Mechanical engineers, Carmel Majidi and James Wissman, of the Soft Machines Lab at Carnegie Mellon University have been looking at new ways to create electronics that are not just digitally functional ...

Few realize how close an optical coupler resembles a relay. It is so close, in fact, that one can be wired as a Run-Stop latch circuit. One advantage over the relay is that it may be turned off via a ...

Field-effect transistors based on carbon nanotubes have been shown to be faster and less energy consuming than their silicon counterparts. However, ensuring these advantages are maintained for ...

US scientists have made nano-scale devices they claim could one day replace current transistor technology. The tiny devices, "crossbar latches", are made up of a combination of crossed-over platinum ...

For some of us, there are few sounds more satisfying than the deep resonant “thunk” of a high quality toggle switch slamming into position. There isn’t an overabundance of visceral experiences when ...

For some of us, there are few sounds more satisfying than the deep resonant “thunk” of a high quality toggle switch slamming into position. There isn’t an overabundance of visceral experiences when ...

The often-quoted Moore 's Law says that we can expect processors to double in capacity every 18 months. And that has held true. Now computer scientists warn that - without some significant ...

This circuit drives a resistive heater element with a low-frequency, pulse-width modulation (PWM) voltage source, providing heat output that's directly and linearly proportional to the duty cycle of ...