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The term "noise gain" is used a lot in designs with opamps.  So what is noise gain and how is it useful? If we model the opamp n...

The Harbor Freight Cen-Tech multimeter is about $4 or less.  It measures voltage to 1000V DC/750V AC, current to 10A DC, resistance to 2MOhm...

Here I give a review of electronic components that I used, particular on their quirks. Atmega644A Atmega644A has the same peripherals as ...

"An engineer has probably about 8 productive hours in a week. So why do we work 40 hours? Because we don't know when the 8 produc...

The clock tolerance issue is analyzed in the Maxim App Notes 2141.  Assuming 16-clock sampling scheme, the tolerance is +/-5 clocks for nomi...

Pi seconds are a nano-century.  (pi ~ 3600 * 24 * 365 * 100 * 1e-9) Maximum current on PCB trace: 500mA per 10mil 1oz trace. PCB 1oz res...

From Vishay App Notes, the thermal resistance of SMT resistors