Each week, the Planet Analog section of the print version of EETimes features two small text boxes, entitled “Also of Interest” and “Elementals”, in addition to one or two feature articles, an editor's column, and new products. Each of these boxes cites items from publications outside the Planet Analog and EETimes portfolio. The first box highlights a few items of general interest to the engineer, while the second highlights some basic and tutorial electronic-engineering material.

In this week's print edition (January 14, 2008) you'll see these items (note: there are also links to previous weeks' editions, at the bottom):

Also of Interest

• Cutting-edge camera designs allow optical-module designers to reduce dependence on modulation-transfer function and ignore the diffraction limit:
  “DETECTORS: Micro cameras ignore the diffraction limit,”
  Laser Focus World , October 2007
• Passive negative-stiffness vibration-isolation systems have become an economical choice for nanotechnology applications:
  “VIBRATION-CONTROL SYSTEMS: Negative-stiffness vibration isolation improves reliability of nanoinstrumentation,”
  Laser Focus World , October 2007
• It will be increasingly important to consider how products can be taken apart for easier recycling:
  “Efforts Grow to Design for Disassembly,”
  Design News , November 19, 2007

Elementals

• This tutorial shows how electromagnetic radiation occurs, from an intuitive viewpoint rather than in-depth mathematics:
  “Fields and Waves–Visualizing Important Electromagnetic Concepts,”
  High Frequency Electronics , October 2007
• The SDR architecture is just one of the technologies applied to help speed and simplify complex measurements:
  “New Approaches To Wireless Test,”
  Electronic Design , October 11, 2007
• Different applications require different types of flash memory (NAND versus NOR):
  “Employ the proper flash memory in your design,”
  Embedded Systems Design , December 2007

Previous Editions

• January 7, 2008
• December 24, 2007
• December 17, 2007
• December 10, 2007
• December 3, 2007
• November 26, 2007