Designers of real-time control applications are increasingly challenged to balance performance and peripheral integration while keeping system cost and complexity low. To address these challenges, Microchip Technology has introduced the dsPIC33CK Value Line family...

Having very large or very small duty cycles, especially at high switching frequencies, can cause timing violations, leading to degraded system performance...

Improper inductor sizing and violation of the inductor saturation current rating can cause a wide variety of issues within DC-to-DC converters, two of which are audible ringing and overheating...

In a famous episode of The Simpsons, Kelsey Grammar’s villainous Sideshow Bob protests the evils of television by holding the town of Springfield hostage...

An only slightly less simple followup circuit also ratios sensor capacitance to a reference capacitor to measure micrometers...

Switch-mode power supplies based on the buck (step-down) converter principle are widely used in all electronic applications. They do not require a transformer, just a simple coil to efficiently convert a high voltage to a low voltage...

Vishay Intertechnology introduced a new 200 A power module designed to save space and increase efficiency in 48 V traction inverters for light electric vehicles...

The circuit is a complete microphone signal conditioning system based on a single SSM2166 integrated circuit...

Circuits for converting 4 to 20 mA analog current loop signals to 0 to 20 mA may be hot topics, but hot implementations of those circuits are not...

This article explains the unique considerations and challenges associated with utilizing GaN switches in switch-mode power supplies...