Crowbar circuits have long been the go-to safeguard against overvoltage conditions, prized for their simplicity and ...

A continuity tester that indicates the resistance of, say, PCB traces with musically-related tones, whose pitch changes with ...

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Feedback refers to a core concept in circuit design and control theory, used to stabilize amplifiers and control system ...

Recently, [Edward Schmitz] wrote in to let us know about his Hackaday.io project: SigCore UC: An Open-Source Universal I/O ...

When the IBM PC was new, I served as the president of the San Francisco PC User Group for three years. That’s how I met PCMag’s editorial team, who brought me on board in 1986. In the years since that ...

Electronic Design Automation (EDA) in analog Integrated Circuits (ICs) has been the focus of extensive research; however, unlike its digital counterpart, it has not achieved widespread adoption. In ...

Abstract: In recent years, simulation-based optimization methods for analog integrated circuit design parameters optimization (a.k.a sizing) have attracted extensive research interest. Currently, ...

This project is implementing core functions of a basic single-phase line-interactive UPS using Arduino. The main idea is to have a fully functional controller, which can manage display indication, ...

This IoT-enabled system continuously tracks a bedridden patient’s vital signs (ECG waveform, heart rate, and body temperature) from anywhere in the world. By combining a microcontroller (Arduino) with ...