August 23, 2006
- Editor's View: Top 10 Ways To Get Greater Range And Reliability From Your Short-Range Wireless System
- Focus On Microcontrollers: MCUs With Up To 1 Mbyte Of Embedded Flash Target Auto Applications
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News From The Editors:
- Sparking Short Circuits
- Electric Sports Car Sells Out
- Tiny GPS Receiver Module Measures 15 By 15 mm
- Magazine Highlights: August 17, 2006
- Engineering Feature: Hot Chips 18 Serves Up Another Summer Scorcher
- Technology Reprt: DSCs—The Right Size For The Right Task
- Leapfrog First Look: LabVIEW's 20th Anniversary Edition Emphasizes Communications Test
- Design View/Design Solution: Drive And Control Electronics Enhance The Brushless Motor's Advantages
- Sparking Short Circuits
By Louis E. Frenzel, Communications/Test Editor
When designing a short-range wireless system, you look for one that will give you the maximum range (distance between transmitter and receiver) and reliability that fits the application. Often, the technology choices do not always give you the range you need. So before you go nailing down a technology or standard choice it is best to do some up front calculations. First look at the available technologies and determine their maximum reliable ranges...
NEC Electronic’s new line of microcontrollers (MCUs) is based on the company’s 0.15-µm process technology and has up to 1 Mbyte of embedded flash memory. The 8-bit Fx2 series and 32-bit Fx3 series are optimized for automotive body and safety-control applications...
Electric Sports Car Sells Out
It’s sleek. It’s fast. It’s environmentally friendly. And just three weeks after its debut, it’s sold out. Tesla Motors has sold all 100 models in its Signature One Hundred line of all-electric Roadsters. These stylish sports cars accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in four seconds, get the equivalent of 135 mpg, and can travel 250 miles on a single charge...
Tiny GPS Receiver Module Measures 15 By 15 mm
Wi2Wi is claiming it has the industry's smallest fully-integrated global positioning system (GPS) receiver module. Measuring just 15 mm by 15 mm, the W2SG0001 device incorporates SiRF Technology's SiRFSTAR III GPS-enabled location technology...
Pack your bags, since you’ve got 33 reasons to attend this year’s show.\[ Technology Report \]DSCs—The Right Size For The Right Task
Digital signal controllers thrive in growing niches where fast data manipulation is essential.\[ Leapfrog: First Look \]LabVIEW's 20th Anniversary Edition Emphasizes Communications Test
National Instruments celebrates 20 years of continuous improvement in its flagship LabVIEW graphical programming software.\[ Design View/Design Solution \]Drive And Control Electronics Enhance The Brushless Motor's Advantages
With the appropriate driver IC and microcontroller, designers can exploit the brushless motor's declining price, smaller size, lighter weight, and minimal maintenance.
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