the NE555. (Video, embedded below.) The circuit is simplicity itself, just an astable of the type that has made a billion beepers and flashing LEDs. It drives two ultrasonic transducers in ...

If you’re not familiar with the 555 timer, suffice it to say that this versatile integrated circuit is probably ... frequency of 3 MHz according to the datasheet. It’s available in a variety ...

As with many inventions, two people had the idea for an integrated circuit at almost the same time. Transistors had become commonplace in everything from radios to phones to computers, and now ...

Characterized by razor-thin margins, the commodity IC market is dominated by large Asian semiconductor makers. If an IC is made for a specific purpose, it is called an ASIC, or application ...

The formal name of the chip. An integrated circuit (IC) combines thousands, millions or billions of transistors on a single substrate. A certain number of resistors and capacitors may also reside ...

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Artificial intelligence, though a significant factor in the IC’s strategy for handling large amounts of data, is often misunderstood, Rich Baich, senior vice president and chief information ...

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For electricity to flow, everything needs to be connected in a big ring. It’s called a circuit. For example, the lights in most houses and flats are part of a circuit controlled by the consumer ...

In this episode of The Circuit, Emily Chang visits the defense entrepreneur who argues companies like his are critical to America’s future. In this episode of The Circuit with Emily Chang ...

Stars from high-profile entries like “Baby Reindeer,” “Fargo,” “True Detective: Night Country” and more are in the running for this year’s Emmy race in best limited series… ...