Design Guides
Collection of articles to help you design better embedded systems.
Non-Reciprocity In Ferrite-Less Devices: A Way To Full Duplex Mobile Communication
With full duplex realisation, a single antenna could be shared between the transmitter and the receiver.
5G standards are currently being laid out. It is...
Indoor Localisation Using Bluetooth Beacons
Location based services are rapidly emerging in the modern era where users are provided with various application softwares to comply their requirements. Applications such...
The Next-Level FPGA Architectures
This article discusses what to expect from next-level field programmable gate arrays (FPGA Architectures).
Architectures of different field programmable gate arrays (FPGA) differ from vendor...
Controlling 3-Phase Induction Motors Using VFD And PLC
Three-phase induction motors are widely used in industrial automation processes, often requiring control through AC drives. Presented here is a robust system for switching...
Product Development: Flex and Rigid-Flex PCBs
Rigid-flex circuits combine the best of both—rigid boards and flexible circuits—integrated together into one circuit.
Reliability is important for electronic devices. Hence, a substantial number...
Clock Gating for the Internet of Things
Power dissipation is a concern while designing high-performance systems. Clock gating technique can be used to reduce power.
The Internet of Things (IoT) connects smartphones,...
Post-Silicon Validation Methodology in SoC (Part 2 of 2)
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Post-silicon validation is an essential step to verify the proper functioning and operation of an SoC, post manufacture. Part 2 discusses elaborately...
Post-Silicon Validation Methodology in SoC (Part 1 of 2)
Post-silicon validation includes a number of activities such as validation of both functional and timing behaviour as well as non-functional requirements. Each validation has...
Thermal and Humidity Effects on Electronic Equipment
In order to design highly reliable products, designers need to study the intended application environment and its impact on the electronic assembly. This article...
Smart, Wide-Bandwidth Internal Compensation Achieves Small-Size Power Solution
Introduction
Shrinking the size of the power solution often sits among the top priorities on a system engineer’s list. This is not because it is...
Design: How to Improve Power Conversion Efficiency of Inverters
Inverters convert DC electricity from sources like solar panels, batteries and fuel cells into AC electricity. Their power-handling capacities like input voltage, output voltage...
High-Frequency Issues In Electronics
This article covers some important issues in design of high-frequency electronic circuits and commonly followed practices to mitigate them.
Electronic circuits behave very differently at...
Designing Electro-Medical Equipment
Designing electronic medical devices requires engineers to walk an extra mile. After all, it’s the matter of saving lives! Since accuracy and reliability are...
How to Design IoT Systems
A quick guide to designing a perfect Internet of Things (IoT) system taking into account performance, connectivity, power consumption and security issues
The Internet of...
The Golden Rules of Electronic Circuit Design
Knowledge of common pitfalls in electronics circuit design, and how to avoid these, is important for producing any product
While testing a smartphone, the manufacturer...
Interactive Analog/Digital Mixed Signal Modeling via Foreign VHDL/Verilog C Interface
The development of modern electronic modules requires even more appropriate tools to facilitate their early prototyping. Mixed Analog/Digital systems today need simulation platforms based...
How Output Technologies are Changing for the Better
3D printers are penetrating into the market, enabling rapid prototyping of realistic 3D models. Ever wondered how these printers are designed? In an era...
Making PCBs at Home Photographically (Part 2 of 2)
Part 1 of this article in previous issue explained the creation of schematic and PCB layout. This part covers the remaining steps for making...