Last time, we went over switching regulator basics – why they’re wonderful, how do you find a switching regulator chip for your purpose, and how to easily pick an inductor for one. Your datasheet ...
Dvorak is easier on your hands than QWERTY. So I tried it on my devices and was surprised at the result.
MacFixIt reader Nick Collingridge has identified Entourage as the culprit behind an issue where default keyboard layouts in Mac OS X sporadically switch. Nick writes: "I have been suffering from a ...
This article outlines power, ground, PCB, and system layout hints and kinks. It includes an overview of using power, ground star points, and multifrequency power decoupling. It also shows how to ...
We often use linear regulators in our designs. They are cheap and simple – you put the regulator chip itself on the board, add two capacitors, and get a voltage. Linear regulators are imperfect, of ...
Open any switching power-supply datasheet or design handbook and the message is the same: follow these layout guidelines, OR ELSE. Even if the schematic has all the proper connections and the bill of ...
Optimal Layout is a new window manager for OS X. It’s fully Lion compatible and available now on the Mac App Store. We’ve seen a lot of apps like this in the last year or so, addressing a problem many ...