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How to select an appropriate capacitor for input voltage stabilization

Why are switchers more efficient than linear regulators?

Why is the voltage drop across this 1 ohm resistor being neglected in this practice problem? (Thevenin's Theorem)

Can you put a through-hole part behind an SMT part?

Is using floor plan tool during FPGA design ever actually useful or required?

A really basic question about ammeters and their ranges

Capacitor in series with transistor base

Is a bit error rate close to 1 just as desirable as one that is close to 0?

For this Art of Electronics circuit, why aren't the transistors specified? And what transistors do I use?

How can AC current power anything?

Reading S2P Files - What Does Each Column Represent

500mw laser diode: What's the point of a driver and will it need a lens to focus?

What does a bad voltage regulator look like?

Why are we still using resistors with 5% tolerance while they can even manufacture a 14.318182MHz crystal?

How do I determine the area of copper needed on a PCB to provide adequate heatsinking for a power SMD MOSFET?

Why have a bulk terminal at all? (MOSFET)

What separates a "good" eye diagram from a "bad" one?

What's ground? Is it the point defined as 0 V of potential or voltage? If the latter, is it because we measure its voltage with respect to itself?

Efficiency of a voltage regulator

Input impedance of inverting amplifier clarification

Emitter Resistance in BJT Amplifier

Why does active low even exist?

How is xΩ impedance cable defined?

What ultimately determines the speed of electrical media

Why old PMOS/NMOS logic needed multiple voltages?

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Should each trace carrying RF be 50Ohm in characteristic impedance? How?

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Why would you need an op amp for reference voltage when the voltage divider does the trick?

Some questions about antistatic wrist strap