is part of a video series highlighting the features, applications, and technical specs of newly-released products.


Understanding ADAS Limitations and V2X Communication Technology

Understanding ADAS Limitations and V2X Communication Technology

In today's data-driven world, devices are constantly striving to connect with one another, especially in the automotive industry. How can vehicle-to-everything (V2V) communication change the world of vehicle communication?


Qualcomm Aims for a Wireless Industry with 5G IIoT Chipset

Qualcomm Aims for a Wireless Industry with 5G IIoT Chipset

This week All About Circuits had the chance to sit down with Qualcomm and talk about its newest chipset for IIoT and how it is moving 5G to industrial settings.


News May 21, 2021 by Jake Hertz
The Fundamentals of Time-Sensitive Networking

The Fundamentals of Time-Sensitive Networking

Learn about the benefits of time-sensitive networking (TSN) and how engineers use it to ensure that an industrial system is ready for the future. This article focuses on three members of the set of TSN standards.


Designers Can Synchronize Clocks Without External Oscillators Thanks to IEEE 1588

Designers Can Synchronize Clocks Without External Oscillators Thanks to IEEE 1588

Updates to the IEEE 1588 standard protocol map out a low-cost method for synchronizing distributed clocks.


ANALOG DEVICES INC. Dual-Mode Ka-Band Upconverter | New Product Brief

ANALOG DEVICES INC. Dual-Mode Ka-Band Upconverter | New Product Brief

This New Product Brief (NPB) is part of a video series highlighting the features, applications, and technical specs of newly-released products.


Cobots and HMI: A Look at Industry 5.0

Cobots and HMI: A Look at Industry 5.0

The emergence of collaborative robots (cobots) fitted with a suite of sophisticated sensors is ushering in the era of Industry 5.0 where humans and robots work more closely together to streamline the production process.


u-blox Tackles Ails of Communication in Harsh Environments with Bluetooth 5 Module

u-blox Tackles Ails of Communication in Harsh Environments with Bluetooth 5 Module

The module is housed in a 7.5mm × 9.5mm × 1.5mm package and supports Thread and Zigbee.


News Dec 19, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
Introduction to CAN (Controller Area Network)

Introduction to CAN (Controller Area Network)

This article introduces the Controller Area Network (CAN) serial communication bus, detailing message frames, bus arbitration, and signaling.


Understanding Bandwidth in Communications and Computing

Understanding Bandwidth in Communications and Computing

This article discusses how to interpret and specify bandwidth in systems that involve data transmission and digital processing.


Serial Communication in Harsh Environments: A New CAN Transceiver from Maxim

Serial Communication in Harsh Environments: A New CAN Transceiver from Maxim

CAN-bus transceivers such as the MAX14883E provide robust, convenient communication for demanding applications.


News Jul 12, 2017 by Robert Keim
Coping with Long-Distance Serial Communication: A New Retimer IC from Texas Instruments

Coping with Long-Distance Serial Communication: A New Retimer IC from Texas Instruments

Signal degradation is unavoidable, but various ICs, such as the DS250DF210, can help to restore what has been lost (or eliminate what has been added).


Robust, High-Speed Serial Communication: A New RS-422/485 Transceiver from Maxim

Robust, High-Speed Serial Communication: A New RS-422/485 Transceiver from Maxim

The MAX14775E offers high-performance capabilities that make it especially suitable for data transfer in harsh environments.


Back to Basics: SPI (Serial Peripheral Interface)

Back to Basics: SPI (Serial Peripheral Interface)

The Serial Peripheral Interface Bus enables full-duplex serial data transfer between multiple integrated circuits.


An Introduction to SCADA Systems

An Introduction to SCADA Systems

This article walks through SCADA systems used to automate various power systems used in numerous industries. It also details what the system is made up of, how they optimize performance in large-scale systems, and how these systems still poses a threat to a company's vulnerability to data and resources.