Intersil have introduced a single chip just 9 x 6.5 mm which contains just about all the control features (including the output stages) needed to build a dual 0.8 to 5 V power supply with 3 A per channel output capability. The ISL8203M can also supply 6 A in current sharing operation. The ISL8203M is an integrated step-down […]
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Summary The MCP6V01 auto-zeroed op-amp features an ultra low offset voltage (VOS) and high common mode rejection ratio (CMRR), which makes it applicable to temperature measurement. The MCP6V01 thermocouple auto-zeroed reference design demonstrates how to measure electromotive force (EMF) voltage at the cold junction of the thermocouple in order to accurately measure temperature at the
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If you’re like me, after I got my Arduino and performed a final programming on my first chip, I wanted to pull it off my Arduino Duemilanove and put it on my own circuit. This would also free up my Arduino for future projects. The problem was that I’m such an electronics newbie that I didn’t know
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The GI SP0256 chip is an early 1980s bit of technology. It’s a 5V (to 7V) NMOS chip which is compatible enough with the 5V TTL circuity common in that era. 5V TTL disappeared for a while, then came back with the Atmel _28-based Arduino boards, many of which run at 5V. The SP0256 chip
General Instruments SP0256-AL2 English Phoneme Speech chip & an Arduino Continue Reading
Ever wondered what the Bitcoin currency means to the electronics industry? Well, there is a Bitcoin electronics ecosystem, and it seems to be growing. An early developer of hardware systems for Bitcoin mining is US-based CoinTerra and it has recently expanded its business by acquiring Europe-based Bitcoin related software company Bits of Proof. Dubbed the
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The F1950 Digital-Step-Attenuator featuring Glitch-Free™ technology improves system reliability and settling time. It has an attenuation range of 31.75 dB with excellent accuracy and very low distortion. Features Glitch-Free™, < 0.6 dB transient overshoot 150 MHz to 4000 MHz frequency range Spurious Free Design 3V to 5V supply Attenuation Error < 0.3 dB @ 2 GHz Low Insertion Loss < 1.3
IDT chip cuts glitches in 4G-3G basestations Continue Reading
General Description The HMCAD1512 is a versatile high performance low power analog-to-digital converter (ADC), utilizing time-interleaving to increase sampling rate. Integrated Cross Point Switches activate the input selected by the user. The device contains 2 ADCs that can be interleaved by the user to act as a single channel or two channels. In single channel
8bit 450/900Msample/s ADC claims better SNR/Watt Continue Reading
