Universo Eletrico (Eletric Universe)

  Audio Amplifier:   ----------------   An engineer's ode to Christmas   It?s been a year of progress made, successes and lessons learned. And   now it?s time to sit back, reap the benefits and enjoy the good   tidings! Rick Zarr, TI guru and technologist, wishes you Happy Holidays   by way of a little poem on TI's analog blog, "Analog Wire."   http://recp.mkt32.net/ctt?m=4968551&r=LTIzMzUwNzA1MTES1&b=2&j=MjQ3MDM0NzI4S0&k=hpa_analogwirechristmas_131226_12282013&kt=12&kd=http%3A%2F%2Fe2e.ti.com%2Fblogs_%2Fb%2Fanalogwire%2Farchive%2F2013%2F12%2F24%2Fan-engineer-39-s-ode-to-christmas.aspx%3FHQS%3Dhpa_analogwirechristmas_131226%26DCMP%3Dmytinwsltr_12_28_2013%26sp_rid_pod3=LTIzMzUwNzA1MTES1%26sp_mid_pod3=4968551   Data Converters:   ----------------   My capacitor isn't perfect - say it isn?t so!   o!   We like to think of capacitors being perfect. That could be a mi...

Volume 2 • Issue 52 December 27, 2013 As 2013 is coming to a close, here's a look at the 15 most popular articles of the year on ElectronicProducts.com . Top industry news, intriguing videos, helpful how-to's, future technology and more - it's all right here to inspire you and your designs for 2014. Wishing you all the best in the New Year! Bladeless windmill generates electricity with no moving parts In what’s certainly a first of its kind technology, researchers at Delft University (Netherlands) have gotten together with architectural firm Meca...

User identification systems leverage smarter biometrics technologies By Milind Borkar. Texas Instruments The world is a complex place. Knowing who is on the other side of the door before opening It is no longer as simple as looking through a peep hole. It’s much more difficult to authenticate the identity of someone involved in an online interaction or transaction, which can occur hundreds of thousands of times a day. Instead of relying on external objects or memorized codes, biometric systems determine an identity from the individual’s intrinsic qualities, a fingerprint, the pattern of an iris, even DNA. MORE (pdf) PLS' Universal Emulation ...