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pulse 18 Universal buffer ICs simplify clock distribution 9 XMOS renews tools, IP for embedded applications 10 0.04%-accurate hybrid/electric battery monitor 10 Xilinx sets out its 20-nm FPGA stall 12 Soft-core, 8051 8-bit CPU IP core in 3000 gates 13 Deep memory mixed-signal modular scopes www.edn-info.com For a free subscription, go to 8 Single package integrates touch/sensor functions for advanced HMIs 12 Power Application Controller for “digital control of analogue power” 12 ARM steps up to 64-bit with Cortex-A50 Series cores EDN Europe is published monthly by Reed Business Information SAS, Forum 52 - 52, Rue Camille Desmoulins - 92448 Issy-les-Moulineaux Cedex, France. Tel +33(0)1.46.29.46.29. Capital: 4.099.168 euros. RC Nanterre 339.611.956. CEO and Publishing director: Antoine Duarte. Circulation records/subscription/address changes: EDN Europe, Reed Business Information - REG - 52, Rue Camille Desmoulins - 92448, Issy-les-Moulineaux Cedex, France. EDN Europe © 2012 by Reed Elsevier Inc. EDN is a registered trade mark of UBM Electronics, used under license. Web exclusive element14 is continuing its partnership with Raspberry Pi with the launch of a new 512MB board version of the credit-card sized computer. Now with double the RAM, the new higher performance Raspberry Pi 512MB board is suited to multimedia, high-memory and mobile applications. The additional memory is also an enabler to allow the Raspberry Pi to run a future version of an Android 4.0 operating system. It will cost $35 or equivalent, the same pricing as the prior version of the board. ➔ www.edn-europe.com/article.asp?articleid=5868 ams has announced that it is approaching volume production of first automotive products developed along the new functional safety standard ISO26262. Released in 2011, the ISO26262 standard is the major global regulation governing functional safety in road vehicles. A growing share of safety critical systems under development in the automotive industry today follows this standard. Analysis required for compliance with ISO26262 uncovered new ways to raise the reliability of devices to an even higher level. ➔ www.edn-europe.com/article.asp?articleid=5869 Imec and Nantero, Inc., a nanotechnology company using carbon nanotubes (CNTs) for the development of next-generation semiconductor devices, have announced a joint development program. The collaboration will focus on the carbon-nanotube-based memory developed by Nantero, NRAM, and its application in high-density next-generation memories with dimensions under 20nm. NRAM arrays will be manufactured, tested and characterised in imec’s advanced nanoelectronics facilities. ➔ www.edn-europe.com/article.asp?articleid=5870 Murata Power Solutions’ MVAC series of highly efficient, typically up to 94%, 3 x 5 in. open frame AC-DC power supplies comprises two single output models, the 250W MVAC250 and the 400W MVAC400 units. Both models accommodate the universal AC input voltage range from 90 to 264 VAC with active power factor correction (PFC) and active inrush control. Each model is available with a nominal output voltage of 12, 24 or 50 VDC, plus a 12 VDC 1A fan supply and an auxiliary 5 VDC 2A. ➔ www.edn-europe.com/article.asp?articleid=5871 In next month’s EDN Europe In its January 2013 issue, EDN Europe will look at the topics of Analogue Design, and Energy. In February 2013, the focus topics will include Embedded systems design. Further ahead, planned topics include ICs and Medical system design. Marketers, please forward appropriate special-issue content, and proposals for contributed articles, to the editor: gprophet@reedbusiness.fr www.edn-europe.com http://www.microchip.com/8bit http://www.edn-info.com http://www.edn-europe.com/article.asp?articleid=5868 http://www.edn-europe.com/article.asp?articleid=5870 http://www.edn-europe.com/article.asp?articleid=5871 http://www.edn-europe.com/article.asp?articleid=5869 http://www.edn-europe.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of EDNE December 2012

Cover
Contents
Texas Instruments Europe
Microchip
Digi-Key
Masthead
EDN comment
Pulse
Digi-Key
Baker’s Best
Embedded World 2013
Test & Measurement World
Rohde & Schwarz
Digi-Key
Squeezing the most from battery cells with a switched-mode pump
Signal integrity
Processor architectures : one to rule them all ?
Digi-Key
Mechatronics in Design
Advances in wireless speaker performance and technology
Design Ideas
Teardown; the ultimate Consumer Product ?
Product roundup
Tales from the Cube

EDNE December 2012