By Ian Dennison As the Internet of Things (IoT) becomes an increasingly competitive market, we should, in 2016, expect new package and board technologies to provide much of the innovation needed for successful IoT products. Since IoT products are driven by the need for the smallest form factor (think wearables) and ultra-low power (for longer […]
Top analog threads on EDAboard.com – December
Common emitter non-symmetrical gain – I have simulated in LTspice a very simple CE amplifier. There is no AC capacitor at the emitter It is a plain and simple CE emitter bias unbypassed with a gain of Av = -Rc / RE = 4.07. It turns out that, as input is a perfect 1V sine […]
Aluminum backed PCBs take the heat
When the thermal heat dissipation requirements of a design are very high, using an aluminum backed PCB is a highly effective solution. Aluminum backed designs are able to better translate thermal energy away from your design’s components and, therefore control the temperature of your design. Additionally, they are on the order of ten times more […]
Top analog threads on EDAboard.com – November
Why is unloaded buffer showing an offset? – I am using an AD8041 IC as a buffer for a 0.2 Vpp sinewave input at 1 kHz from the function generator. The circuit is set on an NI Elvis II+ board. The buffer is unloaded but there occurs some offset at the output of the buffer. […]
VCM vs VOUT plots for instrumentation amplifiers with two op amps
This article introduces the VCM vs. VOUT plot for an instrumentation amplifier with two operational amplifiers (op amps) and delivers a thorough treatment of this amplifier topology. Additionally, the internal node equations are derived and used to plot each internal amplifier’s input common-mode and output-swing limits as a function of the instrumentation amplifier’s common-mode voltage. […]
Economical coax-packaged RF amps cover 9 kHz to 3 GHz
Pasternack, a provider of in-stock and ready to ship RF, microwave and millimeter wave products, announces the release of new affordable coaxial-packaged RF amplifiers. Both low noise and gain block amplifiers are offered and display excellent performance covering wide octave frequency bands from 9 KHz to 3 GHz. All of these new amplifiers from Pasternack […]
Top analog threads on EDAboard.com – October
Amplifying DC voltage from 5V to 12V – I use an Arduino board with a 5V output supply but I Ineed to operate 12V motor. I know that I could connect the Arduino to a 12V power supply to solve the problem. But but I can’t do it for some of reason so I have to build […]
High-resolution audio processing SoC
ON Semiconductor has released its latest high-resolution audio processing System-on-Chip with 1656KB SRAM and power-efficient hardware acceleration, bringing extra space savings and longer battery life to devices such as smartphones, wearable accessories and voice recorders. Powering the LC823450 are a highly efficient ARM Cortex-M3 core and ON Semiconductor’s 32-bit/192kHz audio-processing engine with hardware-based MP3 encoding/decoding and […]
Next gen automotive image sensor with LED flicker mitigation
ON Semiconductor is now sampling an LED Flicker Mitigation (LFM) technology in a new 2.3 megapixel (MP) CMOS image sensor that sets a new benchmark for automotive Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) applications. Capable of capturing 1080p high dynamic range (HDR) video, the AR0231AT also includes features that support Automotive Safety Integrity Level B (ASIL B). The […]
1080p video development kit for IoT
ON Semiconductor has introduced an open imaging platform for low-power video streaming applications. The MatrixCam video development kit (VDK) has been developed specifically to encourage greater video adoption within Internet of Things (IoT) products, as well as accelerating OEMs’ time to market. Among its key applications are home automation systems, building access devices, baby monitors, […]