Ars Technica

Serial vs. Parallel, Analog vs. Digital

This is just a general question. I know, obviously, that there are RS-232 "serial ports" and IEEE 1284/Centronix ports "parallel ports," and that these are "digital" connections. Then you have things ...
Ars Technica

Do modern AV receivers convert digital inputs to analog (apart from the speakers)?

Here's why I'm asking: I have a Denon AVR 3803 receiver. I like it quite a bit, except for one glaring (IMHO) omission; in order to use my Sennheiser wireless headphones, I have to run both analog and ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Functional Safety Across Analog And Digital Domains

The autonomy of vehicles has been all the rage recently. There are different levels of autonomous driving, with level 5 “Full Automation” being the target the industry is working towards, and Level 2 ...
Electronic Design

Power-Supply Architecture Fuses Digital and Analog Control

The digital control of switching power supplies is firmly established in everything from EV onboard chargers (OBCs) to power-supply units (PSUs) in AI data centers to renewable-energy systems that ...