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Build Entertainment-Grade Consumer Home Networks for Simplicity  11/19/2009 2:01:00 PM
Increasingly, the biggest challenges designers of consumer electronics products face have less to do with performance or feature-richness, and more to do with ease of use and simplicity. This is especially true in entertainment networking, where multiple technologies currently vie for adoption, and consumers have made it clear they want a simple solution, right out of the box.

Temperature Control in Large Enclosed Spaces  11/18/2009 11:00:00 AM
Temperature control in large enclosed spaces - such as goods warehouses or aircraft hangars – presents a huge challenge to conventional technologies. As such, this type of environment is very expensive to heat or cool and uncomfortable to work in. Innovative wireless technology can provide the answer.

Thin-Film Piezoelectric Film Technology in Medical Device Applications  11/16/2009 10:19:00 AM
A growing need for sensors within the medical device market has illustrated renewed OEM focus on design efficiencies, patient comfort and enhanced quality of life. The application environment itself is uniquely stringent, with regulatory compliance standards, such as FDA approvals on Class III implantable medical devices, that can require up to four years of biocompatibility and performance testing...

Battery Monitoring Solutions: Precision and Flexibility  11/3/2009 11:07:00 AM
The standard lead acid battery is at the limit of its capability within the modern automobile, especially with the introduction of idle-stop technology, where the car engine is stopped when the car ceases movement. As a result, a sophisticated monitoring system is required to ensure that the battery always has a sufficient charge to re-start.

Go Forth!  10/26/2009 1:12:00 PM
M-Simon-Head001-webLevis (the jeans people) have been suggesting that people Go Forth. http://goforth.levi.com/fortune I'd like to make a similar suggestion. Not about jeans, but about software. Go Forth. A dead language? Not exactly. If you know where to look. But before we do some looking let me tell you a story.

Shielding Materials Help Prevent Last-Minute Test Failures  10/22/2009 2:31:00 PM
Electronics packaging solutions are developed on many levels, from the board architecture all the way up to the mechanical enclosure. The individual elements that compose these solutions need to work together so that the device can pass compliance tests.

What Automotive Engineers are Missing When it Comes to Power Sources  10/16/2009 11:39:00 AM
The demand for better and more efficient power sources in the automotive industry has been a driving force behind research in battery technology, capacitor technology, and electronic power supply design. In order to utilize energy as efficiently as possible, automotive engineers began by reducing the gross weight of an automobile...

Designing an EMC-Compliant Automotive Switching Buck Regulator  10/12/2009 10:32:00 AM
The automobile is changing and so, too, are the electronics that make them run. The most radical example is the plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) where a 300-400V Lithium-Ion (Li-Ion) battery replaces the gas tank...

RF Thin film Passives Improve Communications Systems  10/6/2009 9:14:00 AM
Inductor-IF-100609-webAn RF designer’s wish list for an ideal high frequency capacitor would include extremely high temperature stability, a sharp self resonance (high Q) free from harmonics, extremely tight capacitance tolerance, low ESR (equivalent S\series R\resistance), low ESL (equivalent series inductance), complete reproducibility...

PID Loops in Software applications  10/5/2009 9:33:00 AM
M-Simon-Head001-webI want to take a look at PID loops and how they are typically handled in software. I'm going to contrast how the motor control folks do things vs. how the chemical industry folks do things. Now there are all kinds of things you can control with such a loop (in a motor control context).



 




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