CONTENTS August 2005
 
Cover Story 
Run for your life:Ultralow-power systems designed for the long haul
Systems can achieve an average current drain of the order of 1A by relying on a low duty cycle and by minimizing the power needs of their processor, software, and analog interface.
 
Design Feature 
Black boxes capture car-crash data, controversy
Warren Webb
Capable of recording mechanical and human performance before and during a crash, motor-vehicle event-data recorders have attracted the attention of safety and privacy advocates.
PCI Express and ASI: Avoiding chaos at 2Gbps
At data rates as high as 2Gbps per lane, little things can make big differences in signal integrity. Experts disagree on whether thinking about whats really going on can improve performance or only make it worse.
 
Special Report 
Implementation considerations of SDH clocks
by Ulas Kumar, Zarlink Semiconductor
A discussion on synchronous digital hierarchy (SDH) network synchronization standards, synchronization architectures, and requirements from the implementation perspective.
 
Pulse 
LED driver delivers 350mA from single/dual cell alkaline
Current-sense monitor works with wide common mode inputs
Bill Schweber
Simple-to-use boomer audio synchronized LED driver
Charge pump drives camera flash efficiently
Bill Schweber
AMD announces 64-bit, X86 multi-core
Synthesizer reduces RF BOM and footprint by up to 60%
WLAN 802.11b/g SiGe power amplifier with good OFDM performance
Processor blade chops AdvancedTCA schedules
Nanocrystalline common mode chokes
16-bit dsPIC DSCs for space-constrained applications
Ethernet switch controllers improve performance
 
EDN Asia.Comment 
Fundamental shifts in EDA
Kirtimaya Varma, Editor-in-Chief
 
Interview 
Mobile is changing the entire way of doing business
Kirtimaya Varma, Editor-in-Chief
 
Design Ideas 
Versatile digital speedometer uses few components
by Abhishek Jain, Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology, Dwarka, New Delhi, India
Quickly estimate an electronic systems cooling requirements
by James Gabel, Thermo Electron Corp, San Jose, CA
Microprocessor, linear potentiometer deliver echo pulses
by Abel Raynus, Armatron International Inc, Malden, MA
 
New Products 
Semiconductors
Test & Measurement
EDA
Embedded
 
Power Supplement 
Digital power: The shadow falls
By Kirtimaya Varma
MCU/MPU Finder Powered by RENESAS
 
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