Music to the ears: Pedal effect design
Musicians favour pedal effect circuits created with specific types of components or with a specific circuit design because of how…
Music to the ears: Effect simulation, emulation
Audio simulation and emulation with LTspice and a simple digital audio system, such as Windows Multimedia Player, gives you a…
Imagination updates CPU teaching material
The comprehensive set of materials aims to provide students with all the necessary tools to learn about computer architecture.
TI rolls out scalable power solution for wearables
Reference designs, such as the one introduced by Texas Instruments, enable designers to add their talent and creativity to reach…
Using energy harvesting to keep wearables running
A possible design solution uses an inkjet-printed mmWave rectenna which is a rectifying antenna that will convert electromagnetic energy into…
Power ideas to spur wearable designers’ creativity
The biggest challenge for wearables has been keeping them properly and conveniently powered, as present designs force the user to…
Switching patterns, harmonics of Cascade H Bridge
CHB has become a popular topology and is regularly selected by power electronics design engineers for MVDs, not least because…
Why CHB is popular topology for medium voltage drives
Design engineers have the luxury of several suitable topologies for Medium Voltage Drives (MVDs). Recently, one particular topology, the Cascade…
Artificial sensibility reads driver’s emotions
The emotion engine in Renesas development kit uses sensibility technology to recognise emotional states such as confidence or uncertainty based…
ETSI offers packaged APIs for MEC deployment
The package includes group specifications that provide a generic set of API design principles and patterns for application lifecycle management…