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Altium conflicts with Github?
Recently when uploaded the Altium version to the 22.6.1, I've noticed that Altium freezes and does not let me work directly on my git repository files.
When I copy the files from repo and then past it ...
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How to avoid square wave parasitic oscillation?
I try to recreate the circuit from here using discrete components logic gates. How can I avoid these parasitic oscillations in a square wave in one of its outputs?
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Altium Minimum Solder Mask Sliver error within thermal pad
I am designing a board with the DRV8837 IC, which has an 8-WSON package with a thermal pad and 2 vias. When running the DRC, I am getting the following error:
Minimum Solder Mask Sliver Constraint: (...
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the handbook of antenna design
any electrical engineers in here? I am trying to find out how many volumes there are for "the handbook of antenna design"? I found what looks like volumes 1 and 2. I am a student looking for ...
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What heat sink should I use for silicon rectifier that is replacing selenium rectifier in a TIG welder?
Here's the new rectifier: https://www.amazon.com/Miller-035704-Rectifier-Integ-Bridge/dp/B004QIY3IM/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8
I could run some tests, I have no idea how much load would be a ...
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Struggling with platinum wire/hotwire
I am trying to heat a thin platinum wire with a controllable power supply, using what I believe to be Joule heating. It doesn't have to get intensely hot, the main application is observing behavior of ...
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What is DRAM Precharge?
I dont understand what is DRAM Precharge.
Is DRAM precharge used for reading the memory, is it applied before reading the row? or is it used closing the row access?
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Are these mosfets the same and do the 2 differences in the datasheet matter?
When trying to select parts the supplier has 2 p-Channel mosfets listed. One an AO3401(http://www.aosmd.com/res/data_sheets/AO3401.pdf) and the other a AO3401A(https://datasheet.lcsc.com/lcsc/...
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How do you know which pin corresponds hall sensor 1, 2, and 3 so that I can pair it with the correct phase wire in a bldc motor
I recently bought a brushless sensored dc motor on Amazon which you can find here.
I didn't really know what I was doing at the time when I bought this motor, but now i'm realizing it might have been ...
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Cyclic Power Outage Explanation
A couple of evenings ago, I experienced a very unusual power outage. The power went out for a couple of seconds (perhaps three to five). The power then returned for roughly the same period. This ...
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Why don't inverters use BJTs to easily produce a pure sine wave?
This has been in my mind for a while now, I'm curious. Why not use a BJT H-bridge on the high voltage side, to convert the high voltage DC to AC. I saw a simple circuit that converts square waves to ...
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What's the problem with this four-transistors XOR gate?
I aimed to design a XOR gate using as few transistors as possible. Eventually, I came up with this:
Designed and simulated here. The two terminals on the left are inputs, where the "low" ...
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Controlling ADC (on/off) with microcontroller
I'm designing a PCB. I want to turn the ADS1120 ADC off/on using the SAMD21G microcontroller. The ADC has two power inputs, 3.3V analog and 3.3V digital. The 3.3V analog is connected to an LDO that ...
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Average voltage in PWM?
I have a doubt regarding average PWM voltage. Let's take a buck convertor with Vin=10V, Vout=5V. With this we can determine the duty cycle of PWM needs to be 50%. Thus means the MOSFET of the buck is ...