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
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
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
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
Safety, availability, and cost considerations can make performing thorough tests of embedded control devices using the complete system impractical. Hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulation is a real-time test technique used to test these devices more efficiently. During HIL test, the physical system that interfaces...
Published: Feb 19, 2020
To ensure the stability of voltage regulators and switchedmode power supplies, the control loop behavior 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: Jun 04, 2020
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
MIPI D-PHY is a practical PHY for typical camera and display applications. It is designed to replace traditional parallel bus based on LVCMOS or LVDS. However, many processors and displays/cameras still use an RGB, CMOS, or MIPI Display Pixel Interface (DPI) as interface. A bridge is often required to connect a processor...
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
In this article, ISSI explores how to use ISSI’s FxLEDTM drivers to open up a new dimension in visibility by using specific colors to make the User Interface (UI) look sleek and informative.
For this application example, an air conditioning appliance was designed with sensors that detect a room’s...
Published: Jul 20, 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
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
Electronic products are getting progressively smaller in response to user demand, and in some cases engineers are obligated to select smaller components due to size requirements.
This article will examine recent advancements in design that engineers should be aware of when selecting a switch, beyond just the size....
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