Paul Rako

Paul Rako

Paul Rako

Paul Rako is a creative director for Rako Studios. After attending General Motors Institute of Technology (now Kettering University) and the University of Michigan, he worked as an auto engineer in Detroit. He moved to Silicon Valley to start an engineering consulting company.

After his share of startups and contract work, he became an apps engineer at National Semiconductor and a marketing maven at Analog Devices and Atmel. He also had a five-year stint at EDN magazine on the analog beat.

His interests include politics, philosophy, motorcycles, and making music and videos. He has six Harley Sportsters, a studio full of musical instruments, a complete laboratory, and a video set at Tranquility Base, his home office in Sun City Center Florida.

Areas of interest of the author: Theory Analogue Design MEMS Supply Audio Electronic components Tools and Technologies Printed Circuit Boards (PCB)

Publications on RadioLocman by the author Paul Rako:

  1. What's All This Unused Input Stuff, Anyhow?
    You can’t leave unused inputs floating, but you might not want to connect them to a power or...
    Sep 14, 2020
  2. Matched JFETs Improve Photodiode Amplifier
    Using a bootstrapping scheme with a JFET can enhance a photodiode’s ac response, but adds...
    May 20, 2020
  3. MEMS Relays Push Power Limits
    At APEC 2019, Menlo Micro was showing off its new power relay made with...
    Jan 20, 2020
  4. 5 Buck Regulators with Low Iq
    Low quiescent current, also called supply current, might be an important spec for your power-supply...
    Oct 14, 2019
  5. Tearing Down the Philips MP3 Player
    I got this Philips GoGear MP3 player at the Singapore airport back in 2007 (Fig. 1). It cost over...
    Jan 14, 2019
  6. What's All This 555 Timer Stuff, Anyway?
    When it comes to the venerable 555 timer, Paul Rako agrees with Bob Pease – avoid using it if...
    Jun 28, 2017
  7. Thermal design: Get the heat out of the electronics
    If you have high-powered LEDS, or a power supply, or are trying to control larger motors, you have...
    Mar 11, 2017