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Cortex-M85 MCUs empower cost-sensitive designs
Renesas has added new devices to its RA8 series of MCUs, combining the same Arm Cortex-M85 core with a streamlined feature set to reduce costs. The RA8E1 and RA8E2 MCU groups are well suited for...
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Online tool programs smart sensors for AIoT
ST’s web-based tool, AIoT Craft, simplifies the development and provisioning of node-to-cloud AIoT projects that use the machine-learning core (MLC) of ST’s smart MEMS sensors. Intended for both...
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Integrating digital isolators in smart home devices
Smart home devices are becoming increasingly popular with many households adopting smart thermostats, lighting systems, security systems, and home entertainment systems. These devices provide...
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The whole-house LAN: Achilles-heel alternatives, tradeoffs, and plans
I mentioned recently that for the third time in roughly a decade, a subset of the electronics suite in my residence had gotten zapped by a close-proximity lightning storm. Although this follow-up...
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Simple 5-component oscillator works below 0.8V
Often, one needs a simple low voltage sinusoidal oscillator with good amplitude and frequency stability and low harmonic distortion; here, the Peltz oscillator becomes a viable candidate. Please see...
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Taking a peek inside an infrared thermometer
Back in September, within the introduction to my teardown of a pulse oximeter, I wrote: One upside, for lack of a better word, to my health setback [editor note: a recent, and to the best of my...
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Shift in electronic systems design reshaping EDA tools integration
A new systems design toolset aims to create a unified user experience for board designers while adding cloud connectivity and artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities, which will enable engineers to...
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Applying AI to RF design
Introduction: Engineered systems Human inventions, namely engineered systems, have relied on fundamental discoveries in physics and mathematics, e.g., Maxwell’s equations, Quantum mechanics,...
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RS-232 meets voltage-to-frequency converter
In the early days of personal computers, incorporation of one or two (or more) RS-232 serial ports as general purpose I/O adaptors was common practice. Recently, this “vintage” standard has been...
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Renesas expands line of programmable mixed-signal ICs
Renesas has launched the AnalogPAK series of programmable mixed-signal ICs, including a 14-bit SAR ADC with a programmable gain amplifier. According to the company, this industry-first device combines...
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Portable test gear enables mmWave signal analysis
Select Tektronix FieldFox handheld analyzers now cover frequencies up to 170 GHz for mmWave signal analysis. In a collaboration with Virginia Diodes Inc. (VDI), Keysight’s A- and B-Series analyzers (18...
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Microchip launches broad IGBT 7 portfolio
IGBT Trench 7 devices from Microchip offer power system designers a wide selection of current and voltage ranges, topologies, and package types. Promising increased power capability, reduced power...
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Application processors optimize industrial control
NXP’s i.MX 94 family of application processors combines communications, safety, and real-time control functions into a single SoC. They include a 2.5-Gbps Ethernet time-sensitive networking (TSN)...
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Current shunt probes feature RF isolation
TICP Series IsoVu current probes from Tektronix provide complete galvanic RF isolation between the measurement system and DUT. This isolation eliminates ground loops and significantly reduces common...
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Startups eye opportunities amid analog industry consolidation
An ongoing semiconductor industry consolidation has been somewhat challenging for companies that consume analog chips in their designs. However, these conditions have created opportunities for startups...
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Speeding AI SoC development with NoC-enabled tiling
Employing network-on-chip (NoC) technology in system-on-chip (SoC) designs has been proven to reduce routing congestion and lower power consumption. Now, a new NoC-enabled tiling methodology helps...
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In-situ software calibration of the flying capacitor PGINASH
A recent design idea, “Negative time-constant and PWM program a versatile ADC front end,” offered a pretty peculiar ADC front end (see Figure 1). It comprises a programmable gain (PG) instrumentation...
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The CEO office transitions at Microchip and Wolfspeed
As we near the end of the year, two CEOs at prominent semiconductor firms are leaving, and in both cases, the chairmen of the board are replacing them as interim CEOs. What’s common in both companies...
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A holiday shopping guide for engineers: 2024 edition
As of this year, EDN has consecutively published (intentionally ahead of Black Friday, by the way, if you hadn’t already deduced that non-coincidence) my odes to holiday-excused consumerism for more...
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Scrutinizing a camera flash transmitter
As I conceptually discussed last May, following up with a teardown nearly a year later (and earlier this year), master flash units mated to cameras’ hot shoes are often also capable of, whether via IR...
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