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Electronic Design Staff
It has been a tough year for the electronics industry as we mourned the loss of giants like Jim Williams, Steve Jobs, and Bob Pease, all inaugural members of our Engineering Hall of Fame. But these pioneers weren’t alone, and this year we’re proud to salute six new inductees: Bob Adams, Robert H. Anderson, James Early, Richard W. Hamming, Ken Olsen, and Fred Terman.
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Paul Whytock, Editor-in-Chief, Electronic Design Europe
German chip company Infineon recently announced 32-bit microcontrollers with embedded security hardware that’s designed to frustrate the lives of car thieves. These controllers, part of the AUDO MAX family and the new AUDO MAX SHE (Secure Hardware Extension) microcontrollers, provide additional security to car electronic control units (ECUs).
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Jefferson Chua, Chipworks
An analysis of the NXP-tPN544V1D NFC chip by Chipworks shows advances over first-generation NFC chips as the chip supports a variety of operating modes and interfaces and uses a creative approach to help minimize power consumption.
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Louis E. Frenzel, Communications Editor
A recent trip to see the Eagles in concert in Las Vegas prompted some thoughts about the role of electronics in these big-budget shows. What kind of hardware and software does it take to produce such a huge sound system while preserving audio quality? The same goes for the lighting and video components of the show.
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David Maliniak, EDA/Test Editor
Keithley's 2401 SourceMeter fills a gap in low-voltage test, while the company’s 2200 programmable power supplies serve to power devices under test (DUTs).
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Frank Schirrmeister, Contributing Editor
The industry needs huge productivity improvements in both hardware and software design over the next 10 years. Hardware can no longer be developed independently of software considerations. However, the engines used to execute representations of the hardware on which software can be developed, debugged, and verified are rapidly growing closer together. To achieve the required rates of increased design productivity, automation must be pushed to higher levels of abstraction.
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Electronic Design News Staff
Our Facebook page has topped 1000 members! As promised, we have t-shirts to give away, with a design chosen by you. If you were one of our first 1000 fans (and you know who you are), send your address and t-shirt size to fbelec@penton.com.
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Shelley Gretlein, Sherry Hess, and David Hall
The design of RF/microwave circuits and systems has grown in complexity as customers ask for smaller, denser electronic designs with more functions at lower cost. Advances in computer-aided-engineering (CAE) software tools are aiding those efforts, allowing engineers to incorporate actual measured results into their designs.
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Jay Becker, senior applications engineer with Dunkermotoren USA Inc., explains how a smart motor might be used without a separate motor controller.
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Haptics technology uses vibration to provide feedback to users, especially those using smart phones and tablets. Immersion's Suzanne Nguyen talks about haptics and Immersion's new MOTIV SDK.
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