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Mechatronics, Principles and Applications, by Godfrey C. Onwubolu,
Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, Boston, 2005.
ISBN 0-7506-6379-0
The first response a seasoned engineer might have to a text with this title might be: “What in the heck is Mechatronics?” And his first answer might be: “It is just a made up name to cover things we already know.” Well, there is some truth to that, but the author’s goal for this text is to try to go beyond the underlying engineering disciplines that make up Mechatronics and focus on the system level thinking that allows them to be bound together in a good system design. Read the complete review, written by Stephen Bart of Analog Devices.
Power Distribution Network Design Methodologies, IEC Publications, March 2008
Power Distribution Network Design Methodologies is a collection of cogently written articles by 49 industry experts that fills the void on PDN design procedures, and addresses topics such as dc-to-dc converters, selection of bypass capacitors, DDR2 memory systems, powering of FPGAs, VRM-compliant converters, and synthesis of impedance profiles.
Linear Circuit Design Handbook, Edited by Hank Zumbahlen, Newnes, February 2008 , ISBN 978-0-7506-8703-4
Effective analog circuit design requires a strong understanding of linear devices. Linear Circuit Design Handbook bridges the gap between component theory and practical circuit design. Providing complete coverage of analog components and showing how to use them effectively, it serves as a useful reference for engineers involved in analog and mixed-signal design. See a picture and the Table of Contents. Analog Dialogue readers can read a sample chapter, and get a 20% discount when they order this book directly from Newnes. Enter discount code 92222.
Audio Anecdotes III, Tools, Tips, and Techniques for Digital Audio, Edited by Ken Greenebaum and Ronen Barzel, A.K. Peters, December 2007, ISBN 978-1-56881-215-1
This book is the third in AK Peters’s series, Audio Anecdotes, all devoted to problem-solving and practical explanations in the area of digital audio. Unfortunately, it would also appear to be the last in this remarkable series. A thorough technical review of this work could span several pages; this much shorter review, written by Vladimir Botchev, comprises impressions from reading the book and using the tools and techniques described.
Embedded Systems: World Class Designs, by Jack Ganssle, et al, Newnes, 2008, ISBN: 978-0-7506-8625-9
This book covers the gamut of embedded design--from hardware to software to integrated embedded systems--with a strongly pragmatic emphasis. A collection of the best material from the Newnes portfolio, it discusses specific design techniques as well as various approaches to solving embedded design problems, thus helping readers to successfully apply theory to actual design tasks.
Embedded Software: Know It All, by Jean Labrosse, et al, Newnes, 2007, ISBN: 978-0-7506-8583-2
Embedded software, found in everything from garage door openers to implanted medical devices, may be the most difficult part of any embedded design project. This book, assembled from the works of noted experts, covers the development, testing, and debugging of embedded software, including best practice techniques, proven coding methods, practical examples of driver development, and real-world approached to networking.
Embedded Hardware: Know It All, by Jack Ganssle, et al, Newnes, 2007, ISBN: 978-0-7506-8584-9
This book covers both the art and the science of embedded hardware design, providing designers with essential information on microcontrollers, memory, logic, buses, and I/O. Assembled from the works of noted experts, it covers topics such as bus topologies, timing analysis, networking, interfacing to sensors, and criteria for selecting the optimal microcontroller for a given application.
Embedded Signal Processing with the Micro Signal Architecture, by Woon-Seng Gan and Sen M. Kuo, Wiley Interscience, 2007, ISBN: Print 978-0471738411, Online 978-0470112274
ADI's Blackfin® architecture, which employed a relatively new approach at the time of its design, has since made a major impact. Up to now, however, no mainstream publication has adequately described this powerful and flexible architecture, its available software tools and its real-world applications. The gap has been more than filled by this book, which will be useful to any engineer involved in the design, use, or servicing of Blackfin-based DSP systems. Written as an application tutorial, the book contains an impressive number of hands-on experiments and examples. The authors also maintain a web site, where all relevant application software—and updates to it—can be found. Read the complete review, written by Vladimir Botchev of Analog Devices.
A Designer's Guide to Instrumentation Amplifiers - 3rd Edition, By Charles Kitchin and Lew Counts, 2006
Instrumentation amplifiers (in-amps) are used to amplify weak signals in the
presence of strong interference and noise. This
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The Data Conversion Handbook, Edited by Walt Kester, Newnes, 2005, ISBN 0-7506-7841-0
The Data Conversion Handbook is written for design engineers who routinely use data converters and related circuitry. Comprising Data Converter History, Fundamentals of Sampled Data Systems, Data Converter Architectures, Data Converter Process Technology, Testing Data Converters, Interfacing to Data Converters, Data Converter Support Circuits, Data Converter Applications, and Hardware Design Techniques, it may be the ultimate expression of product "augmentation" as it relates to data converters. The last chapter discusses practical issues, including common pitfalls and solutions related to the non-ideal properties of passive components.
Analog-Digital Conversion, Edited by Walt Kester, Analog Devices, Inc. 2004, ISBN 0-916550-27-3
Analog-Digital Conversion presents a comprehensive set of notes presented in a recent Analog Devices seminar series on data converters. In a digital world, A/D and D/A conversion is essential to translate between analog real-world physical variables and the abstract 1s and 0s of digital processing. The book offers a hint of its breadth, as well as its orientation to practical design: Data-converter history; Fundamentals of sampled-data systems; Data-converter architectures; Data-converter process technology; Testing data converters; Interfacing to data converters; Data-converter support circuits; Data-converter applications; and Hardware design techniques.
The Data Conversion Handbook can be purchased from your favorite bookseller.
Analog-Digital Conversion seminar notes can be downloaded from the Analog Devices website.
Op Amp Applications Handbook, Edited by Walt Jung, Newnes, 2005, ISBN 0-7506-7844-5
Op Amp Applications Handbook comprises Op Amp Basics, Specialty Amplifiers, Using Op Amps with Data Converters, Sensor Signal Conditioning, Analog Filters, Signal Amplifiers, Hardware and Housekeeping Techniques, and Op Amp History. As the name implies, it covers the application of op amps, but does so on a broader scope. It also covers a host of closely related design topics, making it a formidable toolkit for the analog designer.
Op Amp Applications, Edited by Walt Jung, Analog Devices, Inc. 2002, ISBN 0-916550-26-5
This 970-page volume may well be the ultimate op amp book. It is brimming with application circuits, handy design tips, historical perspectives, and in-depth looks at the latest techniques to simplify designs and improve their performance. But this is more than just the last word on applications. A brief but fascinating History section outlines the early development of the feedback amplifier, starting with H. S. Black’s invention of seventy years ago—and provides priceless insights into the application needs, technological developments, and creative personalities that drove the many generations of op-amp designs.
Op Amp Applications Handbook can be purchased from your favorite bookseller, or individual chapters of the original Op Amp Applications seminar notes can be downloaded from the Analog Devices website.
Embedded Media Processing, by David Katz and Rick Gentile, Newnes, 2005, ISBN 0-7506-7912-3
Digital signal processors are good at crunching numbers, and microcontrollers easily provide control functions, but how should you choose an embedded processor when you want to add audio and video signal processing to your system? How is memory allocated and managed for best performance? How must dataflow be optimized to take best advantage of a processor's limited resources? How can power consumption be optimized? Embedded Media Processing answers all of these questions and many more—and does so in an easy-to-read, enjoyable manner—giving readers the tools required to successfully implement embedded designs. Click here for the complete review.
Mixed-Signal and DSP Design Techniques, edited by Walt Kester, Newnes, 2003, covers sampled data systems, choosing A/D and D/A converters for DSP applications, fast Fourier transforms, digital filters, selecting DSP hardware, interfacing to DSP chips, and hardware design techniques. This book explains signal processing hardware--how it works, how to interface to it, and how to design and debug it. Master the art and science of mixed-signal and DSP design with this informative and practical guide.
Mixed-Signal and DSP Design Techniques can be purchased from your favorite bookseller, or individual chapters of the original seminar notes can be downloaded from the Analog Devices website.
Analog Devices Technical Book Store
Now available, a series of ADI Technical books covering a wide range of design topics, from Practical Analog Techniques to Mixed Signal and DSP Design. These books have been written by the Applications Engineering Staff at Analog Devices, including well-known authors such as Walt Kester, Walt Jung, James Bryant and Hank Zumbahlen. Books are priced at $40.00 each. Also available at no cost is the second edition of "A Designer's Guide to Instrumentation Amplifiers" by Charles Kitchin and Lew Counts.
Evolution from Operational Amplifier to Data Amplifier, by Robert Demrow, Analog Devices, 09/1968
Philbrick Applications Manual for Computing Amplifiers for Modeling, Measuring, Manipulating, and Much Else, Contributors include Dr. Peter Hansen, Bruce Seddon, Robert Malter, and Bob Pease. Edited by Dan Sheingold, 1966. Now out of print, it has been rendered online by its original editor and the staff at Analog Devices, Inc. © 2004. In 1965 early IC op amps lacked the support of suitable texts to educate, inform, and stimulate design engineers. In response, George A. Philbrick Researches, Inc. devised this Applications Manual, using Ted Gams's unique modular approach to apportioning text and graphics to individual topics. It was eagerly adopted and is fondly remembered by designers of an earlier generation; its ideas still remain fresh several generations later. A brief history of its origins.
Recent Articles in the Trade Press
Reza Moghimi,
Circuit noise analysis and optimization, Part 3b, Planet Analog, 6/26/2009
Brad Brannon,
Top ten converter tips, New Electronics, 6/22/2009
Reza Moghimi,
Circuit noise analysis and optimization, Part 3a, Planet Analog, 6/22/2009
Ken Kavanagh,
Automated Calibration Technique Reduces DAC Offset to Less than 1 mV, Analog
Dialogue, 6/2/2009
Mark Cantrell,
Digital Isolator Simplifies USB Isolation in Medical and Industrial Applications,
Analog Dialogue, 6/2/2009
Rob Reeder,
Wayne Green, and Robert Shillito, Analog-to-Digital Converter Clock Optimisation:
A Test Engineering Perspective, EPD, 6/1/2009
Frank Kearney,
Optimizing
standard-definition video on high-definition displays, EDN Japan, 6/1/2009
Rakesh Soni and
Eric Newman,
The benefits of direct-conversion receiver designs, Electronic Products,
6/1/2009
Ken Marasco,
Brainstorm:
Solid-State Lighting Adoption, ECN, 6/1/2009
Bob Scannell,
Cost-Effective Precision Navigation Systems with Inertial MEMs, EDAW, 6/1/2009
James Bryant,
Glass Diodes May See the Light -- and Hum, EDN, 5/28/2009
Michael Cobb,
Powering high-speed A/D converters with switching power supplies, Power
Management Design Line, 5/27/2009
Bertrand
Campagnie, Générez directement le signal RF avec un CAN rapide, Electronique,
5/1/2009
Recent Engineer-to-Engineer and Application Notes
The following recent engineer-to-engineer and application notes are listed in chronological order. Complete list of Application Notes, arranged by topic.
June 2009
Fall Detector
Summons Aid to Minimize Post-Fall Complications
AN-1023: Fall Detection Application by Using 3-Axis Accelerometer ADXL345
Due to their diminished abilities, senior citizens often accidentally fall. These falls may have serious consequences if aid is not given in time. The majority of serious consequences are not the direct result of the fall, but rather are due to a delay in assistance and treatment. The danger of post-fall consequences can be greatly reduced if relief personnel can be alerted in time. Technological advancements in MEMS accelerometer sensors have made it possible to design a fall detector based on a 3-axis accelerometer. These fall detectors sense changes in body position by tracking acceleration changes. The data is then analyzed algorithmically to determine whether the individual is falling. The device works with a GPS module and a wireless transmitter module to issue an alert for assistance. The core of the fall detector is the detection principle and algorithm that judges the existence of an emergency situation. This 28-page Application Note describes the use of an ADXL345 three-axis digital accelerometer as a fall detector.
Ping-Pong
Configuration Increases the Number of Monitored Power-Supply Inputs
AN-0997: Ping-Pong Configuration Guide for ADM1062 to ADM1069 Devices
The ADM1062 to ADM1069 Super Sequencers® offer a single-chip solution for supply monitoring and sequencing in multiple-supply systems. The ADM1062 to ADM1067 can monitor up to ten input rails (VH, VP1 to VP4, and VX1 to VX5)., while the ADM1068 and ADM1069 can monitor up to eight input rails (VH, VP1 to VP3, and VX1 to VX4). Two programmable comparators enable both undervoltage and overvoltage sensing with ±1% accuracy. For some applications, the number of the input rails exceeds the number of input pins on a single device. In these cases, multiple devices can be linked together to form a more powerful sequencer. A simple configuration allows devices to be able to hand off control of the sequencing process on request, minimizing the number of physical links needed for communicating between devices and maintaining fast system fault response. The ping-pong configuration lets devices exchange control of the sequencing process by transmitting pulse signals forward and backwards like a ping-pong ball. This 12-page Application Note explains the concept and implementation of the ping-pong configuration.
May 2009
Bypass DSP Core
to Easily Compare Performance of ADAU1761 and ADAU1361
AN-1007: Using the ADAU1761 in DSP Bypass Mode to Emulate an ADAU1361
The ADAU1761 and ADAU1361 are low power audio codecs. The primary difference between the two devices is that the ADAU1761 includes a 50 MHz SigmaDSP® core. This 2-page Application Note explains how to use the ADAU1761 in a DSP bypass configuration to emulate the ADAU1361.
Evaluation Board
Allows Communication with SigmaDSP Systems over Standard I2C
and SPI Buses
AN-1006: Using the EVAL-ADUSB2EBZ
The EVAL-ADUSB2EBZ, also known as the USBi, is a standalone communications interface and programmer for SigmaDSP systems. It translates USB control commands from SigmaStudio to the I2C and SPI communications protocols. It is powered over the USB cable, so no external power supply is required. This 16-page Application Note describes installation, configuration, and use of the USBi.
Precision Analog
Microcontroller and Companion Software Implement Complete RTD Sensor Interface
AN-0970: RTD Interfacing and Linearization Using an ADuC706x Microcontroller
The platinum resistance temperature detector
(RTD), one of the most accurate sensors available for measuring temperature
within the
Higher-Order
Sinc Filter Trades Performance for Settling Time
AN-0979: Digital Filtering Options: AD7190, AD7192
The AD7190 and AD7192 sigma-delta (Σ-Δ) ADCs feature a user-selectable sinc3 and sinc4 digital filter. This 4-page Application Note compares sinc3 and sinc4 filters, identifying the benefits and implications of each type. The order of the filter affects the performance of the Σ-Δ ADC. Higher order filters offer improved notch rejection, stop-band attenuation, noise performance, and resolution at high output data rates, but increase the settling time.
...more Engineer-to Engineer and Application Notes
AD5024/44/64, Rev B; AD7490, Rev C; AD7674, Rev A; AD7678, Rev A; AD7679, Rev A; AD7682, Rev B; AD7980, Rev B; AD8132, Rev H; AD8159, Rev B; AD8555, Rev A; AD8638/39, Rev E; AD9272, Rev B; AD9432, Rev F; AD9433, Rev A; AD9551, Rev A; AD9600, Rev A; AD9627, Rev A; AD9640, Rev A; AD9763/65/67, Rev F; AD9920A, Rev A; AD9979, Rev A; ADA4004-1/-2/-4, Rev D; ADA4898-1, Rev B; ADF4156, Rev A; ADF7012, Rev A; ADG1433/34, Rev C; ADG406/07/26, Rev A; ADIS16080, Rev B; ADIS16100, Rev D; ADM1185, Rev B; ADP170/71, Rev A; ADP1712/13/14, Rev A; ADP1828, Rev B; ADV7180, Rev D; SSM2167, Rev E
...more Recently Revised Data Sheets
Summaries and copies of patents may be obtained from the US Patent and Trademark office. Click here for a list of all patents issued to Analog Devices since 1976.
Michael Hennedy,
7,548,941, Digital filter using memory to emulate variable
shift register
Baoxing Chen,
Ronn Kliger, 7,548,440, Power and information signal transfer
using micro-transformers
Barrie Gilbert,
7,546,098, Control system with selective open-loop operation
Moshe
Gerstenhaber, Padraig Cooney, 7,545,215, Circuit to prevent
load-induced DC nonlinearity in an op-amp
Baoxing Chen,
Ronn Kliger, 7,545,059, Chip-scale coils and isolators based
thereon
Howard Samuels,
7,543,473, Sensor self-test transfer standard
Stefan Marinca,
Thomas O'Dwyer, 7,543,253, Method and apparatus for
compensating for temperature drift in semiconductor processes and circuitry
...more Recently Issued Patents
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A Reader Notes: High-Frequency-Caused Errors in Millivolt-Measurement Systems, By Herman R. Gelbach, P.E. ret. (hrgelbach@juno.com) - from Analog Dialogue Volume 35-04, 2001
A Reader Notes: Reactant Flow Sensor by Jason Dugas (jason.a.dugas@nasa.gov) - from Analog Dialogue Volume 38, Number 3, 2004
A Reader Notes: FORTHstamp is a true single chip computer, based on the ADuC7020 precision analog microcontroller. The ADuC7020 includes a 32-bit ARM7 microprocessor and a host of peripherals, including a serial communication port (UART), general purpose digital inputs and outputs (GPIO), an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), four digital-to-analog converters (DAC), and 92 KB of programmable (flash) memory. It provides an excellent platform for using Forth to develop real-time applications. Submitted by Dr. Chen-Hanson Ting, Offete Enterprises.
A Reader Notes: I found your design using the AD71028 as a satellite set-top-box (STB) stereo synthesizer clever and interesting. However, I can suggest two corrections to the information in the article. One is the RF spectrum of a modulated NTSC video and audio signal... The second correction may be significant if a reader is trying to understand the design by performing calculations. When describing the precision N-divider, the value N is listed as 780.9838... The precise value is actually 780.9706666... Read the complete exchange between Matt Laun and Jeritt Kent.
A Reader Responds: In the Analog Dialogue Volume 41, Number 2 Editors' Notes, [Scott] wrote: “The second problem is that the GPS loses its signal when I travel through Boston's Big Dig tunnels, making it unable to maintain its bearings or to provide instructions for lane splits and exits. Too bad it doesn't include an ADI accelerometer, whose inertial navigation capabilities could provide positional information during these temporary signal losses.” Bob Paddock responded, “Now, extend that problem to coal mines, where GPS is useless *ALL* of the time.” Read the complete letter and Dan's comments.
Editors' Notes - Volume 42, Number 4
Print Edition - Volume 42, Number 4
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Embedded Processors and DSP Selection Guide - 2009 Edition
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Precision Analog Microcontrollers - July 2008
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