0603 Package Footprints and Sizes of SMD Passives
For many through-hole components, there is a surface-mount equivalent available for your PCB. Thanks to standardization in the electronics industry, designers have multiple options for common components that come in a standard footprint.
Obsolete Electronic Components: Guide
When building a new electronics project, many designers strive to use the most updated components available. However, technology advances every year, so even the most advanced components inevitably become obsolete.
FCLGA1151: Finding and Pairing Sockets and CPUs
Flip-chip land grid arrays (FCLGAs) are the socket type used with Intel’s current range of desktop processors. Variants of this package have existed since 2015, and it supports multiple types of processors in each hardware generation.
Where to Find a 2SA1015-Y Datasheet and Replacement Parts
In the not-too-distant past, designers were forced to use discrete transistors and logic gate ICs to build up complex devices. With the recent trend of greater miniaturization and integration, today’s semiconductor IC options have become highly specialized for particular applications.
PN2222A: General Purpose Transistor
The PN2222A, also known as the PN2222, is a general-purpose transistor best suited to applications that don’t require high stress on the component. Depending on the datasheet, it is characterized as a transistor or an amplifier, but it can perform both of those functions. The PN2222A is equivalent to the 2N2222A, and the names are often used interchangeably among the electronics community. There are many transistors with different names that are almost functionally identical to the PN2222A.
IRF520: Power MOSFET Applications
The IRF520 is a transistor known as a MOSFET, a transistor type developed to address the shortcomings of other transistor types. A MOSFET’s structure allows it to react to voltage changes faster than other transistors, which results in more efficient electronics. Power MOSFETs like the IRF520 are widely used in electronics manufacturing because they dissipate heat well and can switch between on and off states quickly.
74HC595: Serial Output Shift Registers & Circuit Applications
Shift registers move data within precise time intervals when making calculations in complex electronic components. The 74HC595 and its updated component, the SN74HC595, can both process and combine simple data into more complex calculations, driving calculators, computers, and other complex machines. These components and their variants can be used in serial or parallel circuits, with their own internal clocks, or with a component-wide clock.
74HC4051: Analog Switch for Multiplexer-Demultiplexer
Signal control through switches is a key part of many electronics projects. A project may need to manage many signals into one output or route multiple signals into multiple outputs. Switches that manage many signals into one output are called multiplexers, while switches that route multiple signals into multiple outputs are called demultiplexers. Some switches, like the 74HC4051, can perform both of these functions. Its function relies on the level of voltage present in each of its inputs, a common mechanism in combined multiplexer/demultiplexer switches.
SN74LS32N: Integrated Circuit OR Gate
Some electronics projects require tight control over instructions within and between components. To accomplish this, logical operations are sometimes necessary inside simple components, rather than complex components like computer chips.
Component Suppliers for Your Electronic Design Needs
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the electronics industry in unprecedented ways, causing supply problems, manufacturing delays, and major business losses across the world. Every manufacturing company has had to re-evaluate its supply chain and business model to stay afloat. Given these challenges, it is easy to think component suppliers might be unreliable during the pandemic. […]