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Articles in October 2001 issue of EDN

• Test & measurement: PC-based cable tester.(CAMI Research Inc CableEye Model M3)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
• Test & measurement: QFP test sockets.(Aries Electronics Inc)(Brief Article)
• Reference stabilizes exponential current. (design ideas).
  by Napier, Tom
• Integrated circuits: DC/DC buck controller.(Sipex Corp's SP6122 microcontroller)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
• Integrated circuits: single-cell charge pumps.(Texas Instruments TPS6030X)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
• Integrated circuits: ternary CAM.(Music Semiconductors MUAD16K136)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
• Integrated circuits: 3.3V interface transceivers.(TDK Semiconductor 78P2242, 78P2243, 78P2244)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
• Factoid. (leading edge).
• Embedded systems: serial I/O adapter rides PCI bus.(Brief Article)
• Old measurements, new techniques DSP drives speed and accuracy; coherence saves the day.(Technical)
  by Thomsen, Carsten
• Integrated Circuits: Gigabit-Ethernet switches.
• Integrated Circuits: Telecomm overvoltage protectors come in 100, 50, and 35A versions.
• Circuit converts pulse width to voltage. (design ideas).
  by Mahoney, James
• EDN hands-on project: building pocket power: astonishing portable computing and growing popularity and power have lured legions of system developers to the pocket PC platform. This hands-on project examines the software tools that you can use to build you
  by Webb, Warren
• Video encoder, codec add MPEG 4 to the portfolio.
  by Dipert, Brian
• COMPILER PROVIDES TIMING CLOSURE.(Get2Chip's Topomo)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
  by Moretti, Gabe
• Product lowers third-generation-device-development costs.(Analog Devices ADSP-TS101S)(Product Announcement)
  by Cravotta, Robert
• TOOL OFFERS REAL-TIME HELP IN DECISION-MAKING.(Precience's PartNavigator 2.0)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
  by Moretti, Gabe
• Embedded systems: serial-acquisition program.(TAL Technologies WinWedge 32 3.0)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
• Microprocessors: audio-decoder soft cores.(Fraunhofer Institute Integrated Circuits' FHG-AACDEC, FHG-MP3DEC digital signal processors)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
• Microprocessors: 32-bit microcontrollers.(NEC Electronics V850ES/SA2, V850ES/SA3)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
• Integrated Circuits: VCSEL transmitter subassemblies.
• Windows-based data-acquisition software bypasses windows' message queue. (leading edge).(Data Translation's Measure Foundry)(Product Announcement)
  by Strassberg, Dan
• Test & measurement: hygro-thermometer.(Extech Instruments Corp Model 445365)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
• Embedded systems: integrated development environment.(Green Hills Software Inc Multi 2000 for Linux)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
• Probe for better debugging. (leading edge).(Product Announcement)
  by Cravotta, Robert
• Integrated circuits: interface transceivers.(TDK Semiconductor 78P7202L, 78P7203L)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
• Integrated circuits: 10-Gbps transimpedance amp.(Applied Micro Circuits S3390)(Brief Article)
• Integrated circuits: 6-bit digital attenuator.(Brief Article)
• Integrated circuits: RF transceiver.(Linx Technologies Inc's SC-S transceiver)(Brief Article)
• Security-processor vendors offer encryption smorgasbord. (leading edge).
  by Cravotta, Nicholas
• Integrated Circuits: CMOS op amps.
• Integrated Circuits: 12-bit ADC.
• Microprocessors: media-processor tool kit.(iMMediaTools 5.3 from Equator Technologies Inc)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
• Embedded Systems: PCI serial I/O adapter.
• Flight-data recorders: orange is good, black is bad: when a flight goes wrong, the cockpit voice recorder and the flight data recorder provide investigators with evidence to establish what happened on the flight deck and in the plane before the accident.
  by Moretti, Gabe
• Interface concerns within 10-Gbps fiber-optic modules: designing the semiconductor components required to make a fiber-optic module is challenging, but the job doesn't stop there. Far from being just a simple assembly of components, a module design must i
  by Schultz, Aaron
• Integrated circuits: 1-Gbyte DIMM meets 1U server requirements.(Kentron Technologies Inc's DDR266)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
• New world order.
  by Lincoln, Abraham
• Embedded Systems: 3U CompactPCI system.
• Insider's history of Silicon Valley melds recollections, lessons.(Spinoff: A Personal History of the Industry that Changed the World by Charles Sporck)(Review)
  by Schweber, Bill
• Embedded systems: development tool suite.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
• Test & measurement: PCI digitizer.(National Instruments NI 5112)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
• Integrated circuits: SOT-23 op amp.(Microchip Technology Inc's MCP606 power controller)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
• Microprocessors: 32-bit microprocessors.(Motorola Semiconductor Products Sector's MPC8241, MPC8245 microcontrollers)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
• Test & measurement: DeviceNet analyzer.(Contemporary Control Systems DNA)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
• Integrated circuits: secure digital memory card.(Toshiba America Electronic Components Inc's SD-M1280)
• Integrated circuits: low-dropout regulators.(Micrel Semiconductor MIC5255, MIC5256)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
• Integrated circuits: laser diode controller.(Xicor X9525)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
• Ferrite-chip beads suppress supply, signal-line noise. (leading edge).
  by Schweber, Bill
• Device-programming systems bring quick-change artistry to the factory floor. (leading edge).(Data I/O's PS 200 and 300)(Product Announcement)
  by Strassberg, Dan
• In-house cost reduction promises smooth conversions. (leading edge).(Altera's HardCopy mask-programmable logic device)(Product Announcement)
  by Dipert, Brian
• Testing MEMS: Don't reinvent the wheel--but take little on faith.(Technical)
  by Strassberg, Dan
• Embedded Systems: Fibre Channel host-bus adapters.
• Integrated Circuits: Dual 0C-48 SONET/SDH framer.
• Microprocessors: shared-memory-processor IP core.(Palmchip Corp's CG-7420)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
• Integrated circuits: triple inverters.(Fairchild Semiconductor's NC7NZ04, NC7NZ14 multiplexers)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
• Short dc power-line pulses afford remote control. (design ideas).
  by Hornak, Tom
• Embedded Systems: Data-acquisition and control module offers high accuracy and reliability.
• Sense of self: enabling systems to monitor--and control--their environment: there's nothing quite like having to explain to your boss that your entire network is down because a $12 fan died. Proper management of the enclosure environment lets you pre-empt
  by Cravotta, Nicholas
• Integrated circuits: fibre channel SERDES.(Linear Technology LT1880 and Silicon Image SiI 2020)
• ALUMINUM CAPACITOR SURFACE-MOUNTS WITH LOW ESR.(Kemet Electronics AO-CAP)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
  by Schweber, Bill
• FACTOID.(IDC forecast)(Brief Article)
• Celebrating innovation.
  by Haun, Al
• Embedded systems: compactPCI computer board.(Brief Article)
• Microprocessors: reference chip accelerates network-processor design.(Lexra Inc's NetVortex)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
• Microprocessors: DHCP software.(CMX Systems Inc's DHCP)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
• Integrated Circuits: Narrowband chip set.
• Development environment aids debugging. (leading edge).(Chameleon Systems' CT2112SDM)(Product Announcement)
  by Moretti, Gabe
• Test & measurement: patch cord.(from Pomona Electronics)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
• Test & measurement: telephone-cable tester.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
• Understanding linear regulators. (Analogangle).
  by Mancini, Ron
• Integrated circuits: low-voltage microphone preamp.(Analog Devices Inc's SSM2167)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
• Integrated circuits: 32-channel high-voltage amp features less than 100 [micro]A of quiescent current per channel.(Apex Microtechnology MA32)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
• Integrated circuits: dual 1-to-5 clock driver.(On Semiconductor MC100EP210S)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
• Integrated circuits: WCDMA RF subsystem.(Conexant Systems Inc's WCDMA RF four-chip set)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
• $99 modem fits low-power applications. (leading edge).(Radicom Research's SlimModem)(Brief Article)
  by Webb, Warren
• Your core, my design, our problem.(Technical)
  by Moretti, Gabe
• Circuit makes simple FSK modulator.(Technical)
  by Tiwari, Shyam
• Integrated Circuits: PWM motor driver.