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datasheets

Anything related to the reading, interpretation and finding of datasheets. A datasheet is the technical term used to ...

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 ...

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 ...

electrolytic-capacitors

Anything related electrolytic capacitors, i.e. a particular type of capacitor whose construction requires a dielectric ...

Anything related to safety in designing, operating, deploying and maintaining electrical systems and electronic circuits. ...

batteries

Anything related to batteries. A battery is a particular type of DC voltage generator whose behavior is based on ...

Darlington-pair Darlington-connection Darlington-configuration Darlington-transistor

Anything related to a Darlington-connected pair of BJTs (a.k.a. Darlington pair), both as a discrete pair or as a ...

electrical-capacitance

Anything about electrical capacitance, i.e. the electrical parameter that relates charges on conductors with the voltage ...

ripple-voltage ripple-current

Anything about ripple in power supplies and the techniques to reduce its magnitude or its influence on the powered ...

electron-tubes vacuum-tube vacuum-tubes thermionic-tube thermionic-tubes thermionic-valve thermionic-valves

Anything about electron tubes (a.k.a. vacuum tubes), an old class of electronic devices which are largely obsolete today. ...

direct-memory-access DMA-controller direct-memory-access-controller

Anything about DMA (Direct Memory Access) techniques. DMA is a set of techniques to access the memory of a digital ...

serial-peripheral-interface MISO

Anything about the SPI (Serial Peripheral Interface) standard hardware interface and its protocols. SPI is a high-speed ...

electrical-inductance

Anything about inductance, i.e. the electrical parameter that relates currents and the magnetic flux they generate. ...

fuses

Anything related to fuses. A fuse is a 2-terminal electrical safety device whose purpose is to interrupt a current that ...

communications telecommunication telecommunications transmission transmissions

Anything about telecommunications, the field of electrical engineering concerned with the theory and technology of ...

digital-to-analog-converter digital-analog-converter

Anything related to DACs (Digital to Analog Converters), electronic devices that can convert a series of numbers into an ...

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 ...

synthetic-aperture-radar

Anything about synthetic aperture radar (SAR) systems. A SAR is a kind of imaging radar that uses advanced processing ...

Hartley-oscillators

Anything about Hartley oscillators, a particular type of linear (sinusoidal) oscillator. In a Hartley oscillator circuit ...

current-carrying-capacity

Anything about the current carrying capacity (a.k.a. ampacity) of a cable. The ampacity of a cable expresses the maximum ...

Sziklai-pair Sziklai-connection Sziklai-configuration complementary-Darlington-connection complementary-Darlington-configuration

Anything related to a Sziklai-connected pair of BJTs (a.k.a. Sziklai pair or complementary Darlington configuration). The ...

This tag is an umbrella tag used as a parent for more specific tags that describe the basic building blocks used in ...

Helmholtz-Thevenin-theorem

Anything about Thévenin's theorem, a fundamental theorem in circuit theory and also a very useful tool in practical ...

Anything about Wilson current mirror circuits (also known just as Wilson mirrors), a particular type of ...