Electronic Design Europe Digital Edition
Automotive safety continues to drive the auto maker market. Our cover story takes a look at how emerging networking topologies, and hardware and software tools, are taking safety to higher levels by meeting bandwidth demands. Hot Topics discusses the effect of optimum vector control on brushless motors, while Technology ventures into the world of parasitic extraction via modeling. And in Power Design, NSC's Juliano Vidi divulges an unusual analogue-conditioning circuit for sinusoidal encoders. In the News, we spotlight a breakthrough in 90nm embedded flash. Also, Paul Whytock takes a spin through the world of the e-car.
ED's Video Coverage from electronica 2008 Check out some of the latest news and products that made their mark at electronica 2008. Our videos bring you interviews straight from the show floor.
Top Ten Design Skills For Tough Times Wall Street is crashing, credit is shrinking, the economy is sinking, and people everywhere are worried about keeping their jobs. On the other hand, electronic designers with unique and in-demand skills are enjoying the luxury of feeling reasonably secure about their current employment status. Many are even planning for a better and brighter future. During these difficult times, that’s a feeling all designers would like to experience.
NEWS Vector Network Analyser Raises The Speed Bar Munich, Germany: Rohde & Schwarz (R&S) recently launched its first vector network analyzer for the frequency range from 10MHz to 67GHz. Based on the established R&S ZVA family, the company claims its the fastest vector network analyser in its class with the highest dynamic range.
Top Electronics Firms Eradicate Bromine, Chlorine New York, USA and Gothenburg, Sweden: Two environmental organizations, ChemSec and Clean Production Action, announced a new research report that focuses on leading electronics companies moving away from chemicals that can lead to serious health and environmental problems.
Ultra-Mini Linux Networking Server Arrives Berkshire, England: Samples are available of the smallest, self-contained Linux networking server to date, or so claims ACAL Technology. Building on Lantronix XPort technology, XPort Pro is a production-ready server that operates on the Linux or Evolution OS operating systems.
PMC/XMC Module Features Atom Z530 Colchester, England: A low-power processor PMC/XMC module developed by Concurrent Technologies incorporates the 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor Z530 and the integrated Intel System Controller Hub US15W. Additional features of the XP A40/x03 include up to 2GB DDR2-533 SDRAM, 4GB of NAND flash, graphics, and a variety of I/O interfaces such as a CANbus controller and dual Gigabit Ethernet ports.
Class-G Audio Codec Adds GPF Kirchheim, Germany: A high-performance Class G audio codec from Dialog Semiconductor incorporates the industry's first onboard general-purpose filter (GPF). The DA7210 configurable signal-processing engine makes it possible to fine-tune and optimise the output signal for small speakers and enclosures. It includes a true-ground, capacitor-less headphone driver that helps improve bass response.
EDITORIAL Nuclear Power In Your Pocket Want to stop everyone in their tracks at a dinner party? Simply state that “users of future generations of mobile handsets could well be walking around with a nuclear-driven power source in their pockets.”
