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An Introduction to Laser Diodes

An Introduction to Laser Diodes

Learn about the laser diode, including package types, applications, drive circuitry, and some laser diode specifications.


Measuring Rotation in Harsh Environments: New Rotary Position Sensors from TT Electronics

Measuring Rotation in Harsh Environments: New Rotary Position Sensors from TT Electronics

Rotary position sensors such as the PHS series can help you track mechanical changes in a wide variety of applications.


Simplify Your Lighting Design: A New Constant-Current Regulator from Diodes Incorporated

Simplify Your Lighting Design: A New Constant-Current Regulator from Diodes Incorporated

ICs such as the BCR401U provide high-quality control of LEDs for applications that require something better than the typical series-resistor arrangement.


Seeking a Better Switch: A New High-Power FET from ON Semiconductor

Seeking a Better Switch: A New High-Power FET from ON Semiconductor

MOSFETs are certainly not new technology, but ongoing performance improvements make it worth your while to keep an eye on new releases.


High-Frequency FET Control: A New Gate-Driver IC from Diodes Incorporated

High-Frequency FET Control: A New Gate-Driver IC from Diodes Incorporated

Gate-driver ICs such as the DGD0506 provide a convenient and efficient way to control high-current loads.


Introduction to Stepper Motors with Trinamic’s TMC2130 Eval Kit

Introduction to Stepper Motors with Trinamic’s TMC2130 Eval Kit

MIT-i takes on stepper motors 101!


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Separating Signal from Power: New Automotive Inductors from TDK

Separating Signal from Power: New Automotive Inductors from TDK

Inductors such as the ADL3225V devices are useful when you want to use just one conductor to transfer both signal and power.


High-Speed ESD Protection: A New Line of TVS Diodes from AVX

High-Speed ESD Protection: A New Line of TVS Diodes from AVX

Components such as those in the GiGuard series can help you to protect your circuit from transient events while maintaining high-speed performance.


An Introduction to Audio Electronics: Sound, Microphones, Speakers, and Amplifiers

An Introduction to Audio Electronics: Sound, Microphones, Speakers, and Amplifiers

Learn about the basics of audio electronics, which convert sound signals into electrical signals, process these electrical signals, and convert them back into sound.


Eliminate Brushes, Reduce Noise: A New Motor-Driver IC from ROHM

Eliminate Brushes, Reduce Noise: A New Motor-Driver IC from ROHM

You can improve performance in motor-control applications by using brushless DC motors and handy driver ICs such as the BU69090NUX.


Organize, Track, Identify: A New RFID Tag IC from STMicro

Organize, Track, Identify: A New RFID Tag IC from STMicro

RFID is an advanced technique for attaching information to objects of all kinds, and ICs such as the ST25DV series can help you to implement this technology.


Fast, Ultrafast, Soft, Standard, Schottky: Selecting the Right Rectifier

Fast, Ultrafast, Soft, Standard, Schottky: Selecting the Right Rectifier

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.


Fast, Ultrafast, Standard, Soft, Schottky: What’s the Right Rectifier for Your Power Circuitry?

Fast, Ultrafast, Standard, Soft, Schottky: What’s the Right Rectifier for Your Power Circuitry?

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.


Addressing Harmonic Distortion in Audio Amplifiers

Addressing Harmonic Distortion in Audio Amplifiers

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


Exploring UC Berkeley’s Wearable Sweat Sensor for Monitoring Dehydration

Exploring UC Berkeley’s Wearable Sweat Sensor for Monitoring Dehydration

Researchers develop a wearable sensor for detecting important analytes in sweat for monitoring dehydration.


Simplified Power Supervision for Portable Devices: A New Battery Management IC from Maxim

Simplified Power Supervision for Portable Devices: A New Battery Management IC from Maxim

There are many integrated circuits that can help you to optimize the performance of battery-powered devices. In this article we’ll take a look at the MAX17055.


Convenient, High-Efficiency Power: A New Series of DC/DC Converter Modules from Murata

Convenient, High-Efficiency Power: A New Series of DC/DC Converter Modules from Murata

You can’t beat the efficiency of switch-mode power supplies, and you can avoid the design-complexity issue by using DC/DC modules such as those in the OKDx-T/90 series.


Determining the Equivalent Series Resistance (ESR) of Capacitors

Determining the Equivalent Series Resistance (ESR) of Capacitors

Learn more about the importance of capacitor ESR, how to measure it, and what factors can affect your measurements.


Keeping the Lights On: A New “Open LED Protector” from Littelfuse

Keeping the Lights On: A New “Open LED Protector” from Littelfuse

Let’s take a look at how to make your LED array more robust; we’ll use the PLEDxN series from Littelfuse as an example.


Exploring the Pros and Cons of Silicon Carbide (SiC) FETs: A New MOSFET from Cree

Exploring the Pros and Cons of Silicon Carbide (SiC) FETs: A New MOSFET from Cree

The C3M0075120K is a low-on-resistance N-channel FET for high-power switching applications.