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Choosing the Right Oscillator for Your Microcontroller
Internal or external? Quartz or ceramic? Crystal oscillator or silicon oscillator? So many clocking options . . . which one…
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FIR Filter Design by Windowing: Concepts and the Rectangular Window
In this article, we’ll review the basic concepts in digital filter design. We’ll also briefly discuss the advantages of FIR…
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Non-inverting Configuration of an Operational Amplifier
Learn about non-inverting amplifiers. Mentioned in the previous article, the first of two most commonly used operational amplifiers, the inverting…
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The Inverting Configuration of an Amplifier
Mentioned in the previous article, an operational amplifier is usually connected to components in a feedback circuit. In this article,…
Basics 7 min read
Hazards in Combinational Logic
Learn about hazards in combinational logic circuits If the input of a combinational circuit changes, unwanted switching variations may appear…
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Combinational Circuit Design and Simulation Using Gates
Circuit Design with Limited Gate Inputs In any practical design of logic circuits, the maximum inputs a gate (fan-in) can…
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Everything About the Quine-McCluskey Method
In order to accurately use the Quine-McCluskey, the function needs to be given as a sum of minterms (if the Boolean function…
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Implementing I2C with an EFM8 Microcontroller, Part 2
Firmware architecture and example code for an I2C interface based on the Silicon Labs SMBus peripheral. The I2C State Machine In the…
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Implementing I2C with an EFM8 Microcontroller
Learn how to design an I2C interface using the Silicon Labs SMBus peripheral. Help from Dedicated Hardware If you’ve read the articles…
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The I2C Bus: Firmware Implementation Details
The Typical Transaction Devices communicating via I2C must conform to a specific sequence of events. Each event corresponds to a…
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Introduction to the I2C Bus
This article covers the essential characteristics and prominent advantages of the Inter–Integrated Circuit (aka I2C) serial-communications protocol. Communicating via Alphabet…
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Understanding Analog-to-Digital Converters: Deciphering Resolution and Sampling Rate
Perhaps two of the most important characteristics to consider during the selection process for analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) are the resolution and…
