Consumer Electronics
Analysis of large data acquisitions
Digital acquisition instruments like oscilloscopes and digitizers are incorporating increasingly large acquisition memories. Acquisition memories with lengths in the gigasample (GS) range are commonly available. The advantage of long-acquisition memories is that they can capture longer-time records. They also support higher sampling rates at any given record duration, providing better time resolution. The downside of…
Turn pedals into power: A practical guide to human-powered energy
With a pedal generator, you can turn human effort into usable energy—ideal for off-grid setups, emergency backups, or just a fun DIY project. This guide gives you a fast-track look at how pedal generators work and how to build one on your own. Let’s turn motion into power! Pedal generators, also known as pedal power…
RISC-V basics: The truth about custom extensions
The era of universal processor architectures is giving way to workload-specific designs optimized for performance, power, and scalability. As data-centric applications in artificial intelligence (AI), edge computing, automotive, and industrial markets continue to expand, they are driving a fundamental shift in processor design. Arguably, chipmakers can no longer rely on generalized architectures to meet the…
AIOT: A Convergence Of Intelligence And Connectivity
– Advertisement – From changing traffic lights to transforming farms and diagnosing patients remotely, AIOT is reshaping India’s digital future with smart, connected, and intelligent technology at every turn. In a world increasingly defined by interconnectedness and digital transformation, the symbiotic relationship between artificial intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) has emerged as…
Assessing vinyl’s resurrection: Differentiation, optimization, and demand maximization
As long-time readers may already realize from my repeat case study coverage of the topic, one aspect of the tech industry that I find particularly interesting is how suppliers react to the inevitable maturation of a given technology. Seeing all the cool new stuff get launched each year—and forecasting whether any of it will get…
Impedance mask in power delivery network (PDN) optimization
In telecommunication applications, target impedance serves as a crucial benchmark for power distribution network (PDN) design. It ensures that the die operates within an acceptable level of rail voltage noise, even under the worst-case transient current scenarios, by defining the maximum allowable PDN impedance for the power rail on the die. This article will focus…
The Memory Magic Inside Your Devices
Memory helps devices run fast and smooth. Learn how new tech fixes errors, keeps data safe, and why better memory makes your gadgets work smarter every day. Memory modules are very important for computers and they define their performance. The memory modules are capable of storing and processing data which helps in execution of tasks,…
The next AI frontier: AI inference for less than $0.002 per query
Inference is rapidly emerging as the next major frontier in artificial intelligence (AI). Historically, the AI development and deployment focus has been overwhelmingly on training with approximately 80% of compute resources dedicated to it and only 20% to inference. That balance is shifting fast. Within the next two years, the ratio is expected to reverse…
Why modulate a power amplifier?—and how to do it
We recently saw how certain audio power amplifiers can be used as oscillators. This Design Idea shows how those same parts can be used for simple amplitude modulation, which is trickier than it might seem. Wow the engineering world with your unique design: Design Ideas Submission Guide The relevant device is the TDA7052A, which we…
Disassembling a LED-based light that’s not acting quite right…right?
A few months back, I came across an LED-based desk lamp queued up to go out to the trash. When I asked my wife about it, she said (or at least my recollection is that she said) that it had gone dim, so she’d replaced it with another one. But the device didn’t include any…