These tiny ICs automatically configure for signal type; support unipolar and bipolar signals; include ESD protection, and are available for USB 1.1 and 2.0 Continue Reading...

Debug is tough, no doubt. Experienced engineers know that design gets the glory, but the real project battle is at the debug level. Perhaps that's unfortunate and not at all fair, but that's the way it Continue Reading...

I bristle at our industry's frequent promotion of technology road maps. It makes both engineering development and scientific progress seemed like glorified administrative Continue Reading...

This now-obsolete writing instrument teaches us a still-valid lesson. Pay attention when you do your Continue Reading...

Signal-transparent IC combines equalization and SNR improvement for Gbps Continue Reading...

Among the more unnoticed events of August was the death, at age 80, of Rocco Petrone. Who was he? What's sad about this event passing almost Continue Reading...

Even the analog domain of power supply and control is "going digital"; and there's good reason for it, as well as some major Continue Reading...

It's a tightrope walk against failures....think about the challenges and tradeoffs, sparked by the recent Dell laptop and Sony battery fires and Continue Reading...

Just because "everyone's saying it", doesn't make it so. So-called "conventional wisdom" is a feature of modern life, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't stop, think, and ask about it. Fortunately, many engineering issues and suppositions can be subjected to Continue Reading...