> The Planet Analog Newsletter
> Wednesday, November 19, 2003
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> In this issue:
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> INDUSTRY NEWS
> --Philips to launch 'near-field' products for smart
> cards in 2004--
> --Analog Devices fourth-quarter net more than doubles--
> --Smart cards break out of traditional roles as chips
> advance--
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> TECHNOLOGY INSIGHTS
> --What happened to my serial port? Build a USB-to-
> serial port converter--
> --The Math Behind the Electromagnetic Puzzle: Part 7
> (of the series--
> --HP iPAQ 1945: PDA packs plenty of analog--
> --White LED driver powers a 9V CCD Camera via USB--
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> Planet PRODUCTS
> --What's alternative power's environmental impact?--
> --Go with the measured flow and detect rotational
> motion with this controller--
> -- More accurate readings of total energy promised with
> metering ICs--
> --Fastest, most accurate 16-bit SAR converter zips
> along at 3 MSPS--
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> INDUSTRY NEWS
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> --Philips to launch 'near-field' products for smart
> cards in 2004--
> Exploiting a near-field radio communication technology,
> Philips will roll out new consumer products in 2004
> integrating a smart card reader based on near-field
> communications (NFC). Philips said its strategy is to
> move smart card technology into the home. Junko Yoshida
> reports.
> http://newsletter.planetanalog.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/edyK0FHR7b0tJ0CD280Ap
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> --Analog Devices fourth-quarter net more than doubles--
> Analog Devices Inc. said its fiscal fourth quarter net
> income soared 153 percent with orders for future
> delivery surging to a two-year high as the chip sector
> recovery continued to gain momentum. The DSP and analog
> IC supplier exceeded analysts' consensus estimate in
> the three months ended Nov. 1 with revenue rising 22
> percent from the year-ago quarter on broad demand from
> all segments of the company's operation.
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> --Smart cards break out of traditional roles as chips
> advance--
> The curtain will go up on the second act for smart
> cards and related chips at the Cartes 2003 conference
> here this week. Technologies will be shown that go
> beyond the traditional roles in credit cards and
> European GSM phone security cards in a bid to take the
> technology global for a raft of everyday items. From
> Paris, Junko Yoshida reports.
> http://newsletter.planetanalog.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/edyK0FHR7b0tJ0CD3B0A1
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> TECHNOLOGY INSIGHTS
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> --What happened to my serial port? Build a USB-to-
> serial port converter--
> Is the removal of the serial port from new PCs causing
> you headaches with your existing serial port
> applications? How about those scanners and card
> readers? A USB-to-serial converter may be just the
> medicine you need, says this Texas Instruments advisor.
> http://newsletter.planetanalog.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/edyK0FHR7b0tJ0CD3C0A2
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>
> --The Math Behind the Electromagnetic Puzzle: Part 7
> (the last) in Planet Analog's tutorial series on EMI--
> In the final part of this wondrous series on EMI
> engineering, Sanjaya Maniktala looks at various types
> of switching regulator waveforms (like rectangles and
> trapezoids), and gives us the math formulas which help
> us project what kind of EMI these waveforms will like
> generate. There are 52 (count them: 52!) equations
> here. Sanjaya also thanks his doctor and dear ones in
> India.
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>
> --HP iPAQ 1945: PDA packs plenty of analog--
> So, just how Analog is your Personal Digital Assistant?
> Of the roughly 600 electronic components used in the
> latest HP iPAQ design, only a small fraction formed the
> binary heart of the system, writes David Carey in this
> teardown report compiled for the November issue of
> Planet Analog magazine. Samsung, Philips, National
> Semiconductor, Semtech and Maxim are among the names he
> sees.
> http://newsletter.planetanalog.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/edyK0FHR7b0tJ0CD3E0A4
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> --White LED driver powers a 9V CCD Camera via USB--
> USB is a de facto standard in every new personal
> computer and/or laptop. But this doesn't come free: USB
> 1.0 connections only give you 5 volts. In this design
> note from the November issue of Planet Analog magazine,
> a National Semiconductor engineer shows how to wire a
> white LED driver to cough up the 9 volts needed to
> power a CCD camera.
> http://newsletter.planetanalog.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/edyK0FHR7b0tJ0CD3F0A5
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> Planet PRODUCTS
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> --What's alternative power's environmental impact?--
> The flood of e-mails I've received following MGE's
> announcement of a hydrogen based backup source for
> UPSes tells me that engineers are rightfully confused,
> writes eeProductCenter's power mavin Vince Biancomano.
> We need some basic answers from the experts, he says,
> except they don't have a firm grasp, either.
> http://newsletter.planetanalog.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/edyK0FHR7b0tJ0CD3G0A6
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> --Go with the measured flow and detect rotational
> motion with this controller--
> Reduce your cost and design time with automated meter
> reading features. This is the industry's first single-
> chip microcontroller unit for electronic flow
> measurement and motion detection.
> http://newsletter.planetanalog.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/edyK0FHR7b0tJ0CD3H0A7
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> -- More accurate readings of total energy promised with
> metering ICs--
> Energy metering ICs from ADI allow utility companies to
> obtain more accurate energy usage information than ever
> before. The ability to measure reactive energy enables
> utility companies to prevent revenue loss and improve
> power-generation capacity management.
> http://newsletter.planetanalog.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/edyK0FHR7b0tJ0CD3I0A8
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> --Fastest, most accurate 16-bit SAR converter zips
> along at 3 MSPS--
> ADI introduced a 16-bit successive-approximation
> analog-to-digital converter that provides design
> engineers with 50 percent higher speed and more than
> three times the accuracy of competing products, all in
> packaging that is 40 percent smaller.
> http://newsletter.planetanalog.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/edyK0FHR7b0tJ0CD3J0AA
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> FPGA and EDA: Working Together
> *****November 20, 2003 11 AM PST*****
> As FPGAs grow in complexity, designers must overcome
> the same challenges presented by high-end ASICs,
> including achieving performance requirements, long
> verification time, integration of IP, multi-cycle clock
> domains, and high speed board design signal integrity
> issues. Technologies developed for high-end ASICs -
> such as assertion-based verification, physical
> synthesis, silicon virtual prototyping, power analysis,
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> Best Practices and Latest Technology for Everyday Bench
> Scopes
> *****November 21, 2003 9:00 AM (PST)*****
> LeCroy presents the results of a study concerning the
> use of oscilloscopes by design and test engineers. What
> sort of performance is ideal for an everyday bench
> scope in the 350 MHz to 2 GHz bandwidth class? What
> signal viewing tools and measurements are most common
> and how can they be simplified? How can new technology
> and innovative thinking make the everyday bench scope a
> tool that is faster, easier and more accurate in its
> use to verify signal performance or troubleshoot
> circuit problems.
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> Power management in cell phones
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> Each year, the pocket cellphone includes more features
> and functions. No longer just a palm-sized PDA and
> address book, the modern cellular telephone is also an
> MP3 audio player, a digital still camera, a video
> streaming media display - even a gaming platform. But
> each new feature extracts a price in terms of power
> consumption. How the modern cellphone gets more than 15
> minutes of battery life is one of the great mysteries
> of analog design. In this editorial NetSeminar, veteran
> EE Times editor Stephan Ohr and panel of technologists
> from Linear Technology, National Semiconductor, Texas
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> cellphone power management. The panel will review
> voltage regulator topologies that promote low noise and
> efficiency, describe the microprocessor handles that
> enable power-saving sleep modes; and discuss
> semiconductor integration techniques and processes that
> enable power conservation in handheld devices.
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> Micro Power Electronics and Texas Instruments
> Overcoming Obstacles in Portable Industrial Battery
> Systems Development
> *****December 9, 2003 9:00 AM PST*****
> Industrial battery development requires battery,
> electronics and charger forming a cohesive system.
> Assembly issues, ESD/EMI concerns, and charging
> integration can be stumbling blocks to reliable
> performance. This seminar addresses inhibitors to
> battery system performance and methods to overcome
> these obstacles.
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> Analog Devices Inc
> When Analog and Digital Co-exist on One Chip: Advanced
> Data Conversion Architectures
> *****December 11, 2003 11 AM PST*****
> Data conversion technology is a vital element in a wide
> variety of new-generation applications ranging from
> communications to consumer goods. Data converters must
> constantly evolve to meet stringent new system and
> market demands for higher accuracy and speeds, and
> lower-power and cost. In many modern systems, data
> converters are one of the key signal processing
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> system performance and features. But how will these
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> digital future? In this challenging and instructive EE
> Times Editorial NetSeminar, a panel of key
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> converter architectures, and the prospects of
> upstream/downstream signal chain integration. Stephan
> Ohr, Analog/DSP CMP Electronics Group Editorial
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> explore the state-of-the-art in data converters today
> and provide a unique view of the roadmap to their
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