Adding security to a device costs extra money, time, power consumption and makes everything worse. The only reason for adding security to a device is the need to improve marketing – security components help to sell more products. To participate in the evolution of Industry 4.0, the Internet of Things and cloud technologies...
Published: Sep 21, 2020
In some cases, mobile Application Processors (AP) may not have enough interfaces to support the number of image sensor inputs required for a particular application. In other cases, the processing latency between image sensors and imaging data may be too large. The Lattice Semiconductor Dual MIPI CSI-2 to Single MIPI CSI-2...
Published: Jul 19, 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
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 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
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
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 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
To help improve processes, drive productivity and maintain a competitive edge in today’s global economy, leading companies look to a variety of management and process improvement philosophes and practices. A common characteristic shared across the varied approaches is the use of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)...
Published: Jul 19, 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
Power design in data centers is getting substantial attention—particularly by facilities and engineering personnel—as organizations pursue constant improvements in reliability and energy efficiency.
At the same time, however, many IT professionals tend to spend little time or energy on the specific products...
Published: Jul 25, 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
Substituting a diode for a resistor in a circuit powered by an AC line is typically an easy recipe for disaster, but it’s the precise challenge faced by designers seeking to replace incandescent lamps with modern high-brightness LED technology.
The VLED15 series from CUI was specifically designed to address...
Published: Jul 24, 2018
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