PCB design becomes focus of entire design process Once merely a step along the way, PCB design has become the focus of the entire new-product development process. The expanding world of DSPs Digital Signal Processors are going mainstream, with a variety of architectures, on-board peripherals and memory. There's no excuse for not participating in the voluntary standards-setting process. And you might be doing yourself a favor.
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O and logic will bring us to the day when technologies like portable wireless become reality instead of comic-book fantasies. Performance, power and market considerations drive choices. Embedded compilers Integrating the RTOS into product design Kernel, systems services, API, and tools combine to meet designers' software needs.