Optical image stabilization (OIS) addresses the quality of images, and is an idea that has been around for at least 30 years. It has only recently made its way into the low-cost consumer camera market, and will soon be migrating to the higher end camera phones. This paper provides an overview of common design practices...
Published: Jul 19, 2018
To ensure the stability of voltage regulators and switched mode power supplies, the control loop behaviour must be measured and characterised. 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 30, 2020
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
The first rule of war is “know your enemy”. It is the same principle with Solid State Lighting (SSL) – if you don’t understand how an LED behaves, don’t be surprised when your application doesn’t succeed.
LEDs are non-linear devices. If a low voltage is applied to an LED it does...
Published: Jul 25, 2018
Many Image Signal Processor (ISP) or Application Processors (AP) use the Mobile Industry Processor Interface (MIPI® ) Camera Serial Interface 2 (CSI-2) standard for image sensor inputs. However, some high resolution CMOS image sensors use a proprietary SubLVDS output format. The Lattice Semiconductor SubLVDS to MIPI...
Published: Jul 19, 2018
The digital signage market is experiencing rapid growth. Organizations across a wide range of industries are making large investments in the content, source machinery and displays that comprise digital signage systems. The choice to protect these investments from power problems is crucial—yet frequently overlooked....
Published: Jul 25, 2018
The importance of LED technology in the lighting industry has increased rapidly in the last few years. Bright, power-saving light emitting diodes now produce not only pleasant light but also offer ecological and financial advantages compared with conventional light bulbs.
Artificial light is an indispensable...
Published: Jul 26, 2018
Lattice Semiconductor has developed a display interface in the MachXO2 PLD family. Because this interface is now supported in MachXO2 devices, designers have an even lower cost and very low power alternative to implement embedded displays.
This whitepaper provides an overview of this display standard and explain...
Published: Jul 19, 2018
Micro ACTION PIN (MAP) connectors from Tyco Electronics have taken through-hole connector technology to a new level— significantly reducing hole diameters compared to previous designs, while retaining the assembly and operational advantages of press-fit connectors.
This paper briefly reviews the salient electrical...
Published: Jul 25, 2018
The PFE1100-12-054NA is a 1U form factor, 54 mm wide power supply capable of 1100 watts at high line and de-rates in a low line condition.
This is an AC to DC power-factor-corrected (PFC) power supply that converts standard AC mains power into a main output of 12 VDC for powering intermediate bus architectures,...
Published: Jul 25, 2018
As LEDs continue to penetrate a wide range of diverse market sectors and become the preferred means of lighting, the requirement for circuit protection cannot be ignored.
This paper was developed to help designers understand common threats to LED lighting systems, and provides the best design practices to implement...
Published: Jul 23, 2018
Most organizations do not consider production test a top priority, but it is a necessity to prevent major quality issues in the products that represent the company brand in the hands of customers.The costs, however, can be significant and are often greatly misunderstood, especially when there’s no...
Published: Feb 19, 2020
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
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