| The piezoelectric effect has been known since the 1880s, but how it got from a scientific curiosity to a staple in modern electronics is a s...
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| Cold-cathode devices are a type of gas-discharge device that uses a low-pressure gas to produce light. The simplest cold-cathode device is t...
| Cold-cathode devices are a type of gas-discharge device that uses a low-pressure gas to produce light. The simplest cold-cathode device is t...
| It’s easy to make a standard relay latch. Use a spare contact to switch power to the coil as soon as it is operated, and the relay will stay...
| Got dead Ni-Cd batteries lying around? You can still revive those! This clever circuit, featuring a 555 timer, brings them back from the dea...
| The DSO-TC3 is one of those amazing all‑in‑one pieces of test equipment which seem to be becoming more common these days. It offers a wide r...
| Embedded engineers and hobbyists are spoiled for choice these days regarding computing power, thanks to the vast array of microcontrollers o...
| A stepper motor driver? What’s peculiar about that? There are probably hundreds of them! Well, the peculiarity of this one lies in its simpl...
| Do you have fuses everywhere, but not one to replace that which has just blown? Join the club! However, there is an alternative — the polyfu...
| Do you have fuses everywhere, but not one to replace that which has just blown? Join the club! However, there is an alternative — the polyfu...