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Design Considerations for Maximizing Throughput and Accuracy in Switch/Measure Instrumentation [22 min]
This seminar offers insights into the speed vs. accuracy trade-offs involved in making multi-channel measurements with a digital multimeter (DMM) and relay switching. We’ll explore the various interactions between these instruments, such as signal errors caused by switching hardware, improper instrument coordination, measurement compensation techniques, and automated scanning.
Participant Objectives: By participating in this seminar, you will learn and understand:
- Practical considerations for selecting the right type of DMM and switching hardware
- Sources of measurement errors
- Impact of relay settling time on measurement performance
- Typical configuration, measurement, and optimization techniques
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Ready-to-use, expandable systems with integrated hardware and software [04 min]
Need a fanless, reliable mobile server?
Octagon’s line of CORE Systems offer advanced mobile servers with the most efficient fanless system available. The fully functional, powerful computing systems are designed for applications where operation in harsh environments is the overriding requirement. The no-compromise design optimizes the electrical, thermal and mechanical components for maximum reliability. Both the XMB-S CORE and the RMB-S CORE are ideal for installation in police cars, military armored vehicles, buses, rail cars, taxis, locomotives, trucks, aircraft, airport security, or harsh industrial environments.
In less than 5 minutes, you’ll gain an understanding of how our line of CORE Systems can save you time and money and solve your application needs. Think outside the box…we’ll take care of the inside. -
Enabling USB Connectivity Introducing the Flexis™ JM Family [11 min]
Need a comprehensive USB solution that’s scalable?
Freescale has introduced the Flexis™ JM family of microcontrollers designed specifically for USB applications. These devices combine unprecedented 8- and 32-bit compatibility with a comprehensive USB solution to enable fast and easy development for a range of industrial and consumer applications. The 8-bit JM60 features a USB 2.0 device controller to help standardize serial communications. The 32-bit JM128 adds support for USB host through the integrated USB 2.0 On-The-Go (OTG) controller, providing flexible control and connectivity options. Both devices are supported by Freescale's complimentary USB software, development boards, reference designs, application notes and training to get you through the development process quickly and easily.
View this webcast today to see how the Flexis JM family offers a complete USB solution for your application. Get 50 percent off the DEMOJM Demonstration System by completing the webcast.*
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Powering Processors with Power Management Units (PMUs) from Texas Instruments [08 min]
In the portable market, electronic original equipment manufacturers (EOEMs) are challenged to add more and more functionality to smaller, more manageable devices. Texas Instruments (TI) is helping developers achieve this goal by offering a wide selection of Power Management Units (PMUs) power management ICs integrate multiple DC/DC converters and LDOs into one small package.
Join David Arciniega from TI for a 9-minute Webcast discussing:
• TI’s PMU portfolio
• Advantages & disadvantages of an integrated PMU solution
• Examples: Powering the Freescale iMX31 & iMX27processors
• Other supported DSP and processor families
• Design resources
In less than 9-minutes, you’ll gain an understanding of how TI PMUs can simplify the power design process for handheld applications and can meet a variety of design requirements such as dynamic voltage scaling and flexible power-up sequencing. -
Microchip PICkit 2 Starter Kit [15 min]
Microchip PIC® microcontrollers feature a powerful architecture, flexible memory technologies, comprehensive application notes, complete technical documentation and comprehensive easy-to-use development tools.
The PICkit 2 is one of the newest, low cost development kits for Microchip baseline and mid-range Flash microcontrollers. It is designed to help users “Get Started” quickly, easily and inexpensively with PIC® microcontrollers. Join Cheri Keller for a brief Webcast discussing:
• What is “The PICkit™ 2 Starter Kit”?
• What’s inside the kit?
• PICkit™ 2 programmer
• Low pin count demo board
• New features
Don’t miss this opportunity to learn how to quickly program, evaluate and develop applications for Microchip’s 8/14/20-pin family of Flash microcontrollers. -
FAN3xxx Series High-Speed Low-Side Gate Drivers from Fairchild Semiconductor [16 min]
Fairchild Semiconductor’s FAN31xx and FAN32xx high-speed low-side gate drivers offer maximum flexibility for power supply designs, providing a wide selection of features and packaging to create compact, highly efficient and reliable power supplies. With gate drivers from 2 A to 9 A, the FAN3xxx series provides flexible options to fit every design.
Join Van Niemela from Fairchild Semiconductor for a 17 minute Webcast discussing:
• Typical applications
• Design benefits and considerations
• Product selection
• FAN3xxx series features
o Industry’s smallest packages
o Choice of TTL or CMOS input thresholds
o Short and well-controlled time delays
o Rugged and high reliability operation
In less than 17 minutes, you’ll gain an understanding of how to avoid common power supply design pitfalls and how Fairchild’s broad portfolio of gate drivers can help optimize your next design in terms of efficiency, reliability, power density and cost. -
Cypress PSoC FirstTouch Embedded Design Starter Kit [10 min]
Utilize the real mixed-signal programmability of Cypress PSoC mixed-signal arrays to integrate as many as 100 peripheral functions into your next system-on-chip design. Get started quickly with the Cypress PSoC FirstTouch Embedded Design Starter Kit.
This 10-minute Webcast will demonstrate how a single PSoC mixed-signal array and PSoC Express can perform multiple embedded designs such as CapSense™ touch sensing, temperature sensing, light sensing and CapSense proximity sensing. Discussion topics include:
• PSoC Mixed-Signal Arrays
• Software Tools
• FirstTouch Starter Kit
• PSoC Fundamentals
• How to Win a PSoC CapSense Kit
In less than 10-minutes, you’ll gain an understanding of how to utilize the PSoC product flexibility that enables any embedded designer to get their products to market quicker. 
