November 8, 2006
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Today's Table Of Contents:Featured Story:U.S. Passports Go High-Tech With Smart Chips-
• Focus on Sensors: Load Indicators Work Directly With Capacitive Sensors
- Ambient Light Sensors Control Consumer, Automotive Lighting Applications
- Sigma-Delta ADC Line Adds Lower-Cost Version
- Combination Schottky Diode IGBT Cuts Costs, Boosts Efficiency In Inverters
- Color-Coded Connector Line Expands To Include Two Other Interfaces
• Magazine Highlights: November 8, 2006- Cover Feature: What's On The Dashboard Tonight?
- Technology Report: RapidIO Gives DSP "Farmers" Something To Crow About
- Leapfrog First Look: Ethernet And The 8-Bit MCU
- Design View/Design Solution: Designing With Class D Amplifier ICs
• Embedded in Electronic Design Online: Silicon Labs Does It Again With New ToolStick
• Product Picks Online:- Auto Battery Monitors Improve Electrical System Performance
- 802.11n Router Features QoS Capability
- OLED Reference Design Simplifies Display Design
- LabVIEW Interface Software Now Includes .NET Version
- Media Gateways Become Complete Solutions
- Sigma-Delta ADC Line Adds Lower-Cost Version
• Live on electronicdesign.com: Electronic Design Digital Edition
• Quick Poll: How confident are you in electronic voting machines?
• News From The Editors:
To enhance border security and facilitate international travel, the U.S. State Department is adding smart chip technology to passports. These e-passports integrate the latest concepts in electronic document protection and readability using a secure smart chip that can be scanned at authorized passport control points...
The DS-2100 and the DS-2100 WiFi displays from Loadstar Sensors Inc. are load indicators designed to work seamlessly with the company's patented capacitive load sensors...
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A line of ambient light sensors from Vishay gives designers a choice of surface-mount 0805 (TEMT6200F) or leaded 5-mm flat-top (TEPT5700) or 3-mm (TEPT4400) packages. The angle of half intensity is ±60 deg...
Sigma-Delta ADC Line Adds Lower-Cost Version
A lower-cost offering, the CS5530, has been added to Cirrus Logic's CS5531/32/33/34 family of integrated delta-sigma analog-to-digital converters (ADCs). The CS5530 offers the same low-noise performance and output word rate flexibility of the previous devices...
Combination Schottky Diode IGBT Cuts Costs, Boosts Efficiency In Inverters
The CID150660 power switch and diode combination pack (co-pack) incorporates a 6-A, 600-V Cree silicon- carbide Schottky diode along with a 15-A silicon insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) from International Rectifier. The Cree co-pack solution, available in an industry-standard TO-220-3 package, is designed to reduce costs and increase the efficiency of inverters used in solar, UPS, and motor-drive power applications at levels up to 3 kW...
Color-Coded Connector Line Expands To Include Two Other Interfaces
The Secure connector product line from Tyco Electronics has been expanded to include both MPO and LC interfaces, in addition to the original MT-RJ Secure products...
Besieged by demands for more infotainment in the car, engineers must get creative on how to best process, manage, and distribute this content.\[ Technology Report \]RapidIO Gives DSP "Farmers" Something To Crow About
There may be several ways to connect DSPs fo greater signal processing. But only Serial RapidIO provides a simple method with predictable latency high speeds. \[ Leapfrog: First Look \]Ethernet And The 8-Bit MCU
Microcontrollers control and monitor a wide range of applications while maintaining a minimal footprint, often a single chip. The PIC18F97J60 family from Microchip performs these functions-and handles Ethernet networking, too. \[ Design View/Design Solution \]Designing With Class D Amplifier ICs
The switching amplifier, or class D amplifier, has risen quickly to prominence in consumer audio applications, from MP3 devices including mobile phone handsets to game consoles, LCD-TVs, and home cinema. The ace in the deck for class D is its vastly superior efficiency, which can be as high as 85% to 90% in practice...
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Silicon Labs Does It Again With New ToolStick
Silicon Labs continues to lead the industry with flexible, low-cost development tools like ToolStick. Its new split personality packaging is similar to Texas Instruments' MSP-eZ430U...
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