Micrel Semiconductors - Analog Mixed Ethernet and RF

Leading manufacturer of IC and Semiconductor solutions in analog, Ethernet and high bandwidth. Products include high performance analog, power, advanced mixed-signal and radio frequency semiconductors; high speed communication, clock management, Ethernet switch and physical layer transceiver integrated circuits

Micrel Semiconductors - Analog Mixed Ethernet and RF

The chips and devices are components of many consumer and industrial products. These are like Cellular handsets, portable and enterprise computing and networking, wide area networks and industrial equipment.

They also have a Foundry Service. In fiber optics they have Laser Diode Drivers and Optical Transceiver Mgmt. ARM based SOC's and USB products too are available.

Application Notes of Micrel

Founded 1978, Corporate headquarters in San Jose, California. MCRL

Address - 2180 Fortune Drive, San Jose, CA 95131, United States. - Micrel Map

Vitesse Semiconductor - Networking and Broadband

Designs and Manufactures high-performance semiconductor solutions for Carrier and Enterprise networks. These are applied in Networking Systems in Ethernet LAN, WAN, and RAN, Ethernet-over-SONET/SDH, Optical Transport (OTN), etc.

Vitesse Semiconductor - Networking and Broadband

They also have a range of versatile Signal Integrity, Physical Media Devices and Physical Layer Devices. Most of these products are enabling high speed data-communications and Ethernet Networking which are Moving towards better Energy Efficiency.

"pre-production silicon devices that fully support the newly ratified IEEE 802.3az-2010 Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) Standard for high density 8G-26G Ethernet switching solutions. Delivering power-saving features that exceed the IEEE's 802.3az Energy Efficient Ethernet standards...."

Fully Compliant 8G-26G Energy Efficient Ethernet Solutions.

Modbus Communication Protocol Suite

Group of individuals and firms supporting and helping the implementation of Modbus communication protocol suite and the evolution to address architectures for distributed automation systems.

Modbus Communication Protocol Suite

Some Activities of the Modbus Organization are ...to Encourage, support and evolve ...

• Participation in standards activities worldwide.
• Leading the evolution of the Modbus protocol and its variants.
• Modbus across a broad spectrum of physical layers and transmission media.
• Conformance testing program to insure greater interoperability of Modbus devices.

Some Facts -

Modbus Protocol is a messaging structure developed by Modicon (Schneider Electric) in 1979. It is used to establish master-slave/client-server communication between intelligent devices. It is a de facto standard, truly open and the most widely used network protocol in the industrial manufacturing environment.

The semiconductor industry has implemented a Network Communication Standard and an Object Messaging Protocol using Modbus TCP/IP. This allows SEMI Sensor Bus compatible sensors to communicate with each other using Modbus TCP/IP.

Peregrine Semiconductor - RF CMOS

Peregrine Semiconductor - RF CMOS

Applications -

".. WCDMA and GSM digital cellular, broadband, DTV, DVR, and radiation hard space and defense programs..."

"From GSM cellular handsets, CDMA digital cellular and RIM devices, to CATV/DTV/DVR and other high-growth wireless broadband applications .."

• Peregrine Semi - Datasheet Library
• Peregrine-Semi - Application Notes

Peregrine's PE97022 is a high-performance integer-N PLL capable of frequency synthesis up to 3.5 GHz. Features a 10/11 dual modulus prescaler, counters and a phase comparator.

MPC8569E for Broadband Access Equipment - Freescale

MPC8569E for Broadband Access Equipment - Freescale

"The MPC8569E PowerQUICC III family is designed to address the increasing performance requirements for broadband access equipment including 3G/WiMAX/LTE base stations, radio network controllers, gateways and ATM/TDM/IP equipment."

Features Include

• Embedded e500 core, scaling up to 1.33 GHz
• 783-pin FC-PBGA package, 29 mm x 29 mm
• 1.0V core voltage with 3.3V, 2.5V, 1.8V, 1.5V and 1.0V I/O
• Dual I2C and Dual Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter (DUART) support
• Integrated DDR memory controller with full ECC support

From Freescale Semiconductors - parent company is Motorola

ASIC - Application-Specific Integrated Circuits

This resource about ASICs is the pages that went into the "ASICs... the book". When you get to Mass Production or want to pack a lot of electronics into a small size, an ASIC is inevitable. It improves reliability and consistency in the manufactured gadgets. It is a justified process, when a device is needed in large numbers. For smaller numbers use Flash Programmable Embedded Devices.

ASIC - Application-Specific Integrated Circuits

by Michael John Sebastian Smith - Addison-Wesley Publishing Company - VLSI Design Series

"ICs are made on a thin (a few hundred microns thick), circular silicon wafer , with each wafer holding hundreds of die (sometimes people use dies or dice for the plural of die). The transistors and wiring are made from many layers (usually between 10 and 15 distinct layers) built on top of one another. Each successive mask layer has a pattern that is defined using a mask similar to a glass photographic slide. The first half-dozen or so layers define the transistors. The last half-dozen or so layers define the metal wires between the transistors (the interconnect )."

Embedded Systems - Twitter Profiles

You can find many people and firms who interface with twitter here.

@delabs/embedded - Embedded System Development, Microcontroller, CPU, SBC, ARM.

@delabs/eda-asic - EDA, ASIC, FPGA, CPLD, IP Cores, Simulation, Foundry and SoC.

Jason McDonald - eg3 - Embedded Systems - Articles on embedded systems - eg3.com. Also about new products, interviews, research notes, and conferences; in embedded systems, rtos and dsp. eg3com Twitter

Embedded System Engineering - Andreas Kaiser - Embedded systems engineer and blogger. -Andreas Tweeter

Cool Verification - Hardware verification EDA - "Thoughts on hardware verification, the EDA industry, and related topics from the perspective of JL Gray, a verification consultant at Verilab." JL Gray - Twitter

GateRocket - Verification and Debug - FPGA - "GateRocket offers the industry's first Device Native verification solution that enable companies to verify and debug their FPGA designs faster and with higher quality." RocketBlog - RocketTweet

Functional verification at Brian Bailey Consulting - ESL and Verification guru - Business assessment and analysis, Competitive analysis and related Services. Brian's Tweets

the ASIC guy - Harry Gries - ASIC Methodology and EDA Harry Gries - ASIC Methodology and EDA Technology Consultant. Harry's Tweeter

Altera - FPGA CPLD and ASIC semiconductors Altera is one of the pioneers of Programmable Logic, following notable early leaders Signetics and MMI in introducing PLDs. Interface with Twitter - @alteracorp - FPGA, CPLD and ASIC semiconductor devices.

Dave Rich is Verification Technologist at Mentor Graphics and is one of the authors of Mentor's Advanced Verification Methodology cookbook. Dave Rich at San Francisco Bay Area from Verification Horizons BLOG at Mentor Graphics. Bio Verification Technologist, Verilog/SystemVerilog. Twitter Interface - @Dave Rich