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Articles in November, 1992 issue of EDN

• Hardware emulator handles 330,000 gates. (QuickTurn Systems Inc.'s Enterprise Emulation System) (Products & Careers Edition)
  by Vaughan, Jack
• Tough times continue in Southern California. (electronics-engineering job market in Southern California) (Products & Careers Edition)
  by Colborn, Kate
• A conservative approach can yield a state-of-the-art product. (HP's development of the 16550A 102-channel plug-in for the 16500 series of logic-analysis systems) (one of three articles in the last of a four-part series, 'Design It Right')
  by Strassberg, Dan
• Low-cost modular-instrumentation standard uses passive EISA backplane. (Wescon/92 supplement)
  by Strassberg, Dan
• 16-bit microcontroller bulks up for automotive, control. (Siemens Components introduces 80C167 16-bit microcontroller) (Wescom/92 supplement) (Product Announcement)
• Chip mixed microprocessor/DSP for fax, modem, and voice processing. (digital signal processor) (Zilog Inc.'s Z89120 mixed-signal processor) (Wescon/92 supplement) (Product Announcement)
  by Weiss, Ray
• 16-bit microcontroller upgrades to 20-MHz clock, 32-kbyte ROM. (Intel Corp.'s 196KD microcontroller) (Wescon/92 supplement) (Product Announcement)
  by Weiss, Ray
• Analog peripheral IC simplifies real-world I/O for processors. (Micro Linear Corp.'s ML2377 microprocessor peripheral integrated circuit) (Wescom/92 supplement) (Product Announcement)
  by Quinnell, Richard A.
• High-speed next-generation 8051 runs at 3V. (Oki Semiconductor's MSM65514 8-bit microcontroller) (Wescom/92 supplement) (Product Announcement)
  by Weiss, Ray
• Logic analyzers: HP leads the pack. (EDN Products and Careers Product Preference Survey)
  by Whitmarsh, John
• Designers heed the portable mandate. (low power and high performance)
  by Mayer, John H.
• Analog ASICs make your circuits leaner and meaner. (application specific integrated circuits) (Buyers Guide)
  by Gallant, John
• Give me a raise, or my dog will die. (Tutorial)
  by Travis, Bill
• ASIC family adds antifuse field programmability to library. (VLSI Technology Inc. adds amorphous-silicon antifuse technology to its application-specific integrated circuits)
  by Quinnell, Richard A.
• $179 buys a single-chip, 50-MHz desktop SPARC CPU. (Texas Instruments introduces MicroSPARC) (Product Announcement)
  by Weiss, Ray
• Microcontroller combines 4-bit peripherals with 8-bit CPU. (central processing unit) (NEC Electronics' 78KO series of microcontrollers) (Wescon/92 supplement) (Product Announcement)
  by Weiss, Ray
• Microcontroller teams CPU and 64-bit I/O subprocessor with abundant I/O hardware. (Hitachi America Ltd.'s H8/570 microcontroller) (Wescon/92 supplement) (Product Announcement)
  by Leibson, Steven H.
• Programmable chip set lowers power and reduces size of disk drives. (AT&T Microelectronics's Search1 three-chip set) (Wescon/92 supplement) (Product Announcement)
  by Quinnell, Richard A.
• Graphics processor strips down for X-Window. (Texas Instruments' TMS340X graphics processor) (Wescom/92 supplement) (Product Announcement)
  by Weiss, Ray
• Trimmed-down FPGAs fit in tight spaces and fit on PCMCIA cards. (Xilinx Inc.'s X3000 field-programmable gate array family) (PC Memory Card International Association) (Wescom/92 supplement) (Product Announcement)
  by Weiss, Ray
• Analog IC combines five functions for battery power management. (Micro Linear Corp.'s ML4860 power-control integrated circuit) (Wescom/92 supplement) (Product Announcement)
  by Quinnell, Richard A.
• A merger born of acoustic charge transport. (Comlinear Corp., Electronic Decisions)
  by Haystead, John
• Disk-drive controllers trim power use.
  by Travis, Bill
• Vector signal analyzer brings amplitude and phase measurements to RF. (Hewlett-Packard Co.'s 89410A) (Product Announcement)
  by Shear, David
• SynOptics has an eye out for 30 EEs. (electrical engineers) (SynOptics Communications Inc.)
  by Magee, Harriett
• Hardware/software combo brings low-cost, advanced multimedia to PCs. (Texas Instruments Inc. introduces Mwave Multimedia System) (Product Announcement)
  by Napier, John C.
• Increasing your effectiveness by bringing in outside help. (includes related articles on approaches to circuit design, tips for developing custom integrated circuits, communicating the major objectives of a new product, dealing with partners and choosing
  by Strassberg, Dan
• Fuzzy logic comes into focus. (Products & Careers Edition)
  by Coco, Donna
• Multifunction board samples 64 channels. (National Instruments Corp.'s AT-MIO-64F-5 board) (Products & Careers Edition)
  by Mayer, John H.
• Satellite-based projects spin off jobs for engineers. (Products & Careers Edition)
  by Schechter, Joanne
• What team work can yield. (National Semiconductor Corp.)
  by Quinnel, Richard A.
• Low-cost debug tool ups system developers' productivity. (Applied Microsystems Inc.'s i960CA Codetap) (Wescon/92 supplement) (Product Announcement)
  by Strassberg, Dan
• Workstations combine superscalar operation with multiprocessing. (Sun Microsystems' SPARCstation 10 and SPARCserver 10) (Wescon/92 supplement) (Product Announcement)
  by Weiss, Ray
• Superscalar SPARC RISC integrates CPUs, cache controller, and SRAM. (central processing unit) (Cypress Semiconductor introduces CY7C620 multichip module) (Wescon/92 Supplement) (Product Announcement)
  by Weiss, Ray
• 8-bit 80C52 hits 40-MHz clock rate. (Siemens Components Inc.'s SAB 80C501 microcontroller) (Wescom/92 supplement) (Product Announcement)
  by Weiss, Ray
• Microcontroller integrates 8051 with CAN serial automotive bus. (Signetics' 8xC592 single-chip 8-bit microcontroller) (includes related article on the Controller Area Network serial communications protocol) (Wescom/92 supplement) (Product Announcement)
  by Weiss, Ray
• Mentoring today, diversity tomorrow?
  by Colborn, Kate
• VCO Spice model is voltage programmable.
  by Herbert, Donald B.
• Rigorous testing of SCSI disk drives and arrays ensures peak performance. (includes glossary of related terms) (EDN Design Feature)
  by Silverman, Herbert W.
• Attributes of a tough competitor: audacity and stamina. (Teradyne Inc.) (one of three articles in the last of a four-part series, 'Design It Right')
  by Strassberg, Dan
• Graphical programming gains in instrumentation, data acquisition. (Products & Careers Edition)
  by Nelson, Richard
• Wescon/92 combines five shows in one. (short courses and technical sessions concentrate on one technology and branch out to others) (electronics industry trade show)
  by Legg, Gary
• Engineer sees future in Futurebus+. (Future+ Systems President Ed Aichinger) (Products & Careers Edition) (Company Profile)
  by Mayer, John H.
• Silicon microvalve pays space, weight dividends. (IC Sensors Inc.'s Model 4425 microvalve) (Products & Careers Edition)
  by Mayer, John H.
• Programmable-connection IC promises quick and easy prototypes. (Aptix Corp.'s AX1024 integrated circuit)(Wescon/92 supplement) (Product Announcement)
  by Leibson, Steven H.
• Superscalar SPARC executes as many as three instructions in parallel. (Texas Instruments' SuperSPARC microprocessor) (Wescon/92 supplement) (Product Announcement)
  by Weiss, Ray
• Precision-Architecture RISC module attains 100-Mhz. (HP's PA-7100 RISC module) (includes related article on the Precision RISC Organization) (Wescom/92 supplement) (Product Announcement)
  by Weiss, Ray
• Disk drive stores 21 Mbytes using 1.3-in. platters. (HP's Kittyhawk drive) (Wescon/92 supplement) (Product Announcement)
  by Wright, Maury
• Tools for CPU32 series are fully integrated. (Applied Microsystems Corp. introduces integrated tool set for Motorola CPU32 single-chip microcomputers) (Wescom/92 supplement) (Product Announcement)
  by Strassberg, Dan
• Tandy's Trojan Horse. (Tandy Video Information System) (Product Announcement)
  by Doherty, Richard
• Fuzzy logic in the power mix.
  by Shepard, Jeffrey D.
• Packaging, interconnect issues dominate in portable design. (includes related article on drive packaging)
  by Doherty, Richard
• EDN's 19th Annual uP/uC Chip Directory. (includes related articles on using the directory and from nanosecond to megahertz) (Buyers Guide)
  by Schofield, Julie Anne
• Mounting market pressure spurs hiring of IC-tool developers. (integrated circuit)
  by Stenzler-Centonze, Marjorie
• Driver isolates itself from transducer. (alternative design practice presented in which a single transducer acts as a transceiver) (Technical)
  by Towers, Lance M.
• Comdex/Fall '92 targets technology for multimedia and connectivity. (computer industry trade show) (includes related article on global technology concerns) (EDN-Show Preview)
  by Mosley, J.D.
• VMEbus communications board features 150-Mflops and 75-MIPS speed. (Communication Automation & Control Inc.'s VME6U6 digital signal processing board) (Wescom/92 supplement) (Product Announcement)
  by Mosley, J.D.
• RISC microprocessor enlarges instruction cache and adds data cache. (Intel Corp.'s i960CF microprocessor) (includes related article on profile-driven compilation) (Wescon/92 supplement ) (Product Announcement)
  by Weiss, Ray
• PC-compatible simulator enhances latest Berkeley Spice version. (Intusoft's IsSpice3 simulation software) (Wescon/92 supplement) (Product Announcement)
  by Swager, Anne Watson
• Single-chip PC adds value to personal electronic products. (Vadem's the VG-230 Sub-Notebook Engine) (Wescom/92 supplement) (Product Announcement)
  by Gallant, John
• Low-cost Ethernet chip enables mother-board network controllers. (Advanced Micro Devices Inc.'s Am79C960 PCnet-ISA chip) (Wescom/92 supplement) (Product Announcement)
  by Gallant, John
• Emulator offers varied triggers. (Sophia Systems and Technology's MultiStac) (Product Announcement)
  by Vaughan, Jack
• Powering portable systems.
  by Shepard, Jeffrey D.
• Tool set joins synthesis with simulation for reliable ASIC design. (application specific integrated circuit) (Mentor Graphics Corp.'s Top Down Design-Solver) (Product Announcement)
  by Napier, John C.
• You can obtain boundary scan's benefits despite use of some nonscan ICs. (integrated circuits)
  by Turino, Jon
• Signal processing. (includes related article on signal processor stereotypes) (EDN Special Report) (Cover Story)
  by Swager, Anne Watson
• A partner you can trust and work with can be a big asset: Analogic Corp. - strategic partnerships. (one of three articles in the last of a four-part series, 'Design It Right')
  by Strassberg, Dan
• PLD family employs switch array. (Advanced Micro Devices' Mach 3 and 4 programmable-logic devices) (Products & Careers Edition)
  by Vaughan, Jack
• DSP board delivers multiprocessing, I/O versatility. (Ariel Corp.'s Model DSP-C40 digital signal processing board) (Products & Careers Edition)
  by Mayer, John H.