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Lattice launches small-size FPGA platform
Nexus 2 is Lattice Semiconductor’s next-generation small FPGA platform, featuring improved power efficiency, edge connectivity, and security. Built on a 16-nm FinFET TSMC process, Nexus 2 FPGAs offer...
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SoCs offer RF sampling and DSP muscle
Adaptive SoCs in AMD’s Versal RF series integrate direct RF sampling data converters, dedicated DSP hard IP, and AI engines in a single chip. The devices offer wideband-spectrum observability and up to...
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Expanding output range of step-up converter
This is one real-life quest: How do we increase the output voltage of a step-up converter? If you have unlimited access to the right ICs, you are one lucky dog, but what if you don’t? Or maybe you are...
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AI designs and the advent of XPUs
At a time when traditional approaches such as Moore’s Law and process scaling are struggling to keep up with performance demands, XUPs emerge as a viable candidate for artificial intelligence (AI) and...
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To press ON or hold OFF? This does both for AC voltages
On the October 14, 2024, a design idea (DI) by Nick Cornford entitled “To press ON or hold OFF? This does both” appeared. It is a very interesting DI for DC voltages, but what about AC voltages? Wow...
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2025: A technology forecast for the year ahead
As has been the case the last couple of years, we’re once again flip-flopping what might otherwise seemingly be the logical ordering of this and its companion 2024 look-back piece. I’m writing this...
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The 2-nm process node and Samsung’s foundry crossroads
Despite being the first to adopt the gate-all-around (GAA) technology, Samsung has struggled with commercialization and yield issues and its foundry market share has dropped below 10%. Han Jin-Man,...
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Symmetrical 10 V, 1.5 A PWM-programmed power supply
Variable regulated power supplies are handy tools found on well-equipped electronics lab benches. The symmetrical varieties that produce equal voltage outputs of opposite polarity, are even more so....
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Power Tips #136: Design an active clamp circuit for rectifiers at a high...
Introduction In vehicle electrical systems, a high- to low-voltage DC/DC converter is a reversible electronic device that changes the DC from the vehicle’s high-voltage (400 V or 800 V) battery to a...
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OCTRAM technology achieves low power, high density
Kioxia and Nanya Technology have co-developed a type of 4F2 DRAM known as Oxide-Semiconductor Channel Transistor DRAM (OCTRAM). It features an oxide-semiconductor transistor that has both high ON...
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High-power chip resistor comes in tiny package
Kyocera AVX has expanded its CR series of high-power chip resistors with a device that handles 2.5 W in a small 0603 package. Designed to enable the miniaturization of RF power amplifiers, the 0603...
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Satellite IoT module handles large file transfers
The Certus 9704 IoT module from Iridium supports satellite IoT applications requiring real-time data analysis and automated decision-making. This compact module offers larger file transfer sizes and...
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2-A driver powers automotive LEDs
A synchronous step-down LED driver with high-side current sensing, Diodes’ AL8891Q drives up to 2 A of continuous current from a 4.5-V to 65-V input. It also supports up to a 95% duty cycle, enabling...
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Touch controller eases user interface development
Microchip’s MTCH2120 turnkey touch controller offers 12 capacitive touch sensors configured via an I2C interface. Backed by Microchip’s unified ecosystem, it simplifies design and streamlines...
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Innovative manufacturing processes herald a new era for flexible electronics
New and repurposed fabrication techniques for flexible electronic devices are proliferating rapidly. Some may wonder if they are better than traditional methods and at what point they’ll be...
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The Energizer 200W portable solar panel: A solid offering, save for a...
Last time, I covered one half of the Energizer Ultimate Powersource Pro Solar Bundle that I first introduced you to back at the beginning of August and purchased for myself at the beginning of...
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Who will get Altera in 2025?
While the news about Altera being up for grabs isn’t new, there are fresh bytes on its sale to either an FPGA industry player like Lattice Semiconductor or private equity firms such as Francisco...
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Zig-zag transformers
Three phase power transformer secondaries that are set up in a delta configuration do not have an earthing or grounding point. By contrast, a wye configuration of windings would provide such a point,...
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Perceiving the insides of a wireless camera flash receiver
In a recent teardown, I disassembled and documented the insides of a Godox wireless camera flash transmitter that ended up being in much better shape than had been advertised when I’d first acquired...
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Save, recall, and script oscilloscope settings
Introduction Digital oscilloscopes have a great thing going for them: they are digital. Instrument settings, waveforms, and screen images can be saved as digital files either internally or to external...
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