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What is Embedded SIM (eSIM) Technology and how can it help with IoT Product Designs

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What is Embedded SIM (eSIM) Technology and how can it help with IoT Product Designs

Selecting the right communication medium is usually a very challenging part of the development of any IoT solution. In situations where range beyon...

How to Design a PCB Antenna for 2.4GHz?

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How to Design a PCB Antenna for 2.4GHz?

Antennas are everywhere these days, most of the mainstream technologies like smartphones, security, and IoT devices use antennas to communicate bet...

Wearable Technology

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Wearable Technology

Technology has brought about a drastic change in the way we communicate with each other facilitating mobility and connectivity. The development of ...

How does Successive Approximation (SAR) ADC Work and Where is it best used?

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How does Successive Approximation (SAR) ADC Work and Where is it best used?

An Analog to Digital Converter (ADC) is a type of device which helps us to process the chaotic real-world data in a digital standpoint.  To underst...

IR Decoder for Multi-Speed AC Motor Control

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IR Decoder for Multi-Speed AC Motor Control

  Single-phase alternating current motors are typically found in household items such as fans, and their speed can be easily controlled when using...

How to Design a Push Pull Converter ?

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How to Design a Push Pull Converter ?

When it comes to working with power electronics, a DC-DC converter topology becomes very crucial for practical designs. There are mainly two types ...

What does a RF power amplifier do?

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What does a RF power amplifier do?

Introduction In the world of wireless communications, radio frequency (RF) power amplifiers play a crucial role in transmitting signals over variou...

Different Types of Switches and Their Applications

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Different Types of Switches and Their Applications

What is a SWITCH? Switch is nothing but a device which is used to turn ON and OFF the equipment. Most probably this equipment is electrical equipme...

How to Program Arduino with an Android device ？

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How to Program Arduino with an Android device ？

Materials Required: Arduino Board OTG  cable Arduino USB cable Android Device Let’s start with Installing the ArduinoDroid App: Step 1: Download ...

Selecting Between a Microcontroller and Microprocessor

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Selecting Between a Microcontroller and Microprocessor

Microcontroller and Microprocessor The processing components used for embedded devices can be divided into two broad categories; Microcontrollers a...

Understanding an Inductor and It's Working

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Understanding an Inductor and It's Working

The inductor is one of the major passive components in electronics. The basic passive components in electronics are resistors, capacitors and induc...

Energy Saving Quad Low Side Intelligent Power Switches

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Energy Saving Quad Low Side Intelligent Power Switches

I. Introduction This paper presents a monolithic high speed, fSW up to 100kHz, quad low side switches able to drive any type of load (resistive, in...