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DisplayPort-based displays, where, why and when
DisplayPort will not only be applied in the desktop display markets, but also in notebooks, TVs and even projectors. All of these markets can benefit from DisplayPort for different reasons and at different time frames. This paper breaks down the different applications and explores the reasons why and when each will adopt this new standard.
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Access & Services
Analysis: Can proprietary wireless HD survive?
Can wireless HD video startup Amimon find a place within the Wireless Gigabit Alliance specification?
Wirelessly Monitoring Temperature in Multiple Rooms for an Energy Efficient Home
Energy efficiency is a hot topic in today's energy crisis discussion. With recent technology advancements in energy efficient technologies, new ultra-low power microcontrollers (MCUs) are helping to reduce overall energy consumption while also creating a cost effective solution for wireless applications.
Using projected capacitive displays to create durable gesture-based touch screen interfaces
How projected capacitive technology can be applied to touch screens in embedded apps where the harshness of the environment might wreak havoc on older resistive touch screens.
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Entertainment
Yamaha receiver and Energy RC-Micro review
The surround sound system reviewed was a Yamaha HTR-6260 7.2-channel digital home theater receiver with Energy Micro-RC 5.1 surround sound speakers. It was a decent system, given the price, but was not a system that met my expectations or made me feel like I had to call up my friends and have them come over so that I could brag about my purchase.
Deinterlacing with FPGA for HDTVs
Interlaced video is a succession of 50 or 60 fields per second, where each field carries only half of the rows that are displayed in each frame of video. This article explores different deinterlacing techniques and examines how FPGAs are increasingly being used for complex deinterlacing functions required for HDTVS.
Employ CEC in HDTVs to meet Energy Star 3.0
The popularity for the Consumer Electronics Control (CEC) function in home theatre systems helps the TV designer to meet Energy Star's 1W or less standby mode requirement. This article shows how you can meet this stringent requirement without sacrificing any display performance or features that consumers value.
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Home Networks
EE Times' Top 10 Design Features of 2009
The top ten EETimes design features of 2009 show the conflicts inherent with grip of C on embedded programmers, the popularity of teardowns and the need for further education, both on the basics as well as cutting-edge design issues such as HDMI/DVI handshaking.
HDMI V1.4: New Opportunities for Active Cables with Embedded RM1689
Version 1.4 of the HDMI specification brings some powerful new features
to the video and audio communications market. This paper looks at what
opportunities the new HDMI specification presents to cable
manufacturers, focusing particularly on the high speed consumer
applications market.
DisplayPort-based displays, where, why and when
DisplayPort will not only be applied in the desktop display markets, but also in notebooks, TVs and even projectors. All of these markets can benefit from DisplayPort for different reasons and at different time frames. This paper breaks down the different applications and explores the reasons why and when each will adopt this new standard.
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Automation and Security
Build low cost consumer appliances & smart meters with low pin count 8 bit MCUs
In this back-to-the-basics "why-to," Sandhya Mallikarjun presents the case for using low pin count 8 bit MCUs in a wide range of consumer appliances, smart meters and home entertainment systems.
Reduce standby mode energy use
With the number of electrical devices in the home growing at a fast rate, the energy usage of these devices in standby mode becomes a concern.This article proposes a power management solution for the devices, compliant with power efficiency specs.
Beyond-IR: Remote Controls for Home Entertainment
The alternative to infrared remote control technologies is RF-based remote controls. RF-based remote controls overcome three major limitations of infrared technologies: line-of-sight and range; one-way communications; and high power consumption. Let's take a look at each of these limitations.
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Computing
Notebook LED backlight: What is down the road to make green technology a driver for final customer choice?
This article explains the latest steps taken by major notebook makers and LCD panel makers to make the 'green' benefits of LED backlight (LED BLU: Light Emitting Diode BackLight Unit) technology obvious to final customers.
PRODUCT HOW-TO: Options for extending USB
This article explores methods of maintaining and enhancing the value of USB over long reach network and Internet connections, comparing them to the proprietary ExtremeUSB approach developed by Icron.
Book Excerpt: "Electrical Engineering 101" (Part 4 of 5)
This is not "EE for dummies"; it is a very useful review of basics you may have forgotten, or maybe missed.
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About the Digital Home DesignLine How-To Section
Digital Home DesignLine's How-To Section delivers detailed engineering articles focused on the design and development of access networks and services, home networking products, high-definition digital media products, home control products, and entertainment-centric home computing applications. Design topics covered in this category include home gateway systems, audio codecs. Video codecs, VoIP codecs, media servers, digital-media-centric processors, network switches, mesh networks, and more.
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