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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 . . .…
August 9, 2021 · Prabhu TLAuthor: Prabhu TL
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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…
August 9, 2021 · Prabhu TL
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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,…
August 9, 2021 · Prabhu TLBasics
The Inverting Configuration of an Amplifier
Mentioned in the previous article, an operational amplifier is usually connected to components in a feedback circuit. In…
August 9, 2021 · Prabhu TL
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Hazards in Combinational Logic
Learn about hazards in combinational logic circuits If the input of a combinational circuit changes, unwanted switching variations…
August 9, 2021 · Prabhu TLBasics
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…
August 9, 2021 · Prabhu TL
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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…
August 9, 2021 · Prabhu TL
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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…
August 9, 2021 · Prabhu TLBasics
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…
August 9, 2021 · Prabhu TLBasics
The I2C Bus: Firmware Implementation Details
The Typical Transaction Devices communicating via I2C must conform to a specific sequence of events. Each event corresponds…
August 9, 2021 · Prabhu TL