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April 19, 2007

FEATURES

2007 EDN DSP Directory: The best of both worlds

2007 EDN DSP Directory: The best of both worlds

Are you trying to keep track of the constant changes in the world of digital-signal-processing offerings? The 2007 directory can help.

Choose capacitor types to optimize PC sound quality
A key challenge to designers of audio subsystems that must conform to Windows Vista requirements may be choosing coupling capacitors. These devices' capacitance varies with the voltage across them and introduces audio distortion. To minimize the effect, start by understanding the interactions among the dielectric material, voltage rating, device size, and voltage coefficient. Then, get ready to make trade-offs.

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Learn Best Practices in Test at the 2007 Automated Test Summit
Learn best practices and proven strategies for designing flexible and efficient test systems at the 2007 Automated Test Summit. The annual event, hosted by National Instruments, moves online this year with the latest technical information on automated test system design. Access session overviews and register for this complimentary event.

Dilbert

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How Matlab simplifies top-down design of closed-loop systems
A top-down view of a closed-loop system's capabilities and performance limitations simplifies the task of system design. Readily available software can help you to obtain the needed view and construct the detailed models that lead to efficient designs.

EDN's 2006 Innovator/Innovation winners: To the victor go the statuettes
These awards recognize and honor the industry's most innovative technical advancements as well as the designers behind those innovations.

DEPARTMENTS

Prying Eyes: Exploring the foundation under smartphones

Prying Eyes: Exploring the foundation under smartphones

The next generation of smartphones will rely on unprecedented integration to deliver their features at the lowest possible bill-of-materials cost. Prying Eyes examines a smartphone reference design board.

Scope: SID 2007, cell-phone-market warnings
Preview of the Society for Information Display's 2007 symposium, conference, and exhibition; a look at optical communications from 50 years ago in EDN; and concern over cost pressure for cell phones.

Tales From The Cube: Fooled by a thermocouple: Temperature sensing gone awry

Tales From The Cube: Fooled by a thermocouple: Temperature sensing gone awry

What can explain an infrared temperature sensor's unique "proximity-sensing feature," whereby the measured temperature rises whenever someone approaches or touches the system?

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Dilbert


By Scott Adams

This week's Dilbert

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