New Electronics

Managing power sequencing

Rich Miron explains how engineers can best control startup and shutdown power sequences in their designs. Microprocessors, FPGAs, DSPs, analogue-to-digital converters (ADCs), and system-on-chip (SoC) ...
EDN

Circuit provides simpler power-supply-sequence testing

A previous Design Idea (Reference 1)describes a three-IC control circuit for testing the power sequencing of an SOC (system on chip). Although that circuit lets you control the power-on sequence of ...
Electronic Design

Delay Circuitry Controls Supply-Voltage Startup Sequence

For some ICs, supply voltages should be applied in a particular sequence. One example is the subscriber line interface circuit (SLIC), which, depending on the application, may require several negative ...
EDN

Sequence enhances low-power lineup

SAN FRANCISCO — Sequence Design Wednesday (Nov. 2) announced significant enhancements to several of its products, including the incorporation of a new “power gating technology” to automatically reduce ...
Electronic Design

Processors reduce power consumption in industrial applications

Freescale Semiconductor announces the new i.MX28x application processor and MCF5441x ColdFire microprocessor families for use in low-power, cost-sensitive industrial applications. Freescale ...