“Safety and reliability are two different things”
Texas Instruments, popularly known as TI, helps customers develop new ideas that change the way we live. By providing semiconductor technologies that promote greater...
Where Do Open Source Engineers Fit in the Electronics Industry
Freeduino board It has been believed for years that a prominent part of the future of Open Source lays in embedded systems—a “rather unglamorous...
“Economy is a bigger challenge than technology now”
MAY 2012: NXP Semiconductors provides high-performance mixed signal and standard product solutions that leverage its RF, analogue, power management, interface, security and digital processing...
Sensor-Based Door Lock
The door lock controller given here is a simple electronic switching circuit realised using a low-cost unipolar Hall effect sensor IC MH183. This CMOS...
Multicolour Curtain Backlights
This circuit comprises two parts: a string of 5mm high-intensity white LEDs connected in series and the circuit wired around. IC CD4060 with an...
Clap-Based Digital Volume Control
This clap-based digital volume control offers four levels of volume control. With each clap, the volume of the audio system increases. After the fourth...
Analogue Wattmeter
Unlike current or voltage measurement, the measurement of power is somewhat inconvenient as power is the product of voltage (V) and current (I) flowing...
Guitar and Microphone Amplifier Using TDA2005M
This simple audio power amplifier works with guitars and microphones, delivering an output power of around 20W over a load of 4 ohms.
The amplifier...
Audible Logic Probe
Using a conventional logic probe, it is difficult to determine what is happening at a point in a circuit above 50 Hz. The human...
Your Guide To Soldering
Attaining ‘zero defect’ production requires a thorough knowledge of soldering technology. Here is a lowdown on the different kinds of techniques, material and equipment...
