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An engineering career is still a good way to make a living—but for which types of people? AAC's Technical Director…

An engineering career is still a good way to make a living—but for which types of people? AAC's Technical Director Robert Keim reflects on the nature of electrical engineering and how it's changed as technology accelerates.

AAC recently spoke with Parker Dillmann, lead EE and co-founder of MacroFab, a PCB manufacturing company that aims to…

AAC recently spoke with Parker Dillmann, lead EE and co-founder of MacroFab, a PCB manufacturing company that aims to take some of the old-school pain out of the product development and scaling processes.

The Vishay BCcomponents 225 EDLC-R ENYCAP series offer a high power density, have a ruggedized construction to withstand…

The Vishay BCcomponents 225 EDLC-R ENYCAP series offer a high power density, have a ruggedized construction to withstand use in high humidity applications, and provide an exceptionally long life at lower operating temperatures.

In this article we’ll look at the PCB design for a low-noise ±5 V inductorless power supply.

In this article we’ll look at the PCB design for a low-noise ±5 V inductorless power supply.

Sudipta Chakraborty is the Director of Energy Systems at OPAL-RT. In this Engineer Spotlight, he speaks about challenges…

Sudipta Chakraborty is the Director of Energy Systems at OPAL-RT. In this Engineer Spotlight, he speaks about challenges facing power system design, how hardware-in-the-loop simulations are important for problem-solving with grid integration, and his work on the IEEE-1547 standard for power grid test procedures.

Does the addition of a feedback divider affect PLL transient response? We’ll look at this question and other…

Does the addition of a feedback divider affect PLL transient response? We’ll look at this question and other frequency-multiplication topics in this article.

Cadence Design Systems and Imec have recently introduced the world’s first 3nm tapeout. The companies have achieved a…

Cadence Design Systems and Imec have recently introduced the world’s first 3nm tapeout. The companies have achieved a reduction in size of transistor (FinFET) nodes which will allow even more transistors to be packed onto a chip.

This article covers the various roadblocks encountered in a new design and how they were troubleshot and overcome.

This article covers the various roadblocks encountered in a new design and how they were troubleshot and overcome.

A new tri-stimulus color sensor is designed for providing color measurements that closely match the human eye's response…

A new tri-stimulus color sensor is designed for providing color measurements that closely match the human eye's response to visible light.

This article gives some introductory examples for VHDL coding, a hardware description language used in digital circuit design.

This article gives some introductory examples for VHDL coding, a hardware description language used in digital circuit design.

Just in time for the new year, Altium LLC has announced the newest release of the company’s flagship PCB design…

Just in time for the new year, Altium LLC has announced the newest release of the company’s flagship PCB design software—Altium Designer 18.

All About Circuits recently met with Mark Forbes, Director of Product and Persona Marketing at Altium, to discuss the…

All About Circuits recently met with Mark Forbes, Director of Product and Persona Marketing at Altium, to discuss the details behind autonomous vehicles including the challenges of unifying safety standards and why embedded software is so important to this booming field.

This article demonstrates the creation of an inductive switch cabinet lock that can detect the movement of a conductive…

This article demonstrates the creation of an inductive switch cabinet lock that can detect the movement of a conductive target. The purpose is to create a door that cannot be opened without triggering an alarm.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) recently announced six additions to its Electronic Resurgence…

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) recently announced six additions to its Electronic Resurgence Initiative (ERI), using the talents (and funding) of the US military to solve issues that practicing designers see coming in the industry.

AJP promises to revolutionize 3D printing in the IoT era.

AJP promises to revolutionize 3D printing in the IoT era.

In this article, we’ll discuss the hardware design for a robotics PCB, and we’ll write firmware for controlling two DC motors.

In this article, we’ll discuss the hardware design for a robotics PCB, and we’ll write firmware for controlling two DC motors.

Learn how to implement a moving average filter and optimize it with CIC architecture.

Learn how to implement a moving average filter and optimize it with CIC architecture.

Mechanical switches are often impractical in modern embedded designs, and ICs such as the DG2788A offer a…

Mechanical switches are often impractical in modern embedded designs, and ICs such as the DG2788A offer a high-performance alternative.

In this tutorial, you will learn how to write your first ULP in EAGLE CAD to add a new capability to your CAD tool.

In this tutorial, you will learn how to write your first ULP in EAGLE CAD to add a new capability to your CAD tool.