This in-depth white paper guides you through the choices and weighs key design considerations to help you pick the right transceiver. It reviews the most typical RS-485 ICs and explore the most common design considerations. Then it examines electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection and compare the Human Body Model (HBM)...
Published: Jul 17, 2018
This White Paper describes how the new VIA PFM, a power component that performs the front-end AC-DC conversion required in many systems, allows the application of Vicor’s Power Component Design Methodology from AC to the Point of Load (PoL). The performance of the component is described, highlighting how the VIA...
Published: Jul 20, 2018
Wireless technology has been used in industry for many years and has provided reliable communications for monitoring and controlling remote processes, including mission-critical applications.
Understanding the capabilities and limitations of the various technologies will allow users to realize the benefits of wireless...
Published: Jul 24, 2018
This article provides system designers new to high-speed RS-485 designs with an overview of standard and high-speed RS-485 networks. It begins with examining signal degradation on the bus and key transceiver requirements for reliable high-speed transmission, and then wrap up with design tips for system and bus node designs,...
Published: Jul 17, 2018
This paper describes a method for reducing the power consumption of sensor systems by utilizing the standby functions of a microcontroller (MCU). In concrete terms, the frequency of sensor measurements is reduced, and the system is kept in the standby condition for as long as possible. Furthermore, abnormality detection...
Published: Jul 16, 2018
Every microprocessor or DSP requires a reset generator circuit or IC to perform two functions: (1) start up from a fixed condition after the supplies are turned on, and (2) prevent the processor from executing instructions incorrectly and causing flash memory corruption when their power supplies are lower than the specified...
Published: Jul 19, 2018
This white paper will provide the reader with a practical selection guide to the communication mechanisms and media for remote maintenance and remote control technology that are relevant to them.
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Published: Jul 17, 2018
Temperature Compensated Crystal Oscillators (TCXOs) are widely used in today’s wireless communications systems. They have become a vital component to cell phones and the growing wireless PDA industry. High-end TCXOs are also an important component in telecom and other industries.
The major difference between...
Published: Jul 25, 2018
Power converter and inverter designs for higher power levels are usually based on hard switching half bridge configurations. In such setups, users must pay particular attention to proper switching operations to prevent shoot-through events.
Setting up complex real-time trigger conditions using the R&S®RTE...
Published: Oct 14, 2020
This article details the common problems plaguing analog voltage mode control loops and shows how a digital control loop is able to provide bandwidth that was previously dismissed as unobtainable. By walking through the variables associated with stability and comparing it to an analog control system, it can be seen that...
Published: Jul 19, 2018
This paper shows the need for a new impulse response model and proposes a methodology for its inclusion in timedomain simulations.
The paper also solves another difficult problem by presenting a new technique for converting band-limited S-parameters into ‘base-delay’ causal and passive impulse response...
Published: Jul 25, 2018
In many switching power converters, rectifier diodes are used to obtain the DC output voltage. The conduction loss of a diode rectifier contributes significantly to the overall power loss, especially for low-voltage, high-current converter applications. The conduction loss of a rectifying diode is given by the product...
Published: Jul 23, 2018
Radar warning equipment is installed in all types of airborne platforms such as airplanes, helicopters, etc., and in naval or ground based platforms. This equipment protects the platforms and all personnel operating the platform such as pilots, naval staff, etc.
The purpose of the radar warning equipment is...
Published: Oct 07, 2020
Learn how optically - isolated relays can improve the performance of data acquisition systems and industrial machines.
However, solid-state devices are not created equal when it comes to these performance advantages. Optically-isolated solid state relays, in particular, can outshine other solid-state devices...
Published: Jul 24, 2018