EDN articles from April 2005

EDN archives from April 2005

1.485 Gbps equalizer automatically adapts to all cable lengths.(Featured products)(National Semiconductor Corp)(Brief Article)
April 14, 2005... The CLC034 adaptive cable equalizer automatically adapts to coax cable lengths up to 140m for 1.485 Gbps HDTV serial data streams and 350m for 270 Mbps SDTV data. The equalizer restores the High Definition (HD) and Standard Definition (SD)...

Flexible serial digital interface cable driver.(Featured products)(National Semiconductor Corp.)(Brief Article)
April 14, 2005... The CLC002 cable driver drives coax cable for Digital TV and communications systems applications. It is a high-speed cable driver designed for use in SMPTE 292M HDTV, 259M SDTV, and ITU-T G.703 telecommunications serial data transmission...

Combating noise effects in adaptive cable equalizer designs.(DESIGN: idea)
April 14, 2005... The adaptive cable equalizer is an essential component in the receiver front-ends of serial digital video (SDV) broadcast and serial telecommunications equipment. These equalizers can also be used in other types of wired communications systems....

Performance where it counts: 1.2 GHz, low distortion op amp and 650 MHz buffer.(Featured products)(National Semiconductor Corp)(Brief Article)
April 14, 2005... The LMH6703 amplifier offers a gain range of [+ or -] 1 to [+ or -] 10 while providing stable operation without external compensation, even at unity gain. At a gain of +2, it supports 750 MHz at 2 Vpp -3 dB bandwidth. The LMH6704 is a...

LMH[R] multiplexers deliver highest bandwidth and lowest crosstalk.(Featured products)(National Semiconductor Corp.)(Brief Article)
April 14, 2005... The LMH6572 and LMH6574 are high performance analog murtiplexers optimized for professionar grade video and other high-fidelity, high-bandwidth analog applications. The LMH6572 provides a 290 MHz bandwidth at 2 Vpp output signar levels, while...

A whole new value equation for industrial designs.(LEADING inside)(Industrial complementary metal oxide semiconductors)
April 14, 2005... State-of-the-art analog and mixed signal ICs, particularly those manufactured on submicron CMOS, have brought significant size, cost, and power advantages to a wide variety of applications, with one notable exception--industrial. The high...

PC/104 module unites GPS, cellular technologies.(leading edge)(WinSystems Inc.)(Brief Article)
April 14, 2005... THE NEW PCM-GPS from WinSystems combines GPS (global-positioning-system) and cell-modem support on a single PC/104 module for applications that require navigation, tracking, data logging, and communication functions. The GPS-receiver section...

Single-board computer claims "epic" speed record.(leading edge)(Octagon Systems Corp.)(Brief Article)
April 14, 2005... TARGETING TRANSPORTATION, security, military, communications, distributed-control, and similar high-reliability applications, Octagon Systems' new XE-900 single-board computer comes in the EPIC (Embedded Platform for Industrial Computing) form...

15M-sample/sec, flexible-resolution digitizer heralds universal dynamic-measurement instrumentation.(leading edge)(National Instruments Corp.)
April 14, 2005... DESIGN AND TEST engineers can now use one $6495 modular instrument to make a range of dynamic measurements. As the manufacturer, National Instruments, puts it, the PXI-5922 flexible-resolution digitizer is a universal measurement tool for...

Dilbert.(leading edge)(Cartoon)
April 14, 2005... THE TECHNICAL SOLUTION IS SIMPLE AND INEXPENSIVE. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] BUT IT WOULD COST A FORTUNE TO GET INTERNAL APPROVALS BECAUSE VAST HERDS OF MANAGEMENT DOLTS WOULD GET INVOLVED. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] SO I SHOULD JUST...

Systems debug compressed-video streams in real time.(leading edge)
April 14, 2005... TEKTRONIX HAS ANNOUNCED a series of compressed-video test systems that automatically monitor, analyze, and debug live and deferred-time video-transport streams, enabling fast problem resolution on these streams. According to the company, the...

High-speed interfaces get PHY verification.(leading edge)(Knowlent Corp )
April 14, 2005... EDA START-UP Knowlent Corp is offering a product to speed verification of the PHY (physical layer) of high-speed interfaces implemented in IC designs. The Opal simulation and debugging environment checks a design's PHY compliance with...

Low-cost, high-signal-quality synthesized-clock generator replaces RF synthesizer in many applications.(leading edge)(Stanford Research Systems Inc.)
April 14, 2005... STANFORD RESEARCH SYSTEMS' $2490 CG635 synthesized-clock generator provides precise, low-jitter digital-clock signals for applications ranging from digital-circuit design to communications-network testing. You can set the clock frequency from...

Quad processors power new DSP board.(leading edge)(Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing)(Brief Article)
April 14, 2005... CURTISS-WRIGHT CONTROLS EMBEDDED COMPUTING recently announced the Compact Champ-AV IV, a high-performance CompactPCI DSP board that derives its power from four Freescale (www.freescale.com) MPC7448 PowerPC processors. The board complies with...

Sampling-scope bandwidth hits 100 GHz at 10m samples/sec.(leading edge)(LeCroy Corp.)
April 14, 2005... WITH THE introduction of the WaveExpert 9000 and SDA 100G, LeCroy Corp joins Agilent (www.agilent.com) and Tektronix (www.tektronix.com) in offering scopes in a category that used to be called sequential equivalent-time sampling. LeCroy...

Using the basics for ADC range control.(baker's best)(Analog to digital converters)
April 14, 2005... YOU CAN USE A HIGH-RESOLUTION ADC to simplify or eliminate most of the sensitive analog-front-end circuitry in your system. This scenario may sound too good to be true, but consider the pressure-sensing example of a single-supply signal path...

Understanding Spice models.(analog angle)
April 14, 2005... TO ENSURE A COMPLETE AND ACCURATE Spice analysis, you must verify your selected Spice model. Verification is a three-part exercise: Verify dc performance to ensure dc accuracy, ac performance to verify ac accuracy, and boundary conditions to...

Microdisplay technologies: projection systems lose contrast: three technologies are jockeying for market share in the projection-television market, each making improvements that are erasing the differences among them.(tech trends)
April 14, 2005... FLAT PANELS, MOVE OVER. Microdisplay rear-projection-TV systems have come from behind to become the new "kings of the big screen" growing an astounding 225% in dollar value from 2003 to 2004, according to market data from Quixel Research. Total...

Matching our passions.(edn.comment)(Editorial)
April 14, 2005... I RECENTLY ATTENDED AN EVENT celebrating the 40th anniversary of Analog Devices. In the interest of full disclosure, the company is a significant advertiser in EDN (as I am sure you know). Nonetheless, the message I came away with applies to...

Embedded-systems standards: avoiding high-performance headaches: board manufacturers are updating their offerings to participate in the exploding high-performance segment of the embedded-system market.(Cover story)(Cover Story)
April 14, 2005... EMBEDDED-DESIGNERS FIND themselves in a perpetual tug of war, with management demanding reduced budgets and schedules and customers insisting on more system functions. Designers traditionally deal with this struggle by incorporating into their...

Circuit-protection methods yield more robust products: increasing functional density across virtually all electronic-OEM segments renders valuable silicon ever more susceptible to everyday, real-world hazards. Simple and relatively inexpensive measures can protect your products, your company's reputation, and, in extreme cases, your customers.(design feature)(Original equipment Manufacturer)
April 14, 2005... THE ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY'S evolution toward small-geometry CMOS as the dominant design medium has bolstered signal-processing and computational performance, energy efficiency, economy, and compactness. At the same time, however, it has reduced...

High speed dual ADCs for basestation applications.(High Speed Communications: High Performance Analog Solutions from Linear Technology)(Analog to Digital Converter)(Advertisement)
April 14, 2005... Advances in high speed ADCs directly translate to performance improvements in both the receive (Rx) and transmit (Ix) paths of third generation (3G) basestations such as WCDMA, TD-SCDMA and UMTS. Along with the increasing need for low power...

Ensure valid design constraints throughout the design process: design constraints for building increasingly complex designs can mean missed time-to-market windows, costly re-spins, and longer design cycles. Some tools can help to ensure these constraints are accurate.(design feature)
April 14, 2005... SHRINKING DEVICES and innovative design styles have enabled the creation of multimillion-transistor systems operating at multiple gigahertz. Unfortunately, the size and complexity of design constraints to build these designs are increasing...

Component selection and layout for smart-battery packs: selecting and implementing the key components of today's smart-battery circuits present unique challenges and trade-offs. Analyzing your entire design ensures that it will reliably meet the application's requirements.(design feature)
April 14, 2005... DESIGNING SMART-BATTERY PACKS requires a holistic systems approach. By evaluating the trade-offs between components, designers can develop the best battery pack for a host system. Selecting the proper components requires a thorough review of...

How to read a semiconductor data sheet: the prudent engineer must look beyond the first page of the data sheet; the fine print can kill you.(design feature)(data sheets)
April 14, 2005... SEMICONDUCTOR DATA SHEETS have changed a lot in the last few years, including growing from 10 pages to a hundred. The problem is that data sheets contain almost too much data, and there's not enough time for a busy engineer to dwell on all that...

Protecting and monitoring hot swappable cards in high availability systems--design note 360.(DESIGN NOTES)
April 14, 2005... Introduction Mission critical systems, such as those used by financial institutions and internet providers, require high availability computing equipment. These systems duplicate or make redundant certain functional blocks in the system....

High-side current-sensing switched-mode regulator provides constant-current LED drive.(design ideas)
April 14, 2005... MANY SUITABLE CIRCUITS exist for driving LEDs in constant-current mode and from low-voltage sources. For example, references 1, 2, and 3 show circuits that use switched-mode-regulator ICs and low-voltage sources to supply LED current. To...

Microcontroller's DAC provides code analysis.(design ideas)(Digital-to-Analog Converter)(PSoC (programmablesystem-on-chip)v)
April 14, 2005... FINDING OUT WHERE your microcontroller's firmware spends most of its time can be a tedious task when you use a conventional in-circuit emulator and breakpoint techniques. Other such tasks include discovering why a state machine doesn't work as...

Two gates and a microprocessor form digital PLL.(design ideas)(Phase locked loops)
April 14, 2005... YOU CAN USE Microchip's low-cost PIC16F818 microprocessor and a pair of gates to construct a digital PLL that can clean noisy digital signals over a range of 4 to 40 kHz. Featuring programmable lock range, phase differential, and loop gain, the...

Simple sine synthesizer generates 19-kHz pilot tone for FM baseband signal.(design ideas)
April 14, 2005... A MULTIPLEX SIGNAL comprises baseband information transmitted on a stereo analog FM-broadcast system, plus one or more SCA (Subsidiary Communications Authorization) channels (Figure 1). This Design Idea presents a low-cost method of generating...

Voltage-suppression devices meet ESD-protection standard.(Circuit Protection)(electrostatic discharge)(Brief Article)
April 14, 2005... The ESD5Z series of voltage-suppression devices comprises the 2.5V ESD5Z2.5T1, 3.3V ESD5Z3.3T1, 5V ESD5Z5.0T, 6V ESD5Z6.0T1, and 7V ESD5Z7.0T1. The series provides an input waveform of 30 kV, complying the IEC61000-4-2 standard, clamping them...

Varistor series allows space and component-cost savings.(Circuit Protection)(Brief Article)
April 14, 2005... The MV series incorporates a varistor in the dc voltage range of 3 to 125V and a 10- to 1000-nF bypass capacitor, eliminating the need for adding these components. The varistors have a response time of less than 25 nsec, require 30% less space...

Single-layer and multilayer varistors suit automotive industry.(Circuit Protection)(Brief Article)
April 14, 2005... The AV series single-layer and multilayer varistors suit 12, 24, and 42V automotive systems. The surface-mount multilayer series comes in 0805 to 3225 case sizes with single-pulse peak current of 120 to 2000A (8/20-[micro]sec waveform), and the...

Eight-channel, high-definition audio codec complies with HD Audio specifications.(Computers and Peripherals)(Brief Article)
April 14, 2005... High-Definition Audio codecs STAC9220 and STAC9221 feature internal-jack-sense capabilities, the vendor's Universal lacks technology, S/PDIF input and output, integrated headphone amplifiers, and microphone-boost circuits. The STAC9220 suits...

Digital-photo-copy station copies from memory card to CD.(Computers and Peripherals)(Brief Article)
April 14, 2005... The 310105 CD digital-photo-copying station copies digital photos to CD from camera memory cards without a computer. The device features an external USB 2.0 CD recorder that can record CDs from Windows or Macintosh and an external memory-card...

Shared storage unit suits home networking.(Computers and Peripherals)(Brief Article)
April 14, 2005... The shared storage device plugs into a network router via a 10/100 Ethernet port and includes two USB ports. Devices offering 200 and 300 Gbytes of storage cost $299.95 and $399.95, respectively. Maxtor Corp, 1-800-262-9867, www.maxtor.com

FireWire hard drive features EZ Port and Smart Switch.(Computers and Peripherals)(Brief Article)
April 14, 2005... The Thunder Pro A/V FireWire 400 hard drive comes in an anodized-aluminum enclosure and has data-transfer rates as fast as 36 Mbps (read) and 34 Mbps (write). The hard drive features an EX port, an additional front-access FireWire port, and...

SDRAM reduces self-refresh current by 95% versus standard products.(Integrated Circuits)(Brief Article)
April 14, 2005... The 256-Mbit EDD2516KCTA-SC, EDD2516KCTA-6B, and EDD2516KCTA-7A DDR SDRAM feature super self refresh (SSR), allowing self-refresh currents of 40 [micro]A at 25[degrees]C, 150 [micro]A at 70[degrees]C, and 250 [micro]A at 85[degrees]C by using...

Multimedia processor stores, manages, and plays on the go.(Integrated Circuits)(Brief Article)
April 14, 2005... The Alchemy Au1200T processor features integrated media-acceleration hardware and accompanying media-player software, allowing for a DVD-quality, 720x480-pixel display that can scale directly to 1024 x 768-pixel screens without compromising...

Six-channel digital-audio power stage has precharge feature.(Integrated Circuits)
April 14, 2005... The single-package, six-channel TAS5186 digital amplifier includes five 30W channels and one 60W channel, a system-precharge feature, and a two-stage over-current detector; it suits use in applications requiring 100 to 200W. The companion...

Single chip suits high-definition set-top boxes for H.264 services.(Integrated Circuits)(Brief Article)
April 14, 2005... The STB7100 can simultaneously decode an HD H.264 stream and an HD MPEG-2 stream and transmit the resultant audio and video to two TV sets or display them picture in picture. The chip can also decode dual HD MPEG-2 streams. The product embeds...

Programmable servo filters smooth motion control.(leading edge: What's hot in the design community)
April 28, 2005... TARGETING MEDICAL, scientific, and general-automation applications, Performance Motion Devices recently announced the Magellan-PCI motion controller with dual biquad filters. Available in one-, two-, three-, and four-axis versions, the...

Resistor array divides, so design conquers ratio needs.(leading edge: What's hot in the design community)
April 28, 2005... THE VENERABLE RESISTOR DIVIDER is still a staple of high-precision analog circuits, because it enables measurement architectures that depend not on absolute component values, but only on their ratios, which are more stable. BI Technologies has...

Power-industry coalition announces PMBus standard, forms SIG.(leading edge: What's hot in the design community)(Power Management Bus)(special interest group)
April 28, 2005... ACOALITION OF POWER-SUPPLY and semiconductor companies led by Artesyn Technologies has released Version 1.0 of the PMBus (Power Management Bus) specification, which defines a protocol to manage power converters and a power system using...

WI-FI chip attaches via PCI express.(leading edge: What's hot in the design community)(Brief Article)
April 28, 2005... Broadcom has released what it claims is the first 802.11 wireless-LAN chip that supports the PCI Express bus architecture. The 802.11a/g BCM4311 baseband processor integrates a MAC (media-access controller). The chip's alI-CMOS design, high...

Dilbert.(leading edge: What's hot in the design community)
April 28, 2005... I NEED A DESCRIPTION OF YOUR PROJECT AND ITS PROJECTED COST. THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] THE RPOJECT UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE SAYS THAT IF YOUR UNDERSTAND A PROJECT, YOU WON'T KNOW ITS COST, AND VICE VERSA. ...

Midpriced, 1.5-GHz-bandwidth DSOs provide an array of features.(leading edge: What's hot in the design community)(digital storage oscilloscopes)
April 28, 2005... ACCORDING TO Boyd Shaw, product manager of Yokogawa Corp of America's Test and Measurement Division, the company's DSOs (digital storage oscilloscopes) are among the best kept secrets in the US electronics industry. Shaw says that YCA's scope...

VOIP-adapter design boasts $6 price.(leading edge: What's hot in the design community)
April 28, 2005... Telecommunications and networking vendor Vocal Technologies has rolled out a line of VOIP (voice-over-Internet Protocol) ATA (analogtelephone-adapter) designs, including a simple ATA with a $6 BOM (bill-of-materials) cost and a full-motion IP...

Structured ASIC offers memory-for-logic swapping.(leading edge: What's hot in the design community)(Application specific integrated circuits)
April 28, 2005... CONFIGURABLE-CORE and structured-ASIC vendor eASIC Corp and its partner Flextronics Semiconductor have released a structured ASIC that allows users to configure the amount of logic, memory, and reprogrammable logic they need for a given design....

Even jacks are getting smarter.(leading edge: What's hot in the design community)
April 28, 2005... THOUGH NOT THE FIRST jacks in audio's history with an auxiliary function, a new series from FCI USA brings the concept to the 38.5-mm-high BTX (Balanced Technology Extended) form factor, as well as to the 38.5-mm-tall jacks for the ATX...

FPGA development kit targets designs that "race".(leading edge: What's hot in the design community)(field-programmable gate arrays )
April 28, 2005... MERCURY COMPUTER SYSTEMS has rolled out a development kit supporting the company's FPGA computing systems that employ its high-speed Race++ switch fabric. The FDK (FPGA Compute Node Developer's Kit) 2.0 platform, which includes software, IP...

Single-chip FM tuner enables embedded broadcast receiver.(leading edge: What's hot in the design community)(Si470x series - single-chip tuner)(Brief Article)
April 28, 2005... WHAT WOULD EH ARMSTRONG SAY? The FM (and super-heterodyne) pioneer never envisioned an all-CMOS, single-IC FM tuner, such as the Si470x series from Silicon Laboratories. This highly integrated, 4 x 4-mm digital component needs just a bypass...

Crosstalk in differential vias with grounds.(signal integrity)
April 28, 2005... IN 2002, THE XFP (10-Gbit small-form-factor pluggable-module) committee, working on standards for 10-Gbps interconnections, published some terrific guidelines for high-speed differential vias (Reference 1). The guidelines propose surrounding...

Perception problem dogs engineering.(edn.comment)
April 28, 2005... LURING COLLEGE-BOUND STUDENTS into engineering has never been more difficult. From an attractiveness standpoint, engineering enjoyed brief life during Internet's early years, but has since returned to the more conservative realm that encourages...

LIN simplifies and standardizes in-vehicle networks: the growth of electronic sub-systems in vehicles demands networks from the mission critical to the mundane. The local-interconnect-network protocol tackles the task.(design feature)(local-interconnect-network)
April 28, 2005... WITH PREDICTIONS suggesting a global annual-compound-growth rate of some 8.3% over the next five years, the automotive sector continues to be our industry s fastest growing market. It's sobering to consider that, barely 20 years ago, the sole...

Playing it safe with output overload protection.(POWER puzzler # 2)
April 28, 2005... Take a break from your daily routine and test your power supply design knowledge by trying your hand at answering the three questions below regarding output overload, a stressful condition that can jeopardize the safety of your system. Then...

Targeted DSPs take aim: DSP options continue to expand and are targeting optimized configurations for specific applications. Check out the inaugural online table for a detailed view of current device and core offerings.(EDN 2005 DSP DIRECTORY)(Digital Signal Processing)(Cover Story)
April 28, 2005... WELCOME TO THE 2005 EDN DSP DIRECTORY. This directory continues to grow at a substantial rate each year-so much so, that this year's edition comprises an annual update of companies and products that is available in both EDN's print and online...

Sound advice for Class D amplifiers: designing a switching amplifier is one thing; designing one that sounds great is another.(design feature)
April 28, 2005... CLASS D SWITCHING AMPLIFIERS bring undeniable benefits to audio applications in circuit efficiency, size, and cost improvements. But meeting the needs of today's consumer electronics--such as audio-video receivers that demand more than 100W of...

Simple battery circuit extends power over Ethernet (PoE) peak current--design note 361.(DESIGN NOTES)
April 28, 2005... Introduction Power over Ethernet (PoE) is a new development that allows for the delivery of power to Ethernet-based devices via standard Ethernet CAT5 cable, precluding the need for wall adapters or other external power sources. The PoE...

Camera serializer/deserializer chip set reduces wire count for keypad.(design ideas)
April 28, 2005... MANY SYSTEMS that require a user to manually enter data feature a keyboard similar to that in Figure 1. Although early keypads comprised arrays of individually wired switches, a typical modern keypad comprises a matrix of x and y lines....

Rearranged reference helps ADC measure own supply voltage.(design ideas)(Analog-to-Digital Converter )(Brief Article)
April 28, 2005... IF YOU USE an ADC to monitor a system's power-supply voltage, you may encounter situations in which the supply voltage exceeds the ADC's reference voltage (Figure 1). However, the ADC's input voltage cannot exceed its reference voltage. You can...

Difference amplifier measures high voltages.(design ideas)
April 28, 2005... FIGURE 1 shows two large-signal-measurement methods. The first uses a two-resistor voltage divider and an output buffer, and the second comprises an attenuating inverter and a high-value input resistor. Both of these approaches introduce...

Linear potentiometer provides nonlinear light-intensity control.(design ideas)
April 28, 2005... THE HUMAN EYE'S highly nonlinear response to light levels poses problems for designers of adjustable lighting. Simple hardware or software linear-control methods compress most of the apparent intensity variation into a relatively small portion...

Coplanar connector has low insertion loss and crosstalk.(Connectors)
April 28, 2005... AirMax VS system's coplanar version allows for insertion of add-in boards for system upgrades. The system uses air as the dielectric between adjacent conductors, facilitating high signal density and exhibiting low insertion loss and crosstalk....

Adapter has carrier-class connectivity for European-sourced DS3/video products.(Connectors)
April 28, 2005... The UADF20M110 adapter couples a 1.6/5.6 DIN plug to a full BNC jack and delivers true 75[OMEGA] performance. The adapter enables connectivity of European-sourced products to DS3 telephone-company-network and video-broadcast applications in the...

BMI connector has self-aligning feature.(Connectors)
April 28, 2005... The Spox BMI (blind-mate-interface) connectors have a self-aligning feature for a lower installation time and expanding design options in wire-to-board and wire-to-wire applications. The low profile allows for a mated stack distance of 11 mm....

Connector suits critical high-density applications.(Connectors)
April 28, 2005... The 1.25-mm-pitch, top- and side-entry wire-to-board GH Series SMT connectors feature positive locking, including audible-click/tactile feedback, when mating to headers. The connector is available with two to 15 circuits rated 1A ac/dc AWG #26...

SOCs have touchscreens and programmable LCD controllers.(Microprocessors)
April 28, 2005... The 16/32-bit LH79525 and 32-bit LH79524 SOCs (systems on chips) include an on-chip, programmable, color LCD controller, an onboard 10/100BaseT Ethernet MAC (media-access controller), USB functions, serial ports, and external DMA. The LCD...

JPEG compression suits FPGA-based intelligent cameras.(Microprocessors)
April 28, 2005... The high performance CTJPEG-04 JPEG-compression IP (intellectual-property) core suits FPGA-based intelligent cameras. The core can sustain 500 frames/sec at a resolution of 1280 x 1024 pixels. Based on the JPEG ISO/IEC IS 110917-1 standard...

Third-party vendor provides real-time OS support.(Microprocessors)
April 28, 2005... Enea's OSE RTOS provides real-time operating-system support for Texas Instruments' C64x DSP, as well as all previous-generation C64x DSPs in both single-processor and multiprocessor configurations. The OSE provides interprocessor-communications...

ISE plugs directly into EDA design flows.(Electronic Design Automation)
April 28, 2005... The ISE (integrated software environment) 7.1i integrates key power-analysis, hierarchical-design, simulation, and debugging features and supports Linux-based design environments. The ISE features a design-summary view and message filtering,...

Programmable bridge targets use in Intel PXA2XX.(Electronic Design Automation)
April 28, 2005... QuickLogic Corp has announced its first product in a series of uWatt programmable bridges for Intel PXA2XX processor line, which QuickLogic based on the Intel XScale microarchitecture. The QuickPCI-based bridge allows designers to expand the...

Upgrade automatically reads and checks SDC.(Electronic Design Automation)
April 28, 2005... Chip2Nite Version 2.1's upgrade allows for automated reading and checking of SDCs (Synopsys design-constraints) files, enabling logic designers to verify the files early in the design process, reducing overall design-cycle time. The product...