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Electronic Design UPDATE e-Newsletter | July
23, 2008
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Learn how to improve the power accuracy of receiver tests
Testing to WiMAX™ standards, this application note from Agilent
tells how power measurement inaccuracy affects receiver tests, and shows
you how to use external variable attenuators to increase both accuracy
and speed in power calibration.
Click here to learn more and download the note.
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Still Working On My Solar-Panel ROI
By Don Tuite, Analog/Power Editor
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“The meter’s running backwards!â€
I wrote that line in August 2006, quoting my wife Vicky, who was
entranced by the most visible manifestation of what our just completed
rooftop grid-connected solar system was achieving (“A Solar Story,â€
ED Online 13242). While that column covered the technical details of its
installation, this story is about the economic advantages we’ve seen
since then.
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full article...
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The Power Of The Portfolio Can Maximize
Software Development
By Martin Bakal and Charles Krueger
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Most companies target their customers' needs by creating a product
line rather than a single product. Yet developing software for the
multiple products in these lines can be challenging, hindering your
company's opportunities. New software development methods and tools
known as software product-line engineering, though, are emerging to give
your the competitive advantage you need.
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full article...
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A new feature called Read Pacing is now available on Gen 2 PCI
Express switches. This technology opens up new avenues for enhancing
performance in systems with multiple I/O streams. To learn more about
Read Pacing click above. (NOTE: This webcast contains audio, so please
hit the mute button on your volume control if you cannot listen to audio
at this time.)
Your Ideas For Design Can Win $500
Send us your Ideas for Design and we'll pay you $150 for every Idea for
Design that we publish. In addition, the year's top design as selected
by our readers will earn an additional $500, with two runners-up each
receiving $250. You can submit your Ideas for Design via e-mail to [email protected], or you can mail your
material to:
Ideas for Design
Electronic Design
45 Eisenhower Dr., Suite 550
Paramus, NJ 07652
Click here for our guidelines on Ideas for Design.
New Product Showcase: TI's Multi-architecture
Roadmap
 TI's Multi-architecture Roadmap
John Dixon, Product Manager for Low Power Processors at Texas
Instruments, talks about TI's multi-architecture roadmap for 2009 in
this Electronic Design exclusive footage..
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Create A 250-MHz Bandwidth Digital
Potentiometer For Video Level Control
By Oleg Ayranov and Georgi Georgiev, Wey Elektronik AG
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A circuit used to control the level of a video signal should have a
3-dB cutoff frequency of greater than 5 MHz for a television application
or 100 MHz for a monitor application. CMOS-based digital potentiometers
typically cannot be used as video devices because their frequency
responses barely exceed 1 MHz. For such applications, a good choice
would be a variable-gain amplifier (VGA) with analog or digital gain
control.
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full article...
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Looking for the latest design techniques and technology in your market?
Check out Electronic Design's Design
Hotspots. Here you'll find exclusive content from our editors in Embedded, Power, and Analog
technologies as well as Green Design and ROHS.
We've also compiled Ideas for Design schematics here for your circuit
design sweet-tooth. These spots are chock-a-block with information, so
don’t delay!
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focus on embedded hardware |
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Multichannel Transceiver Offers 5-km
Range
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With a 500-mW (+27 dBm) RF output power and a receiver sensitivity
of –118 dBm (for 12 dB SINAD), the BHX2 multichannel narrowband
transceiver sports a range of up to 5 km. Standard operating frequency
is 458.5 to 459.1 MHz, but factory-tuned custom versions can cover any
5-MHz switching band between 420 and 480 MHz.
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full article...
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Rev up fuel efficiency and win $10,000
Design an energy-saving solution for automotive applications
Infineon and Auto Electronics invite you to participate in the “REV UP
FUEL EFFICIENCY†design contest. Take “the green challenge†and
design a solution
using Infineon products that enables or improves energy efficiency for
automotive applications. You could win a grand prize of $10,000, a
second prize of
$5,000 or a third prize of $2,000.
The three winners will get an all-expenses-paid trip to the Infineon and
Auto Electronics Contest Award Ceremony at Convergence 2008. In
addition, your
winning design will be featured at the Infineon booth during the show.
Submit your entry by August 15, 2008.
See you at CONVERGENCE 2008, Booth 409.
For complete contest rules or to take the design challenge, go to http://autoelectronics.com/contest/rev-up
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Professor Michael McHenry of Carnegie Mellon University is
investigating the efficient point source heating of metal nanoparticles
for thermoablative cancer therapies. These nanoparticles can be heated
in a radiofrequency coil to kill tumor cells. This work is being done in
collaboration with Materials Science and Engineering's (MSE) Professor
Michael Bockstaller, as well as Dr. Preet Chaudhary of the Hillman
Cancer Research Center at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
(UPMC). The team is focused on tagging and changing the shape of tissue
scaffolds, in collaboration with the McGowan Tissue Engineering Center
at UPMC, MSE alumnus Dr. Tom Gilbert, and his colleague Dr. Steve
Badylak.
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TI Announces 2009 Roadmap For Low-Power
Processors
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Texas Instruments has revealed a low-power processor roadmap for
2009 that includes more than 15 new multi-architecture devices across
four product lines. A breakthrough, the company says, will be the
industry’s lowest power floating-point DSPs, the TMS320C674x family.
Click here for a video with John Dixon, product
manager for Low Power Processors at Texas Instruments, where he talks
about TI's multi-architecture roadmap for 2009.
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Infineon Power Electronics Run Chinese Hybrids
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Chinese automobile manufacturer ChangAn Inc. has equipped a number
of its vehicles in the Jiexun series with a mild-hybrid engine, using
Infineon Technologies’ power electronics. The hybrid electric vehicles
(HEVs) will be used as taxis for athletes and spectators during the
Olympic Games in Beijing.
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iPhone Adds 3G Functionality, Drops Cost
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After a teardown of the iPhone 3G, iSuppli Corp. confirmed a
significant drop in bill of material (BOM) costs, indicating a cheaper
end product than last year’s 2G iPhone. Check out the teardown and
read up on the key manufacturers inside the 3G iPhone.
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full article...
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SMPTE Will Define Standard For Home 3D
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The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) is
establishing a task force to define the parameters of a stereoscopic 3D
mastering standard for content viewed in the home. The 3D Home Display
Formats Task Force will hold its first meeting on Aug. 19, hosted by the
Entertainment Technology Center at the University of Southern
California.
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full article...
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According to the ARRL, there are about
680,000 hams in the U.S. What does the future hold for the
hobby?
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- Developments like SDR will make it better than ever.
- The shift to digital is taking away the hands-on fun.
- It doesn't matter, since nowadays, who can afford new gear?
Click here to
take the poll. Remember to scroll down; the poll is at the bottom of the
page.
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electronica 2008 - 11-14 Nov - Munich, Germany
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