When it comes to testing, a lot of effort is spent selecting the “right” testing tool. However, often this effort is expended for a second-class goal. Certainly, you need a tool that works for you, your development environment, your project, and your process. However, what is paramount for good testing is not...
Published: Nov 25, 2020
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Infineon's AURIX™ microcontroller family is equipped with many safety features and functionalities. Hitex, an AURIX™ Preferred Design House provides a white paper where you can learn how these powerful...
Published: Nov 25, 2020
Almost every switched-mode power supply (SMPS) needs an EMI (Electro Magnetic Interference) input filter to suppress any disturbances of the SMPS on the power lines. This requirement having an input filter in the design ensures that no negative effect will occur in other parts of the systems connected to the power lines....
Published: Nov 18, 2020
We’re seeing connectivity reaching everywhere and reaching further, with Internet traffic volume exploding and data-storage needs growing at hard-to-comprehend rates.
The amount of physical infrastructure, connectivity and electrical power required to support this growth is astounding. This infrastructure —...
Published: Jul 24, 2018
There can be few more critical applications for power supplies in electronic equipment than in the field of medical electronics. Medical equipment will often have lives dependent upon its reliable operation.
Power supplies must not only deliver the specified electrical performance but must also meet stringent specifications...
Published: Jul 23, 2018
Fiber optic cable no longer stops at the base of the cell tower. As mobile communication network operators deploy advanced 3G and LTE/4G networks, many are pulling fiber right up the tower. Operators have found that fiber-to-the-antenna (FTTA) architectures offer a number of advantages over legacy coaxial systems, including...
Published: Jul 26, 2018
Beginning January 1, 2015, HCFC-225 (also called “AK225”), a common precision solvent for high-end cleaning, will be banned for usage, per the Clean Air Act under the Montreal Protocol. What sounds like a straightforward statement, actually becomes more complex as one reads into the regulations and the Environmental...
Published: Jul 17, 2018
A transition to 400 VDC in power distribution and conversion will help meet greenhouse gas, efficiency, and renewable-energy goals.
The pressure throughout the energy supply chain to deliver electrical power more efficiently is intense and growing. Most dramatically, the European Union’s response to the Copenhagen...
Published: Jul 23, 2018
A popular application for the voltage-controlled crystal oscillator is the forming of a phase-locked loop. Designing the VCXO for this application requires a ‘pullable’ quartz crystal.
A voltage-controlled crystal oscillator’s (VCXO) output frequency changes in direct proportion to the application...
Published: Jul 24, 2018
SSDs require different methods of sanitization compared to traditional hard disk drives (HDDs) due to their inherent design differences. Self-Encrypting Drives (SEDs) help resolve this problem. These types of storage devices automatically encrypt data without any user interaction and can provide an effective method of...
Published: Jul 18, 2018
The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is driving investment in new technology and manufacturing methodologies as companies rush to capitalize on a predicted 14 trillion dollar economic gain. A wave of new connected devices is the result, many of which are small endpoint devices running real-time operating systems. These...
Published: Jul 19, 2018
Driverless cars are virtually unique in symbolizing the power of future technologies and digitalization to alter our everyday lives. Connected, automated driving holds the promise of significantly higher road safety and convenience. However, trusting an autonomous vehicle is a big step for many people.
Every radar...
Published: Nov 06, 2020
Each memory module has rank based on how DRAM chips are organized. A memory rank is a set of DRAM chips connected to the same chip select, and which are therefore accessed simultaneously. In practice they also share all of the other command and control signals, and only the data pins for each DRAM are separate (but the...
Published: Jul 17, 2018
The focus of this article is to address the need to utilize the latest circuit protection technology available to increase the effi ciency of a battery powered remote panel deployed with a SCADA system. Before discussing the newest circuit breaker technology for SCADA systems, there needs to be a review of what a SCADA...
Published: Jul 17, 2018