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most recent messages 6/20/2013 7:34:19 AM WKetel A function generator is used for many different kinds of testing and circuit development. Puting most of the circuit on a single chip allows the creation of a rugged and inexpensive piece of test... blogs message boards chat So You Want to Be a Supermodel-ler Reid Wender, VP Marketing & Technical Sales, Triad Semiconductor, 6/19/2013 Comment now 6 comments Editor's Note: From time-to-time, we receive submissions for blogs that contain solid technical material, but have just a bit more self-promotional material than we might like to see. The concern is, of course, that our readers will see such blogs as advertisements. Still, with useful technical content, we hate to turn away the material. What to do? Tell ... Most recent post, Vishal Prajapati, 6/20/2013 6:46:13 AM This can be a ice breaking tool for the simulation softwares. We never had this... An Applications Engineer's Perspective of IMS2013 – Day 2 Jonathan Harris, Product Applications Engineer, Analog Devices, 6/19/2013 Comment now 4 comments On Wednesday, the second day of the IMS2013 show, I had some great observations. There were lots of great questions from engineers dropping by the booth. Most recent post, analoging , 6/19/2013 4:21:13 PM Conferences are a great way to get a quick glimpse of the overall status of an industry.... Big Benefits From Harmonizing Analog & Digital Domains Damian Anzaldo, Wireless Communications Segment Manager, Maxim Integrated, 6/18/2013 Comment now 3 comments In my previous blog, What Defines Analog Integration & Why We Should Applaud Its Benefits, I mention that the RF-DAC partition is really a form of analog integration. Why? Here's a little background. Most recent post, Brad Albing, 6/19/2013 10:03:41 PM We will get the image tweaked and sharpened. Stand by. An Instrument on a Chip? The Configuration Problem Dennis Feucht, Electronics Engineer, 6/18/2013 Comment now 6 comments One of the challenges in integrating all the electronics of measurement instruments is brought on by the versatility of instruments. Most recent post, D Feucht, 6/19/2013 9:10:51 PM "Lab on a chip" is somewhat different in that the essence of it is a senseFET with... When an Improvised Solution Is 'Good Enough' Bill Schweber, Engineer, Author, Editor, 6/18/2013 Comment now 7 comments I often hear the comment, "That's just a Band-Aid solution. You haven't really gotten to the source of the problem." Usually, the person making the comment has no real idea of the nature of the problem, its subtleties, or what's involved in trying to fix it. An improvised solution often is both a good one and all you're going to get, given the time, ... Most recent post, Brad Albing, 6/19/2013 11:13:27 AM That's the problem with "copying" (stealing?) a design - you don't get to see the... Are Integrated Analog Devices Perfect? Should They Be? Kendall Castor-Perry, Architect & Member of Technical Staff, Cypress Semiconductor, 6/17/2013 Comment now 10 comments Read the following two statements, and think about which one more closely represents the way you work -- and what you believe, if that's not the same thing. Most recent post, analoging , 6/19/2013 4:11:10 PM Companies need to put chip design into perspective. The cost of building a brand... An Applications Engineer’s Perspective of IMS2013, Day 1 Jonathan Harris, Product Applications Engineer, Analog Devices, 6/17/2013 Comment now 4 comments As I sat on the plane heading back toward the East Coast, I thought back to my attendance at the IMS2013 show out in Seattle. The International Microwave Symposium is a tradeshow and conference that covers primarily RF technologies from VHF to terahertz and even optical. I had landed in Seattle on Sunday ahead of the show. I wanted to make sure I had ... Most recent post, Jonathan Harris, 6/19/2013 1:04:47 PM Thanks for the comments guys! That definitely sounds like a great idea for... Startup Addresses Characterization Problem Brian Bailey, Independent Consultant, 6/17/2013 Comment now 4 comments The software industry is special in many ways. Having such low capital requirements means that large amounts of money are not required to produce a prototype or even a product. This preserves the notion that even a single person working in a garage can come up with an idea and implement it with no more equipment than I am using to write this article. Most recent post, analoging , 6/18/2013 8:59:15 PM Venture capitalists tend to prefer investment into software (ie EDA IC) companies... The Future of Medicine Is Here Brad Albing, Editor in Chief, 6/14/2013 Comment now 19 comments A recent paper delivered at ISSCC back in February really intrigued me, especially since I used to work as a medical diagnostic equipment designer. Most recent post, JAYARAMAN KIRUTHI VASAN, 6/20/2013 3:10:20 AM amrutah, Transient electronics is soon to gain market acceptance in the coming... The Shifting Climate of Power Factor Correction Vincent Biancomano, Contributing Editor, 6/14/2013 Comment now 8 comments You'll presumably pay a lot more in power utility bills if you're charged for so-called "reactive power" as an industrial customer who uses banks of "uncompensated" motor loads facing the AC mains. But as so many articles over the years have pointed out, the typical residential consumer won't save much by swamping out all that inductance at his house. ... Most recent post, Etmax, 6/19/2013 11:05:52 PM You mention unprecedented temerature rise, and this isn't strictly true, the temperature... Can Integration Help With Our Noise Gamble? Bill Schweber, Engineer, Author, Editor, 6/12/2013 Comment now 15 comments Noise is the ever-present source of headaches on many engineering designs, and often is one of the biggest underlying challenges a designer team faces. (See: Noise annoys, but do we secretly love it?). That's why I cringe when I hear an engineer casually remark, "Assuming that the noise is random and Gaussian (white)..." in any analysis or discussion. Most recent post, Brad Albing, 6/17/2013 4:10:58 PM @Steve >>To help minimize this effect, you can add 1/2 lsb rms broadband noise... Next 5 blogs+ All blogs All blogs most commented 19 The Future of Medicine Is Here Brad Albing, Editor in Chief, 6/14/2013 10 Are Integrated Analog Devices Perfect? Should They Be? Kendall Castor-Perry, Architect & Member of Technical Staff, Cypress Semiconductor, 6/17/2013 8 The Shifting Climate of Power Factor Correction Vincent Biancomano, Contributing Editor, 6/14/2013 7 When an Improvised Solution Is 'Good Enough' Bill Schweber, Engineer, Author, Editor, 6/18/2013 6 An Instrument on a Chip? The Configuration Problem Dennis Feucht, Electronics Engineer, 6/18/2013 blog roll message boards chat 6/20/2013 7:34:19 AM Re: FG on a chipof: A function generator is used for many different kinds of testing and circuit development. Puting most of the circuit on a single chip allows the creation of a rugged and inexpensive piece of test equipment, as opposed to the earlier versions... WKetel on An Instrument on a Chip? A Look Back 6/20/2013 7:27:25 AM Re: Home made analog intruments: Vishal, I would seriously question the linearity and accuracy of a $3 DMM, since those are the things that add to the cost of production, as well as being more difficult to design. And it may be that they are the production-line "fallouts"... WKetel on An Instrument on a Chip? A Look Back 6/20/2013 7:15:44 AM Power consumption reduction.: Wit all of the comments I saw no reference to any method for halting those background applications that get stuck into many portable devices, which keep running and wasting power even while not being used. Some method of reporting that an application... WKetel on (Dis)Integrating Power Consumption, Counterintuitively 6/20/2013 6:46:13 AM Re: SPICE Models: This can be a ice breaking tool for the simulation softwares. We never had this kind of freedom and ease to work with simulation models. Manual work can take up long hours to make a similar model. The same functionality should be available... Vishal Prajapati on So You Want to Be a Supermodel-ler 6/20/2013 5:30:15 AM Double thoughts...: Thanks Scott for your very interesting article. It gave me double thoughts. I have been designing reference designs for one of the major FPGA companies in the 2003/2004 years. Before I was kicked out as a supplier they went to India... Navelpluis on Designing With Op-Amps Is Ending 6/20/2013 4:42:23 AM Designing With Op-Amps Is Ending: This sounds like it was written by the same type of person that would be in the job of designing and buiding super computers and then say that the microcontroller is dead. No one design methodology can ever be all things to all people. There's... Etmax on Designing With Op-Amps Is Ending 6/20/2013 3:10:20 AM Re: Patch type medicine: amrutah, Transient electronics is soon to gain market acceptance in the coming decade. Tasks/treatment which would be otherwise unimaginable could be possibly done with such implantable/decomposable electronics. The intricate details of their... JAYARAMAN KIRUTHI VASAN on The Future of Medicine Is Here 6/19/2013 11:57:22 PM Re: Napkin to model: Long time ago, I was told that owner's major was mechanic engineering. He invented model in the Napkin and calculated all dynamic behavior based on thermal dynamic theory. Now, he is CEO in the company that a few thousand employees... DaeJ on So You Want to Be a Supermodel-ler 6/19/2013 11:36:04 PM Re: designer supplied models: Scott, Thanks for reading my reply! I'm just as sure you didn't mean to imply I "don't design for quality", in fact the situation is I now do software certification to DO-178C and often to Level A which is probably the highest level of software... JeffL_2 on Designing With Op-Amps Is Ending 6/19/2013 11:13:21 PM Re: How many things are you going to manufacture?: Hi Brad - For the two examples you cited, is there nothing else available at a much higher level of integration that you could use? I'm always curious about what was missed after 50 years of analog IC engineering. I recognize that maybe... Scott Elder on Designing With Op-Amps Is Ending 6/19/2013 11:05:52 PM Unprecedented temperature rise: You mention unprecedented temerature rise, and this isn't strictly true, the temperature has risen like this a few times in the past and each time it has been accompanied buy mass extinctions. If I put my hand in the fire and it burns and I... Etmax on The Shifting Climate of Power Factor Correction 6/19/2013 11:03:17 PM Re: Twas ever thus?: Hi Hughston! <<SPICE simulation is great when you know what the answer should be already.>> I always tell the less experienced engineers that SPICE only answers the questions you ask. Perhaps the PCB designers should organize... Scott Elder on Designing With Op-Amps Is Ending Next 5 messages+ All messages All messages blog roll message boards chat 6/11/2013 12:06:54 PM Integrated Analog Chat, June 25: We're having a chat on Tuesday June 25th at 2 PM EDT on integrated analog. Please come join us for the discussion. The topic is Analog integration is increasing: How can we best get the heat out? We will have industry experts discussing the... Brad Albing Blogger 5/29/2013 11:08:00 PM Integrated Analog: As promised, here is information on detection of rail car wheel bearing problems. You will see there are many approaches. Link from UBM's Design News regarding trackside monitoring of wheels on trains. This system uses acoustic... eafpres Blogger 5/29/2013 3:31:02 PM Integrated Analog: Great discussions---thanks to all SteveTaranovich Blogger 5/29/2013 3:30:37 PM Integrated Analog: OK - Hasta la wiedersehen. Brad Albing Blogger 5/29/2013 3:29:47 PM Integrated Analog: @Brad - I'm done. Back to solving a fields problem. Hasta luego. D Feucht Blogger 5/29/2013 3:29:01 PM Integrated Analog: Guys - shall we wrap up our chat session at this time? Brad Albing Blogger 5/29/2013 3:28:15 PM Integrated Analog: It should be easy to do on an IC. You discussed this in that blog of yours. Brad Albing Blogger 5/29/2013 3:27:25 PM Integrated Analog: Yet in all these decades, it has yet to be done. DMMs and FGs have been integrated. Scopes are a long way toward it (though they are more digital nowadays). Other instruments have yet to be explored. Z meters and also Z analyzers seem ripe... D Feucht Blogger 5/29/2013 3:24:37 PM Integrated Analog: Sounds very feasible to me SteveTaranovich Blogger 5/29/2013 3:23:52 PM Integrated Analog: @All - A different topic, close to home for me: meaurement instruments. Does it seem to any of you that I am crazy in thinking that, except for power supply and user interface, an RLC meter should fit on a single chip, like a DMM? D Feucht Blogger Next 5 chats+		Hello. We were unable to find the address you requested. 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