This resource provides clear explanations of how switching regulators work and how voltage boosting is achieved efficiently ...

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Every winter, you ask more of your outlets and extension cords than at any other time of year, piling on space heaters, ...

A blast from the Elektor archives: this clever 1998 battery tester uses a simple LED display to reveal a battery’s true condition under load — even below 1 V. Built from standard components and no ...

It turns out the "10-year lifespan" printed on your LED box is often a total fantasy. I spent years falling for the marketing, only to end up standing on a ladder every six months replacing bulbs that ...

Lasers, LEDs and light sources are devices that create light. LEDs (light emitting diodes) convert an electrical current into light using spontaneous emission in optically active semiconductors.

Buying a monitor or TV has become a daunting task these days. When manufacturers aren’t branding their products with acronyms like QLED and OLED, they use confusing terms like mini-LED instead.

Many people believe that the LED was discovered by US researchers working in the 1960s. In fact, Henry Round at Marconi Labs noted the emission of light from a semiconductor diode 100 years ago and, ...

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