Using a silicon photonic chip platform, Volker J. Sorger and other researchers at the George Washington University and University of California, Los Angeles, have created an all optical ...

Researchers create a photochromic fluorescent system that performs optical neural computing and visual output in one step, ...

Q: I have a new HDTV with a whole bunch of input connections on the back, but only one audio output, an “optical digital audio” jack. I have this connected with an optical connector to an external ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Hooking up your home theater system can be a literal ...

Depends on what you are connecting to on each side of the converter and what you want to put through it (what type of audio content) and the resulting experience you want to get. In other words, ...

Offering the functionality of two discrete converters on one chip, the ADL5310 dual logarithmic converter gives designers of optical communications systems an alternative to multiple devices. The ...

Analog Devices has given top priority to a project developing an optical switch using its MEMs (micro-machining) technology. “We’re working at top speed on developing the optical switch,” Paul Loser, ...

More and more of today’s modern industrial systems are requiring high accuracy. Traditionally, the test and measurement market has been the primary driver of highly accurate signal chain components, ...

[Daniel Garcia] sent us a quick tutorial he put together demonstrating how to use an ATmega168 to perform analog to digital conversions. This timely tutorial would make for a nice complimentary ...

ADA4355 from Analog Devices is a current-input digital-output converter works with pulses down to 10ns for time-of-flight measurements using photo diodes. In a 12 x 6mm BGA package, the IC is actually ...

Although computers are overwhelmingly digital today, there’s a good point to be made that analog computers are the more efficient approach for specific applications. The authors behind a recent paper ...