Designing and testing communications systems with analog baseband I/Q (BBIQ) circuits can be a challenge for RF engineers. The goal is to make traditional signal-analysis measurements in the spectral ...

A recent design idea, “Negative time-constant and PWM program a versatile ADC front end,” offered a pretty peculiar ADC front end (see Figure 1). It comprises a programmable gain (PG) instrumentation ...

TV and home video editor Ty Pendlebury joined CNET Australia in 2006, and moved to New York City to be a part of CNET in 2011. He tests, reviews and writes about the latest TVs and audio equipment.

Some applications require the monitoring of power applied to a system. Microchip Technology addressed this need with the MCP39F511A, a highly integrated, single-phase power-monitoring IC intended for ...

One of its key features is the inclusion of the Imaging Science Foundation's (ISF) certified calibration controls for all video inputs. This technology allows for tailored video calibration of all ...