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Intermediate LTSpice Tutorial

Intermediate LTSpice Tutorial

LTSpice possesses several features that can be used to test your design beyond simple transient analysis and AC sweeps. This article will go over a few advanced functions.


Transmit Temperature with Raspberry Pi

Transmit Temperature with Raspberry Pi

How to interface a Raspberry Pi to an I2C temperature sensor (TMP102) and then publish the data to a Google sheet and graph.


Basic Circuit Simulation with LTspice

Basic Circuit Simulation with LTspice

LTSpice is a versatile, accurate, and free circuit simulator available for Windows and Mac. This is an overview of AC and DC simulation, as well as how to analyze output signals.


Thin-Film Transistor Displays are the new Virtual Cockpits

Thin-Film Transistor Displays are the new Virtual Cockpits

Thin-film transistor displays are predicted to be the future of car displays. But they may be already overtaken by LCD quantum-dot displays.


News Jul 28, 2015 by Jennifer A. Diffley
The World’s Smallest Transistor

The World’s Smallest Transistor

An international team has created a transistor consisting of a single molecule along with a small number of atoms; Moore's law may be officially shattered.


News Jul 22, 2015 by Jennifer A. Diffley
8-bit MCUs get a Boost From Microchip

8-bit MCUs get a Boost From Microchip

The new 8-bit families have Core-Independent Peripherals, which allow the MCUs to be used in a much larger variety of interconnected CIPs that don't require a core to perform. The CIPs increase system performance with simple design and a 1.8 to 5.5V operating range.


News Jul 20, 2015 by Jennifer A. Diffley
Introduction to Arduino SPI Library with LTC1286 and DAC714

Introduction to Arduino SPI Library with LTC1286 and DAC714

Introduction to the Arduino SPI Library with example sketch for the LTC1286 12 Bit ADC and the DAC714 16 bit DAC.


Projects Jul 17, 2015 by Aaron Dennis
Build Your Own Alarm System with an LM386 Amplifier and an NPN Transistor

Build Your Own Alarm System with an LM386 Amplifier and an NPN Transistor

Build an analog booby-trap alarm system with an LM386 amplifier and an NPN transistor. This alarm system is activated by a trip sensor that sets off a screeching noise, alerting everyone and scaring off thieves.


Projects Jul 13, 2015 by Patrick Lloyd
Fritzing Takes Your Design from Concept to PCB

Fritzing Takes Your Design from Concept to PCB

Fritzing is an open-source software package that makes designing a PCB a more attainable reality.


Special Cases in Nodal Analysis

Special Cases in Nodal Analysis

This article describes certain special cases when performing nodal analysis.


Mesh Analysis and Dependent Sources

Mesh Analysis and Dependent Sources

This article describes the technical aspects of Performing Mesh analysis with Dependent Sources.


Delta/Wye Transforms: Behind the Scenes

Delta/Wye Transforms: Behind the Scenes

Delta/wye transforms allow us to replace part of a circuit with a different circuit that, while equivalent in behavior, can make circuit analysis much simpler. Here we learn where these transforms come from.


The Electron d’Or Award Winner Can Withstand A Nuclear Meltdown…Almost

The Electron d’Or Award Winner Can Withstand A Nuclear Meltdown…Almost

Microsemi's RTG4™ high-speed signal processing radiation-tolerant field programmable gate array (FPGA) product family wins the Electron d'Or award...for good reason.


News Jul 03, 2015 by Jennifer A. Diffley
Understanding and Applying the Hall Effect

Understanding and Applying the Hall Effect

Learn about the Hall effect and how it enables accurate, isolated current measurements.


Understanding Inductor Designs for Converters

Understanding Inductor Designs for Converters

A handy technical article demonstrating filter inductor design for boost converters, design of the coupled inductor for a two-output forward converter, and the design of flyback transformer in continuous conduction mode.


Beyond the DMM: Components and Circuits for Measuring Current and Voltage

Beyond the DMM: Components and Circuits for Measuring Current and Voltage

Learn about devices and techniques used for in-circuit monitoring of currents and voltages.


Voltage and Current Dividers: What They Are and What They Do

Voltage and Current Dividers: What They Are and What They Do

This article describes what voltage and current dividers are and how they can be used.


Five Places to Find Part Info Online

Five Places to Find Part Info Online

These online sources not only help you find part data quickly, but can also help you determine availability and manage bills of materials.


Understanding Noise and PSRR in LDOs

Understanding Noise and PSRR in LDOs

The effect of noise and Power Supply Rejection Ratio (PSRR) in Low-dropout (LDO) regulators.


Microchip’s Reveal Features both Configurable Analog Output and a 2-Wire Digital Bus

Microchip’s Reveal Features both Configurable Analog Output and a 2-Wire Digital Bus

The world's first high-side current/power sensor to feature both a configurable analog output and a 2-wire digital bus.


News Jun 14, 2015 by Jennifer A. Diffley