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HEMT as power JFET replacement?

I've used power JFETs as analog switches to isolate the driver amplifier output on a half duplex comms system. The ampl...
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posted by nothanks
5 comments posted 2mos posted by nothanks

Video adapters

I had to address a "lack of understanding" at one of the non-profits that I support. Specifically, confusion over cable...
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posted by blockedofcourse
4 comments posted 2mos posted by blockedofcourse

LTspice weirdness

Hi, all, I'm working on a charge amp for a short-wave UV photodetection system. LTspice goes nuts trying to simulate it...
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posted by pcdhSpamMeSenseless
5 comments posted 2mos posted by pcdhSpamMeSenseless

TI Bulk Acoustic Wave (BAW) clock oscillator

This is a descendant of the "cheap rubidium" thread. I just recalled an option that emerged about a year ago, Texas Ins...
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posted by joegwinn
88 comments posted 2mos posted by joegwinn

More cloud woes

Yet another reason to keep on-site control of EVERYTHING.
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posted by blockedofcourse
11 comments posted 2mos posted by blockedofcourse

sorta ot a/c around the world

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2026/07/everything-is-political.php The differences between european countries i...
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posted by jl
32 comments posted 2mos posted by jl

cheap rubidium!

https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/abracon-llc/AR50LC-10-000MHZ-CBA/22540120 It almost mounts on my PCB.... wit...
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posted by jl
26 comments posted 2mos posted by jl

LED VU Circuit

Curious how this design with op amps functions? https://ibb.co/S4ryQJcF Apparently the voltage divider network resistor...
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posted by techforce
19 comments posted 2mos posted by techforce

Current limiting MOSFETs....

I've dug through the Art of Electronics-3rd Edition (& X Chapters), but haven't spotted a half decent diagram for curre...
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posted by jrr
40 comments posted 2mos posted by jrr

OT: Hot weather

Yikes! 105, here, is no big deal (as it's dry so getting out of the direct sun gives immediate relief). I dread thinkin...
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posted by blockedofcourse
9 comments posted 2mos posted by blockedofcourse

Brine battery

CaCl and MgCl - with 10x recharge life of LiFePO4. . . . https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-69384-2 I've seen c...
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posted by legg
39 comments posted 2mos posted by legg

run on caps

In the financial news, there's a crisis brewing on the supply of MLCCs. Sorta like toilet paper in the early days of co...
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posted by jl
3 comments posted 2mos posted by jl