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National Instruments introduces portable, bus-powered USB
digitizers and digital multimeter
NI is expanding the measurements offered by portable instrumentation with new small, bus-powered performance devices. The USB-5132/5133 50 MS/s and 100 MS/s digitizers offer two simultaneously sampled channels with 8-bit resolution for high-speed measurements.
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The frequency-settling time of a phase-locked loop (PLL) is a critical specification for many RF circuits. There are various techniques for measuring both the amplitude and frequency-settling time of a PLL, but using a general-purpose vector signal analyzer (VSA) is one of the more attractive methods for several reasons... Read the full article...
NI is expanding the measurements offered by portable instrumentation with new small, bus-powered performance devices. The USB-5132/5133 50 MS/s and 100 MS/s digitizers offer two simultaneously sampled channels with 8-bit resolution for high-speed measurements.
Click here to view a short video demonstration of these products. design solution |Measure Phase-Locked Loops With A Spectrum Analyzer By Douglas Olney, Senior DSP Engineer
Keithley Instruments, Inc.
The frequency-settling time of a phase-locked loop (PLL) is a critical specification for many RF circuits. There are various techniques for measuring both the amplitude and frequency-settling time of a PLL, but using a general-purpose vector signal analyzer (VSA) is one of the more attractive methods for several reasons... Read the full article...
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Feb 13 at 2:00pm EST
Mentor Graphics' Jon McDonald, TME, will discuss gains to design low-power SoC at levels of abstraction above RTL and look at how tools and methodologies are evolving to suit optimizing for power. Discuss IP reuse concepts enabling designers to build TLM SoC platforms accommodating accurate power assessment and power optimization.
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news from the editors |
The FlashPoint platform solution from Denali Software provides an
interface between NAND flash and PCI Express (PCIe). Many designers may
wonder why something like interfacing to NAND flash would need a
platform solution. From an operating-system perspective, more work is
expected of NAND these days. Read the
full article...
Altera's implementation of the SERDES (serializer/deserializer)
Framer Interface Level 5 (SFI-5) specification really ramps up the
speed. The company's Stratix II GX FPGAs with embedded transceivers
support the spec's 40- to 50-Gbit/s aggregate data throughput
requirement. Read the
full article...
Multiple wireless technologies are showing up next to one another
more and more inside cell phones, laptops, and other products. The Savvi
antennas from Ethertronics target these applications. Read the
full article...
Intel and NEC Electronics America have teamed up to develop a
power-management IC (PMIC) solution optimized for mobile Internet
devices (MIDs), with initial samples available in the third quarter. The
partnership leads to some questions that boil down to what power
management has to do with Intel, and why Intel chose NEC for this
project. Read the
full article...
Comsys Communication and Signal Processing announced at the Mobile
World Congress its roadmap for enhancing its line of 4G processors and
solutions. As part of the plan, the company will expand its ComMAX
product line of full Mobile WiMAX baseband processors with the CM1265,
which integrates WLAN in addition to GSM/EDGE and the latest Mobile
WiMAX profiles. Read the
full article...
Feb 13 at 2:00pm EST
Mentor Graphics' Jon McDonald, TME, will discuss gains to design low-power SoC at levels of abstraction above RTL and look at how tools and methodologies are evolving to suit optimizing for power. Discuss IP reuse concepts enabling designers to build TLM SoC platforms accommodating accurate power assessment and power optimization.
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Ferrari's BioFuel Car
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Platform Interfaces NAND Flash And PCI
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FPGAs Implement SFI-5 For Faster
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Multiple Wireless Technologies Co-Exist On
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Intel, NEC Team Up To Develop PMIC For Mobile
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Comsys Announces Roadmap To 4G
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San Jose, Calif. ED bookstore |What Every Engineer Should Know About Developing Real-Time Products By Kim Fowler
What I like about the presentation is its consistency. The first chapter provides an overview of all the steps involved, from conception to disposal, and touches on aspects from liability to design tradeoffs. This makes it easier for the reader to compare the case studies. Read the full article...
Electronic Design's Mobile World Congress Design Hotspot is chock full of information coming out of the hottest show in the industry for mobile devices. We'll keep you up to date with the latest product and technology news from the show, and coming soon: video interviews from the show with Editorial Director Mark David, and Technology Editor Lou Frenzel.
CLICK HERE. quick poll | Last month, Richard Branson unveiled SpaceShipTwo. If you had a spare $200,000, would you sign up for a ride?
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product picks online | HD Audio Chip Razes Power Consumption Free Software Enables Evaluation Of Powerful Development Tools Highest-Capacity Li Coin Cell Offers Four Configurations Real-Time Spectrum Analyzers Display Live RF Tiny Relay Handles 40 A High-Temp Automotive Apps engineer's resource | Rev Up Your Interdisciplinary Design Skills What happens when a microcontroller turns on a power FET, sending a current pulse to a motor coil that develops a magnetic field that turns the rotor shaft, advancing a timing belt that drives a pair of nip rolls suspended on bearings in a web-processing operation on a form, fill, and seal machine installed on a potato chip line at a Frito Lay plant in central California? And how can you be sure that the encoders, prox sensors, and other feedback devices you plan to use will accurately see and report every relevant motion, machine state, and process condition? And will the signals get through the networks fast enough, without being corrupted, giving the controllers time to execute their algorithms as intended? It's a lot to think about, and it only scratches the surface of what many engineers grapple with today. If you happen to be one of them, then the place for you — where you can find answers and meet others with similar concerns — is www.Mechatronic-Design.com.
Backed by some of engineering's top information sources, including Machine Design, Electronic Design, Motion System Design, and Power Electronics, Mechatronic-Design.com is the interdisciplinary engineer's desktop, toolbox, library, and lifeline in one easily accessible place.
Find. Learn. Apply.
Mechatronic-Design.com
upcoming industry events | IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference
Feb. 24-28
Austin, Texas TI Developer Conference
Feb. 26-28
Dallas, Texas Thermal Solutions For Advancing Technology
Feb. 28
San Jose, Calif. ED bookstore |What Every Engineer Should Know About Developing Real-Time Products By Kim Fowler
What I like about the presentation is its consistency. The first chapter provides an overview of all the steps involved, from conception to disposal, and touches on aspects from liability to design tradeoffs. This makes it easier for the reader to compare the case studies. Read the full article...