CONTENTS May 2010
 
Cover Story 
Wireless to go
By Rick Nelson, Editor-in-Chief, EDN
Vendors are serving up a variety of hardware and software flavors to add communications capability to fixed and mobile devices.
 
Design Feature 
How low can 32 bits processors go?
By Robert Cravotta, Technical Editor, EDN
As 32-bit processors approach price parity with 8-bit processors, will that parity change the market for 8-bit processors?
x86 processors: Continued innovation is a welcome contradiction
By Brian Dipert, Senior Technical Editor, EDN
Although the last several years have seen much constriction within the semiconductor industry, development and implementation activities in the PC area have remained comparatively bullish. X86 vendors have various plans for continuing this trend.
 
Special Report 
8-bit MCU solution for air-con units’ outdoor fans
By Qian Wei Zhe, Infineon Technologies Asia Pacific Pte Ltd
 
Pulse 
Digital power driver with integrated MOSFETs
By Stephen Las Marias, Editor, EDN Asia
Blackfin processors yield greater energy efficiencies
By Stephen Las Marias, Editor, EDN Asia
Novel e-paper personalizes electronic devices
By Suzanne Deffree, Managing Editor, News, EDN
Low-power all-digital PLL designed for portable wireless terminals
By Stephen Las Marias, Editor, EDN Asia
Mentor adds SystemC support to Catapult C
By Ron Wilson, Executive Editor, EDN
Programmable differential attenuator finds use in audio preamplifiers
By Paul Rako, Technical Editor, EDN
Accurate, handheld, 4- and 6-GHz, two-port VNAs integrate calibration
By Dan Strassberg, Contributing Technical Editor, EDN
Tighter binning yields more consistent HB LEDs for indoor apps
By Margery Conner, Technical Editor, EDN
NI pursues robot revolution
By Rick Nelson, Editor-in-Chief, EDN
High-power RF CMOS switch uses high-resistivity silicon substrates
By Stephen Las Marias, Editor, EDN Asia
Wireless chip for industrial automation applications
 
EDN Asia.Comment 
Democratizing designs
By Kirtimaya Varma, Editor-in-Chief, EDN Asia
 
Interview 
Programmable logic is becoming mainstream in design
By Kirtimaya Varma, Editor-in-Chief, EDN Asia
 
Design Ideas 
Tilt/fall detector has staggered thresholds
By Marián Stofka, Slovak University of Technology, Bratislava, Slovakia
Comparators and a voltage-divider network let you set threshold levels.
Voltage reference stabilizes current sink
By Suded Emmanuel, Emmanuel’s Controls, Auckland, New Zealand
Produce a stable current for long-term component testing.
Electronically generate rotating magnetic fields
By F. Ferrero, J. Blanco, J.C. Campo, and M. Valledor, University of Oviedo, Gijón, Spain
Generate magnetic fields with a microcontroller instead of mechanical parts.
 
New Products 
12-channel sequencer integrates fan control, multiphase PWM clock generator
Power management unit with configurable start-up sequences
Hall-effect sensor interface provides flexibility through analog, digital outputs
Integrated voltage regulators targeted at data center applications
Analog MCU with on-chip data conversion simplify optical module design
Fujitsu expands line-up of low pin count 8-bit MCUs
AUTOSAR-compliant software supports Release 3.1 for R32C/100 MCU series
NAND flash controller software driver complements IP core
WEBENCH Power Architect accelerates multi-output DC/DC power supply design
Performance analysis software targeted at cloud computing systems
Toolchain simplifies end-to-end design for less than $30
PCIe modules offer beamforming
 
India Supplement 
Leveraging the strengths of Asia’s two superpowers
By Jaswinder Ahuja, Cadence Design Systems (I) Pvt Ltd
3G will aid India’s evolution to high-end design and manufacturing
By Stephen Las Marias, Editor, EDN Asia
India’s evolution into a high-tech product design center
By Arnob Roy, Tejas Networks
Inside India’s growing global advantage in electronic design
By Raj Johnson, MapuSoft Technologies
The multicore and EDA road ahead
By Sachin Pathak, Mentor Graphics
Video analytics – scaling the design pyramid
By Sharmila Saha, MindTree Ltd
Who moved the value?
By Madhu Parthasarathy, Wipro Technologies
India's strengths and advantages in design
Dr. N.S. Murty, NXP Semiconductors India
 
Prying Eyes 
The inner workings of a Dell Inspiron 700m
By Brian Dipert, Senior Technical Editor, EDN
 
INNOVATIONS AND INNOVATORS 
Enabling low-cost consumer photonics devices
By Stephen Las Marias, Editor, EDN Asia
Converter-free 100lm/W AC LED light
By Jade Jin, Executive Editor, EDN Korea
Sentelic to provide solid touch sensing solutions
By Mike Pan, Bureau Chief, EDN Taiwan
Silicon oscillator generates SoC system clock without external components
By Prasenjit Bhowmik, Cosmic Circuits (Bangalore)
Newcomer Giantec to Focus on 8-bit MCUs
By Yao Gang, Deputy Chief Editor, EDN China


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