Design Tips

    June 2017
    How to Program Slew Rate?

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    Figure 1: Typical battery voltage profile for “cold crank”

    Slew rate is defined as rate of change of voltage or current in a period of time.  It is a frequently used term in operational amplifier specifications, but it also applicable when discussing programmable power supplies. When performing repetitive production testing on say a vehicle engine management system, m
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    Date:
    06/28/2017
    How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Gateway

    Stop Worrying

    This article will help you navigate through the deluge of IoT information and identify which technology choices will have the biggest positive impact on your upcoming product plans. Selecting the optimal protocol stack for your IoT solution is critical. However, in order to that, we need to talk about the Gateway. By “Gatewa
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    Date:
    06/11/2017

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