The molding materials used to package lead-free components differ from conventional epoxies in two ways: They take up moisture more slowly, and they better resist higher temperatures. But at the ...

Engineers often think that assembling finished products from standard components is efficient — if they just look at the price of the parts. But look at the time it takes to bring a concept into ...

A previous EDN article proposed a technique for modifying active-RC-filter-design equations to use exact standard-component values (Reference 1).The main idea was to determine standard-component-value ...

As manufacturers broaden but standardize offerings, designers will be able to create a solution using off-the-shelf modules that require minor adaptations. Plus, tips for linear system design. 1.

When using a spreadsheet to calculate circuit values, determining “standard” component values to be used in subsequent calculations can produce more accurate results. This approach will also result in ...