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adjustable digital DC load
5 A adjustable digital DC load
Mar 10, 2026 Circuits

A DC load is an essential testing tool for any electronic enthusiast, especially for testing and repairing power supplies. An adjustable DC load can limit the current at any desired level...

Short push long push sequential operation
Short push, long push for sequential operation of multiple power supplies
Feb 17, 2026 Circuits

Industrial systems normally use both analog and digital circuits. While digital circuits include microcontrollers that operate at 5 VDC, analog circuits operate generally at either 12 or 15 VDC...

PIC32CM PL10 MCUs expand Microchip Arm
PIC32CM PL10 MCUs expand Microchip's Arm Cortex-M0+ portfolio
Feb 10, 2026 News

Microchip Technology has added PIC32CM PL10 MCUs to its PIC32C family of Arm Cortex-M0+ core devices...

FM receiver radio using Arduino TEA5767
FM receiver/radio using Arduino and TEA5767
Jan 27, 2026 Circuits

The schematic diagram of the device. As it is clear, the circuit consists of 3 main parts: Arduino-Nano (Controller), FM receiver module, and the audio amplifier...

Simple speedy single-slope ADC
Simple speedy single-slope ADC
Jan 19, 2026 Circuits

Ages ago, humankind crawled out of the primordial analog ooze and began to do digital. They soon noticed and quantified a fundamental need to interconnect their new quantized numerical novelties with the classic continuum of the ancestral engineer’s world. Thus arose the ADC...

Adjustable load
Adjustable load
Dec 23, 2025 Circuits

An adjustable load provides a constant-current load for testing power supplies and batteries. It allows you to set the load current to up to 1.05 A, using a potentiometer, and displays the current on a three-digit LED display controlled by an ATtiny84...

Renesas releases its first Wi-Fi Wi-Fi
Renesas releases its first Wi-Fi 6 and Wi-Fi/Bluetooth LE combo MCUs for IoT and connected home applications
Dec 21, 2025 News

Renesas Electronics introduced the RA6W1 dual-band Wi-Fi 6 wireless microcontroller, along with the RA6W2 MCU that integrates both Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) technologies...

Gold-plated PWM-control linear switching regulators
Gold-plated PWM-control of linear and switching regulators
Dec 11, 2025 Circuits

Alright, I admit that the title is a bit over the top. So, what do I mean by it? I mean that: The application of PWM control to a regulator does not significantly degrade the inherent DC accuracy of its output voltage...

Accuracy loss PWM sub-Vsense regulator programming
Accuracy loss from PWM sub-Vsense regulator programming
Dec 2, 2025 Articles

I’ve recently published Design Ideas showing circuits for linear PWM programming of standard bucking-type regulators in applications requiring an output span that can swing below the regulator’s sense voltage...

Stereo digital FM transmitter circuit
Stereo digital FM transmitter circuit
Nov 12, 2025 Circuits

Without a doubt, FM transmitter and receiver are among the top favorite electronic project topics, however, building a digital FM transmitter can be a challenging project for electronics enthusiasts...