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A mystery teardown taken from Dave’s mailbag submission shelf. What will it be? Forum HERE Podcast: Download

Fundamentals Friday What is a Schmitt trigger and how does it work? What is hysteresis? And how do they fix two common problems in electronics, namely slow slew rate signals on CMOS digital chip inputs causing oscillation, and noise on comparator inputs. The issues are demonstrated first on the breadboard, …

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How is a double sided plated through hole solder masked and silk screened component olverlay PCB manufactured? Take a step-by-step tour of a PCB manufactuing plant. www.pcbzone.net Forum HERE Hard electroplated gold card edge connectors VIDEO Desing for manufacture tutorial VIDEO DFM Automated PCB Panel Testing VIDEO Alba PCB Group …

Solar Freakin’ Roofs! How viable is Tesla’s Solar Roof concept? What did Elon Musk not mention at the product launch? UPDATE: Yes, the press kit mentions they all have identical looking solar and non-solar tiles to chose from for shaded/inefficent areas. How efficient are they? Who much energy is required …