Lightbar and siren design illustrates tradeoff challenges
Every engineering design requires tradeoffs and compromises among its many parameters; some are obvious but many are not...
Fix those drooping DAC and ADC responses
Learn where response droop comes from and how you can make it go away...
Adaptive listening sensor ‘learns’ background noise
Piezoelectric MEMS technology company Vesper has announced its next generation microphone based on a listening sensor which ‘learns’ from background…
Measure dielectric absorption to estimate a capacitor’s quality
Estimate a capacitor's quality or recognize its type of dielectric by measuring its dielectric absorption.
The math behind Gaussian probability distribution
Many noisy processes are described by Gaussian probability distributions. Let's take a look at the mathematics of that.
I/O circuits offer flexible building control
ADI’s AD74412R and AD74413R quad-channel software-configurable I/O devices offer flexible building control and process automation.
Simulate dynamic systems with op-amp integrators
Use analog circuits for integration when simulating dynamic systems.
Single-function analog ICs solve problems without giving headaches
There’s a need for single-function analog ICs to crisply solve specific problems...
Provide robust input overvoltage protection for amplifier analog input modules
This article introduces basic concepts of operational amplifier (op-amp) input overvoltage protection and discusses how to select the right clamp…
Improvements in high-voltage op-amp ICs
Despite our fixation on low-voltage design, there are many applications that inherently require higher voltages and op amps to support…