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In this article, we discuss metastability, setup time, and hold time in designing a digital VLSI circuit.

In this article, we discuss metastability, setup time, and hold time in designing a digital VLSI circuit.

Analog Devices ADXL35x series of accelerometers are designed for applications like structural health monitoring, or SHM,…

Analog Devices ADXL35x series of accelerometers are designed for applications like structural health monitoring, or SHM, and orientation and navigation.

STMicroelectronics has released a Discovery kit for IoT developers.

STMicroelectronics has released a Discovery kit for IoT developers.

In this week’s Teardown Tuesday, we tear down a PlayStation Move controller to see what ICs and parts make up current…

In this week’s Teardown Tuesday, we tear down a PlayStation Move controller to see what ICs and parts make up current gaming technology.

The XBee Shield provides an interface to the XBee which adds wireless communication to an Arduino project.

The XBee Shield provides an interface to the XBee which adds wireless communication to an Arduino project.

TE Connectivity Miniature IP67 Sealed Wire-to-Wire Connectors are designed for use in outdoor lighting, commercial…

TE Connectivity Miniature IP67 Sealed Wire-to-Wire Connectors are designed for use in outdoor lighting, commercial refrigeration lighting, kitchen appliances, HVAC equipment, and other high humidity applications.

Components that use wafer-level packaging (WLP), such as the MAX4000x series, are valuable options when size reduction is…

Components that use wafer-level packaging (WLP), such as the MAX4000x series, are valuable options when size reduction is a critical design goal.

u-blox has released the world's smallest Cat M1 module to date.

u-blox has released the world's smallest Cat M1 module to date.

This article goes over the basics of the humble common mode choke and its applications.

This article goes over the basics of the humble common mode choke and its applications.

TAIYO YUDEN MCOIL metal power inductors provide improved DC bias characteristics and smaller coil size compared to…

TAIYO YUDEN MCOIL metal power inductors provide improved DC bias characteristics and smaller coil size compared to ferrite-based and composite metal devices.

This article is a deeper dive into the speed-related recovery characteristics of rectifiers, and how this dynamic…

This article is a deeper dive into the speed-related recovery characteristics of rectifiers, and how this dynamic behavior has significant effects on the circuits in which the rectifier is placed.

AAC met with Scotty Allen, who built a 16GB iPhone 6S from scratch in Shenzhen, China, to discuss his process and his…

AAC met with Scotty Allen, who built a 16GB iPhone 6S from scratch in Shenzhen, China, to discuss his process and his views on the future of Shenzhen as a manufacturing hub.

This article will help you understand rectifiers: how their static behavior differs from their dynamic behavior, and how…

This article will help you understand rectifiers: how their static behavior differs from their dynamic behavior, and how “speed” is used as a defining characteristic.

Is there a real future for the concept of roads embedded with solar panels?

Is there a real future for the concept of roads embedded with solar panels?

Power Integrations SCALE-iDriver ICs are galvanically isolated, single-channel gate driver ICs based on FluxLink…

Power Integrations SCALE-iDriver ICs are galvanically isolated, single-channel gate driver ICs based on FluxLink magneto-inductive communications technology.

Harmonic distortion can be introduced to audio amplifiers from many sources but reduced to levels below the threshold of…

Harmonic distortion can be introduced to audio amplifiers from many sources but reduced to levels below the threshold of human hearing.

Why install three components when you could use one instead? You can simplify your layout with single-component passive…

Why install three components when you could use one instead? You can simplify your layout with single-component passive filters, such as the MEM1005PP251T from TDK.

In this teardown, we will look at the innards of an iPod Shuffle 4th generation to see what lingers inside one of the…

In this teardown, we will look at the innards of an iPod Shuffle 4th generation to see what lingers inside one of the smallest portable music players around.

As system designers search for power efficient signal conditioning components, they may find that there are very few ICs…

As system designers search for power efficient signal conditioning components, they may find that there are very few ICs available under 100 μ‎A supply current and even fewer that include a small package variant.