ED_ED UPDATE: POWER AND ANALOG_ Penton Media November 9, 2009 If you want to view this on the web go to: http://enews.penton.com/enews/electronicdesign/v/951 DESIGN SOLUTION --Take Simple Steps Toward Extreme Low-Power Design By Steven Bible, Microchip Technology At first, designers of portable and battery-operated devices wrestled with saving milliamps, then microamps. Today, it is all about saving nanoamps. As a result, designers have to elevate their thinking to another level. Extreme low-power embedded design requires a tool cache of careful component selection, circuit design, and smart use of microcontroller extreme low-power features. 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