Flyback converters are widely used in DC/DC supplies -- not because they are simple to design, but because they can offer low-power isolated requirements.

Three common ways to implement a real time Ethernet design using IEEE 1588 time stamping and some of the applications which use each method.

Use shielding, decoupling, careful layout, and changes to the clock-source characteristics to beat EMI induced by clock distribution on your PC board

Here are the basics of a new Synchronous Ethernet protocol, what you will need to implement it in your real-time networked application, and how to deal with common design hurdles faced by board designers.

Surplus hardware reveals beauty in electromechanics.

Mobile IP is a dynamic routing protocol where end devices signal their own routing updates and dynamic tunnels eliminate the need for host route propagation. Need to learn about or brush up on Mobile IP? Here's your chance. This excerpt, from Understanding Mobile IP, is an exhaustive and valuable tutorial.

In this article series. Miro Samek introduces you to the basics of UML state machines basic notation, clarifying semantics, and provides some code examples to the role of UML state machines have in practical, everyday programming rather than mathematical abstractions. Up first: The over simplification of the event-action paradigm.

Here's how delete-expressions interact with destructors and deallocation functions in C++.

The simplicity of USB is augmented by the performance of PCI.

Tinker with Google's Android operating system at the Embedded Systems Conference in Silicon Valley.

Yes, we can make code perfect, or pretty darn perfect.

Vehicle "intelligence" can monitor and relay diagnostic and health information, thereby containing warranty costs.

Here's how automatic gain control (AGC) algorithms work. Topics covered include loop detection, loop analysis, and stability analysis.

Platform-based design with heavy IP reuse will continue to proliferate as more functionality is included into tomorrow's chip, but differentiation through software alone falls short of power and performance requirements.

A buck converter circuit addresses short duty cycles and incorporates a new control architecture that implements valley current mode control, with user-configurable on-time settings.

Richard Lyons, author of "Digital Signal Processing," describes a couple of ways to do dual-mode averaging necessary for noise reduction in many DSP applications.

Companies that don't adopt appropriate configuration management technology will fail and fall by the wayside!

This article discusses a simple way to calculate the maximum input frequency for fixed and programmable delay lines.

With the recent development of ultra-low power codecs with embedded mini-DSPs and powerful graphical programming tools, manufacturers are now meeting the complex requirements of portable device manufacturers.