2018-01-17 - Charles Pfeil

A lifetime designing PCBs: Merging design and fabrication

Have you ever wanted to take a sharp (or blunt) object to your CAD system?

2018-01-16 - Bill Schweber

Wearables benefit from flexible TEG materials

Energy harvesting via a TEG driven by body heat is a good idea, but practical issues are hindering its use. A new materials approach may change that situation.

2018-01-15 - Steve Taranovich

Terrain LIDAR scans jungle in search of a lost city

This jungle expedition has an interesting technical aspect, using airborne LIDAR to search for a lost city.

2018-01-12 - Steve Hageman

Design a DSP lock-in amplifier: Background

Long considered an analog or analog/digital function, lock-in amplifiers can now be implemented using software-defined radio techniques. That lets you redefine your lock-in amplifier as needed.

2018-01-11 - Bonnie Baker

Designing with a DAC: Settle for the best

The most challenging part of designing with a voltage-out DAC is to really know how fast one can run this animal within its specified accuracy.

2018-01-10 - Brian Santo

The top 5 5G wireless technologies

The top 5 5G wireless technologies are the technologies the industry is working to refine to make 5G networking practical and efficient.

2018-01-09 - Michael Dunn

How long should T&M gear be supported?

You or your company spends megabucks on some fancy piece of T&M kit. Upset are you that it’s abandoned after three years?

2018-01-08 - Brian Dipert

Reflecting on Apple’s latest products: Are you impressed?

The stock market seems to love Apple lately, based in no small part on recent product announcements. This engineer isn't nearly as enthusiastic about them. Who's right?

2018-01-05 - Stephen Woodward

Inverted dual-slope ADC boosts dynamic range

Gain five-plus bits of dynamic range by flipping a dual-slope converter on its head.

2018-01-04 - Steve Taranovich

Submerge your power supply, and other options

Advances in marine industry power supplies, immersion computing, and immersion cooling aim to make fully immersible power possible.