November 14, 2008 - Industry News
Engineer salaries: A look at global compensation
Engineers worldwide reported varying levels of job satisfaction as their salaries struggle to keep pace with inflation, according to a ...
EDN Magazine
|
October 1, 2008 - Top Story News
Studying the second-generation Apple iPod Touch
I admit it; I am such a wimp. I get my hands on an expensive and hard-to-disassemble (or more accurately, reassemble) widget, and all of my ...
EDN Magazine
|
October 1, 2008 - Industry News
Sony Ericsson begins 2,000 job cuts
Sony Ericsson has begun a worldwide reorganization and headcount reduction that will see around 2,000 of its jobs cut over the next 12 ...
EDN Magazine
|
March 30, 2007 - Technology News
In the days of old, when engineers were bold
In the 1970s, around the time that MOS Technology introduced the 8-bit 6502 processor, I took a job as chief engineer at a company that ...
EDN Magazine
|
March 29, 2007 - Technology News
The Miller's tale: How to calculate Miller capacitance
It is noteworthy that, despite the vast breadth of our industry, its myriad applications, and its diverse technologies, the fundamental ...
EDN Magazine
|
March 28, 2007 - Technology News
See inside a cereal surprise: Dissecting the Xbox Mini electronic games
Microsoft continues to deny rumors of a handheld Xbox game console (other than the UMPC or Pocket PC, that is), and the company isn't ...
EDN Magazine
|
March 9, 2007 - Technology News
FIRST unveils 16th annual robotics challenge
Dean Kamen's FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) organization has just announced the challenge for this ...
EDN Magazine
|
March 8, 2007 - Technology News
Taking control of machine vision
In humans, sight is one of the most important senses. Vision allows us to identify objects, examine them without touching them, determine spatial dimensions and relationships, and ...
EDN Magazine
|
March 6, 2007 - Technology News
Technical seminars: Engineers need stories, too!
Now that another year has wound down, the deluge of hotel technical seminars for 2006 is finally over! Attendees came from near and far ...
EDN Magazine
|
February 28, 2007 - Technology News
A deep dive into HD for video-system design
Technological advancements of recent years have enabled new video capabilities in end equipment ranging from cell phones and MP3 ...
EDN Magazine
|
February 1, 2007 - Technology News
User-friendly model simplifies Spice op-amp simulation
Spice users can run into two types of problems with op-amp models: They need a model that is unavailable in their Spice library ...
EDN Magazine
|
January 31, 2007 - Technology News
Scope: ISSCC, the consumer bandwagon, more
The premier annual conference for chip designs is undoubtedly the International Solid-State Circuits Conference (Feb 11 to 15) in ...
EDN Magazine
|
January 30, 2007 - Technology News
Timing is everything in SOC design
It is a recurring nightmare. The SOC design has gone smoothly from day one. RTL for each block came in on schedule. Synthesis proceeded with hardly a glitch. Functional verification even ran ...
EDN Magazine
|
January 29, 2007 - Technology News
Testing our reliance on testing: Worst-case scenarios in mixed-signal design
In the late 1980s, my company was in the market for its first CAE (computer-aided-engineering) system. Because we did a lot ...
EDN Magazine
|
January 26, 2007 - Technology News
Connecting systems to displays with DVI, HDMI, DisplayPort
Peer at the back of a modern home-theater receiver, and you'll note a preponderance of analog-signal-carrying connectors amid the ...
EDN Magazine
|
January 24, 2007 - Technology News
Extend low-output-voltage switching regulator's input range
Internal operating voltages in electronic devices continue to decrease, but input-source voltages don't change. As the difference ...
EDN Magazine
|
January 18, 2007 - Technology News
Foggy crystal ball yields 2007 tech wishes, including 802.11n, UWB, FTTH
Well, 2007 has arrived, along with the New Year's resolutions and the ever-present pundit technology predictions. Unfortunately, my ...
EDN Magazine
|
January 18, 2007 - Technology News
Analog divider uses few components
Although microprocessors may offer more-precise calculations, there's still room for analog-computation techniques in a designer's ...
EDN Magazine
|
January 18, 2007 - Technology News
WiQuest adds video support to Wireless USB
For months now, rarely a week has passed when one Wireless USB player or another hasn't touted a chip compatible with the specifications ...
EDN Magazine
|
January 18, 2007 - Technology News
Blaze DFM's dummy-fill-synthesis tool has smarts
Blaze DFM is following up its mid-2006 release of its Blaze MO gate-CD biasing/leakage control tool with a dummy fill "synthesis" tool ...
EDN Magazine
|
January 17, 2007 - Technology News
ESL market adds an enterprise player
Cadence Design Systems Inc is making an enterprise-level play in the ESL (electronic-system-level)-software market by adding features ...
EDN Magazine
|
January 17, 2007 - Technology News
EPIC computer expands communications options
Targeting remote-terminal, data-logging, and protocol-conversion applications, Micro/sys recently introduced the SBC4670 ...
EDN Magazine
|
January 17, 2007 - Technology News
Processor lowers cost of Gigabit Ethernet
Freescale's MPC8313E PowerQuicc II Pro processor delivers Gigabit Ethernet with integrated security encryption blocks for as ...
EDN Magazine
|
January 17, 2007 - Technology News
High-speed modular logic analyzers capture as many as 512M samples
Agilent Technologies has expanded its logic-analyzer line with a new modular mainframe; two new modules, including one that provides ...
EDN Magazine
|
January 17, 2007 - Technology News
Powering SOCs with integrated approaches
A typical portable electronic device, such as a mobile phone or an MP3 player, comprises a variety of chips—many of which need different ...
EDN Magazine
|