Designers for electronic products are challenged by requests for customized and differentiated complex products in short time frames. In this environment two factors become crucial: flexibility and simplicity. For many years ASICS or FPGAs allowed engineers to meet very specific product design requirements. However, the...
Published: Jul 23, 2018
This whitepaper will introduce the ECP5™ and LatticeECP3™ FPGAs as viable solutions to overcome embedded design co-processing and connectivity challenges, and highlight application examples at the edge in industrial, consumer, automotive and machine learning areas, where these FPGAs solve the above mentioned...
Published: Jul 17, 2018
To ensure the stability of voltage regulators and switched mode power supplies, the control loop behaviour must be measured and characterized. A well compensating voltage controller enables stable output voltages and reduces the influence of load changes and supply voltage variations.
The quality of this control circuit...
Published: Sep 23, 2020
Adding security to a device costs extra money, time, power consumption and makes everything worse. The only reason for adding security to a device is the need to improve marketing – security components help to sell more products. To participate in the evolution of Industry 4.0, the Internet of Things and cloud technologies...
Published: Sep 21, 2020
For automated test applications, measurement time is often as important as the quality of the measurement. As with many situations, time is money.
This paper will discuss these settings and provide suggestions on improving overall measurement speed.
The three key instrument parameters that affect FSWP measurement...
Published: Mar 22, 2021
When it comes to Computer-on-Module (COM) solutions for embedded computing applications, selecting the right form factor and processor for the application can be a challenging task for design engineers. COM solutions provide a cost-effective computer building block: a COM is a development board featuring a computer processor,...
Published: Jul 20, 2021
When it comes to Computer-on-Module (COM) solutions for embedded computing applications, selecting the right form factor and processor for the application can be a challenging task for design engineers.
COM solutions provide a cost-effective computer building block: a COM is a development board featuring a computer...
Published: Jul 06, 2021
Optical image stabilization (OIS) addresses the quality of images, and is an idea that has been around for at least 30 years. It has only recently made its way into the low-cost consumer camera market, and will soon be migrating to the higher end camera phones. This paper provides an overview of common design practices...
Published: Jul 19, 2018
The next generation of AC solutions for LED bulbs and luminaires has arrived. Traditional AC LEDs have been in production for many years and although they simplify design solutions, they have several limitations.
Today’s Acrich2 solutions from Seoul Semiconductor combine a AC - integrated power IC technology...
Published: Jul 24, 2018
Medical displays specialize in reproducing clear images with high brightness and contrast while maintaining color accuracy. In recent years, there has been a push for smaller and thinner displays in the LCD and LED panel market. In addition, increased performance and image quality has increased heat generation. Therefore,...
Published: Jul 18, 2018
The WaveBolt™ system is a fixed wireless point-to-multipoint Internet access system designed specifically for residential and small business customers in areas where DSL and cable modem access are unavailable, unaffordable or otherwise undesirable. The WaveBolt system provides data speeds comparable to ADSL. ...
Published: Jul 24, 2018
New technologies in the automotive industry depend on how well the vehicle can interpret the surroundings. High-quality cameras are used to detect and keep lanes, assist with interpreting signs and parking, and ultrasonic sensors are used to detect objects in the near vicinity.
Another important set of sensors are...
Published: Nov 25, 2021
The focus of this article is to address the need to utilize the latest circuit protection technology available to increase the effi ciency of a battery powered remote panel deployed with a SCADA system. Before discussing the newest circuit breaker technology for SCADA systems, there needs to be a review of what a SCADA...
Published: Jul 17, 2018
The following white paper uses a typical off-the-shelf isolated DC-DC converter to demonstrate how an active filter will not only provide superior filtering, as compared to the passive approach, but will also provide a simple turnkey solution to meet challenging transient response requirements.
The performance...
Published: Jul 24, 2018
