The improving performance and falling prices of light emitting diodes (LED) has led to a wider consumer acceptance of LEDs in the global market for commercial lighting products.
With the…
The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is driving investment in new technology and manufacturing methodologies as companies rush to capitalize on a predicted 14 trillion dollar economic gain. A wave…
The BMA222E is an advanced, ultra-small, triaxial, low-g acceleration sensor with digital interfaces, aiming for low-power consumer electronics applications. Featuring 8 bit digital resolution, the BMA222E allows low-noise measurement of…
This article presents basic equations for liquid cooling and provides numerical examples on how to calculate the loads in a typical cooling system. When exploring the use of liquid cooling…
Many moderate size Programmable Logic Device (PLD) designs, especially those in control plane applications, consist of a number of interfaces interconnected via an onchip bus to a microprocessor that may…
In many switching power converters, rectifier diodes are used to obtain the DC output voltage. The conduction loss of a diode rectifier contributes significantly to the overall power loss, especially…
The present paper describes the operation of a small-scale VIDA heat transfer cell for cooling desktop microprocessors with particular emphasis on its operating characteristics and cooling capabilities. The effects of…
Designers are implementing a wide variety of interface bridging solutions that allow them to transfer data across protocols and, in the process, expand system functionality. The challenge is determining how…
Bus bridging, interfacing and control are common functions in many electronic systems. The use of these functions spans virtually every end market segment, including automotive, consumer, communications, computing, industrial and…
Wireless technology has been used in industry for many years and has provided reliable communications for monitoring and controlling remote processes, including mission-critical applications.
Understanding the capabilities and limitations of the…
When transitioning from a traditional phone network to a voice over IP (VoIP) network, it is essential to recognize a key difference between the public switched telephone network (PSTN) and…
With the digital expansion over the past few decades, new requirements for data centers to store, transmit, and manage data of all sorts are reaching a critical level.
In this…