Here’s Part 1 of a tutorial on current sensing that will provide the fundamentals of current sensing, devices used for current sensing, how to calculate the accuracy of a solution, and guidelines for printed circuit board (PCB) layout and troubleshooting

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Here’s a look at how to design safety into industrial system designs using FPGAs and how prequalified FPGAs save substantial time in achieving product certification as worldwide safety standard requirements become increasingly complex.

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FireWire has reached the pinnacle of performance defined in the IEEE 1394-2008 standard; we no longer have to wait. Performance improvements, however, need not end at 4Gbps. As long as FPGA technology allows higher performance, FireWire can scale to higher throughputs as we will see in this article.

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Here's what you were reading in 2011. Several of the top ten articles are excerpted from recently published books. The chapters typically chosen for excerpt are those that over an overview or are tutorial in nature.

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Field Oriented Control (FOC) provides efficiency for significant energy and dollar savings when driving the motors that drive the world.

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There are several ways to design a secure dongle that balances system cost with the level of security required for a particular application. This article describes helpful techniques.

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Typically, weigh scale designs use a resistive load cell configured as a Wheatstone bridge. In the load cells, the signal levels are low and the effects of noise are prominent. Here’s how to measure this signal accurately to meet the requirements of precision measurement for weighing scales.

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IEEE802.3ba defines a 100GBASE-LR4 and 100GBASE-ER4 interface for optical interfaces on single-mode fiber. For 100GBASE-R4 implementations, the PCS is responsible for lane alignment markers to ensure properly formatted data for the MAC. Skew accumulation occurs downstream from the PCS and it is the responsibility of the receive PCS to remove skew and re-align the receive data to the RS. Let’s see what happens…

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Here is Chapter 2, an excerpt from the book, Introduction to Wireless Systems, that brings together the theoretical and practical knowledge readers need to participate effectively in the planning, design, or implementation of virtually any wireless system. This section continues to cover thermal noise and receiver Analysis

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Here is Chapter 2, an excerpt from the book, Introduction to Wireless Systems, that brings together the theoretical and practical knowledge readers need to participate effectively in the planning, design, or implementation of virtually any wireless system. This section covers thermal noise and receiver analysis.

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Here is another chapter from Introduction to Wireless Systems. Chapter 5 covers Digital Signaling Principles and should be a great tutorial or a refresher. This segment covers baseband pulse detection.

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Here is another chapter from Introduction to Wireless Systems. Chapter 5 covers Digital Signaling Principles and should be a great tutorial or a refresher. This segment is an introduction to the chapter.

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Here is Chapter 2, an excerpt from the book, Introduction to Wireless Systems, that brings together the theoretical and practical knowledge readers need to participate effectively in the planning, design, or implementation of virtually any wireless system. This section covers the range equation.

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This article covers the basics of capacitive sensing and the evolution of touch sensing technology in automotive environments.

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Here is Chapter 2, an excerpt from the book, Introduction to Wireless Systems, that brings together the theoretical and practical knowledge readers need to participate effectively in the planning, design, or implementation of virtually any wireless system. This section covers antenna radiation patterns.

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Here is Chapter 2, an excerpt from the book, Introduction to Wireless Systems, that brings together the theoretical and practical knowledge readers need to participate effectively in the planning, design, or implementation of virtually any wireless system.

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Here’s an excerpted chapter from Robot Builder’s Bonanza, 4th Edition that will show readers how to endow bots with the appearance of life! This final section of Chapter 30 involves using headers and connectors, clip-on jumpers, and good design principles.

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Here’s excerpted Chapter 30 from Robot Builder’s Bonanza, 4th Edition that will show readers how to endow bots with the appearance of life! This second segment covers the basics of making electronic circuits.

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Here’s an excerpted chapter from Robot Builder’s Bonanza, 4th Edition that will show readers how to endow bots with the appearance of life! This first segment delves into the tools you should have ready to go.

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Three trending capabilities are support for a resistive stylus replacement (RSR), waterproofing, and hover functionality. By incorporating these features into their handsets, OEMs can deliver a truly advanced UI – one that goes beyond just touch.

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Increased PCB density brings thermal management to the forefront in surface-mounted resistor applications

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Here’s a spotlight on the important factors to consider when choosing a wireless communication technology for device networking.

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Integrating USB to existing image sensor design may immensely increase the value to the flourishing image sensor market segment. The addition of USB will increase device functionality while providing an additional method to control and upgrade devices in the field.

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Here's an interesting and compelling overview of Power Line Communication - from segments through applications, all the way to a discussion of remaining challenges.

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Here is a technique that optimizes the use of Energy Efficient Ethernet in bundled links that improves responsiveness, and minimizes frame delay and loss. It can also be implemented by each link endpoint independently for easy deployment.

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