February 1, 2007

Feb. 1, 2007
The Telemetric Way To Weight Loss, Weapons Of Noise Detection
FEATURESENGINEERING FEATURE· Roger AllanThe Telemetric Way To Weight LossForget about painful and messy saline solution injections. The EasyBand system uses RF signals to adjust gastric bands and regulate weight loss.TECHNOLOGY REPORT· Don TuiteWeapons Of Noise DetectionNoise is a perennial problem in electronic circuits, but the design challenges it presents change year to year. Here's a look at some new plans of attack.
DEPARTMENTSLEAPFROG: FIRST LOOK· William WongUSB Stacks Up With A Modular Industrial Form FactorUSB moves into the PC/104 form factor with a stacking architecture that parallels EPIC Express.EMBEDDED IN ELECTRONIC DESIGN· William Wong · What's New In Programming Languages? · IPC Software Supports VPX-Based SRIO And Switched Serial Fabric · Parallel Programming And Multicore Environments · PMC Compute Node Packs Multiple FPGAs For Parallel DSP ProcessingENGINEERING ESSENTIALS· David MaliniakDon't Be A Separatist — Think "System"A holistic approach to chip/package/pc-board co-design can go a long way toward success.DESIGN VIEW· Jae Song, Dongbu ElectronicsBrighten Your CMOS Image Sensor Prospects By Resolving Dark CurrentIDEAS FOR DESIGNCreate A PWM Signal Simply, Inexpensively· Juan Alvarez, Texas InstrumentsAdding Feedback Boosts Peak Detector's Precision· Tamara A. Papalias and Mike Wong, Intersil Corp.
TECHVIEW
THE INDUSTRY· Louis E. FrenzelApple Takes A Bite Out Of The Cell-Phone MarketANALOG & POWER· Don TuiteFloating-Gate Technology Voltage References Go Down To 1.25 And 2.5 VDIGITAL· Daniel HarrisCoder/Decoder Prepares TVs For 2009's Switch To HDTEST· Louis E. Frenzel · Software Makes Protocol Analyzer Act Like A Logic Analyzer · Handheld Spectrum Analyzer Addresses WCDMA Basestation TestingEDA· David MaliniakTool Characterizes Standard Cells For Statistical Timing AnalyzersCOLUMNSEDITORIAL· Mark DavidVideo Streams In Multiple Formats At CES, But Robots Steal The ShowPEASE PORRIDGE· Bob PeaseWhat's All This Diffusion Stuff, Anyhow?POINT OF VIEW· Lawrence Ricci, Applied Data SystemsIrresistible Tech Forces Meet Immovable Medical NeedsElectronic Design TOC e-Newsletter Contacts

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