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ISSUE DATE: DECEMBER 1, 1998 OPTIONS
Formal verification, IEDM, DSP boards, Managing heat in notebooks, Software radios


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December 1, 1998 - In This Issue

[Design Application]
Notebook Computers: Get That Heat Out!
 — Contributing Author

[Design Application]
A Look At Software Radios: Are They Fact Or Fiction?
 — Contributing Author

[Ideas For Design]
Use The PC's UART With 9-Bit Protocols
A typical system for distributed monitoring and/or control consists of a multidrop network—a PC acts as the host and communicates with 8-bit microcontrollers acting as slaves (see the figure). Usually, the...  — Contributing Author

[Ideas For Design]
Recursive circuit for bar-graph LED displays and shunt voltage regulators
The example presented here is a four-element LED bar-graph display. The LEDs light up sequentially from left to right as the current (I) is increased. Because the circuit is entirely analog, the LEDs turn on gradually until the current limit for each...  — Contributing Author

[Ideas For Design]
Add A Synchronous Clock Enable To Any Register
When designing synchronous digital systems with data paths, registers possessing a synchronous clock enable are needed. Use of standard off-the-shelf parts also is required. Unfortunately, few of the standard registers have a clock enable capability....  — Contributing Author

[Pease Porridge]
What's All This Manic Stuff, Anyhow?
A while back, I was invited to give a lunchtime lecture at the Bipolar Circuits and Technology Meeting (BCTM) in Minneapolis. I talked about "What's All this Bipolar Stuff, Anyhow?" and that also...  — Bob Pease

[Walt Jung Archive: Walt's Tools And Tips]
Op-Amp Audio
For this November Analog Special installment, we'll take a look at some of the very basic issues surrounding op amps used within high-quality audio circuits. A parameter which ultimately affects a gamut of op-amp performance specs is device...  — Walt Jung





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