April 2016 Updates
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Added information about multiple-collector and multiple-emitter BJTs.
Information added on using low-pass RC filters for making a VDAC from a PWM source.
Added information about the 10-bit I2C addressing scheme.
New How To Calculate Track Current page under the PCB Design section of the website, with information, equations, and more info on how to calculate the maximum current a track (a.k.a. trace) on a PCB can take.
New NTC Thermistor Temperature Sensing page with information on PTC and NTC thermistors, including how to connect them up to a microcontroller for temperature measurements.
New MicroBlaze page under Programming->Microcontrollers.
New Z-Wave page under Electronics->Communication Protocols.
New information about the common-collector BJT amplifier.
including simulation results…Information added about making constant-current LED drivers using BJTs.
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