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Voice-Optimized Codec Serves Often-Overlooked Niche
Designed for applications that only need voice-optimized performance, this small, low-power codec can eliminate features and functions associated with full multimedia codecs, cutting IC size and...
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Isolated CAN FD Transceivers Battle for Spot on the BOM
New galvanically isolated CAN FD transceivers from ADI and TI meet and exceed the spec’s requirements for speed, working voltage, breakdown voltage, EMI emissions, and other key parameters.The...
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Digital Temperature Sensors—Always a Hot Area
Two different families of digital-output ICs related to temperature offer new user options: one interfaces with up to four external diode sensors plus internal self-sensor and the other targets...
View ArticleTiny, Low-Power Multimedia Codecs: More than Just ADCs and DACs (.PDF Download)
It’s simplistic to think of a multimedia codec (coder/decoder) as a simple pairing of analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog converters (ADCs and DACs), often with a few “bells and whistles” placed...
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Tiny, Low-Power Multimedia Codecs: More than Just ADCs and DACs
Sponsored by Digi-Key and Maxim Integrated: Today’s audio codecs are expected to not only provide the basic encoding/decoding function of analog-digital-analog conversion—they must implement many other...
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Silicon-on-Insulator Electro-Optics Yields Advanced Random Number Generator
By using a laser diode's sporadic output, optically processing the resultant photons, and converting them to electrical pulses, researchers developed a tiny single-chip, quantum random number generator...
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4 key considerations for selecting an isolated CAN transceiver
There are many things to consider when selecting an isolated CAN transceiver for your industrial or automotive design. Printer-friendly version
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Isolate your CAN systems without compromising on performance or space
Isolated CAN is used for communication with the microcontroller in a wide range of applications such as solar inverters, circuit breakers, motor drives, PLC communication modules, telecom rectifiers,...
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How to isolate signal and power in isolated CAN systems?
To simplify the design process of isolated CAN sub-systems, this document provides various options (discrete and integrated) to isolate CAN signals and power.Printer-friendly version
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How to design isolated CAN systems with correct bus protection
This paper explains the key parameters for both the protection device and the transceiver in order to design an isolated CAN system with correct bus protection.IntroductionProtection from electrostatic...
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Ham Antenna Rotator: The Teardown
The hy-gain rotor is a very sturdy design that has passed the test of time. Paul Rako takes a look inside to see what makes it endure.I bought a used hy-gain HAM-IV at the Silicon Valley Electronics...
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Texas Instruments Says Smaller Data Converters Will Fit Right In
Texas Instruments, the largest supplier of analog semiconductors, said on Monday that it had released a new range of data converters that are each the smallest in their class. The products are targeted...
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Program a PIC Processor In-Circuit Using a 3.3-V Supply
In this Idea for Design, placing this circuit setup between the battery VDD bus and the PIC microcontroller allows you to execute in-circuit programming while protecting the application...
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Program a PIC Processor In-Circuit Using a 3.3-V Supply (.PDF Download)
Many PIC processors require 5-V power while being programmed, yet battery-powered systems may contain low-voltage devices that will be damaged at voltages above their maximum voltage ratings. In...
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“OK, TI Help Develop My Product”: Design Resources for Personal Electronics...
The personal electronics market includes a large and diverse set of products, from ultra-high definition (UHD) TVs, smart speakers, and virtual-reality (VR) headsets to fitness bands, video game...
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“OK, TI Help Develop My Product”: Design Resources for Personal Electronics
Sponsored by Texas Instruments: Reference designs, interactive block diagrams, and more can be tapped into that focus on applications in the personal electronics arena, such as VR/AR headsets and smart...
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“Printed Circuits” May Soon Become Truly Printed
A Purdue research team developed a variation on roll-based paper printing systems, adding laser pulses to create ultrasmooth metallic circuits and other structures. What we refer to as “printed...
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New Resonator Technology Targets Next-Generation Filters
This company’s resonator technology could very well become a key factor in enabling filters for 5G applications.The smartphones that permeate today’s world wouldn’t be possible without the RF filters...
View ArticleCapacitors and Current-Sense Amps: Unsung Energy-Harvesting Heroes (.PDF...
Since the first waterwheel and windmill, people have been “harvesting” energy from one source and applying it to another. Today, the sources of the harvest have exploded to reap extremely tiny amounts...
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Capacitors and Current-Sense Amps: Unsung Energy-Harvesting Heroes
Sponsored by Digi-Key and ON Semiconductor/Kemet: These components, typically built to withstand tough conditions, are critical for maintaining the reliability and long-term life of energy-harvesting...
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