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What is DMA Controller : Working & Its Applications

June 20, 2022 By WatElectronics

DMA Controller in Computer

To execute any operation in a computer system, first, the microprocessor gets the instruction, decodes it, and further, executes. However, if the microprocessor is executing the entire task individually within the system, then it keeps the microprocessor busy continually. Therefore, to improve the processor’s performance, an external device like a DMA controller is utilized to control the operation of data transfer between memory & peripherals with the least utilization of CPU. Basically, … [Read more...]

What is Low Noise Amplifier : Working, Types, Design & Its Applications

June 10, 2022 By WatElectronics

Low Noise Amplifier

In a communication system, a low noise amplifier or LNA is an essential component in the receiver section. The main role of this amplifier is to amplify the weak signal by keeping the noise as small as possible. The performance of this amplifier can be measured most particularly by considering different factors like its noise figure, gain, dynamic range, matching, stability, and return loss. These amplifiers play a key role in millimeter-wave applications like passive remote sensing, Earth … [Read more...]

What is AVR Microcontroller : PinOut, Working & Its Applications

June 4, 2022 By WatElectronics

AVR Microcontroller

The advanced version of a microprocessor is a microcontroller that includes a CPU, Interrupts controller, RAM, ROM, I/O unit, etc. A microcontroller is mainly used for the operation of high-speed signal processing in an embedded system. So it performs like a major component while designing an embedded system. There are different kinds of microcontrollers available which are used based on requirements like 8051, PIC, AVR, etc. So this article gives brief information on one of the types of … [Read more...]

What is IEEE 488 Bus or GPIB : Working & Its Applications

May 27, 2022 By WatElectronics

GPIB Cable

During the 1960s, HP developed many different tests and measuring devices like logic analyzers and multimeters. In order to achieve smoother interconnection between controllers and measuring instruments, the HP-IB was introduced (HP Interface Bus). HPIB is the original name for GPIB (General Purpose Interface Bus), whereas later it got many other names. Finally, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers has provided a specification number to GPIB which is 488 in the year 1978. From … [Read more...]

What is Yagi Uda Antenna : Design, Working & Its Applications

May 11, 2022 By WatElectronics

Yagi Antenna

Over a century ago two men independently invented the Yagi-Uda antenna. Ever heard of it? Neither had we before we started looking at the history of the invention. Invented in 1926 by Shintaro Uda of Tohoku Imperial University and Hidetsugu Yagi, Kiyoshi Kawakami, and other colleagues at the same university, it was the first antenna designed to exploit the advantage of receiving signals from multiple directions to cancel out noise or jamming with high gain, high directionality, and uninterrupted … [Read more...]

What is a Heat Sink : Working and Its Applications

May 2, 2022 By WatElectronics

Heat Sink

In recent years, various devices such as integrated circuits, personal computers having GPU units, IGBT, and semiconductor power devices unprecedentedly generates a large amount of heat. It came to know that the heat generation concentration from these devices is approaching a level matching that of nuclear reactors, which becomes almost difficult to dissipate such a heat rate. For that reason, there is a requirement for heat dissipation through heat sinks where these devices can efficiently … [Read more...]

What is PID Controller : Working, Types & Its Applications

April 25, 2022 By WatElectronics

PID Controller

Any Industrial Process or automated system should run under a controlled process. One such control system which keeps any automated system or a process to be intact is a PID controller. It was initially developed by Elmer Sperry in the year 1911, but it was not evaluated until 1942 when Nicholas and Ziegler added a few parameters and gave life to the PID controller. PID controllers were initially used in Pneumatic control systems and later from the mid-1950s it is extensively used for industrial … [Read more...]

What is CAN Protocol : Architecture, Working and Types

April 7, 2022 By WatElectronics

CAN Network Protocol

Formerly, automobile manufacturers used to connect various electronic devices in automobiles using a number of wires through point-to-point connections. This resulted in huge wire connections which were very expensive and bulky. Later, this complicated wiring system got replaced by dedicated wiring that enhanced communication speed between devices and provided high integrity, and was named as controller area network. The CAN was first developed by Bosch in the year 1985 for in-vehicle … [Read more...]

What is Potentiometer : Working & Its Applications

April 5, 2022 By WatElectronics

Potentiometer

Potentiometers are variable resistors that were first invented to amplify radio signals. You could find it in an old radio or a stereo system as a volume control. Earlier it was named 'multiplier' by Charles William Siemens and but nowadays it is commonly called 'POT'. It is used today in both electrical and physical applications and is an integral part of electronic circuits, motor controls, and many other areas. In this article let's look into different types of the potentiometer, its … [Read more...]

What is an Open Collector : Configuration, Working & Advantages

April 2, 2022 By WatElectronics

Open Collector IC

In the digital chip design, microcontroller applications and operational amplifiers, the open collector outputs are commonly used either for driving high loads such as relays or for interfacing with other circuits. As we know that BJT is a transistor and it has three terminals (Emitter, Base and Collector) where these terminals can be configured mainly in three switching modes. Those are Common Base, Common Collector and Common Emitter modes. Today, we are going to discuss about open collector … [Read more...]

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