System Monitoring
Modern systems employing microprocessors and microcontrollers, especially those in portable and remote environments, require monitoring devices to be sure that they continue to operate properly in terms of software, power requirements, and thermal levels. Supervisory devices check system I/O to be sure it is continuing to operate properly, and can issue a reset command when needed. Power supply and thermal monitors can
perform clock reduction or complete shutdown if system parameters are outside preset limits.
Technical Articles
- Simple circuit provides precision ADC interface
(EDN, 08/21/03) - System Packaging Remains a Hot Topic
... Even though devices are getting smaller, the power consumption is staying put. Hence, there's more heat to dissipate in a smaller area.
(Portable Design, August 2002) - Single IC provides gains of 10 and –10
by Moshe Gerstenhaber and Charles Kitchin, Analog Devices, Inc. (EDN, 8/7/2003) - Protecting Instrumentation Amplifiers
... All data acquisition board designs have to contend with ESD, EMI, and overvoltages. Can one solution protect the circuitry against all three hazards?
(First published in the April 2000 issue of Sensors Magazine) - Thermal Management Keeps PCs Safe, Quiet and Cool
by Scott Wayne, Analog Devices, Inc.
(ECN, 4/1/2002) - Isolation with Waferscale Transformers
By R. Kliger, B. Chen and J. Wynne, Analog Devices, Inc. (Reprinted with permission of Power Electronics Europe, Issue 6, 2003) - Single Chip Supervises and Sequences Power Supplies
- Precision Circuit Cosely Monitors –48V Bus
(EDN, 10/17/2002)