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Schematic Design for a Solar-Powered Charge-Pump Power Supply Circuit
I recently designed a circuit board that gives me an opportunity to explore the use of solar power for embedded devices. My idea was the following: I wanted a reference design that would serve as a...
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Memory Roundup: Resistive RAM for AI, Upcoming DDR5 Specifications, and the...
Today’s roundup touches on how resistive RAM could change artificial intelligence applications, what to expect with upcoming DDR5 RAM specifications, and the latest news on 3D NAND flash memory.Memory...
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A Dual Channel DC/DC Converter for Power Supply Designs from Linear Technology
The LT8582 is a new dual channel DC/DC converter from Linear Technology.Linear Technology's LT8582 DC/DC converter IC has two channels that can be configured with boost, single-ended primary-inductor...
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Making the Cloud More Powerful: Xilinx FPGAs and Adaptive Workload Acceleration
Historically, FPGAs have been challenging to work with. To combat that reputation, Xilinx developed programmable devices that simplify—and accelerate—the implementation of customized hardware...
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PCB Layout for a Photovoltaic Power Supply for Microcontroller Circuits
This article discusses the PCB layout for a power-supply circuit that generates a regulated 3.3 V rail from a small solar cell.If you’ve read my previous article, Schematic Design for a Solar-Powered...
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Low-Noise, Wide-Bandwidth: A Single Axis Analog Accelerometer from Analog...
The ADXL1005 is a recently released ±100 g (1 g ≡ 9.807 m/s²) analog-output accelerometer. Coupled with a high-quality analog-to-digital (ADC) converter, and affixed properly to a product, it can...
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Implementing a Binary Parity Generator and Checker with GreenPAK
This app note implements a binary parity generator and checker with two data input variants, a parallel data input, and a serial data input. It describes the implemented logic, GreenPAKs...
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Engineer Spotlight: MacroFab Co-Founder Parker Dillmann Explains PCB Design...
Getting PCBs manufactured is traditionally a somewhat laborious process. Parker Dillmann, lead EE and co-founder of MacroFab, aims to take some of the old-school pain out of product development and...
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Three-Phase BLDC Motors Save Energy in Appliance Systems
Home appliances have traditionally used AC induction motors, but as energy efficiency gains popularity a new challenge emerges: to find solutions that won't interfere with performance. This article...
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How to Choose the Frequency of Your Switching Regulator
This articles discusses some details—efficiency, noise, etc.—that influence the choice of operational frequencies for switch-mode power supplies.Switching regulators, as the name implies, accomplish...
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News Brief: RIGOL Releases New Oscilloscope Line and Spectrum Analyzer
RIGOL, a Beijing-based company, is celebrating their 20th anniversary. To mark the occasion, RIGOL has announced the release of two products: the 7000 range of oscilloscopes and the affordable RSA3000...
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60 Years of DARPA Technological Advancements: The ARPANET to the Atlas Robot
Since 1958, DARPA has been credited with the development of some of the most important technologies used today, including the Internet and GPS. Here is a look at DARPA’s 60-year history and some major...
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Niryo One: an accessible robot for makers, developers and students
Niryo One is an accessible 6 axis robotic arm, currently available on Kickstarter. The robot, made out of 3D printed parts, is powered by an Arduino Mega board and a Raspberry Pi 3 board. The software...
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How to activate windows 10 Using Product Key (Windows 10 activator)
How to activate windows 10 Using Product Key (Windows 10 activator)WindowsWindows 10 Product Key is important not only for activation of Windows 10 but also the performance of Windows 10. There are...
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How to Customize an iPhone or iPad Mockup
How to Customize an iPhone or iPad MockupBloggingIt’s crunch time, and a client wants to see their design as it would look on an iPhone or iPad. Don’t fret; there are a number of ready-to-use mockups...
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What Is Electrical Noise and Where Does It Come From?
This article provides insight into the fundamental characteristics and origins of the electrical signals that you always have but almost never want.In daily life, we have the weather to serve as a...
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Basics of Phase Truncation in Direct Digital Synthesizers
This article will discuss phase truncation in direct digital synthesizers.In one of our previous articles, Everything You Need to Know About Direct Digital Synthesis, we saw that a direct digital...
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News Brief: Artosyn Licenses the CEVA-XM4 for AR9X01 AI SoC, Joining Stiff AI...
Artosyn Microelectronics has recently announced they will be licensing the CEVA-XM4 intelligence vision process to the company’s AR9X01 Artificial Intelligence System-on-a-Chip.CEVA-XM4: AI Algorithms...
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A Looming Shortage of Lithium and Cobalt? Depends on Electric Cars, Politics,...
Joining the trend of shortages in the electronics industry, from NAND flash memory to IC packaging, is a possible looming scarcity of lithium and cobalt.Some analysts are predicting that, by 2050, the...
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Do Engineers Design Things Anymore? Electrical Engineering in the Age of ICs
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...
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