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Questions tagged [reference-materials]

For question looking for reference (books, articles, online-resources) for a specific topic or application.

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Is capacitor reactance [sometimes] defined with negative sign?

Wikipedia currently claims so but I've looked in 6 books via Google Books and it's not defined like that, i.e. it's just $$ X_c = \frac{1}{\omega C} = \frac{1}{2\pi f C} $$ Is Wikipedia full of nonsense on this, is that just a fringe def, or…
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Electrical and electronic engineering magazines

What electrical and electronic magazines can be recommended in order get up-to-date information about the latest technologies? I would like magazines listing from hardware hacking to proper professional design.
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What are the best old electrical appliances to extract electronic components from?

I would like to build some simple drones and robots which I will be controlling using a microcontroller. Instead of buying expensive brand new components, I prefer to look for old electrical appliances at home or on the internet, and then extract…
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Aiken code- any actual (recent) use?

A search for Aiken code (2-4-2-1 binary coded decimal) yields many web pages and a video with a lecturer claiming (in virtually identical language- this is from Wikipedia) (emphasis added): The code was developed by Howard Hathaway Aiken and is…
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Why use marks on the PCB solder layer?

I was studying a Texas Instrument reference board and would like to understand some topologies and PCB routing techniques. The project is a 230-V, 3.5-kW PFC with >98% Efficiency. Here's the complete project page where you can download the CAD…
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What's a reference text on analog design?

I'm looking for a intermediate text that covers (discrete) amplifier circuit theory using BJTs and FETs and circuit elements such as current mirrors, differential stages, feedback theory, etc. My applications are wideband and the book should cover…
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Programs resistant to hardware issues

I recall at one point reading about embedded development where the programmer took into account things like memory corruption and possibly other hardware issues. For example: If an instruction in memory is somehow corrupted, the program would run…
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Digital circuit that squares a 4-bit input

Many years ago, I found a digital circuit that squares a 4-bit input in an old textbook (perhaps 1970s or 1980s, possibly older). (The figure below is not the original figure. I think the figure below differs from the original in that it has been…
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How does sender and receiver clock time periods synchronize in data communication?

In asynchronous data communication, Initiation of data communication between two stations(sender and receiver) involves synchronizing their clocks to ensure both stations are agreed upon same bit times. How does this process takes place? How do…
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Is the registry file made from SRAM?

I study computer engineering and I read Hennessy's book about Computer Organization where it's described how the microprocessor does pipelining and that the microproceossor has on-chip cache, as much as 8 MB on-chip cache in a modern microprocessor…
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Have cross reference books ceased to exist?

Back in the "good old times" when I had a device fail I could grab my trusty old transistor cross reference book and find a replacement part with the same footprint and comparable parameters in a very short time. I know that no one prints such books…
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Microvolt to milivolt/volt amplifier with common components

Suppose one has access to common components and gear only : basic milivolt multimeter, badly regulated supply, linear regulators, 1% resistors, common BJT/FET, voltage references like LM431 or zener diodes, and not-too-bad op-amps with external null…
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The Art of Electronics - differences between book versions?

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/art-of-electronics-paul-horowitz/1100491782?ean=9780521370950 There appears to be a couple of versions of the 2nd edition of this book. I noticed US and International editions and a Hardcover or Paperback…
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Does the ESP32's ADC have a part number/datasheet of its own?

I need to get as much information as I can about this ADC and I wasn't able to find ample amount of it from the datasheet and reference manual of the ESP32-WROOM-DevKit. Did anyone manage to find the reference number of the ADC itself?
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Logic operation on Karnaugh Maps?

Question: Normally I find Karnaugh Map of an expression from its truth table, but can we have Logic operation on two Karnaugh Maps ? Update:
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