The new DS Series Encoder/Decoder IC from Linx makes it simple to add a robust serial protocol with the ease of DIP switch addressing. The DS lets users set up to 1,022 unique addresses for reliable ...

Serial buses dot the landscape of embedded design. From displays to storage to peripherals, serial interfaces make communications possible. Many serial communication interfaces compete for use in ...

Today’s high-end field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) with embedded transceivers support a variety of widely accepted serial protocol standards, including Gigabit Ethernet, PCI Express, XAUI and ...

Virtex-II Pro X FPGAs showcase multiple enhancements to the industry's most popular, open point-to-point serial communications protocol SUPERCOMM, Chicago, Illinois, June 22, 2004 - Xilinx, Inc.

If you’ve been involved with electronics and hardware hacking for awhile, there’s an excellent chance you’ve heard of the Bus Pirate. First introduced on the pages of Hackaday back in 2008 by creator ...

The Power Management Bus (PMBus) protocol, a simple and powerful open industry specification, is a step towards unifying communication standards for digital power-management systems and power ...

We’re always excited to get a new chip or SIM card to interface, but our enthusiasm is often dampened by the prototyping process. Interfacing any chip usually means breadboarding a circuit, writing ...

Digital designers reach for an oscilloscope as the tool of first choice for debug. As products under development can have a myriad of issues to debug, oscilloscopes with versatility give faster ...

Sending and receiving data over a given distance has grown from a passion in humans to a necessity. In 1810, a German man created a system for sending encoded messages via air bubbles. He crafted a ...

Serial analysis of gene expression (SAGE) is a method used to obtain comprehensive, unbiased and quantitative gene-expression profiles. Its major advantage over arrays is that it does not require a ...