Making noise with a BANG, part 2: Software, integration and operating results

If you periodically need to see the frequency response of a circuit, this easy, inexpensive project can help you out. Editor’s note: This is a two-part series on how to create a noise generator with an adjustable bandwidth and a consistent…

Crypto mining SoC unearths a need for custom IP

Conflicting application requirements can turn system-on-chip (SoC) design into a hall of mirrors. In particular, choosing a process technology can become a maze of contradictions and puzzles. Then there is higher speed, which generally requires…

Ultrasonic device claims to repel pests

Whether it actually accomplishes the function intended (or at least asserted), the low price tag and enduring controversy sufficed to motivate a look inside this device. Electronic pest control devices have a longstanding reputation (largely-to-completely…

More than a plug: The hidden USB engineering in your EV

What looks like a simple port is in fact a silent architect—quietly shaping how energy and data flow between your car and your mobile world. Hidden inside that small rectangle of metal and plastic is a choreography of power regulation, signal…

Blinkers

Selective oscillation achieves desired attention aspirations absent undesirable side effects. Someone I knew long ago had a small electronics company with a client who wanted to make an attention-grabbing light display for a store window. This…

Rethinking automotive compute in the software-defined era

The automotive industry is undergoing a fundamental transformation. Vehicles are no longer static machines defined at production. They are becoming dynamic, software-defined platforms that evolve over time through updates, new features, and…

Carl Sagan’s prescient thoughts on AI and robots

Revisiting the past can leave the reader with a range of reactions, including both bemusement at then-embryonic developments and amazement at the accuracy of forecast extrapolations. After reading the sentence that follows this one, pause for…

Stacked-die half-bridge boosts MOSFET power density

Using a vertically stacked-die design, AOS’s DFN6×5 AmpStack package integrates two MOSFETs configured as a high-side/low-side half-bridge. It increases power density and maximizes available PCB space compared to a solution using two discrete…

Hall-effect sensor measures 10-turn position

The Vishay 34 PHE absolute position sensor provides 10-turn linear or rotary displacement sensing with a 3600° range. Using non-contact Hall-effect technology, it delivers up to ±1% linearity (full stroke), 1° resolution, and a service life…

IP enables 8K image and video post-processing

VeriSilicon’s CPP2000 Camera Post-Processing IP improves image quality for reliable vision performance in robotics, drones, and other mobile vision applications. It is designed for straightforward SoC integration and processes YUV images from…

Hybrid capacitors target automotive power

Taiyo Yuden has introduced the HVX(-K) and HTX(-K) series of AEC-Q200-qualified conductive polymer hybrid aluminum electrolytic capacitors. The 46-device lineup is intended for noise suppression and power smoothing in power supply circuits for…

Enterprise SSD accelerates AI server data transfer

Samsung’s PM1763 PCIe 6.0-based enterprise SSD features 9th-generation V-NAND flash memory and a new 4-nm controller. Optimized for AI and HPC servers, the drive is available in 4-TB, 8-TB, and 16-TB capacities. The 16-TB model delivers sequential…