Smartwatches, fitness bands, GPS trackers, earbuds and health monitors are just a few of the wearable electronics we have come to utilize and enjoy in our daily lives. These devices almost always use lithium-ion or …
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Solving Wearable Electronics Battery Issues
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Bourns Inc. Puts its Best Foot Forward…every step of the way
In celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission, we are posting this article originally written by our founder, Marlan Bourns in 1969 following the completion of the mission. REFLECTIONS ON THE MOON …
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Smartphone Fast Charging Brings Safety, Reliability Concerns Along with Additional Performance
One of the most recent smartphone lithium-ion battery advancements is fast charging, which can dramatically cut charging time. It increases the amount of current sent to the battery in order for its capacity to refill …
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Trimmers: Using Analog Technology to Tweak Digital Designs
It isn’t necessarily intuitive that analog technology can be used to tweak digital electronic designs. But that is how trimming potentiometers, or trimmers, have been employed as useful resources for more than 70 years. To …
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Avoiding System Corrosion Failures with Sulfur-Resistant Film Resistors
High sulfur environments can play havoc on film chip resistors. In standard film resistors, the internal terminal is made of silver (Ag) or silver palladium (AgPd) material, and is only protected by the epoxy passivation …