To ensure the stability of voltage regulators and switched mode power supplies, the control loop behaviour must be measured and characterized. A well compensating voltage controller enables stable output voltages and reduces the influence of load changes and supply voltage variations.
The quality of this control circuit...
Published: Sep 23, 2020
To ensure the stability of voltage regulators and switched mode power supplies, the control loop behaviour must be measured and characterised. A well compensating voltage controller enables stable output voltages and reduces the influence of load changes and supply voltage variations. The quality of this control circuit...
Published: Sep 30, 2020
Most organizations do not consider production test a top priority, but it is a necessity to prevent major quality issues in the products that represent the company brand in the hands of customers.The costs, however, can be significant and are often greatly misunderstood, especially when there’s no...
Published: Feb 19, 2020
There is accelerating growth in LED lighting demand as consumers and industry seek more energy-efficient illumination.
The combination of commercial and industrial applications is the fastest growth segment of the LED lighting market. That segment is also the most demanding in terms of circuit protection required...
Published: Jul 24, 2018
In the automotive market as in all industries, competition breeds innovation. Over the last 100 years, this truth has transformed the horseless carriage into one of the most useful and ubiquitous tools in the modern world. Automobiles have long been understood as mechanical devices, but recently, continuing innovation...
Published: Jul 19, 2018
In some cases, mobile Application Processors (AP) may not have enough interfaces to support the number of image sensor inputs required for a particular application. In other cases, the processing latency between image sensors and imaging data may be too large. The Lattice Semiconductor Dual MIPI CSI-2 to Single MIPI CSI-2...
Published: Jul 19, 2018
Optical image stabilization (OIS) addresses the quality of images, and is an idea that has been around for at least 30 years. It has only recently made its way into the low-cost consumer camera market, and will soon be migrating to the higher end camera phones. This paper provides an overview of common design practices...
Published: Jul 19, 2018
MIPI D-PHY is a practical PHY for typical camera and display applications. It is designed to replace traditional parallel bus based on LVCMOS or LVDS. However, many processors and displays/cameras still use an RGB, CMOS, or MIPI Display Pixel Interface (DPI) as interface. A bridge is often required to connect a processor...
Published: Jul 19, 2018
Every type of electronic equipment – from PCs, servers and network equipment, to home theaters, computer peripherals and mobile devices – is vulnerable to damage caused by power surges and line noise interference. With a relatively modest investment, surge protectors offer a highly effective way to protect...
Published: Jul 24, 2018
To help improve processes, drive productivity and maintain a competitive edge in today’s global economy, leading companies look to a variety of management and process improvement philosophes and practices. A common characteristic shared across the varied approaches is the use of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)...
Published: Jul 19, 2018
Any engineer involved with portable or handheld products knows that minimizing power consumption is an absolute requirement for today’s designs. But only the veterans understand the subtle yet important details that can stretch a systems’ battery life to the maximum.
In this white paper Lattice Semiconductor...
Published: Jul 19, 2018
Shift registers can help reduce size and BOM in designs that use LEDs. By providing I/O expansion, they enable the use of smaller, less expensive microcontrollers.
In some cases, the shift register can be used to drive the LED directly and thus eliminate the need for external LED drivers. This adds to the savings,...
Published: Jul 24, 2018
Substituting a diode for a resistor in a circuit powered by an AC line is typically an easy recipe for disaster, but it’s the precise challenge faced by designers seeking to replace incandescent lamps with modern high-brightness LED technology.
The VLED15 series from CUI was specifically designed to address...
Published: Jul 24, 2018
The WaveBolt™ system is a fixed wireless point-to-multipoint Internet access system designed specifically for residential and small business customers in areas where DSL and cable modem access are unavailable, unaffordable or otherwise undesirable. The WaveBolt system provides data speeds comparable to ADSL. ...
Published: Jul 24, 2018