When using a spreadsheet to calculate circuit values, determining “standard” component values to be used in subsequent calculations can produce more accurate results. This approach will also result in ...

A hard drive crash, and some other happenings that aren’t entirely clear to us, led [Devbisme] to put in a parts order. As he wanted to make the most of his shipping costs, he decided to fill out the ...

Vishay has extended the range of its wraparound termination VSM and VSMP chip resistors with the introduction of the 0603 case size. The demand for smaller components is applicable to all electronics, ...

Many times, the need arises to interface single-supply analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) and comparators to real-world signals like 5 V. Of course, it's possible to condition the signal using ...

Active filters are ubiquitous in electronic design today, performing signal-frequency manipulation and conditioning for audio, IF (intermediate frequency), and digital-signal processing. The success ...