Electrical appliances, such as smartphones chargers and room heaters, play a crucial role in our everyday routines. This includes larger devices like air conditioners and washing machines. With the ongoing worldwide energy crisis, it is essential to understand the electricity usage of these devices. Although our monthly electricity bills give us a broad view of […]
Researchers from the University of Twente MESA+ research institute, together with the company SolMateS, have developed a new type of transistor to reduce the power consumption of microchips. The basic element of modern electronics, namely the transistor, suffers from significant current leakage. By enveloping a transistor with a shell of piezoelectric material, which distorts when
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A switch input is one of the simplest interfaces to an MCU. However, when very low power designs are needed the pullup or pulldown resistor for the switch can draw a significant current. If the switch input is a momentary switch the current flow is very short so it is rarely significant. However, if the
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