Electronic Design UPDATE e-Newsletter | October 29, 2008 | FREEmagazine subscription digital or print!ADVERTISEMENTAgilent’s Handheld DMMs-Check more, fix more, spend less!
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Hazardous waste regulations in the United States have not deterred exports of potentially hazardous used electronics, largely because of a lack of enforcement of laws by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), according to a new report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The 67-page GAO study particularly targets banned exports of computer monitors and the companies that have been exporting them overseas. Read the full article...design hotspots |Analog · Peer Through The High-Performance Kaleidoscope | By Don Tuite, Analog/Power Editor
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The NEW Agilent U1240A Series enable you to check more with all the DMM features you would expect to see and more. Maintenance tasks are greatly simplified with frequency and capacitance and dual temperature functions. And new features like a switch counter, harmonic ratio, and differential temperature further extend your capabilities with just a push of the button.
Click to learn more.commentary |Are You Migrating To Massive Multicore Yet? By Bill Wong, Embedded/Systems/Software Editor
Multicore is the name of the game for performance, and three new offerings push the boundaries. Each takes a different architectural approach designed to suit its target application space. Read the full article...green design |GAO Study: EPA Needs To Better Control Harmful E-WasteBy Ron Schneiderman, Contributing Editor
Hazardous waste regulations in the United States have not deterred exports of potentially hazardous used electronics, largely because of a lack of enforcement of laws by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), according to a new report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The 67-page GAO study particularly targets banned exports of computer monitors and the companies that have been exporting them overseas. Read the full article...design hotspots |Analog · Peer Through The High-Performance Kaleidoscope | By Don Tuite, Analog/Power Editor
Power · Improved Nano Materials Extend Li-ion Battery Life Five-Fold | By Roger Allan, Contributing Editor
Embedded · Robots At Play | By Bill Wong, Embedded/Systems/Software Editor
engineer's resource |Designer's Guide To PoEThe PoE Designer's Guide focuses on what design engineers need to know about Power Over Ethernet—a protocol for transmitting power and data signals over standard local-area network (LAN) infrastructure.
Your Ideas For Design Can Win $500
Send us your Ideas for Design and we'll pay you $150 for every Idea for Design that we publish. In addition, the year's top design as selected by our readers will earn an additional $500, with two runners-up each receiving $250. You can submit your Ideas for Design via e-mail to [email protected], or you can mail your material to:
Ideas for Design
Electronic Design
45 Eisenhower Dr., Suite 550
Paramus, NJ 07652
Click here for our guidelines on Ideas for Design.
IFD of the week |"Take-Back-Half" Convergence Algorithm Stabilizes Microhydro Turbine Controller By Stephen Woodward
The soaring costs of fossil fuels, combined with environmental concerns like climate change, are driving the increased interest in renewable (“greenâ€) energy. No energy source is “greener†than hydroelectric power, particularly small (“microhydroâ€) installations that involve minimal artificial water impoundment and associated environmental impact. Read the full article...
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