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Zeroing out temperature variations on a production line is a challenging task when the device to be compensated has a temperature coefficient that varies in both magnitude and sign from unit to unit...

It’s easy to mute a balanced signal line. Simply short the terminals or break the signal path. But when the line is unbalanced and the output has strong dc bias, trying to mute the circuit with these methods will affect the output’s bias voltage, producing tremendous “clicks”...

Designers tend to favor forward- and flyback- converter topologies for loads less than 200 W because they are simple and can power multiple isolated outputs. Their simplicity is partially based on the fact that these converters use a single ground-referenced transistor switch...

I was surprised recently when a two-decade-old design idea of mine for take-back-half temperature control got a question from reader John Louis Waugaman. John says he needs a way to control the temperature of batches of rising bread dough...

Light and Versatile Graphics Library (LVGL) is steadily making inroads in the graphics realm by efficiently facilitating graphical user interface designs in small, resource-constrained, and battery-powered devices...

Aaronia is showcasing its state-of-the-art USB real-time spectrum analyzers for a wide range of applications. The SPECTRAN V6 Xplorer sets a new record with measurements up to 140 GHz and still offers the advantages of low-cost USB devices...

As a genre, DACs are low power devices with power and current output capabilities limited to the milliwatt and milliampere range. There is, of course, no fundamental reason they can’t be teamed up with suitable power output stages...

The single-pole, single-throw switch has been a necessity since the earliest days of electricity and with good reason: It has many simply described yet vital roles in circuits spanning DC up into the highest ends of electromagnetic spectrum...

In today’s world, we rely primarily on streaming services to watch movies and TV shows at HD resolutions. Although a good portion of the population still takes advantage of Blu-ray players...

A common technique for implementing PWM involves comparing a triangular waveform of fixed amplitude and frequency with a variable dc voltage level. Although this approach results in a PWM signal of precise frequency and with duty cycle variable from 0 to 100%, the need for a reference triangle waveform...