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ISSUE DATE: NOVEMBER 3, 1997

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November 3, 1997 - In This Issue

[Ideas For Design]
Quick And Practical Design Of A High-Pass Third-Order Bessel Filter
In the design of a proximity switch using PIN diodes as the receiving element, the signal is first amplified and then must be filtered from any noise before proceeding to the several signal-conditioning stages of the proximity switch. Typically, to... — Contributing Author

[Ideas For Design]
Wattmeter Employs Switching-Regulator IC
An inexpensive switching regulator can provide all the active circuitry needed to implement a dc wattmeter and allow the power dissipated in a resistive load, RX, to be displayed on an analog panel meter. The wattmeter’s operation... — Contributing Author

[Ideas For Design]
Wide-Band Analog White-Noise Generator
Commercially available white noise generators are rather expensive. The circuit presented here, however, is an inexpensive version that produces frequencies up to about 300 MHz. Its operation is based on the noise generated by the Zener breakdown... — Contributing Author

[Ideas For Design]
Power Supply Write-Protects SmartVoltage Memories
Second-generation FlashFile memory devices developed by Intel, which employ the company’s SmartVoltage technology, can operate with a 5-V Vpp supply in addition to the established 12 V Vpp. This dual-operating voltage causes a... — Contributing Author

[Pease Porridge]
What's All This Aptitude Stuff, Anyhow?
Once upon a time there was a very smart guy—let's call him Bob—who was getting lousy grades. (This is another esaeP's Fable.) He was in danger of flunking out of MIT, even though he had... — Bob Pease

[Walt Jung Archive: Walt's Tools And Tips]
Computer Tech Support
The August 4 column on computer tech support drew a surprising amount of mail; indeed, more than was ever anticipated. While the volume is encouraging, quite a few readers raised points that were never addressed in the original piece (some quite... — Walt Jung

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