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Is pinch off voltage of JFET constant?

The drain current is related to gate to source voltage by the following equation: \$I_d = I_{dss} (1 - \frac{V_{gs}}{V_p})^2\$ Now, with changing \$V_{gs}\$, I think \$V_p\$ also changes. I am ...
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Reading and understanding electrical specs on laptop AC adapters

My Dell laptop comes with an AC adapter with the following specs: 65 W Input AC: 100 - 240 V, ~1.5 A, 50 - 60 Hz Output DC: 19.5 V, 3.34 A My HP laptop: ...
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Programmable current source

I need to build a programmable current source from a 8051 microcontroller. It needs an output current from 0 to 10mA maximun. How do i go about doing this? what circuits do i need to build? I was ...