Electronic Design's Best of 2023

What considerations should developers focus on when setting up AI and automotive simulations?

Effective printed-circuit-board cleaning requires special fluids, tools, and methods. Here are some of the most common to use and to avoid.

Ionblox said its new lithium-silicon batteries for EVs enable charging of 60% of capacity in just five minutes and 80% in 10 minutes.

Continuous supply voltage via an uninterruptible power supply is crucial for a number of applications, but it can be tough to ensure at all times. This Idea for Design offers ...

This article series aims to provide a simplified understanding and renewed appreciation for the art of power-supply design.

From a development board for on-device AI to high-end MEMS microphones, check out these standout products that debuted at CES 2023.

AI has the potential to disrupt or eliminate up to 300 million full-time jobs, and there’s no path forward that promises ample work ahead for all. Here’s what you can do to prepare...

Testing a high-voltage battery? Building a battery-powered IoT device? Check out this installment of Products of the Week for the latest battery test systems to hit the market...

Can Dukosi's novel "chip-on-cell" battery monitoring technology usher in a more circular economy for electronics?

Learn more about TI’s new family of opto-emulators and how they differ from traditional optocouplers.

One is defined as a converter’s rate output power, while the other is a measure of a signal’s power content versus frequency. This article makes further distinctions between the...

How did RISC-V transform from a student project into an architecture that’s being used by organizations, universities, and governments around the world? Let’s dive into the history...

At the core of every secure product is robust hardware security, which must also address the threats created by hardware vulnerabilities.

The RP2040—the first MCU from the Raspberry Pi Foundation—offers designers a high-power, small-form-factor option, while the Raspberry Pi 4 SBC runs a full operating system. What...

The new e-fuse from Microchip Technology suits virtually any high-voltage power distribution system.

IoT devices based on Semtech’s LoRa technology can now connect to Amazon’s Sidewalk network.

With a single-inductor, multiple-output (SIMO) converter, multiple voltages can be generated with just one energy-storage inductor, providing for a more compact power-supply architectur...

Sensors have become staples in design across the industry, impacting applications ranging from automotive to medical to the IoT. Here are some of the latest advances in the field...

BMW's future was on display at IAA Mobility, featuring new all-electric models along with a novel hydrogen-powered fuel-cell drive system.

Switched reluctance motors are tough, inexpensive to build, and don’t require rare-earth minerals, but they do pose some challenges for use in electric vehicles.

LiquidPiston’s XTS-210 engine is ideal for UAV applications, portable power generation, and other military and defense applications.

Hall-effect sensors are rising to the challenges of industrial and automotive systems, What are some common misconceptions regarding these magnetic-field sensors?

6G will come with spectrum challenges, but its advantages will push wider adoption.

Worx’s newest Landroid is equipped with a camera that can avoid objects while it works.

Demand for networking bandwidth in the data center is no longer sustainable. Enter optical I/O.

Wouldn’t it be great to not repeat the same amplifier application errors many new designers fall into? Read on to head off these common confusions and oversights.

This three-part series discusses how phase noise in general is modeled and simulated, and how RF component phase noise propagates through a PLL to determine its output phase noise...

The Python programming language and its applications can be supercharged by these leading compilers and interpreters.

555 timers may be over 50 years old, but they’re still driving the latest electronics to hit the market and will continue in the next-gen devices on the horizon. Read about the...

Bill Wong highlights the most popular articles to appear on Electronic Design this year.