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Design simulate in the clouds

Design & simulate in the clouds

It was a few years ago that I first heard of a free site where you could draw and simulate designs. “What’s the point?” I thought. But, the idea is taking off. Was I wrong? I questioned the usefulness of this cloud concept because there had already long existed good, free circuit simulators. A quick […]

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Design and Development of an Automated Home Control System Using Mobile Phone Schematic

Design and Development of an Automated Home Control System Using Mobile Phone

Abstract This paper presents design and development of an Automated Home Control System (AHCS) using mobile phone. A cell (mobile) phone acts as a modem for the control of electrical home appliances. This is achieved when the mobile phone number is dialed and an appropriate command button is pressed. The paper demonstrates how to develop

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The future of IC design

The future of IC design

To celebrate 60 years of EDN, we’re looking into the future to predict what advancements will be made in IC Design in the next 60 years. By 2076 3-D room-temperature, superconducting, quantum, neuromorphic, and photonic mixed-signal devices will be the common denominator for all integrated circuit designs. Design tools will be so sophisticated that even

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How to Simulate PIC Microcontroller in Proteus Design Suite 8 Schematic

How to Simulate PIC Microcontroller in Proteus Design Suite 8

This is our PIC Microcontroller tutorial series. We have already discussed basic beginners guide to PIC. Now let’s see how to simulate the PIC microcontroller?PIC simulation is the important step that you should do before practical implementation of any microcontroller projects. As Circuits Gallery covers topic of Microcontrollers especially with PIC (Peripheral Interface Controller), this

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Altera’s Spectra Q accelerates design

Altera’s Spectra-Q accelerates design

Altera’s Spectra-Q software aims to accelerate design time for its Quartus II software for programmable devices. Spectra-Q has faster algorithms and allows for incremental design changes without needing to perform a full design compile It has a hierarchical database that enables users to preserve placement and routing information of IP blocks while making changes in other

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FPGA motor control design kit

FPGA motor-control design kit

Microsemi is selling its SmartFusion2 SoC FPGA dual-axis motor control kit with a modular motor control IP suite and reference design for $599 for a limited period. The kit, which simplifies motor control designs using a single SoC FPGA, is scalable across multiple industries such as industrial, aerospace and defense. Typical applications include factory and

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