Telecommunication, satellite links and set-top boxes allrequire tuning a high frequency oscillator. The actualtuning element is a varactor diode, a 2-terminal device thatchanges capacitance as a function of reverse bias voltage.1 The oscillator is part of a frequency synthesizingloop, as detailed in Figure 1. A phase locked loop (PLL)compares a divided down representation of the oscillatorwith a frequency reference. The PLL’s output is levelshifted to provide the high voltage necessary to bias thevaractor, which closes a feedback loop by voltage tuningthe oscillator. This loop forces the voltage controlledoscillator (VCO) to operate at a frequency determined bythe frequency reference and the divider’s division ratio.
The above title is not happenstance and was arrived at afterconsiderable deliberation. As a linear IC manufacturer, it isour goal to encourage users to design and build switchingregulators. A problem is that while everyone agrees thatworking switching regulators are a good thing, everyonealso agrees that they are difficult to get working. Switchingregulators, with their high efficiency and small size, areincreasingly desirable as overall package sizes shrink.Unfortunately, switching regulators are also one of themost difficult linear circuits to design. Mysterious modes,sudden, seemingly inexplicable failures, peculiar regulationcharacteristics and just plain explosions are commonoccurrences. Diodes conduct the wrong way. Things gethot that shouldn’t. Capacitors act like resistors, fusesdon’t blow and transistors do. The output is at ground, andthe ground terminal shows volts of noise.
Digitemp Junior – An RS-232 Port-Powered Digital Thermometer
Digitemp Jr. is a device that is designed to measure
and report ambient temperature. When connected to
an RS-232 port on any PC, it will periodically measure
and report in ASCII form the ambient temperature in
degrees Celsius. These temperature readings can be
monitored with any terminal program. If the terminal
program supports capture to disk, the temperature
readings can be saved to disk for further analysis with
a spreadsheet program or other data analysis tool. The
simple ASCII output format of Digitemp Jr. makes it rel-
atively easy to write custom software for receiving,
recording, and analyzing ambient temperature data.
Best of all, Digitemp Jr. requires no external power sup-
plies or batteries. It is powered directly by the RS-232 port.
Digitemp Jr. is a device that is designed to measure
and report ambient temperature. When connected to
an RS-232 port on any PC, it will periodically measure
and report in ASCII form the ambient temperature in
degrees Celsius. These temperature readings can be
monitored with any terminal program. If the terminal
program supports capture to disk, the temperature
readings can be saved to disk for further analysis with
a spreadsheet program or other data analysis tool. The
simple ASCII output format of Digitemp Jr. makes it relatively
easy to write custom software for receiving,
recording, and analyzing ambient temperature data.
Best of all, Digitemp Jr. requires no external power supplies
or batteries. It is powered directly by the RS-232
port.
介紹一種基于C8051單片機的動態心電監護系統。該系統由兩部分組成：以C8051F320單片機為核心的數據采集裝置和以PC機為平臺的分析處理系統。硬件電路功耗低，由單片機自帶的USB接口將數據傳送給PC機。軟件平臺采用LabVIEW可視化虛擬儀器系統開發平臺，將傳統儀器的功能模塊集成到計算機中，用戶可通過修改虛擬儀器的程序改變其功能。采用USB接口實時傳輸心電數據，并將數據采集模塊設計為計算機外設，使該系統高速快捷、小巧便攜。
Abstract:
In this design，a low-cost ECG electrocardiogram monitoring system is introduced，which consists of two parts:data acquisition device based on C8051F320and PC terminal as the analysis and processing system.The system is low-power consumption，the data is transmitted to the PC terminal by USB interface of the C8051F320.By using the visible virtual instrument system developing platform LabVIEW，the traditional instruments function modules are integrated into the computer，so the user can modify virtual instrument software to change its function to meet their needs.Using USB in-terface to realize real-time ECG data transmission，in addition，ECG data acquisition module is designed as the computer peripheral，which makes the syetem high-speed and portable.
基于幅移鍵控技術ASK（Amplitude-Shift Keying），以C8051F340單片機作為監測終端控制器，C8051F330D單片機作為探測節點控制器，采用半雙工的通信方式，通過監控終端和探測節點的無線收發電路，實現數據的雙向無線傳輸。收發電路采用直徑為0.8 mm的漆包線自行繞制成圓形空心線圈天線，天線直徑為（3.4±0.3）cm。試驗表明，探測節點與監測終端的通信距離為24 cm，通過橋接方式，節點收發功率為102 mW時，節點間的通信距離可達20 cm。與傳統無線收發模塊相比，該無線收發電路在受體積、功耗、成本限制的場合有廣闊的應用前景。
Abstract:
Based on ASK technology and with the C8051F340 and C8051F330D MCU as the controller， using half-duplex communication mode， this paper achieves bi-directional data transfer. Transceiver circuit constituted by enameled wire which diameter is 0.8mm and wound into a diameter （3.4±0.3） cm circular hollow coil antenna. Tests show that the communication distance between detection and monitoring of the terminal is 24cm，the distance is up to 20cm between two nodes when using the manner of bridging and the node transceiver power is 102mW. Compared with the conventional wireless transceiver modules， the circuit has wide application prospect in small size， low cost and low power consumption and other characteristics.
針對船舶氣象儀保障維修而設計的船舶氣象儀測試系統，包括信息處理終端、主儀器檢測模塊、傳感器檢測模塊，各個模塊都采用基于AVR單片機的嵌入式系統，模塊之間通過CAN總線進行通信。結果表明，船舶氣象儀測試系統能夠快速檢測船舶氣象儀故障，與單純依靠人工方式排查故障相比，故障檢測時間縮短了60%以上。
Abstract:
The test system of ship meteorological instrument was developed to satisfy the maintenance of ship meteorological instruments，which composed of information processing terminal， testing module of main instrument and testing module of sensors. Each of these modules included an embedded system based on microcontroller of AVR series and communicated with other module by CAN bus. The results show that the test system can judge the fault of ship meteorological instrument quickly and shorten the fault detection time as much as 60% compared with simple manual troubleshooting.
The TL2575 and TL2575HV represent superior alternatives to popular three-terminal linear regulators. Due totheir high efficiency, the devices significantly reduce the size of the heatsink and, in many cases, no heatsink isrequired. Optimized for use with standard series of inductors available from several different manufacturers, theTL2575 and TL2575HV greatly simplify the design of switch-mode power supplies by requiring a minimaladdition of only four to six external components for operation.
