Low Power

(Source: CrazyCloud - stock.adobe.com) Designing a new electronic device often comes down to making tradeoffs. Cost is often at odds with performance. In cost-sensitive markets, such as...

(Source: Immersion Imagery/Shutterstock.com) Efficiency is crucial in nature. Maximizing the outlay of additional resources by using as much of it as possible improves performance, can minimize...

Switching voltage regulators are a popular solution when long battery life is required as they have a reputation for high efficiency. But when closely

In order to deal with the dynamics that define the medical sector, designers need to look for new energy-saving solutions, such as next-gen PMICs, and marry these with better noise reduction...

Modern wearable devices allow the wearer to monitor a wide range of vital parameters; depending on the particular objective of the device, some values are more important than others. The main...

Using their analog expertise, ROHM Semiconductor has developed a new product line, the Nano Series, to achieve more compact parts that require less en

MCUs have found homes in just about every low power application. The ability for the MCU to enter a low power mode has made them even more attractive

Some of the most challenging yet immensely satisfying embedded projects to work on involve observing environmental conditions. From a personal perspec

To me, the projections for the number of Things we will have in the Internet of Things is mind boggling. Cisco projects that there will be 50 billion

The wearable electronic device market is growing rapidly with predictions of more than a $10bn market size by 2020.

Mobile technology hinges on the batteries that support it. Developed in the 1970s, Li-ion batteries are nearing their theoretical limits.

Thin, small and lightweight- these are the physical requirements of wearable devices and the reason why the main constraint in wearable technology today is battery life.

Many applications, including driving modern analog-to-digital converters (ADCs), transmitting signals over twisted-pair cables, and conditioning high-fi delity audio signals, require differential...

Embedded system developers have a constant need to reduce the power consumption in their systems. This low-power design trend has accelerated over the past decade as applications and customers...

Modern electronic systems solve so many difficult problems that they often seem like magic. Nonetheless, these systems all have the same basic limitation: they need a source of electrical power!