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If you have read through your nerd kits guide, you have already programmed your brand new microcontroller. Your first project was a temperature sensor.

The MAX14752/MAX14753 high-voltage analog multiplexers operate with two supplies of ±10V to ±36V or a single supply of +20V to +72V, and can also operate with unbalanced supplies such as +36V and -10V.

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A low voltage reference can be constructed using two small ICs and a few external resistors, cutting down on the current consumption from an average of about 440 µA of quiescent current to a meager 2.4µA.

Well, today we are gonna give this solar powered lamp a unique voice of its own, on this week’s weekend project.

The MAXQ610 16-bit MAXQ® microcontroller features a high performance, single cycle MAXQ RISC core with the industry’s best MIPS/mA rating, offering same performance as competing products at significantly lower clock rates.

This article describes the design of a low cost internet radio. An internet radio is a device that can receive and play audio from Internet Radio Stations or a PC.

I’m gonna show you how to unlock a hidden feature of your Nerdkits LCD screen. Well, officially we don't include a back light.

The MAX17079 7-channel logic-level shifter for TFT LCD TV displays can convert a 2 bit logic level input to a five-level high voltage output. The MAX17079 can operate in both sequential and combinational mode and can function in two level or four level output configuration.

The MAX8903A integrated 1-cell Li+ charger works with a wide range of DC and USB power inputs. It features smart power selector circuitry to independently manage charging and adapter/battery power.

Digital Pulse Width Modulation burst dimming can cause flicker at low dimming levels. The DS3881/DS3882 CCFL controllers, commonly used in automotive, industrial and aviation applications to back light LCD panels, employ both analog lamp-current amplitude modulation and digital PWM burst dimming to achieve a high dimming ratio and therefore, at low dimming levels, flicker can appear in the LCD panel. Three approaches can be used to minimize flicker with the DS3881/DS3882.

The MAX16016/MAX16020/MAX16021 supervisory circuits monitor and control power supplies in microprocessor based systems. They can operate in the 1.53V to 5.5 V supply voltage range. 5V, 3.3V, 3V, 2.5V and 1.8V systems can be monitored with fixed reset thresholds.

Converting from binary to hexadecimal and hexadecimal to binary is very easy if you have got a table of the numbers or if you know the numbers well.

AMD’s Changing the Game program launched in June 2008 is part of the company’s efforts to extend the potential of gaming beyond the realm of entertainment into the social arena and enable the development of socially relevant digital games harnessing AMD’s microprocessor and graphics processing power.

The MAX15023 dual, synchronous buck controller is designed to operate under a wide range of voltages from 5.5V to 28V or 5V ±10% and can regulate two independent outputs which can be tweaked from 6V to 85% of the input voltage.

The flow of electricity can be quite a beautiful thing. It can also be quite loud, harsh, and down right irritating. It all depends on how we use it and to do that effectively, we need a good way to limit and control the flow of electrons.

Let's talk about binary numbers in 60 seconds. Binary numbers is what is called a base two system. There’s two things to meet to that.

Microcontrollers are useful for a great many things. One very practical application of microelectronics is to bridge together the real world and the digital world.

The MAX16047/MAX16049 EEPROM programmable system manager ICs can monitor, sequence, and track multiple system voltages. The MAX16047 can monitor up to 12 input voltages and the MAX16049 can monitor up to 8 inputs.

Motion sensing technology has ushered in a new era in portable consumer electronics. Analog Devices’ ADXL345 three-axis digital iMEMS® (integrated micro-electro-mechanical system) accelerometer is specifically designed to enable motion sensing in energy and cost constrained portable devices such as cell phones, digital cameras, mobile gaming systems.

Low frequency magnetic communications present an attractive alternative to traditional radio frequency or infrared communications.

The MAX13234E–MAX13237E EIA/TIA-232 and V.28/V.24 communications interfaces provide the industry’s fastest data rates of up to 3 Mbps.

The MAXQ7665a-MAXQ76665D smart systems on-a-chip (SoC) are the latest addition to the MAXQ family of 16-bit reduced instruction set computing µCs.