FEATURESCOVER STORY / ENGINEERING FEATURE· Ron SchneidermanLead-Free Means You're Still In The GameThe European Union’s RoHS deadline has come and gone, though some companies are still scrambling to comply.TECHNOLOGY REPORT· David MaliniakDAC: Let The Games BeginGaming, multimedia, and entertainment are all part of EDA's future, and you can catch a glimpse of the tools you'll need to get there ar the 43rd DAC.DEPARTMENTSLEAPFROG: FIRST LOOK· Sam DavisICs Boost Next-Generation Power-Supply Features, FlexibilityA 30-MIPS processor, ultra-fast PWM, and an ADC make digital (feedback) power supplies economically viable.EMBEDDED IN ELECTRONIC DESIGN· William Wong· Unintended Zigbee?· TinyOS Plus ZigBee Stack Targets Tiny Tasks· Embedded News, New ProductsDESIGN SOLUTION· Mohit Bhatnagar, Jack Erickson, Anand Iyer, and Pete McCrorie, Cadence Design Systems Inc.Save Those Watts With A Power-Aware Design Flow For SoCsYou'll lose the battle if you try to manage power as an afterthought and your latest and greatest chip's architecture is already fixed in place.DESIGN BRIEFS· R. Jayapal, Bharat Heavy ElectricalsDrive Multiple Displays With A Single Microcontroller Port LineIDEAS FOR DESIGN· Ajmal GodilTurn Positive Buck/Boost Circuits Negative
TECHVIEWTHE INDUSTRY· Ron Schneiderman· A Failure To Communicate? London Gets The MessageANALOG & POWER· Don Tuite, Roger Allan· SAR ADC Conversion Rates Jump To 4 Msamples/s· Mated To 0.13-µm CMOS, Foundry’s SiGe npns Match RFCMOS For Less Cost· Analog Signal Generator Sets Phase-Noise RecordEDA· David Maliniak· Analog/Mixed-Signal Environment Creates And Debugs Models· ESL Simulator Enables Rapid Software Iterations Through Validated CodeCOMMUNICATIONS· Louis E. Frenzel· Carrier-Class Multiservice Gateway Brings Triple-Play HomeDIGITAL· William Wong· Welcome Dan Harris To Digital OverloadTEST· Roger Allan· Tiny, Low-Cost, 2.4-GHz Spectrum Analyzer Shines· High-Performance Signal Analyzer Now Measures WCDMA/HSDPA Modulation QualityCOMPONENT VIEW· Lisa Maliniak· Optical Fiber Interconnect Is Easy To MaintainCOLUMNSEDITORIAL· Mark DavidThe World Is Ready For RoHS (Whether You Are Or Not)PEASE PORRIDGE· Bob PeaseWhat's All This Theft Stuff, Anyhow?POV: POINT OF VIEW· Manoj Gandhi, Synopsys Inc.SystemVerilog: The Complete SolutionElectronic Design UPDATE e-Newsletter Contacts
TECHVIEWTHE INDUSTRY· Ron Schneiderman· A Failure To Communicate? London Gets The MessageANALOG & POWER· Don Tuite, Roger Allan· SAR ADC Conversion Rates Jump To 4 Msamples/s· Mated To 0.13-µm CMOS, Foundry’s SiGe npns Match RFCMOS For Less Cost· Analog Signal Generator Sets Phase-Noise RecordEDA· David Maliniak· Analog/Mixed-Signal Environment Creates And Debugs Models· ESL Simulator Enables Rapid Software Iterations Through Validated CodeCOMMUNICATIONS· Louis E. Frenzel· Carrier-Class Multiservice Gateway Brings Triple-Play HomeDIGITAL· William Wong· Welcome Dan Harris To Digital OverloadTEST· Roger Allan· Tiny, Low-Cost, 2.4-GHz Spectrum Analyzer Shines· High-Performance Signal Analyzer Now Measures WCDMA/HSDPA Modulation QualityCOMPONENT VIEW· Lisa Maliniak· Optical Fiber Interconnect Is Easy To MaintainCOLUMNSEDITORIAL· Mark DavidThe World Is Ready For RoHS (Whether You Are Or Not)PEASE PORRIDGE· Bob PeaseWhat's All This Theft Stuff, Anyhow?POV: POINT OF VIEW· Manoj Gandhi, Synopsys Inc.SystemVerilog: The Complete SolutionElectronic Design UPDATE e-Newsletter Contacts
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