by Jim Williams @ edn.com If you need to produce extremely fast pulses in response to an input and trigger, such as for sampling applications, the predictably programmable short-time-interval generator has broad uses. The circuit of Figure 1, built around a quad high-speed comparator...

by Jan Buiting @ elektormagazine.com: Zero-power autonomous devices will abound on the IoT of the future, and battery manufacturers are scratching their heads to come up with the best possible solution ensuring high energy and power density at miniature scale. A new material...

Tiny Bar-Graph current meter displays a Red color bright, easy to read display of current range from 0 to 1A.  This Bar-Graph has 20 segments in single color and display 0 to 1Amp Current. The Barograph current monitor is based on PIC microcontroller with 10 Bit resolution ADC. ...

by LightBug @ instructables.com: In today's instructable I'm going to show you how to build your own electromagnetic field meter using an Arduino. This device can be used to detect mains voltage, static electricity and radiations from certain devices. Electromagnetic Field Detector...

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This is an intriduconary article about PCBs and their uses. In this instructable, I'll go over what a printed circuit board is, where they are used, and the basics of how to make one yourself. So sit back, strap in, and enjoy learning about this very important and interesting method...

thirschbuechler @ instructables.com shows us how to build a 1GHz active probe using BF998 dual-gate MOSFET and some other RF components. This Instructable will show you how to build a 1GHz* Fet-based Active Probe, the Fetprobe, for about 10$*, provided you have access to an...

Linear Technology Corporation announces the LTC3895 , a high voltage non-isolated synchronous step-down switching regulator controller that drives an all N-channel MOSFET power stage. Its 4V to 140V (150V abs max) input voltage range is designed to operate from a high input voltage...