Power Management in Chips: PMU, BUCK, and LDO

Power Management in Chips: PMU, BUCK, and LDO

Introduction Power management in electronic devices is one of the key factors ensuring stable and efficient operation. The power management unit (PMU), buck converters (BUCK), and low-dropout regulators (LDO) in chips are common power management components that play a crucial role in providing stability, efficiency, and performance of power supply. This article will delve into … Read more

Super Positioning Without Locator Frame for eMMC Sockets

Super Positioning Without Locator Frame for eMMC Sockets

The socket comes in two versions, both offering the same functionality. The framed version requires manual swapping of the locator frame when encountering chips of different sizes; the frame-less version directly utilizes solder balls and base positioning holes, eliminating the frame-swapping step. Super positioning without a locator frame: for chips of different sizes, positioning is … Read more

Design Issues of PCB Manufacturability for eMMC Chips

Design Issues of PCB Manufacturability for eMMC Chips

Understanding eMMC Chips eMMC chips are a type of embedded multimedia card (Embedded MultiMediaCard) that integrates flash memory and a controller, primarily used in mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets for storing operating systems, applications, data, and images. Whether an eMMC chip supports a specific function depends on the specifications and design of the … Read more

Choosing Quality Online Programming Solutions for Low-Cost NOR Flash

Choosing Quality Online Programming Solutions for Low-Cost NOR Flash

The price surge of Flash continues to ferment, and many manufacturers are choosing to use more cost-effective NOR Flash chips. NOR Flash has characteristics such as strong reliability and fast read speeds, making it a major product in the mid-to-low capacity flash memory chip market. However, the long programming time and low efficiency have always … Read more

Challenges Faced by Domestic PMIC Manufacturers

Challenges Faced by Domestic PMIC Manufacturers

Welcome to follow the public account belowAbao1990, this account focuses on autonomous driving and smart cockpits, providing you with daily automotive insights. We started with cars but are not limited to them. Introduction ✦ PMIC is about to experience explosive growth, and domestic power management chip manufacturers will also have a golden opportunity if they … Read more

Interpreting Level Protection 2.0: How Industrial Control Systems Meet New Requirements

Interpreting Level Protection 2.0: How Industrial Control Systems Meet New Requirements

Editor’s Note The Cybersecurity Level Protection System 2.0 standard has been officially released, Qi An Xin has specially launched the “Interpreting Level Protection 2.0” series to systematically analyze and interpret various aspects of Level Protection 2.0 through the publication of related articles. We invite you to discuss and welcome your comments. Abstract In the three … Read more

2018 Predictions for Industrial Control System Cybersecurity

2018 Predictions for Industrial Control System Cybersecurity

Next year, public utility operators will face more new challenges in industrial cybersecurity. However, the good news is that new developments will also help minimize these threats. The bad news is: more complex ransomware will emerge; the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) will bring more threats; and the severe shortage of cybersecurity talent will continue … Read more

Strategies for Industrial Control System Cybersecurity

Strategies for Industrial Control System Cybersecurity

In today’s rapidly developing digital age, the security of Industrial Control Systems (ICS) has become an important issue that enterprises cannot ignore. With technological advancements and increasingly cunning cyberattack methods, ensuring the secure operation of ICS is more urgent than ever. Therefore, implementing effective countermeasures is not only a necessary measure to protect corporate assets … Read more

Five Key Lessons from Industrial Control System Attacks

Five Key Lessons from Industrial Control System Attacks

Attacks on industrial control systems are becoming more frequent, yet lack novelty. Imagine it’s 1903, and you are standing in front of a large inn on a remote peninsula in Bodmin, Cornwall, England. Despite the massive antenna next to the inn and large kites occasionally lifting the antenna higher, you might not realize that you … Read more

Understanding the JTAG Protocol for ECU Debugging

Understanding the JTAG Protocol for ECU Debugging

In the ECU software development process, software debugging or testing often involves the JTAG interface, which is used through the JTAG protocol with emulators/debuggers such as JLink, ST-LINK, and Lauterbach for online debugging of software programs. Although many use it daily, not everyone is familiar with it. Therefore, this article intends to provide a brief … Read more