Robust serial interfaces such as USB and IEEE-1394 ™ have revolutionized personal computing. They provide a simple-to-use interconnection to a variety of different peripherals, ranging from products ...

The basic test instrument suite — a bench power supply, a good multimeter and perhaps an oscilloscope — is extremely flexible, but not exactly “plug and play” when it comes to diagnosing problems with ...

In his most recent column, “A SPIFI new idea,” Jack Gannsle expresses his pleasure in the capabilities of a new flash memory interface from ST Microelectronics, which uses a Serial Peripheral ...