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Articles by Robert Lacoste
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Robert Lacoste lives near Paris, France. He has 20 years of experience working on embedded systems, analog designs, and wireless telecommunications. He has won prizes in more than 15 international design contests. In 2003, Robert started a consulting company, ALCIOM, to share his passion for innovative mixed-signal designs. Don't forget to write "Darker Side" in the subject line to bypass his spam filters.
- #98 September 1998, p. 24,
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PIC'Spectrum
Audio Spectrum Analyzer
- #114 January 2000, p. 26,
Neural Stamp
A Low-Cost Neural Network Processor
- #129 April 2001, p. 12,
DDS-GEN
Part 1: A High-Performance DDS Generator
- #130 May 2001, p. 50,
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DDS-GEN
Part 2: The Generator
- #132 July 2001, p. 32,
A New View
An Award-Winning 3-D Telemeter Project
- #139 February 2002, p. 20,
A Tracking Lab Power Supply
- #149 December 2002, p. 24,
Vector-SoC
A 1-GHz Vectorial Network Analyzer
- #158 September 2003, p. 42,
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The XY-Plotter
Drive High-Resolution LCDs For Less
- #162 January 2004, p. 10,
Smart Tracker 2
The Innovative Wire Tracker
- #168 July 2004, p. 32,
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Easy Reflow
Build an SMT Reflow Oven Controller
- #205 August 2007, p. 66,
Let's Play with EMI!
- #207 October 2007, p. 70,
No Fear with FIR
Put a FIR Filter to Work
- #209 December 2007, p. 60,
Are You Locked?
A PLL Primer
- #211 February 2008, p. 60,
Antenna Basics
- #213 April 2008, p. 22,
Low-Power Techniques
Build Better Energy-Saving Electronic Systems
- #215 June 2008, p. 70,
Let's Be Crystal Clear
- #217 August 2008, p. 60,
Direct Digital Synthesis 101
- #219 October 2008, p. 70,
Cable Shielding Experiments
- #221 December 2008, p. 54,
PID Control Without Math
- #223 February 2009, p. 64,
Microstrip Techniques
- #225 April 2009, p. 50,
Time Domain Reflectometry
Detect and Measure Impedance Mismatches
- #227 June 2009, p. 52,
High-Speed Signal Transmission
From Eye Diagrams to Preemphasis and Equalization
- #229 August 2009, p. 50,
Power Analysis Primer
From Power Line Measurements to PFC
- #231 October 2009, p. 50,
Multirate Techniques and CIC Filters
- #233 December 2009, p. 54,
Digital Modulations Demystified
- #235 February 2010, p. 62,
Living with Errors
An Introduction to Forward Error Correction
- #237 April 2010, p. 62,
Picoammeter Design
- #239 June 2010, p. 54,
DC/DC Converter Basics
- #241 August 2010, p. 50,
A Tour of the Lab
Part 1: Time Domain Measurement Equipment