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Q&A I have to choose: Arduino or Raspberry pi.

Moderator Note If this site were mature, this question would be closed because it solicits opinions, or is too specific about particular models. In the interest of site activity, answers are being...

2 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by coquelicot‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Q&A MAX809's Irregularity Depending on Load

I have a MAX809 with RESET pin connected to the gate of IRLML6344. I will rephrase my question. At 5 V, RESET is also 5 V and the LED lights up. But if I add the fan, RESET drops to 0 V and draws 1...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by timelyfiasco‭  ·  edited 5y ago by timelyfiasco‭

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Q&A MAX809's Irregularity Depending on Load

Before we get into your problem, there are a few things to say about your descriptions. You need to step back and think about what we know and don't know, then learn to communicate specifications ...

posted 5y ago by Olin Lathrop‭  ·  edited 5y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Q&A Why Ib=const. for BJT output characteristics Ic=f(Vce)

I fully agree with OP considerations about measuring the transistor output curve. We can very easily and precisely set successive current values with constant increment. Thus, the IV curves will be...

posted 4y ago by Circuit fantasist‭  ·  edited 4y ago by Circuit fantasist‭

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Q&A How to calculate pullup resistor value for pushbutton?

Figuratively speaking, Olin Lathrop's answer is a wonderful story about the unequal "tug of war" between a "pulling up" resistor and "pulling down" switch. And, when the switch is 'off', the "strug...

posted 4y ago by Circuit fantasist‭  ·  edited 4y ago by Circuit fantasist‭

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Q&A Humming noise from a boost converter's inductor

First, draw schematics properly when you ask others to look at them. Your right to left flow is rather annoying. There are two main possibilities for this circuit to cause noise, the inductor and ...

posted 5y ago by Olin Lathrop‭  ·  edited 5y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Q&A Driving LED with NPN transistor from I/O pin

No need to power the led with 5V. 3.3 V should suffice! Before I come to problem of regulating the current with only 3.3V, I wish to state some general simple constructions. Technically speaking,...

posted 5y ago by coquelicot‭  ·  edited 1y ago by coquelicot‭

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Q&A Driving LED with NPN transistor from I/O pin

I have tried to drive a series of smd led with constant current. If it is rated for 3.3V, I run it at around 3V. It doesnt get hot even without a heatsink, ~60C. So thermal runaway is only a proble...

posted 5y ago by timelyfiasco‭

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Q&A How to estimate time of completion while developing an electronic product?

In my 15 yrs of intense deadline R&D for new state-of-the-art design in my 45yrs experience, estimation of time is inversely proportional to the number of mini failures from bad assumptions fro...

posted 4y ago by TonyStewart‭  ·  edited 4y ago by TonyStewart‭

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Q&A ESD Protection - Differential Amplifier

Although the voltage drop across the current-sensing resistor R6 is floating and it can "move" between the 28 V rails, the A1A op-amp input voltages can (have to) vary within the 5 V power supply. ...

posted 4y ago by Circuit fantasist‭  ·  edited 4y ago by Circuit fantasist‭

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Q&A Microwave oven interfering with WiFi on the 2.4GHz band

Microwave Materials, Spectrum then EMI effects on SNR of WiFi, BT. There are a lot of measurable parameters in microwave dielectrics which affect; Dielectric Constant , Dk between conductors an...

posted 4y ago by TonyStewart‭  ·  edited 4y ago by TonyStewart‭

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Q&A Bit-rate vs Baud-rate

Baud rate is about the speed of bit slots in the channel or symbols. Bit rate is the rate at which actual data is transmitted. Put another way, baud rate is what you see when you look at a scope ...

posted 4y ago by Olin Lathrop‭  ·  edited 4y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Meta Homework questions / "ask an engineer".

Our on-topic page currently lists homework questions as mostly off-topic, in the following manner: No interest in understanding or learning, "Just gimme da anser!" There has to be some element ...

1 answer  ·  posted 4y ago by Lundin‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by coquelicot‭

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Q&A How can I debug, (and eventually fix) this Roomba PCB?

The charger is supposed to output 20V-24V when the roomba is plugged in. However it's only showing 1.6V. If this is really true, then there is no point going further. The charger isn't working, t...

posted 4y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Q&A How to plot the I-V curve of a tunnel diode?

Setup We can best understand the behavior of the tunnel diode in the region with negative resistance if we imagine it as a self-variable (dynamic) resistor R driven by a variable voltage source V ...

posted 4y ago by Circuit fantasist‭  ·  edited 4y ago by Circuit fantasist‭

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Q&A High Power Switch - High Side vs. Low Side Switching

Imagine a battery pack with <=60VDC of maximum voltage and a load of up to 10kW of power(the PMSM inverter with the input capacitance of up to 1mF). The load is not always known - could be 100uF...

2 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by 2kind‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Q&A What is the role of the differential amplifier in a delta sigma converter?

Your question really comes down to how a delta-sigma A/D works. The A/D internally models the input voltage with a stream of bits. Each bit can only indicate the minimum or maximum voltage. The ...

posted 4y ago by Olin Lathrop‭  ·  edited 4y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Q&A What is the role of the differential amplifier in a delta sigma converter?

A differential amplifier amplifies the difference between the two input voltages but suppresses any voltage common to the two inputs. Based on this scheme the differential amplifier is substrac...

1 answer  ·  posted 4y ago by Pacifist‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Lorenzo Donati‭

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Q&A What is the difference between differential amplifier and differentiator?

Both differential amplifier and differentiator react to a voltage difference. But in the differential amplifier, the difference is between two voltages applied to the amp inputs at the same time wh...

posted 4y ago by Circuit fantasist‭  ·  edited 4y ago by Circuit fantasist‭

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Q&A What is the difference between differential amplifier and differentiator?

I need to know what is the difference between differential amplifier and differentiator A differential amplifier amplifies the difference voltage between two signal voltages. A differentiator ...

posted 4y ago by Andy aka‭

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Q&A Why isn't voltage of electric chair higher?

I recall vividly a story told by my grandfather who worked with high voltage power lines. A worker drove heavy machinery into 700kV line and then jumped out of the truck, instantly combusting upon ...

2 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by Kranulis‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by manassehkatz‭

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Q&A Parallel RLC circuit

How to find the equation of voltage of the top common node of R1,L1 and C1 after the switch is moved?

1 answer  ·  posted 4y ago by MissMulan‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Lorenzo Donati‭

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Q&A Series RLC circuit

How to find the equation of current of the RLC circuit after the switch is moved?

1 answer  ·  posted 4y ago by MissMulan‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Lorenzo Donati‭

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Q&A Find Q point in common base BJT configuration

Suppose we have this graph: How can we find the operating point (Q)?In common emitter collector we just draw a line from the vertical axis (Ic) at the point (0,VCC/RC) to the horizontal axis a...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by MissMulan‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Lorenzo Donati‭

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