Each week, the editor of Planet Analog finds items of interest and then features them in two sections, entitled “Also of Interest” and “Elementals”. Each cites items from publications outside the Planet Analog and EETimes portfolios. And we also have an archive of recent weekly Planet Analog Newsletters, as pdf files; see the list at the very bottom.
“Also of Interest” and “Elementals” is an extension of our belief that engineers are interested in on-going tutorial on obviously relevant topics, as well as the serendipity of exploring topics which are not directly related to their jobs, but which will broaden their knowledge and sometimes spurs innovative and creative approaches. The first box highlights items of general interest to the engineer, while the second highlights basic and tutorial electronic-engineering material. Among the publications we check are IEEE Spectrum , Machine Design , Design News , Laser Focus World , EDN , Electronic Design , NASA Tech Briefs , Microwave Journal , RF & Microwaves , and Physics Today , plus others.
Consider these items as online extras, and worth a look. (Please note: there are also links to the previous weeks' editions, in the “Navigate” box to the right.)
Also of Interest:
- Through the years, FPGA designers have acquired an increasing array of tools and methods to address radiation effects:
“Automating Radiation Effects Mitigation with FPGA Synthesis,”
Medical Design Briefs , June 2011 - Recent developments in high-repetition-rate femtosecond sources of terahertz radiation show promising improvements in efficiency, suggesting that photoconductive emitters will remain important terahertz sources:
“Photoconductive emitters advance ultrafast terahertz sources,”
Laser Focus World , May 2011 - The race is on to develop the next technology that will enable manufacturers to continue scaling down their chip sizes; will optics provide the answer everyone is looking for?:
“Preserving Moore’s Law Pushes Lithography to its Limits,”
Photonics Spectra , May 2011 - Measuring the degradation of microprocessors is tricky; doing it better would unleash more processing power:
“Transistor Aging,”
IEEE Spectrum , May 2011
Elementals:
- Certain applications, such as double-ended sensors, audio amplifiers, or instrumentation amplifiers, require a negative voltage to be generated from a positive input voltage source:
“Create An Inverting Power Supply Using A Step-Down Regulator,”
Power Electronics Technology , June 2011 - An alternate method of visualizing and analyzing the “point sources” required for electromagnetic field computations:
“Basic Electromagnetics Made True and Clear with Concrete Mathematics,”
High Frequency Electronics , June 2011 - Increasingly, the cars being designed today represent the latest frontier in the wireless revolution.:
“EMI by the Dashboard Light,”
Microwave Journal , July 2011 - Higher capacities are enabling cylindrical, prismatic, and flat lithium batteries to move into medical instruments, power tools, and computing applications:
“New Breed of Lithium Batteries,”
Design News , July 2011
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