For the PDF version of this article, click here. Power electronic system designers know about natural convection, which starts with the simple statement: Hot air rises. For example, a power ...

Observations on nodal and loop analysis that can save a fair amount of scribbling of equations when using Kirchhoff's laws. In a previous Idea for Design, Anshi Chen outlined a method for analyzing ...

Bearing maker SKF has established a central library on its network to store engineering calculations for reference and general use. The library is built on MathCAD calculation software from Mathsoft ...

Digital prototyping has become an essential tool to speed design cycles. It lets designers replace expensive hardware prototypes with virtual models to predict system behavior, providing insight into ...

Editor’s note: I am proud to bring you this article authored by both Collin Wells, Applications Manager, General Purpose amplifier products, Texas Instruments and Gustaf Falk Olson, Field Applications ...

From Maxim Integrated Application Note 4003: A shunt reference design is somewhat more difficult because you must calculate the external resistor value. That value (R1) must ensure that its voltage ...