CONTENTS May 2006
 
Cover Story 
Scopes: More than meets the eye
by Dan Strassberg, Contributing Technical Editor, EDN
Modern digital scopes now do much of the heavy lifting in measurement and analysis. But successful use of these advanced capabilities requires doing your homework.
 
Design Feature 
Co-design
by Michael Santarini, Senior Editor, EDN
EDA vendors are helping IC and package designers more effectively work together.
Linux joins the consumer-electronics revolution
by Warren Webb, Technical Editor, EDN
Designers are turning to the Linux operating system to meet the escalating user-interface, networking, and multimedia requirements of today’s consumer electronics products.
Sonic surprises
by Brian Dipert, Senior Technical Editor, EDN
Dissecting the high-resolution hype
 
Special Report 
Broadband for consumer use
by Sascha Lindecke, Director, Product Marketing, Infineon Technologies AG
These days simple modems are being replaced by integrated “home gateways” that combine telephony, Internet, and video services. A further boost is expected with the introduction of VoIP services in which integrated voice and data systems offer baseband voice and DSL functions on a shared line.
 
Pulse 
Logarithms: The new floating point?
—Graham Prophet EDN Europe
IEEE standardizes SystemVerilog
—Chitra Giridhar, EDN Asia
Innovations and Innovators
Edited by Robin Lange, Managing Editor
 
EDN Asia.Comment 
Uncertain value proposition for Structured ASICs
by Kirtimaya Varma, Editor-in-Chief
 
Interview 
“We are developing new technologies in several areas”
by Mario Pereira, Hong Kong Correspondent
 
Design Ideas 
Lowpass, 30kHz Bessel filter offers high performance for audio applications
Troy Murphy, Analog Devices, San Jose, CA
PC’s parallel port and a PLD host multiple stepper motors and switches
Eduardo Pérez-Lobato, Universidad de Antofagasta,Antofagasta, Chile
 
New Products 
Product Roundup
 
Power Supplement 
New trends, new applications
Kirtimaya Varma
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