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SOC security design; fast emerging new area in VLSI design
SOC security design is fast emerging as another area of VLSI design, where expertise is evolving to protect the sensitive data in the physical part of the chip from hackers. Hackers may access the internal parts or the circuitry of the chip to make it malfunction or to access the identity and other
4 min readCDN India live 2013: Big data and 1x nm chips
At the recently concluded VLSI and PCB design event CDN India live 2013, Lip Bu Tan, President and Chief Executive Officer of Cadence Design Systems highlighted the latest trends in electronics such as big data, Internet of things, social media, mobility, and cloud computing. The hot products highl
5 min readSurge in 64-bit computing with ARMv8-A
The latest iPhone5S from Apple is powered by 64-bit SoC A7. A7 significantly boasts iPhone5S performance compared to previous iPhone models. The 64-bit computing is more of a need in high definition video and audio processing. 64-bit computing enables more human interface capabilities to computers a
3 min readFree PCB and mechanical design software from a component retailer
RS Components is known as online shop for buying wide range of electronic components from leading brands. They deliver small quantity electronic components which includes semiconductor ICs and all other types of electronic components used by electronic design engineers. Electronics design engineer o
3 min readPatents filed in Solar and wind rises sharply in 2012 and 2013
The research in clean energy technology started peaking in the past five years, the curve tilts even more positive in the year 2013. Solar power generation, wind power generation, electric car technologies are no more fancy research areas, they are now fast becoming high profit areas. The adaptation
3 min read$8.9 discovery kit from ST supporting STM32F030 value line MCUs
ST Microelectronics has released a new discovery kit for its recently released low-cost 32 cents priced STM32F030 Value Line microcontroller chips. The STM32F0308 Discovery board is shipped pre-configured and ready to use out of the box. Powered from a USB socket or separate power supply, the ki
2 min readFree online learning material on Ada programming language
AdaCore has launched AdaCore University - a free, web-based resource center for anyone interested in learning about, or how to program in, the Ada programming language. The new website offers pre-recorded courses and other learning materials on Ada, with access to AdaCore’s GNAT Ada toolset for writ
3 min readVLSI design webinar on Open Source - VHDL Verification Methodology
EDA VLSI design software vendor Aldec has announced a webinar on Thursday, July 18, 201 Time: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CEST, presented by Jim Lewis, SynthWorks VHDL Training Expert, IEEE 1076 Working Group Chair, and OS-VVM Chief Architect. The abstract of the webinar is: At the lowest level, Open Sou
2 min readST announces the winners of its Singapore area iNEMO Design Contest 2013
STMicroelectronics has announced the winners of the Singapore Area University iNEMO Design Contest 2013. The winning teams successfully conceptualized, developed and built demonstrable prototypes of entirely new applications using ST’s iNEMO MEMS sensor-fusion modules. Fabio Pasolini, General Man
6 min readTata Elxsi launches ‘IGNITE Design Contest 2013’
Tata Elxsi has launched second edition of Ignite Design Contest. The winners of the 2012 contest were Tanya Vij, IIT - Delhi and Vidhi Mehta, NID - Ahmedabad who submitted design concepts on ‘Mobile crèche for migrant construction workers’ children’ and Sensory toys to build motor skills in childre
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Basics of LCD and it's Interface to a microcontroller:
Introduction to LCD: Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) consists of rod-shaped tiny molecules sandwiched between a flat piece of glass and an opaque substrate. These rod-shaped molecules in between the pla
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Audio/Video interface to a microcontroller/embedded system:
Need of an audio and video interface: If you look at the way human naturally communicate; it's by voice and the best way to explain any subject is to show the real picture i.e. video. The present electronics communications can be more natural if they handle audio and video d
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