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opamps operational-amplifier operational-amplifiers op-amp op-amps
Anything related to operational amplifiers (a.k.a. as op-amps or opamps). Opamps are linear amplifiers with very large ...
microcontrollers MCU micro-controller-unit micro-controller-units microcontroller-unit microcontroller-units
Anything about microcontrollers, a.k.a. MCUs (Micro Controller Units). A microcontroller is a complex integrated circuit ...
capacitors condenser condensers
Anything related to capacitors (also known in the past as condensers). A capacitor is a 2-terminal passive electrical ...
IGFET insulated-gate-FET insulated-gate-field-effect-transistor
Anything related to MOSFETs (a.k.a. IGFETs) semiconductor devices, a particular type of field effect transistor. They ...
transistors
Anything related to transistors, a broad category of active electronic components based on semiconductors (they are ...
Anything related to PCBs (Printed Circuit Boards). A PCB is a slab of (usually rigid) insulating material on which ...
Anything about circuit analysis, that is the set of techniques that can be used to infer the operation of a circuit from ...
radio-frequency radio-frequencies
Anything related to radio frequency (RF) circuits and techniques. Here we consider RF the range of frequencies from about ...
bipolar-junction-transistor bipolar-transistor bipolar-junction-transistors bipolar-transistors
Anything related to BJTs (Bipolar Junction Transistors). A BJT is an active electronic component based on semiconductors ...
inductors
Anything related to inductors. Inductors are passive electrical components that exploit the properties of magnetic fields ...
batteries
Anything related to batteries. A battery is a particular type of DC voltage generator whose behavior is based on ...
power-supplies
Anything related to power-supplies. A power supply is a circuit or a device whose purpose is to provide a continuous ...
electrical-transformer electrical-transformers transformers
Anything related to transformers. A transformer is a set of (at least two) tightly-coupled inductors. The tight coupling ...
filters
Anything about filters, i.e. linear circuits whose purpose is to limit or shape the spectrum of a signal. This tag is ...
aerial antennas aerials
Anything related to antennas. An antenna is a reversible electromagnetic transducer, i.e. a device that is able to ...
oscillators
Anything related to oscillator circuits. Oscillators are circuits designed to produce periodic signals with specific ...
Anything about circuit design, that is the set of techniques that can be used to design a circuit in order to solve a ...
Anything related to safety in designing, operating, deploying and maintaining electrical systems and electronic circuits. ...
switch-mode-power-supply switching-power-supply
Anything about switch-mode power supplies (SMPS) , also called simply switching power supplies. An SMPS is a power supply ...
Anything related to semiconductor diodes. Semiconductor diodes is a category of 2-terminals non-linear semiconductor ...
serial-peripheral-interface MISO
Anything about the SPI (Serial Peripheral Interface) standard hardware interface and its protocols. SPI is a high-speed ...
voltage-regulators voltage-stabilizer voltage-stabilizers
Anything related to voltage regulator circuits, both discrete and integrated. A voltage regulator is a circuit whose ...
part-identification component-identification device-identification
This tag is for questions asking to identify components, devices or parts of a system. It can also be used to identify ...
differential-amplifiers diff-amp diff-amps diffamp diffamps differential-amp differential-amps
Anything about differential amplifiers. A differential amplifier is an amplifier designed to amplify the difference ...
LED-drivers LED-driver-circuit LED-driver-circuits
Anything about LED driver circuits, i.e. circuits designed to provide light emitting diodes (LEDs) the appropriate power ...
current-sources
Anything related to current source circuits, i.e. circuits whose output is a current which is either constant or whose ...
analog-to-digital-converter analog-to-digital-converters analog-digital-converter analog-digital-converters
Anything related to ADCs (Analog to Digital Converters), electronic devices that can convert an analog signal in digital ...
integrated-circuit integrated-circuits
Anything about integrated circuits (ICs) design, fabrication and testing. An integrated circuit is a circuit made of ...
amplifiers
Anything related to amplifiers, i.e. devices used to increase the amplitude or the power of signals.
communications telecommunication telecommunications transmission transmissions
Anything about telecommunications, the field of electrical engineering concerned with the theory and technology of ...
Anything related to the application of electronics (both analog and digital) to the generation, acquisition, processing ...
ripple-voltage ripple-current
Anything about ripple in power supplies and the techniques to reduce its magnitude or its influence on the powered ...
electrical-capacitance
Anything about electrical capacitance, i.e. the electrical parameter that relates charges on conductors with the voltage ...
datasheets
Anything related to the reading, interpretation and finding of datasheets. A datasheet is the technical term used to ...
Anything about the general laws of electromagnetism and related phenomena as applied to electrical engineering.
C-language C-programming-language C-programming
Anything about the C programming language as used in the field of electrical engineering, usually in relation to ...
Anything about power amplifiers, i.e. amplifiers designed to substantially increase the power level of a signal. Power ...
Anything about feedback theory and applications in electrical engineering. Feedback refers to a series of techniques ...
oscilloscopes o-scope o-scopes digital-oscilloscope digital-oscilloscopes digital-sampling-oscilloscope digital-sampling-oscilloscopes CRO cathode-ray-oscilloscope cathode-ray-oscilloscopes
Anything related to oscilloscopes (or "scopes", in EE jargon), a kind of electronic test instrument. An oscilloscope is ...
motors electrical-motor electrical-motors
Anything related to electric motors of any kind. An electric motor is an electrical device that converts electrical ...
flyback-converters
Anything about flyback converters, a type of DC-DC converter topology. A flyback converter is a galvanically isolated ...
DC-DC-converter DC-DC-converters
Anything related to DC-DC conversion and the circuits used to do it (DC-DC converters). DC-DC conversion refers to the ...
transient-voltage-suppressor transient-voltage-suppressors TVS-diode TVS-diodes
Anything about transient voltage suppressor (TVS) devices, also known as TVS diodes. TVS are 2-teminal semiconductor ...
relays
Anything about relays. A relay is an electrically-controlled switch that uses an electromagnet to change the position of ...
junction-field-effect-transistor junction-FET
Anything related to JFETs (Junction Field Effect Transistors) semiconductor devices, a particular type of field effect ...
current-mirrors
Anything related to current mirror circuits. A current mirror is a particular kind of current source whose output is ...
induction-motors asynchronous-motor asynchronous-motors
Anything related to induction motors, a.k.a. asynchronous motors. An induction motor is a particular type of electrical ...
electrical-connectors electrical-connector electrical-connectors
Anything about connectors, i.e. electromechanical devices whose purpose is to create removable or semi-permanent ...
sensors
Anything about sensors, a very broad class of devices whose purpose is to convert some physical quantity into an ...
pi-filters
A particular type of passive filter consisting of three reactive elements of different kind (two capacitors and one ...
buck-boost-converters
Anything about buck-boost converters, a particular topology for DC-DC converters.
permanent-magnet-synchronous-motor permanent-magnet-synchronous-motors
Anything about permanent-magnet synchronous motors (PMSMs), a type of AC electrical motors. A PMSM has the rotor field ...
