Questions tagged [specifications]
Specifications for an electronic component provide the basis for parametric part selection for operation or optimum performance of a circuit or to prevent damage to integral or connected circuit components.
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What determines I2C interrupt service time after address byte ACK?
I am looking at the NXP spec for I2C and what I don't understand is the timing constraint for the portion of the transmission where the "clock line held LOW while interrupts are serviced" (...
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Sample and Hold IC specification
I am currently designing my 3rd year project in EE. I have an MCU with an ADC that samples at 15 kHz. The signal I want to sample has a 0.5 µs rise time which is equivalent to a bandwidth of 700 kHz, ...
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What specs should i look for for a mosfet in this project? [closed]
I am a hobbyist and not a native so bear with me. I need a MOSFET that can switch at ~ 100 MHz and withstand up to ~ 40 V and 40 A with a variable duty cycle. If my calculation corrects 1/100 MHz ...
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Origin and underlying sense of the term "Posted" in PCIe
When PCI Express replaced the operation of reading directly from a PCI peripheral card over a bus, directly addressing its I/O ports, or performing a configuration cycle on it directly, with instead a ...
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Exceeding a relay's safety AC rating
I was wondering if it would be a safety hazard to exceed a relay's AC rating of 125VAC with 230VAC? Will it work? Here's the data sheet. I'm using the 5V variant.
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Voltage reference 1/f noise datasheet comparison
I would like to compare the 1/f noise of the voltage references LT1021 and LTC6655. The LTC6655 has a spec of 0.25 ppm (0.1-10Hz) and the LT1021 has 3uV_pp (0.1-10Hz).
I assume these datasheet ...
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Isolation voltage spec in transformer
Could you please help me understanding this transformer spec?
I am planning to use HCTSM80101AAL transformer and I would like to make sure that I am referencing the proper specification for voltage ...
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Mean Well Power supplies have much lower efficiency and much higher leakage current than rated
I am going to have a power supply which will always be connected to AC mains and occasionally, a led strip will be connected and disconnected to the supply with a relay. I want an efficient and low &...
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How to interpret External Clearance spec on HCPL3700M IC?
The spec for the HCPL3700M (AC voltage detection IC) lists an "External Clearance" of ≥7.4mm.
Is this saying that no component or exposed trace should be within 7.4mm on any side of the chip?...
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Why are Lunar White LEDs not a standard part, or what am I missing?
TL;DR: Lunar White is a widely-used standard color in signaling work (like, every pedestrian signal that conforms to ITE specifications uses it, as far as I can tell), so why can't you buy Lunar White ...
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What does 'Minimum Holding Voltage" refer to for a Thermal Fuse?
One of the components I am looking at for a new design is a thermal fuse. In the documentation it refers to a "Minimum holding voltage". Source: https://www.bourns.com/docs/Product-...
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What is meant by TTL in this context?
Regarding this driver manual, the analog input has range 0-5 V with 1 MΩ input impedance. But the manual also writes that the analog input is not TTL compatible:
I thought the term "TTL ...
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Calculate DC cable diameter
Please assist in defining the required DC cable diameter for the following requirements:
Voltage: 48 volts
Watt: 8500 watt
Running distance: 50 meters
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Transistor as switch that can handle a high base current [closed]
Which cheap, simple transistor can handle a high base current and doesn't need a base resistor to use it as switch?
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EDID emulation in HDMI and DisplayPort, is DisplayPort really more difficult?
I've been doing a lot research on EDID and HDMI and DisplayPort and I have a question about the relative difficulty of always-on EDID Emulation between the two specs.
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