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How Do I Prep My PCB for Fabrication? Accelerating PCB Assembly with Design Best Practices

How Do I Prep My PCB for Fabrication? Accelerating PCB Assembly with Design Best Practices

In this article, Parker Dillman, lead EE and co-founder of MacroFab, covers how to best prepare your PCB designs for fabrication and assembly.


STMicroelectronics TSU112 Operational Amplifiers | New Product Brief

STMicroelectronics TSU112 Operational Amplifiers | New Product Brief

STMicroelectronics’ TSU112 operational amplifiers are very low power, high accuracy, dual channel op-amps for use in battery-powered and portable devices.


A New Non-Contact Current Sensor IC from ROHM Semiconductor

A New Non-Contact Current Sensor IC from ROHM Semiconductor

This high-sensitivity device is designed for space-constrained and low-power applications.


News Jan 14, 2019 by Robert Keim
Are Lithium-Ion Batteries Here to Stay? The Promise of Li-Ion Batteries with Silicon Anodes

Are Lithium-Ion Batteries Here to Stay? The Promise of Li-Ion Batteries with Silicon Anodes

Researchers vie to find new and different ways to give lithium-ion batteries better stability and longevity and companies are ready to invest.


News Jan 12, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
How to Design a Schematic: Creating a Roadmap for a Custom PCB Inclinometer

How to Design a Schematic: Creating a Roadmap for a Custom PCB Inclinometer

This project series details the design and construction of a precision inclinometer based on the Murata SCA103T-D04. This article looks at schematic design considerations.


The Howland Current Pump

The Howland Current Pump

The Howland current pump, invented by MIT’s Professor Bradford Howland in the early 1960s, consists of an op-amp and a balanced resistor bridge and puts out current in either direction.


Renesas Electronics RAA210 DC/DC Power Modules | New Product Brief

Renesas Electronics RAA210 DC/DC Power Modules | New Product Brief

Renesas Electronics’ RAA210 is a series of highly-integrated pin-strap configurable step-down PMBus-compliant DC/DC power supply modules that require only input and output capacitors for a complete design.


Restoring Digital Signals in Pass-Transistor Logic

Restoring Digital Signals in Pass-Transistor Logic

This article takes a detailed look at the way in which pass-transistor logic degrades a signal and how this signal degradation can be remedied.


Implementing Multiplexers with Pass-Transistor Logic

Implementing Multiplexers with Pass-Transistor Logic

This article discusses the efficient multiplexers that can be created by using MOSFETs in a pass-transistor configuration.


Lower Power, More Reliable Memory, and More Ambitious Applications: Implantable Tech Roundup

Lower Power, More Reliable Memory, and More Ambitious Applications: Implantable Tech Roundup

Here's a snapshot of some of the most recent developments in the implantable tech space.


News Dec 26, 2018 by Gary Elinoff
STMicroelectronics Teseo-LIV3F Tiny GNSS Modules | New Product Brief

STMicroelectronics Teseo-LIV3F Tiny GNSS Modules | New Product Brief

STMicroelectronics Teseo-LIV3F Tiny GNSS Modules allow designers to easily add location awareness to IoT devices and other connected applications.


Vishay T52 vPolyTanTM Polymer Surface Mount Capacitors | Tech Specs

Vishay T52 vPolyTanTM Polymer Surface Mount Capacitors | Tech Specs

Vishay's range of T52 vPolyTanTM Polymer Surface Mount capacitors offer everything from 0402 to 225 models and are specifically designed for large body MLCCs. With C0G and X7R dielectrics and voltage capacity ratings up to 1000 volts, designers can easily find what they need.


new products Dec 21, 2018 by TTI, Inc
Introduction to Pass-Transistor Logic

Introduction to Pass-Transistor Logic

This article explores an alternative, and in some cases advantageous, approach to MOSFET-based implementation of digital logic functions.


Managing USB Type-C Power: A New USB Power Delivery Controller for Sink Devices from STMicro

Managing USB Type-C Power: A New USB Power Delivery Controller for Sink Devices from STMicro

This article takes a look at STUSB4500 which is a standalone USB Power Delivery controller from STMicroelectronics.


News Dec 17, 2018 by Dr. Steve Arar
Chinese Module Company, Seraphim, to Supply Smart Modules to Australia’s Newest Solar Power Plant

Chinese Module Company, Seraphim, to Supply Smart Modules to Australia’s Newest Solar Power Plant

This week, Australia's newest power plant announced a partnership with Chinese company, Seraphim, on optimizers.


News Dec 14, 2018 by Gary Elinoff
How to Make Your Umbrella into a Weather Station with a Particle Photon

How to Make Your Umbrella into a Weather Station with a Particle Photon

Want to get to-the-minute, location-specific weather information delivered right to your own Adafruit IO dashboard? It's time to assemble your very own SmartBrella.


Projects Dec 13, 2018 by Robin Mitchell
Resolving the Signal Part 11: Understanding How Power-Supply Noise Affects Delta-Sigma ADCs

Resolving the Signal Part 11: Understanding How Power-Supply Noise Affects Delta-Sigma ADCs

Part 11 of the Resolving the Signal series explores how power supplies contribute to unwanted noise, how to measure and quantify that noise, and how noise ends up impacting system performance.


Picking Apart a New Switching Regulator from Analog Devices, the LT8361

Picking Apart a New Switching Regulator from Analog Devices, the LT8361

This article will take a look at the Analog Devices LT8361, a low IQ switching regulator supporting boost, SEPIC, and inverting topologies.


News Dec 11, 2018 by Dr. Steve Arar
Molex Easy On FCC/FPC Connectors | Tech Specs

Molex Easy On FCC/FPC Connectors | Tech Specs

Molex Easy-On FFC and FPC connectors are designed for tight packaging applications, with pitch as tight as 0.2 millimeters in low-profile, shallow-depth housing.


new products Dec 11, 2018 by TTI, Inc
RECOM Power RFB, RFM, & RFMM 1W DC/DC Converters | New Product Brief

RECOM Power RFB, RFM, & RFMM 1W DC/DC Converters | New Product Brief

RECOM Power RFB, RFM, and RFMM are 1W DC/DC Converters designed to provide power isolation and voltage matching in cost-sensitive applications, including industrial and embedded control systems.