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• A text on discrete electronics devices is notable largely for its coverage of unusual, little-dealt-with topics. |
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• Adding μC control makes a function generator even more versatile - Dennis Feucht launches a new multi-part project to build your own! |
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• Dennis Feucht finds Newnes' new reference text on all things radio as noteworthy for its broad scope and many knowledgeable contributors. |
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• Inaccurate or misleading terminology can often lead neophytes astray when it comes to power electronics. Dennis Feucht explains. |
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• Dennis Feucht shows how to build a three-stage amplifier with parallel-resonant circuits. |
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• Dennis Feucht continues exploring RFID with a new book focusing on security. |
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• Dennis Feucht reviews a new text explaining the ins and outs of RFID. |
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• Mixed-signal circuits can be intricate and confusing: Dennis Feucht unravels the strands. |
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• Step into the designDEN - Dennis Feucht shows you how to soup up your oscilloscope's triggering capabilities. |
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• How can you minimize noise so as to achieve near-textbook results? Dennis Feucht offers some expert hints. |
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• Open up your junkbox! - Dennis Feucht is betting you have everything you need to build your own stairstep generator. |
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• Dennis Feucht examines the role of creativity in design, and how it can help make the finished product much more than the sum of its components. |
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• Global manufacturing makes local repair of consumer electronics increasingly tricky. What can be done? This year-end "Dear Dennis" considers the situation. |
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• Take a look back into the past with Howard W. Sams & Co. and their legendary Photofacts. |
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• Dennis Feucht examines the nexus of motor drives and audio amplifiers. |
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• Dennis Feucht looks at the ins and outs of motor parameter measurements. |
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• Dennis Feucht answers your questions about optimizing MOSFET voltage. |
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• Dennis Feucht shows us how to build a hands-off on/off circuit. |
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• Dennis Feucht looks with favor on a text that advocates MathCAD as a useful way to create and organize your calculations. |
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• Dennis Feucht continues his look at "commodity ICs." |
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• What's a "Norton" or "transconductance" amplifier? The answer to these and other questions in this month's Dear Dennis column. |
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• Dennis Feucht looks at a new text on control theory for embedded systems. |
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• Don't let those compact fluorescents pollute the environment or gather dust - step into the DesignDen and repair them! |
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• "Dear Dennis" undertakes a spec-trek for some "missing" design data on a popular part. |
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• Maintain and configure your lab to function at its most effective - Dennis Feucht shows you how in his latest column. |
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• "Dear Dennis" continues to take on characteristics of commodity parts: this week, BJT single-supply op amps are in the spotlight. |
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• Dennis Feucht completes the construction of a digital panel meter in the Design Den. |
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• Despite some "Chinglish," a new text on digital power electronics and applications is a worthy addition to your library. |
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• Having trouble fully characterizing common devices like 555 timers? "Dear Dennis" ferrets out the information in response to a reader request. |
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• Design And Build A Simple DPM |
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• The "idea per dollar ratio" makes a new review of power electronics an exceptionally good buy. |
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• Dennis Feucht addresses a reader query about commercial power inverters and how to improve their reliability. |
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• Time for some springtime fun - build your own rocket launch controller! Here's Part Two. |
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• A new book on power electronics design makes for a good general overview. |
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• Dennis Feucht applauds a comprehensive text on control theory. |
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• The graphics drive the text in a new treatise on power electronics and motor drives. |
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• While Unified Modeling Language (UML) may not soon displace SPICE, a recent publication will give busy engineers the passing exposure and understanding they need. |
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• A new text on switch-mode power converters has "plenty of trees but too little forest." |
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• Brainstorm Session: High-Efficiency Linear Amplifier |
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• A multi-national overview of wireless networks gets past a lumbering start to unfurl plenty of well-explained, useful engineering knowledge. |
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• A spot of tea would go well with the review of Programmable Logic Controllers. |
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• A new tome on switching power is a worthy supplement to the classic Fundamentals of Power Electronics. |
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• A fun but serious text provides a useful roadmap for prospective embedded engineers. |
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• Dennis Feucht broadens his perspective as he reviews a text on customizable embedded processors. |
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• A new text on antenna design and theory sparks Dennis Feucht's interest. |
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• Dennis Feucht looks at a new text on switched capacitor circuits. |
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• Dennis Feucht reviews a text on small antenna design and leaves with a favorable impression. |
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• A 1984 IEEE centenary text looks back on a century of engineering progress in ways which remain timely today. |
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• A new work on Edison's combination of entrepreneurship and invention holds useful insights for the modern engineer. |
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• A new reference book on "Mechatronics" proves a mixed bag. |
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• "Light but broad coverage" is how a new text on electric motors is characterized. |
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• If Electrical Engineering 101 is everything the typical student doesn't know upon graduation, Dennis Feucht is in mourning! |
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• Dennis Feucht evaluates whether a recent release on mechanical components earns a place in his reference library. |
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• Dennis Feucht reviews an essential new reference on wideband amplifiers. |
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• Dennis Feucht looks at the world of Mechatronics. |
