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Latest Articles Maximizing Energy-Harvesting Efficiency from Thermal Sources By Stephen Evanczuk, Electronic Products 3/6/2013 Thermoelectric energy harvesting offers an attractive solution for many low-power applications. Using energy extracted from thermal gradients, low-power circuits can operate for years without the need for battery replacement. More... |
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LED Drivers Integrate MOSFETs, Circuit Protection to Reduce Design Complexity By Gina Roos, Electronic Products 3/12/2013 One of the biggest challenges that engineers face is how to simplify their designs without sacrificing performance or functionality. For LED lighting, designers would do well to evaluate their LED driver options very closely. More... |
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Embedded Microcontrollers Can Offer the Advantages of Virtualization By Jim Harrison, Electronic Products 3/13/2013 The use of virtualization is often thought of as an IT function that allows optimization of server computers. Some desktop computers also employ virtualization so they can run two operating systems. You might not know, however, that this technology is available for embedded systems. More... |
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Upgrade IBA Boards with New Bus Converter Modules By Ashok Bindra, Electronic Products 3/12/2013 Distributed power architectures (DPA) are popular in modern telecom and datacom equipment, as well as in datacenter servers. The DPA topology traditionally uses a front-end AC/DC converter module that generates a high-voltage DC output from the AC mains. More... |
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Optimizing Sensor Data Acquisition in Industrial Automation Contributed by Publitek European Editors 3/14/2013 This article looks at the different data acquisition architectures and analog front-end devices that can be used for interfacing sensors in industrial automation applications. It covers the different bit widths, sampling requirements, settling times and the advantages of different data conversion techniques for different types of sensors. More... |
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What You Need to Know About Modulators and Demodulators By Christina Nickolas, Electronic Products 3/14/2013 Modulation, in the context of RF applications, refers to the mixing of two sinusoidal signals. An RF modulator is a device that takes an input signal and outputs a modulated signal. Modulators have basically two inputs and one output. More... |
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