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LED Cranks Up Brightness For Backlighting Large LCDs
SoC Addresses Low- To Mid-Range Car Navigation Systems
Baseband Signal Generator Enlists For Defense Applications
PCIe Switches Support Multicast/Multi-Root Partitioning
High-Frequency Multi-Tap Attenuators Trim Component Counts
ESD/EMI Filter Line Shrinks Cell-Phone Component Count
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WHAT'S NEW
NEWS
Wireless Alliance Launches Web Site
In an effort to establish a single resource to deliver wireless networking information for industrial applications, the Wireless Industrial Networking Alliance (WINA) has launched an informative Web site. Read more...

Partnership Aims To Speed 32-, 28-nm SoC Design
A group of semiconductor industry firms are collaborating to develop a common design platform for 32- and 28-nm systems-on-a-chip (SoCs) designs. Read more...

DESIGN HOTSPOTS
EMBEDDED
VIDEO: Multicore Processors and Virtual Development
By Joe Desposito, Editor-in-Chief
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POWER
GaN-Based Power Device Signals Next-Gen Power Conversion · By Joe Desposito, Editor-in-Chief
ANALOG
Ultrasound AFEs Get More Specialized, Easier To Design With · By Don Tuite, Analog/Power Editor
EDA
ESL Platform Looks To Solidify Baseband PHY Design Flow · By David Maliniak, EDA Editor

DESIGNED IN
BroadLight SoC Powers Line Of CPE Devices
Billion Electric Co. Ltd. has selected the BroadLight BL2348 Residential Gateway (RG) system-on-a-chip (SoC) for a new line of high-performance customer-premises equipment (CPE). Read more...

Heart Monitor Uses Quickfilter Signal Converter
HD Medical Group Ltd. has selected the QF4A512 four-channel programmable signal converter from Quickfilter Technologies for use in the ViScope 100 cardiac anomaly indicator. Read more...

Lab Bench Online
Small Packages For .Net Micro Framework
Technology Editor Bill Wong takes a look at.NET Micro Framework platforms from Design Solutions and SJJ Micro. Read more...

NEW PRODUCTS SHOWCASE
Henri Komrij, R&D Manager for Agilent Technologies' Component Test Division, shows off the N9912A FieldFox RF Analyzer. Watch it now...

Agilent Technologies' Chris Johnston provides the rundown on the N5106A PXB MIMO receiver tester.. Watch it now...

Corey Chao, low-power processors marketing manager at Texas Instruments, discusses the new C6745 and C6747 DSPs and the OMAP-L137 applications processor. Watch it now...

Technology editor Don Tuite speaks with Dr. Michael Briere about International Rectifier's new gallium nitride (GaN)-based power device technology platform. Watch it now...



ED BOOKSTORE
Computers As Components: Principles of Embedded Computing Design
The title is a bit of misnomer, but skipping over the naming of the book reveals a very good coverage of general embedded processors and system design. Read more...

WHAT'S HOT
Vote for the Best IFD and Best Leapfrog!
 We’re wondering which IFDs and Leapfrogs are your favorites. What articles do you consider to be the most innovative, or the most helpful to you from the past calendar year? Just take a look at the list of IFDs and Leapfrogs and pick the ones that you think are worthy of recognition. The ballot closes on October 17. The winning IFD and Leapfrog will be presented in our December 1st Best Electronic Design Issue, where our Technology Editors will offer added commentary on each article.


FEATURED ARTICLE
As Robots Get Smaller, Potential Applications Get Bigger
Step inside the Laboratory of Intelligent Systems at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Lausanne, Switzerland. Here, in a country perhaps best known for its fine chocolates and wristwatches, engineers are building awesome robots with formidable powers. But you may have to squint a little to see them at work, because the Swiss bots can be kind of hard to see. “Each is about the size of a locust,” explains Miko Kovac, the machines’ creator. Unlike the thundering,...
VIDEO: Under The Hood Of The Tesla Roadster
After the Roadster test drive, I had a serendipitous interview with Tesla’s CTO, J.B. Straubel, during MIT’s annual Emerging Technology conference. In the video interview, Straubel shares info about the upcoming Tesla sedan and the new factory slated to be built in San Jose.
VIDEO: Riding Shotgun In Tesla’s Roadster
Getting to take a test ride in a Tesla Roadster is a thrill enough, but getting Bob Pease out for a spin as well—talk about an experience! Our Analog and Power Editor Don Tuite just so happens to married to Vicky Tuite, senior test engineer at Tesla Motors. Talk about lucky. She recently had the keys to a brilliant orange Tesla with the enviable mission of running down the batteries for some low-charge tests the next day. And guess who got to ride shotgun.



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