The improving performance and falling prices of light emitting diodes (LED) has led to a wider consumer acceptance of LEDs in the global market for commercial lighting products.
With the rapid decline of LED retail lamp prices more consumers are realizing the cost savings of LED lamps further fueling the penetration...
Published: Jul 25, 2018
Motion processing is emerging as the only solution that can deliver a new user interface and experience that will make a specific mobile handset stand out.
There is a need for full, six degrees of freedom (6-DoF) motion processing that can precisely translate human motion for the various applications. ...
Published: Jul 19, 2018
Talon Communications is a Product Development Company specializing in low power wireless and embedded design. Talon designs your product using ultra-low power 8/16/32 bit micro-controllers, sensors and wireless communications.
Designing successful low power wireless products requires many specialized skills....
Published: Jul 18, 2018
To ensure the stability of voltage regulators and switched mode power supplies, the control loop behaviour must be measured and characterized. A well compensating voltage controller enables stable output voltages and reduces the influence of load changes and supply voltage variations.
The quality of this control circuit...
Published: Sep 23, 2020
Trends and transformations in online multimedia distribution, mobile wireless and cloud computing require new approaches to Internet bandwidth optimization.
As Internet technology has evolved, our methods of communication, entertainment, education, healthcare and business have evolved as well, radically transforming...
Published: Jul 24, 2018
The following white paper uses a typical off-the-shelf isolated DC-DC converter to demonstrate how an active filter will not only provide superior filtering, as compared to the passive approach, but will also provide a simple turnkey solution to meet challenging transient response requirements.
The performance...
Published: Jul 24, 2018
The WaveBolt™ system is a fixed wireless point-to-multipoint Internet access system designed specifically for residential and small business customers in areas where DSL and cable modem access are unavailable, unaffordable or otherwise undesirable. The WaveBolt system provides data speeds comparable to ADSL. ...
Published: Jul 24, 2018
To guarantee the correct behavior of real-time software running on embedded processors can pose a significant challenge. Data-dependent control flow, where execution times of many functions are dependent on the data inputs, means that instruction sequences are hard to predict.
This document explains how static timing...
Published: Jul 23, 2018
Shift registers can help reduce size and BOM in designs that use LEDs. By providing I/O expansion, they enable the use of smaller, less expensive microcontrollers.
In some cases, the shift register can be used to drive the LED directly and thus eliminate the need for external LED drivers. This adds to the savings,...
Published: Jul 24, 2018
This paper discusses the usage of common sensor types and how sensors can be effectively combined in a complementary fashion. It introduces the state-ofthe-art InvenSense™ MotionProcessing™ technology through the integration of gyros from InvenSense and a reference design that enables developers to create advanced...
Published: Jul 19, 2018
This whitepaper will introduce the ECP5™ and LatticeECP3™ FPGAs as viable solutions to overcome embedded design co-processing and connectivity challenges, and highlight application examples at the edge in industrial, consumer, automotive and machine learning areas, where these FPGAs solve the above mentioned...
Published: Jul 17, 2018
Advances in semiconductor technologies from efficient power semiconductors to advanced sensor systems, has lead to the development of intelligent and safe robots. The next evolution of robotics will lead us into era with more autonomous robots and artificial intelligence (AI).
This document exposes ideas on how to...
Published: Jul 16, 2018
Though they seem like minor components on a smartphone, automotive dashboard or other consumer electronic device, tactile switches have the ability to influence perceptions of quality. True or not, a bad switch equals a bad device in the minds of many consumers.
So selecting the right switch really can be crucial...
Published: Jul 24, 2018
In the automotive market as in all industries, competition breeds innovation. Over the last 100 years, this truth has transformed the horseless carriage into one of the most useful and ubiquitous tools in the modern world. Automobiles have long been understood as mechanical devices, but recently, continuing innovation...
Published: Jul 19, 2018