Can your camera capture trillions of frames per second?
This complicated, sophisticated electro-optical system is a super-fast camera which can take a series of 1000 images at a multi-trillion…
Synthesize your FIR filters using high-school algebra
This follow-up piece of "FIR Fundamentals" turns the process on its head and builds up complete FIR filters from small,…
Create radio receiver circuits with the LM386 audio amplifier
Use the LM386's undocumented attributes to create simple high performance regenerative receivers.
Five things to know about prediction and negative-delay filters
How the heck can you build a filter that ‘predicts’ something? Well, it all depends on how high you set…
Designing a fast reacting feedback system for miniaturized motor driven designs
A high speed, high throughput ADC accurately captures information and feeds motor position data to the controller, enabling higher levels…
How hot is too hot to touch?
If you are designing anything with a heat sink whose surfaces are open to human contact, it’s good to know…
Terahertz waves and acoustic modulation: A datalink “Odd Couple”?
Researchers have mixed two radically different forms of energy waves, using laser-generated acoustic pulses to modulate terahertz waves generated by…
Understand the damaging effects of phase dispersion
A study of AM signals is a convenient tool for showing a damaging effect arising from phase dispersion.
Common op-amp circuits
These common op-amp circuits are useful for amplifying various analog signals. The ideal op amp model helps us understand how…
Mitigate clock intermodulation effects in characterization setups
Mitigate the effects of clock intermodulation and improve the reliability and measurement accuracy of mixed-signal systems.