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Designers charged with creating precision analog front ends and signal chains know that the performance of the voltage reference is often the ultimate determinant of system performance...

The utilization of Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems microphones presents an opportunity to incorporate sophisticated communication and monitoring capabilities into a diverse range of devices...

Battery stack voltage monitor development is aided by a floating, variable potential battery simulator. This capability permits monitor accuracy verification over a wide range of battery voltage...

Computer Terminal Corporation launched the DataPoint 3300 computer terminal in 1969 as a platform to replace teleprinters, or the precursors to fax machines...

Designers use PSpice mainly to simulate analog circuits. However, you can also simulate digital filters with it...

A Microchip Inc datasheet covering the MCP4xxx family of digital potentiometers (Dpot) includes an interesting application circuit on datasheet page 15...

Sometimes it’s necessary to drive a resistive load such as an incandescent bulb or heating element from a DC voltage that’s higher than the nominal load voltage...

The fuse described in this design idea does not drop the connection, it simply limits the output current. A behavior that is similar to a polyfuse, however the circuit is more accurate...

Also known as the source follower, the common-drain amplifier is notable for its low output impedance. This article introduces the basic common-drain configuration and examines its large-signal characteristics...

ROHM has developed an ultra-compact 1.8 V – 5 V, rail-to-rail CMOS operational amplifier – the TLR377GYZ. It is optimized for amplifying signals from sensors such as temperature, pressure, flow rate, used in smartphones, small IoT devices, and similar applications...