Building a line-powered transceiver with basic parts
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2009-08-27 |
| A comparator, reference, small-signal MOSFET and a handful of inexpensive resistors are all that are required to modulate and demodulate the power line. |
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AC motor control: DSP, MCU or FPGA?
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2009-05-13 |
| Here's a comparison of DSPs, MCUs, and mixed-signal FPGAs for building efficient AC motor control systems. |
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Design, debug with DSPs
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2008-12-16 |
| Learn the basics on DSP selection, multiprocessing approaches and resource utilisation, and get useful guidelines for DSP system debug. |
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Integrating processors with emulation extension chips
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2008-08-06 |
| This article discusses how embedded emulation extension chips provide more insight on highly integrated SoC microcontrollers. |
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Enhance MCU performance with DMA-based system controller
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2010-03-10 |
| To be able to handle the high data rates and frequencies of real-time I/O and peripherals, MCUs must achieve higher processing efficiency. |
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Addressing MCU GPIO scaling wall with FPGAs
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2009-09-14 |
| MCUs play a variety of different but equally important roles in almost every electronics application imaginable. Inexpensive, easy to use and well understood, MCUs are an integral part of a design engineer's toolkit. |
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Contact monitor for body control computers
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2009-03-19 |
| Know how the MAX13362 reacts in many circumstances encountered during automotive ECU-level testing. |
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Debugging MCUs on a pin-count budget
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2009-02-09 |
| Here's a Spy-Bi-Wire interface that requires a small footprint in terms of silicon usage and needs no special hardware. |
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| Wi-Fi-connected night-clock opens up to widgets
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2009-08-21 |
| A Wi-Fi-connected personal Internet appliance, the Chumby gets its information and applications through Chumbys' Website that opens up access to 'widgets.' |
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Interfacing 32-bit cores to MCU-based memory architectures
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2008-09-18 |
| One problem when transitioning from 8 to 32-bit MCU cores is how to improve flash memory to match. Here are some efficient methodologies for unclogging the performance bottleneck. |
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Using quad SPST analogue switches to drive DC motors
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2006-10-05 |
| DC motor-drive hardware and software include dead time to avoid full-bridge amplifier shorting supply rail. |
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Eyeing efficient, 'green' motor designs
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2009-10-20 |
| This technical article discusses motor drives, industry trends and solutions that make it easier for designers to reduce wasted energy, increase reliability, lower component count and contribute to a greener world. |
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The basics of embedded multi-tasking on a PIC: Part 1 - Reentrant multi-tasking
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2007-12-03 |
| High-end concepts typically aren't applied to an 8-bit MCU. But don't rule them out just yet. |
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Implement trigonometric functions in software with CORDIC
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2008-07-23 |
| This tutorial describes software implementation of fixed-point trigonometric routines using the CORDIC algorithm. |
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MCU system design for automotives
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2009-01-23 |
| Know the two sides to embedded MCU-based module development in automotive applications. |
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