Abstract: This application note discusses a design for a phantom antenna power-supply system compatible with theDigital Satellite Equipment Control (DiSEqC) communication standard, using the MAX16948 automotive dual, highvoltageLDO/switch. The presented application circuit provides a remote antenna power supply and also enables onewaycommunication from the radio head unit to the remote antenna. This system architecture offers flexibility inDiSEqC tone-burst frequency choice (100Hz to 30kHz), enabling users the ability to select the best frequency for theirapplication.
Abstract: This application note helps system designers choose the correct external components for use with the MAX16948 dualremote antenna LDO/switch, thus ensuring that automobile-regulated phantom antenna supply and output-current-monitoring circuitrymeet performance objectives. An electronic calculator is provided that helps specify the critical external components for theMAX16948, thus reducing design time. The calculator also determines the device's analog output voltage, output current-limitthreshold, and output current-sensing accuracies. The calculator includes new automatic Step By Step feature that assists designerswith component choice. To use the new automatic feature, click on the Step By Step button relative to the desired section.
在研究傳統家用燃氣報警器的基礎上，以ZigBee協議為平臺，構建mesh網狀網絡實現網絡化的智能語音報警系統。由于傳感器本身的溫度和實際環境溫度的影響，傳感器標定后采用軟件補償方法。為了減少系統費用，前端節點采用半功能節點設備，路由器和協調器采用全功能節點設備，構建mesh網絡所形成的家庭內部報警系統，通過通用的電話接口連接到外部的公用電話網絡，啟動語音模塊進行報警。實驗結果表明，在2.4 GHz頻率下傳輸，有墻等障礙物的情況下，節點的傳輸距離大約為35 m，能夠滿足家庭需要，且系統工作穩定，但在功耗方面仍需進一步改善。
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On the basis of studying traditional household gas alarm system, this paper proposed the platform for the ZigBee protocol，and constructed mesh network to achieve network-based intelligent voice alarm system. Because of the sensor temperature and the actual environment temperature, this system design used software compensation after calibrating sensor. In order to reduce system cost, semi-functional node devices were used as front-end node, however, full-function devices were used as routers and coordinator，constructed alarm system within the family by building mesh network，connected to the external public telephone network through the common telephone interface, started the voice alarm module. The results indicate that nodes transmit about 35m in the distance in case of walls and other obstacles by 2.4GHz frequency transmission, this is able to meet family needs and work steadily, but still needs further improvement in power consumption.
This application note provides a functional description of VHDL source code for a N x N DigitalCrosspoint Switch. The code is designed with eight inputs and eight outputs in order to targetthe 128-macrocell CoolRunner™-II CPLD device but can be easily expanded to target higherdensity devices. To obtain the VHDL source code described in this document, go to sectionVHDL Code, page 5 for instructions.
This application note shows how a Xilinx CoolRunnerTM-II CPLD can be used as a simplelogical switch that can quickly and reliably select between different MPEG video sources. Thesource code for the design is available on the Xilinx website, and is linked from the “VHDLCode” section. The code can be expanded by the user to perform additional operations usingthe remaining CPLD resources
Calculation of the Differential Impedance of Tracks on FR4 substrates
There is a discrepancy between calculated and measured values of impedance for differential transmission lineson FR4. This is especially noticeable in the case of surface microstrip configurations. The anomaly is shown tobe due to the nature of the substrate material. This needs to be considered as a layered structure of epoxy resinand glass fibre. Calculations, using Boundary Element field methods, show that the distribution of the electricfield within this layered structure determines the apparent dielectric constant and therefore affects theimpedance. Thus FR4 cannot be considered to be uniform dielectric when calculating differential impedance.
