Articles Electronic components - 2

Part 1 Linear Technology Linear Technology’s LT6656 (Fig. 2) is a precision series voltage reference that draws less than 1 uA of supply current and can operate with a supply voltage within 10 mV of the output voltage. The LT6656 offers an ...

Paul Rako Electronic Design When it comes to the venerable 555 timer, Paul Rako agrees with Bob Pease avoid using it if your application demands any kind of precision. Back in 2011, Jeff Hamilton contacted Bob Pease, asking for Bob’s ...

Lou Frenzel Electronic Design From the 555 timer to the LM317 regulator, many old-time components still can be had from suppliers to help engineers, hobbyists, or even college students complete their projects. I’m in the process of updating ...

Len Sherman EDN The June 23, 1988 issue of EDN included a Maxim Design News insert where we asked Who in their right mind would choose a computer interface standard that uses 12 V supplies, requires expensive connectors, works over a limited ...

Martin Rowe EDN The late 1950s and early 1960s saw perhaps the most dramatic change ever to hit electrical engineering. When transistors came along, many engineers needed to quickly learn how they worked and how to use them. Engineering managers ...

Alexandru Voica ECN In the 2015 we’ve seen unprecedented consolidation in the technology market. The story that perhaps best defined 2015 was Dell acquiring EMC for a whopping $67 billion, making it one of the biggest buys in the history of ...

Linear's corporate environment EDN: Other companies envy your profitability. Numerous financial journals have commented on that, as well. The corporate environment that you have created seems like an obvious way to have a successful business, ...

I recently visited with the 2015 UBM ACE Awards Lifetime Achievement Award recipients, Linear Technology’s Bob Swanson, chairman of the board, and Bob Dobkin, CTO. These men are an important part of the early days of electronics in Silicon ...

Contributed by NXP Semiconductors EEWeb In the mobile, portable, and wearable markets, board space is always at a premium. Designers are constantly being asked to add functionality while using less PCB area and lowering overall cost. Surface-mount ...

Andrew “bunnie” Huang IEEE Spectrum As transistors stop shrinking, open-source hardware will have its day Companies that produce open-source hardware are few and far between. At least, they are if you define them in the usual way: an ...