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These Are The Ten Most Common Circuits
Electronic products are often complex masses of circuits, but as you peel back the layers of any complex electronic product, common circuits, subsystems and modules are repeatedly found.
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How Using A Hot Air Rework Station Helps When Repairing A PCB
Hot air rework stations are an incredibly useful tool when building PCBs. Rarely will a board design be perfect and often chips and components need to be removed and replaced during the troubleshooting process. Attempting to remove an IC without damage is nearly impossible without a hot air station. These tips and tricks for hot air rework will make replacing components and ICs much easier.
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Overview of How Voltage Regulators Work
Voltage regulators are a common feature in many electronic products to ensure that a constant, stable voltage is supplied to sensitive electronics.
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Types of Voltage Regulators
When a steady, reliable voltage is needed, voltage regulators are the go-to component. They take an input voltage and create a regulated output voltage
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Three Main Failure Modes of Electronics
Everything fails at some point and electronics are no exception. Knowing these three major failure modes can help designers plan for expected failures.
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What You Need to Know About Basic Circuit Laws
Understanding these basic rules is critical for anyone designing a circuit, electronics, or an electrical system.
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Learn about the Different Applications of Diodes
The simplest semiconductor component, the diode, has an astonishing number of applications that are enabled by types of diodes vital in modern electronics.
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How To Identify Failed Components
Reasons why components fail , how they do so, and methods to identify a failed component including testing, sound, smell and visible indicators.
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All About Stepper Motors
Stepper motors are one of the simpler motors to implement in electronics designs where a level of precision and repeatability is needed. Unfortunately, the construction of stepper motors places a rather low speed limitation on the motor, much lower than the speed the electronics can drive the motor. When high speed operation of a stepper motor is required the difficultly of implementation increases as a number of factors begin to come in to play.
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Selecting Between I2C and SPI for Your Project
Choosing between I2C and SPI, the two main serial communication options, can be quite a challenge and have a significant impact on the design of a project.
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Here, Find An Overview of 12C Protocol
Developed by Philips in the 1980's, I2C has become one of the most common serial communication protocols in electronics. I2C enables communication between electronic components or IC to IC, whether the components are on the same PCB or connected via a cable. The key feature of I2C is the ability to have a vast number of components on a single communication bus with only two wires which makes I2C perfect for applications that demand simplicity and low cost over speed.
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Types of Solder for the Right Application
Choosing the right solder is important to get a good electrical connection that will last the life of the circuit and not be a point of failure.
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Your Guide to The Largest Electronic Distributors
With millions of electronic parts available from around the world, finding the right part, in stock, and for the right price can be difficult. Luckily there are several worldwide electronic parts distributors that provide services for hobbyists to OEMs. Many of the global electronics distributors also provide a number of tools to manage projects as well as design services to help build that next product.
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