Portable Design

As of March 2001 Portable Design has revamped thier web page to be more of a resource for designers. In addition, they have added a searchable online archive that goes back to November 1995. Unfortunately, a free registration is required to access the archive.

A nice addition to the web page is a link to the current issue.

Articles of Interest

February 1999

Software can add voice recognition to your cellphone design by Dror Livnat.

January 2000

Maximize battery life without getting burned by Richard Nass.

February 2000

Constructing a Bluetooth Solution by Stan Diehl.

June 2000

Give your battery the smarts it needs by Isidor Buchmann.

January 2001

Powering portable systems in the future by Richard Nass.
Options abound in the realm of removable storage devices by Anita S. Becker.
Ultra capacitors can help increase a system's portability by Bobby Maher.

February 2001

When it comes to audio, digital is in by Richard Nass.
Service discovery can operate with almost any protocol by Robert Pascoe.

March 2001

Adding the right 'touch' to portable devices. by Anita S. Baker.
Use OFDM to compress large data rates into small bandwidths by Keely Wagner.

July 2001

Voice recognition is a must-have item on next-generation portables by Richard Nass.
The E911/m-commerce dilemma by Kartik Sridharan.

September 2001

Beam data securely from point to point using infrared by Dr. Werner Schairer.
Throttled voltage conserves notebook power
Designing in Bluetooth is worth the effort by Leonard Ott.