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What are differences between coaxial connectors
What are the differences between coaxial connectors? Part 2
04.14.2023 Articles

As stated in Part 1, the Type-N connector was introduced in 1942. Still commonly used today, this connector, which employs threaded coupling, is known for its durability...

Jolly upgrade Arduino UNO
Jolly upgrade for the Arduino UNO
04.14.2023 News

A development team led by electronics engineer and Arduino co-founder Gianluca Martino has completed the first phase of a crowdfunding project, outsourcing the production and sales of the Jolly module to Swiss company Meteca SA...

safe adjustable regulator
A safe adjustable regulator
04.13.2023 Articles

Figure shows a typical using of LM350 (LM317) adjustable regulator when you need to adjust its output voltage. The potentiometer R2 is often the most unreliable part of the circuit...

What are differences between coaxial connectors
What are the differences between coaxial connectors? Part 1
04.12.2023 Articles

Although often taken for granted, coaxial connectors are a key aspect of any RF/microwave application. While they may receive less attention than other components, connectors nonetheless must provide adequate performance to avoid any system degradations...

Simple anticipator circuit improves on earlier
Simple anticipator circuit improves on earlier idea
04.11.2023 Circuits

A self-biasing thermistor circuit had an overall dominant thermal/ electrical time constant as small as 25 msec but had a significantly rounded response following a square (thermal) input pulse of 100 msec; the source was a pulsed blue LED...

Lithium-air battery offers up 4x capacity
Lithium-air battery offers up to 4x the capacity of Li-ion
04.10.2023 News

One of the most common reasons stated by consumers to not buy electric vehicles is their range. On that front, things have improved over the last few years with EVs offering better range and faster charging...

Add hysteresis voltage comparator
Add hysteresis to a voltage comparator
04.07.2023 Circuits

Positive feedback is a typical technique for distributing hysteresis around a comparator, provided that you have a resistive path between the comparator's output and the noninverting input...

Anticipator circuit speeds signal settling final
Anticipator circuit speeds signal settling to a final value
04.06.2023 Circuits

The circuit anticipates, or jumps instantly to, the final voltage of an input-signal change. It relies on the fact that the intended input signal changes exponentially with a known time constant...

Consider Deboo integrator unipolar noninverting designs
Consider the "Deboo" integrator for unipolar noninverting designs
04.05.2023 Articles

The design of a standard inverting integrator is simple when bipolar supplies are available, but it's cumbersome with a unipolar supply...

Phase-sequence indicator uses few passive components
Phase-sequence indicator uses few passive components
04.03.2023 Circuits

In a three-phase ac system, a power source with three wires delivers ac potentials of equal frequency and amplitudes with respect to a zero-potential wire, each shifted in phase by 120° from one wire to the next. Two possibilities exist for establishing a phase sequence...