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Reducing energy cost of intra-chip communications

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EMC Basics #15: Use gaskets to seal and solve leaky RF seam problems

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ADC Guide, Part 5: ADC non-linearity (DNL/INL) and monotonic transfer function

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Low distortion oscillator tests measurement circuits

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Efficient amplification for real-world audio

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Power supply solutions for flat-screen TVs

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SIGNAL CHAIN BASICS #64: How a poorly designed 20W amplifier can destroy a speaker system

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Which USB is right for your application? (Part 3)

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Design Sallen-Key low-pass filters with G above 1, achieve lower output noise

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Design Type II compensation in a systematic way

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Book excerpt: Analog Circuit Design—A Tutorial Guide to Applications and Solutions, Part 3

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Book excerpt: Analog Circuit Design—A Tutorial Guide to Applications and Solutions, Part 2

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Making sounds with analogue electronics - Part 7: Topology of a typical synthesizer

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Integrating audio codecs in next-generation SoCs for smartphones and tablets

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Synthesize FIR filters using high-school algebra (Part 2)

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Book excerpt: Analog Circuit Design—A Tutorial Guide to Applications and Solutions, Part 1

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Generating spatial audio from portable products - Part 2: Acoustic beamforming using the LM48901

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ADC Guide, Part 3: offset error

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The “Ins and Outs” of digital filter design and implementation

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Making sounds with analogue electronics - Part 6: Other methods of analogue synthesis

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Product How-To: Optimizing passive radiator acoustics using the QF3DFX processor

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EMC Basics #14: Making plastic coatings work for EMI

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Analyze FIR filters using high-school algebra

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Calibrate a power supply with a digital potentiometer

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Prediction and negative-delay filters: Five things you should know

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Making sounds with analogue electronics - Part 5: Using analogue synthesis

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EMC Basics #13: EMC shielding--destroying a shield

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SIGNAL CHAIN BASICS #61: Clock jitter demystified–random jitter and phase noise, Part 2

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Generating spatial audio from portable products - Part 1: Spatial audio basics

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Making sounds with analogue electronics - Part 4: Voltage-controlled amplifiers

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ADC Guide, Part 1: the ideal analog/digital converter

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Top "Planet Analog" articles for 2011 (Part 2 of 2)

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Generate dual supply rails using a high-efficiency SEPIC-Ćuk converter

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Hi-fi digital audio streaming comes of age

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Audio converter subsystem design in the 21st century – Part 1: Overview

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Designing capacitive sensing for a specific application (Part 1 of 3)

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Making sounds with analogue electronics - Part 3: Envelopes

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Understand and reduce DC/DC switching-converter ground noise

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EMC Basics #12: Shielding materials solve electromagnetic-compatibility issues

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The A-Z steps for building a mixed-signal SOC, Part 4: System design

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SIGNAL CHAIN BASICS #59: Saving power and minimizing heat with power supply volume control

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Making sounds with analogue electronics - Part 2: Subtractive synthesis

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Simple ways to manage different clock frequencies of audio codecs

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EMC Basics #11: An introduction to EMC shielding

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Reference Designs

Products

R&S modular platform tests A/V interfaces

Cisco validates Emerson 3U processor board for communications in defense apps

MathWorks Simulink supports Arduino, BeagleBoard, and LEGO MINDSTORMS platforms

Energy-measurement AFE integrates two 24-bit ADCs

Class-D amplifier device reduces distortion and prevents early phone software shutdown

Multi-chip MEMS microphone delivers 63dB SNR acoustic performance in a 2.5x3.35x1.0mm footprint

DSP-based AM/FM one-chip tuner drives car entertainment innovations

Flexible op amp design tool slashes product development time

Tact switch offers LED illumination, surface mount design

Sound-expanding IC yields audio analog of 3D for smartphones, tablets

Dual power booster adds serious muscle to op amp outputs

TI quiets the noise with 1-A power converter

TI’s new Audio Capacitive Touch BoosterPack for ultra-low-power MSP430 microcontrollers

Design software gets even easier to use

Green VoIP IC family addresses high end phones

TI announces Audio Capacitive Touch BoosterPack for ultra-low-power MSP430 MCUs

Mono audio amp IC for Hi-Fi speakers gives 13W burst output and 10x efficiency gains

Digital audio development board accommodates multiple audio file formats and DACs

32-bit microcontrollers Include I2S interface for audio playback applications

1/4” Free-field iTEDS enabled microphone and preamplifier set

2.9mm profile miniature speakers deliver up to 78 dB at 1 meter

RS Components introduces DesignSpark Synergy boards, powered by mbed

Adjustable output low dropout voltage regulators target automotive apps

Audio analyzer offers direct PDM interface for MEMS microphone testing

Vehicle audio power amp combines 49-W output, 6-V start/stop support

Demo board showcases SiC JFETs in cascode half-bridge configuration

SiC JFET delivers high speed switching in micro inverters

All-In-one MP3 audio system-on-a-chip for audio processing applications

Maxim’s processors boast new noise reduction and echo cancellation capabilities

ADI rolls out high-performance, low-noise MEMS microphone

Reference design for licence-free radio microphones based on DECT

Ethernet AVB development kit for open network standard automotive infotainment applications

CES: Conexant introduces new low-power, high-definition audio codecs for mobile apps

Clock oscillator has a phase noise of -100 dBc/Hz at 10Hz offset for audio equipment

Class-D audio amplifier exhibits power density of 3.2-W/mm-square

Audio amplifier measures just 1mm x 1mm

Audio DSP IP core improves performance in audio post processing and voice apps

CES: Frontier Silicon network audio module features dual-band 802.11n connectivity

Huawei's MediaPad Now Comes with Android 4.0

Web-based software package optimizes the selection of multilayer capacitors

Commentary

Something smells

Carolyn Mathas

Is this cool, or what? As you know, sensors are increasingly taking over our five senses in an ever-growing number of applications.

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The Department of Homeland Security put feelers out to other governments in the hope of bolstering the safety of industrial control systems (ICS) and created a venue to brainstorm solutions.

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Esencia has just announced the EScala design platform which is primarily aimed at audio and video applications that have compute intensive algorithms...

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It's all sensed switches and touch screens due to their benefits; but they have downsides as well.

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David, Thanks for including that link to Bill's earlier column. I must have missed the original. ...

Music out of the blue

Janine Love

I love Bluetooth. Little did I know, seventeen years ago when I was assigned my first project to write about the origins of Bluetooth and the viking that inspired the name that it would bring so much joy and convenience to my life

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I've heard the best of Bluetooth is yet to come. With the advent of Bluetooth Smart (Low Energy)... ...
Bob Dobkin, CTO at Linear Tech, will be signing copies of "Analog Circuit Design—A Tutorial Guide to Applications and Solutions" at Design West.

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Some interesting follow-up news items in the wake of Neil Young's recent comments about MP3s and the quality of digital audio include an argument against 24/192 downloads, guidelines for 'mastering for iTunes,' and a new adaptive HD audio format in the works at Apple.

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Monty's article on "Why 24/192 Music Downloads Make No Sense" should be a must-read for any ...
What would a 1980s pop star who was behind the technology used in two-thirds of mobile phones be doing keynoting at DESIGN West?

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I love the ad on this page: "The 80's called. They want their audio test equipment back." LOL.
The Intel Industrial Computer in Concert is a robotic orchestra, synchronizing a host of plastic and metal percussion instruments that ping, pong, bong and blink blue-hued light each time a nearby paint gun strikes them with a tiny rubber ball.

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I too saw this at Embedded World (right outside of Hall 4). Pretty impressive! Go see it in San Jose ...
After listening to Supertramp on my iPad with headphones, I started pondering the idea of wireless loudspeakers, but which ones shouls I choose?

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I'm sorry -- I can't hear you -- my ears are still ringing :-)
Focusing on disruptive innovation, top university involvement in solving relevant problems, and customer validation of the projects at hand, TI hopes to gain a shorter cycle to product development.

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TI's Silicon Valley Labs has incorporated much of the former National Semiconductor NS Labs. ...
Debugging is hard; conflicting observations makes it harder

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Have a look at my posting under Andy Sergie
Musician Neil Young says we need to save music from MP3s (and other lossy audio formats). But does music quality need rescuing, and is a new hi-res audio format the answer?

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You are correct. I either miss remembered or the bit rate is not what it was from Amazon.
I just had a very unsatisfactory night’s sleep, because something kept on going “meep” and I couldn’t track it down…

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There's a thought. Ser up a shooting range with old PCs as targets (you could use old CRT monitors ...
Any electronics engineer or technical person you speak to will know about Hewlett-Packard (HP) test equipment. And many of them will talk nostalgically of a certain item they have owned or worked with. I’m certainly like that.

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The decision on HP vs. Agilent was pretty simple. It was determined that it would be much easier to ...
For a split second on a recent test drive, I felt they had.

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I think you did a fantastic job of reviewing the car as an electronics editor. It did not bore me to ...
There are quick ways to separate the real techies from wannabes

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If you have to make a quiz like that you are uncertain of your own skills rather than the ...
How does today's do-it-yourself experimenter situation compare to "back in the day"?

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Agree with the "best of times / worst of times" view. And it's true not just of DIY but of ...
Some recent audio-related items that caught my eye include a Fast(er) Fourier Transform, a new study on the 'iPod generation' and MP3 sound, a poll on younger listeners and LPs, and a 'circuit' diagram that's reminiscent of some DIY audiophile designs.

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Every year when the January CES rolls around I have a complex set of emotional reactions: anticipation about the new gadgets, resignation that there will always be some flaw or oversight that spoils the pleasure of using them, and resentment that the problems could have been avoided.

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Regarding cell phones and their reliability. As a diabetic all my life, the cell phone gives me ...
For a large range of use cases, MIT researchers have found a way to increase the speed of one of the most important algorithms in the information sciences…

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Great reading the power and flexibility of using FFTs has always fascinated me. Thanks for sharing.
Here are the top ten (most popular) technical articles on Audio Designline during 2011.

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Checkpoint, Cadence, IP-Maker, Tensilica, Mentor Graphics and John Sanguinetti made the lineup today. See here for their news…

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I live in New Hampshire. There are several things that happen regularly here.

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I should have kept my old '82 VW diesel car. That machine could be started by letting it roll ...
Those odd plug A-to-socket B adapters solve connection “diversity” issues

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I was just thinking the same thing. Back in the 80s I was doing RF and microwave work and had a ...
Here are some short videos from the recent AES show floor, highlighting demos of some audio analyzers, a low-cost USB DSP kit, a TV/radio dialogue enhancement technology, and a "Pro Audio in a Box" platform.

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Nice tour at AES!.. thank you

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What is Apple investing $3.9 billion in?

By rick.merritt on 01.18.2011

Apple COO Tim Cook just finished a quarterly earnings call in which he said Apple has struck long term supplier agreements worth $3.9 billion over two years.

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My opinion is they've been investing and buying ARM's shares, to own the company :)

If you work in audio hardware design, I'm sure there are times when you've wanted to actually hear the results of a particular signal processing task -- to hear

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Congrats on the award

Looking for audio designer to design an updated amplifier/pre amp for a vintage electric piano. If interested, let us know and we can discuss details.

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Well.....I see that it has been a couple of years since you posted your request, but I thought I ...

I am wondering how can we determine the class of amplifier just by looking at its operating voltage and current.

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Thanks Dan for your informative comment. Yes, efficiency is a big factor since these devices goes ...

 

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