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Making A SMD Reflow Oven

Making A SMD Reflow Oven

I have been an electronics hobbyist for many years and have always stuck with through-hole components when making a project. However as time goes by, not only are more and more components are becoming available only in SMD (surface mount device) but also more interesting projects are also SMD based. There are several options for

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LM74500 Q1 REVERSE POLARITY PROTECTION CONTROLLER

LM74500-Q1 REVERSE POLARITY PROTECTION CONTROLLER

Texas Instruments’ controller is suitable for applications such as body electronics and lighting Texas Instruments’ LM74500-Q1 is an automotive AEC-Q100 qualified controller which operates in conjunction with an external N-channel MOSFET as a low-loss reverse polarity protection solution. The wide supply input range of 3.2 V to 65 V allows control of DC bus voltages such as 12 V,

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MAX6369 Series Watchdog Timers

MAX6369 Series Watchdog Timers

The MAX6369-74 series watchdog-only supervisors are available in tiny SOT23-8 packages and have selectable watchdog timeout periods (1.7ms to 104s), start-up delays (1.7ms to 104s) and output pulse widths (1.7ms and 170ms) depending on the part selected and the state of 3 pins (SEL0, SEL1, SEL2). These parts have several advantages over the historical “555”

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Digitally Controlled 2.1 Channel Analog Audio Power Amplifier

Digitally Controlled 2.1 Channel Analog Audio Power Amplifier

This article introduces high quality digitally controlled 2.1 channel analog audio power amplifier system. This project is mainly based on TDA7377 AF power amplifier and PIC18F452 8bit microcontroller. Basic technical features of this receiver are covered in table1. This unit is specifically design to work with PC sound cards, radio receivers and CD/DVD/Blue-Ray players. Construction

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DIGI KEY INTRODUCES PART TRACING FOR CUT TAPE PRODUCTS TO IDENTIFY SMD COMPONENTS EVEN OUTSIDE LABELED BAGS

DIGI-KEY INTRODUCES PART TRACING FOR CUT TAPE PRODUCTS TO IDENTIFY SMD COMPONENTS EVEN OUTSIDE LABELED BAGS

Digi-Key Electronics is introducing Part Tracing on select cut tape products to further enhance traceability and product customization offerings, and make it easier for customers to visually verify cut tape products. This new Part Tracing feature will enable engineers to better organize their components and also improve traceability. Across the electronic component industry, the traceability of

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