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In-vehicle passenger detection: Wi-Fi sensing a ‘just right’ solution
Every year during extreme weather, infants, toddlers, and disabled adults are sickened or die overlooked in vehicles. While the numbers are not huge, each case is a tragedy for a family and community....
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Analog Devices’ approach to heterogeneous debug
Creating a software-defined version of ADI Embedded World this year has had a quite clear focus on the massive growth in the application space of edge computing and the convergence of IoT, AI,...
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Tulip antenna delivers 360° stability for UWB
A tulip-shaped antenna from Kyocera AVX is designed for ultra-wideband (UWB) applications, covering a frequency range of 6.0 GHz to 8.5 GHz. The surface-mount antenna is manufactured using laser direct...
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Platform advances 800G Ethernet AN/LT validation
Teledyne LeCroy has announced an integrated platform for validating the limits of auto-negotiation and link training (AN/LT) in 800-Gbps Ethernet. As an extension to the existing LinkExpert software,...
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Sink controllers ease shift to USB-C PD
Diodes’ AP33771C and AP33772S sink controllers enable designers to transition from proprietary charging ports, legacy USB ports, and barrel-jack ports to a standard USB Type-C PD 3.1 port. These...
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System performs one-pass wafer test up to 3 kV
Keysight’s 4881HV wafer test system enables parametric tests up to 3 kV, accommodating both high and low voltage in a single pass. Its high-voltage switching matrix facilitates this one-pass operation,...
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PWM controllers drive FETs and IGBTs
Optimized for AC/DC power supplies in industrial applications, Rohm’s PWM controller ICs support a wide range of power semiconductors. Mass production has begun for four variants: the BD28C55FJ-LB for...
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One-stop advanced packaging solutions for chiplets
The chiplet design movement is gathering steam, and the availability of one-stop advanced packaging solutions is a testament to this semiconductor technology’s advancement toward mass production. Such...
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To press on or hold off? This does both.
Let’s imagine that you need to add a power switch to something that’s battery-powered but processor-free; perhaps it must also be waterproof and thus membrane-sealed. Or perhaps you just want to use a...
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The next GaN design frontier: EMI control
A new gallium nitride (GaN) power IC claims to further simplify and speed the development of small form factor, high-power-density applications by offering greater integration and thermal performance....
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Silicon Labs on wireless, compute, and security
Keynote on wireless, compute, and security aspects of IoT Silicon Labs had a strong presence at embedded world North America with a keynote tag teamed by CEO Matt Johnson and CTO Daniel Cooley,...
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Combating noise and interference in oscilloscopes and digitizers
Even in the best designs, noise and interference sneak in to reduce the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), obscure desired signals, and impair measurement accuracy and repeatability. Digitizing instruments...
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Why NoC tiling matters in AI-centric SoC designs
At a time when artificial intelligence (AI)-centric system-on-chips (SoCs) are growing in size and complexity, network-on-chip (NoC) tiling hand in hand with mesh topology can support faster...
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Drone regulation and electronic augmentation
In one of last month’s posts, I mentioned that, in addition to recently investing in a modern DJI drone (a pair of them, actually, whose identity and details I’ll save for another day), I’d also...
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80 MHz VFC with prescaler and preaccumulator
In 1986, famed analog innovator Jim Williams, in “Designs for High Performance Voltage-to-Frequency Converters” published his 100 MHz “King Kong” VFC. If anyone’s ever done a faster VFC, I haven’t seen...
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An engineer’s playground: A tour of Silicon Labs’ labs
EDN was able to tour the Si Labs engineering facility in Austin during Embedded world North America. The headquarters were located a convenient 15 minute walk from the convention center, making it a...
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JEDEC unveils memory designs with DDR5 clock drivers
JEDEC announced upcoming raw card designs for memory modules, which will complement two DDR5 clock driver standards published earlier this year. These raw card memory device standards are intended for...
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Wireless power tester supports AirFuel RF
An RF wireless power tester prototype from Rohde & Schwarz helps to advance AirFuel Alliance RF standardization efforts. The setup, built with the company’s test and measurement equipment and...
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Clock driver DDR5 memory boosts AI computing
Marketed under the Crucial brand, Micron’s DDR5 clocked unbuffered dual in-line memory modules (CUDIMMs) and clocked small-outline dual in-line memory modules (CSODIMMs) run at speeds up to 6400 MT/s....
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SiC hybrid module drives e-mobility systems
Infineon is set to debut its HybridPack Drive G2 Fusion, a power module combining silicon and silicon carbide (SiC), at next month’s electronica 2024 trade show. Intended for traction inverters in the...
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