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August 28, 2008
Portable Craze Redefines The Dashboard
TText, blog, or twitter hands-free while driving. Access your car’s iPod media player to change tracks and adjust the volume without lifting a finger. Even host a three-way telephone call via a Bluetooth device without your hands leaving the steering wheel. No longer content with standard features for low-end and mid-range cars, drivers expect satellite navigation, multizone climate control, satellite radio, and even beverage refrigeration as standard items. ...
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Roger Allan
August 14, 2008
Good Times For Ham Radio
I recently spoke with David Sumner (K1ZZ), the CEO of the Amateur Radio Relay League (ARRL), at the Dayton Hamvention, the big ham conference held every year in Dayton, Ohio. If you’re a ham, you know about the ARRL, which supports and promotes amateur radio. The organization is the ham’s interface with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and it lobbies for spectrum and other rights and benefits. It publishes the monthly ...
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Louis E. Frenzel
August 14, 2008
SDR Transforms Amateur Radio
Like almost everything else in electronics, radios are becoming processors with software that communicate via a small amount of RF I/O circuitry. Surely, then, the rise of software-defined radio (SDR) should come as no surprise. Digital signal processing (DSP) lies at the heart of SDR. Add to that the arrival of faster analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog converters (ADCs and DACs) and processors, and SDR becomes more viable for a wider range of...
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Louis E. Frenzel
July 24, 2008
Security Everywhere
Security is a high priority at the China Olympics, and it will be everywhere. The Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau said last year that it expects to spend $300 million to $400 million on Olympic security, with at least $30 million of that for video security. American companies have been working with Chinese companies to design and install one of the most sophisticated public surveillance systems in the world. General Electric, Honeywell, IBM, and United Technologies...
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Ron Schneiderman
July 24, 2008
A Major IT Challenge
Not surprisingly, the information technology (IT) operation at this year’s Olympic Games is impressive, and it will require lots of high-tech support. For example, Lenovo shipped more than 3500 pieces of computing equipment, including servers, desktops, monitors, and notebooks, to the Integration Test Center of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games as early as last August. This delivery was followed by a series of tests to see how all of this equipment would work...
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Ron Schneiderman
July 24, 2008
The 2008 Technolympics
Everyone expects a good political demonstration or two at next month’s Olympic Games in Beijing. Maybe even a drug or doping scandal. There may also be complaints about the environment. And, you can count on some controversy surrounding all the advanced technology at the Games. Yeah, technology. Much of the attention—and tension—is expected to center on the “White Cube.” The drama in this spectacular swimming venue, which was designed and built for...
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Ron Schneiderman
July 10, 2008
Hardware/Software Co-Design Comes Of Age
There once was a time when system design was completely serial. Entire hardware platforms were designed, prototyped, debugged, and virtually completed before any software development began. Of course, such methodologies corresponded to the days of much broader market windows. The very idea of such a quaint approach is enough to make one snicker. Today, itâ??s quite different. Those market windows have narrowed to a sliver. Hardware development typically lags...
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David Maliniak
June 26, 2008
All A-Board!
Aerospace and military applications that are more sophisticated and complex are spawning a new breed of single-board computers (SBCs). Thatâ??s because the users in these areas have rather formidable demands, such as greater ruggedness, higher reliability, more power performance, less power dissipation, and a smaller form factor. As a result, board and systems integrators are scrambling to find ways to pack as much technology as possible on the...
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Roger Allan
June 12, 2008
Linear Technologies: Analog's Success In A Digital Era
The mainstream media may call it a digital age. But today’s gadgets still need integrated circuits that can transform analog signals—which convey information about “real world” phenomena like temperature, pressure, sound, and speed—into digital form. Linear Technologies is one of the leading companies designing, manufacturing, and marketing a broad line of standard high-performance analog integrated circuits as well as devices that control power and regulate voltage in...
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Lou Sosa
June 12, 2008
Sales Drive Atmel's Charge Up The Charts
Atmel designs, develops, manufactures, and sells a wide range of semiconductor IC products, including microcontrollers, advanced logic, mixed-signal, and nonvolatile memory and radio frequency components, with an emphasis on complete system solutions incorporating microcontrollers. And 2007 was a very good year. After placing 99th on our 2006 list, Atmel charged up the charts to take the 56th slot last year despite a slight decline in sales. This surge came from improvements...
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Lou Sosa
June 12, 2008
Tyco International: Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
2007 was a busy year for Tyco International Ltd. On June 29, it split into three publicly held companies—Covidien (formerly Tyco Healthcare Group), Tyco Electronics, and the new Tyco International (formerly Tyco Fire & Security and Tyco Engineered Products & Services). And now, Covidien and Tyco Electronics are classified as discontinued operations. Tyco International, the last company standing, had a continuing revenue base of about $19 billion in 2007. Its 2006...
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Lou Sosa
June 12, 2008
PLDs Present The Key To Xilinx's Success
Untitled Document Xilinx is a top supplier of field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) and complex programmable logic devices (CPLDs). Customers can program these ICs in a laboratory to perform specific complex...
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Lou Sosa
June 12, 2008
Agilent Puts Its Products To The Test
Agilent, the world leader in the test and measurement (T&M) market, saw about $5 billion in sales last year. Spun off from Hewlett-Packard in 1999, this company offers the broadest and most diversified portfolio, leaving competitors like Tektronix, National Instruments, Lakeshore, and Keithley Instruments to succeed by focusing on niche markets. Tektronix, the largest of these rivals, tallied around $1 billion in sales for 2007 as of November. As a subsidiary of Danaher...
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Lou Sosa
June 12, 2008
The Methodology Behind Our Choices
So how did we come up with our Top 50 Employers of 2007, as well as our top EOEM companies? It all began with a list of 250 or so organizations of interest to Electronic Design’s readers and advertisers alike. This roster included U.S. public companies, private companies, subsidiaries and divisions of companies, and public agencies and research facilities like NASA and the military. Then, things got tricky. The quality of one’s employment depends on many qualitative...
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Lou Sosa
June 12, 2008
Three Companies Make 2007 A Real Leap Year
Since this was the second year we conducted our survey of the Top 50 Employers, we based a lot of our data on changes between 2006 and 2007. Who showed the most growth? Who turned red ink into black? Who charged ahead of their competitors? While many companies showed relative stability, three supercharged companies surged ahead in the ranks: KLA-Tencor, Intel, and Juniper. What do these companies have in common, propelling their ascension? Simple. Strong technology and shrewd asset...
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Lou Sosa
June 12, 2008
The Top 50 Employers In Electronic Design
Careers in the electronics industry often mix opportunities and pitfalls. The opportunities are endless, perhaps even including the chance to create and lead a world-class technology organization. But the cyclical nature of the industry creates many pitfalls, including being laid off from your favorite job and not being able to find another like it. One way to avoid the pitfalls and prepare for the opportunities is to work for a company that’s...
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Joseph Desposito
May 22, 2008
Choosing The Top 101
Though semiconductors lie at the heart of most electronic designs, other components are needed to complete the design, like resistors, capacitors, inductors, interconnects, switches, sensors, LEDs, and displays. And each of these offers seemingly endless varieties. We cover components in our “EEPN in Electronic Design” section, on our Web site (electronicdesign.com), and via an e-newsletter called Products of the Week (POW). Of all these avenues of...
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Joseph Desposito
May 22, 2008
Top 101 Components Showcase Industry Innovation
Every week over the past five years, EEPN’s Products of the Week e-newsletter has been sent to over 70,000 subscribers. Covering notable products and technologies in the semiconductor, components and assemblies, computer board/module, and design/test sectors, this concise offering generates significant interest in each product category via direct links to the manufacturer’s datasheets or product information. The components that appear in each issue (here...
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Mat Dirjish
May 22, 2008
Top 101 Components: Spotlight Categories
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Joseph Desposito
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May 8, 2008
Choosing An Image Sensor: It's All About The Application
What kind of image sensor should you choose for your next machine-vision product—CMOS or CCD? Each has its advantages and disadvantages, depending on the application. Some companies produce both types of sensor, giving designers the flexibility they need for a particular design. Image sensors can be area sensors or line-scan sensors. Area sensors include a two-dimensional array of pixels that capture an image of an entire region simultaneously. Line-scan sensors use a...
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Roger Allan
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