Core Series 3 scales AI to entry PCs, edge

Intel has introduced its Core Series 3 mobile processors targeting budget laptops and essential edge devices. Built on the same 18A process node as the Core Ultra Series 3 platform, they are described as the first “hybrid AI-ready” Core…

Anker brings on-device AI to earbuds

Anker Innovations has developed an AI audio chip for earbuds, called Thus, that uses NOR flash memory for compute-in-memory (CIM) processing. This approach supports several million model parameters across multiple workloads and delivers up to…

Linearly variable two-wire loop current generator

Circuits such as the design described here implement useful tools for a diversity of calibration and testing applications. A two-wire loop current generator is a useful tool for the testing, calibration and commissioning of current-to-pressure…

The system architect’s sketchbook: The pickleball protocol

Deepak Shankar, founder of Mirabilis Design and developer of VisualSim Architect platform for chip and system designs, has created this cartoon for electronics design engineers. The post The system architect’s sketchbook: The pickleball protocol…

The ASIC design remake in the AI era

The traditional ASIC design model—focusing on relatively stable standards and well-defined functions—is now under pressure. That’s partly because AI workloads are highly diverse, compute-intensive, and tightly coupled to software behavior…

The system architect’s sketchbook: GenZLens built in a dorm

Deepak Shankar, founder of Mirabilis Design and developer of VisualSim Architect platform for chip and system designs, has created this cartoon for electronics design engineers. The post The system architect’s sketchbook: GenZLens built in…

BJT is accurate sensor for absolute temperature in Kelvin and Rankine

Simple math implemented in a (very) simple circuit. What’s not to like? A very cool (also warm!) property of the base-emitter junction of (most) small signal BJTs is the ΔVbe temperature-sensing effect.  ΔVbe temperature measurement is…

How to implement OTA firmware update on MCUs

Here is how design engineers can implement over-the-air (OTA) firmware updates for a microcontroller using the “staging + copy” method. The microcontroller—NXP’s RW612 in this design case study—relies on external serial flash. The…

What’s the impact of AI on analog design

It seems any expert who can spell “AI” has an opinion on its potential impact. There are countless predictions out there, many made with precision and confidence, and they are often contradictory. Depending on who you listen to, AI will…

Simple circuit interfaces differential capacitance sensor

This design based on an SR latch and two RC networks is, unlike many alternative solutions, neither complex nor expensive. Single and differential capacitance sensors are widely used to measure linear and angle displacement, pressure, proximity,…

TP-Link’s Tapo H100: Smart sensing unencumbered

Three smart home hubs, from two different companies. All supporting both 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi and proprietary 900 MHz wireless links. How do they differ, and are similar? Let’s find out. Last month, I told you about TP-Link’s Tapo Hubs and their…

Electronic biosensing: A quick take on ketone detection

Ketone detection may sound like the domain of biochemistry, but at its core, it’s also an electronics challenge: how do we translate a chemical presence into a measurable electrical signal? The key lies in the ability of circuits to convert…