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I know it may be kind of hard to navigate your way around in here. But I found a way. This page will contain the list and links of the articles in this blog to help people navigate and find topics of their interests, according to the sections. I'm on it....


I. Back to Basics 

Resistance, Capacitance, and Inductance


II. Op Amp

Why Does an Op Amp Oscillate?
What's That Feedback Around Op Amp All About?
Op Amp Large Signal Bandwidth, What is This All About?

Integrator:
Practical Integrator Circuit - A Triangle Waveform Generator
An Op Amp Integrator, How Does it Work?

Current Source:
How Does The Howland Current Source Work?

III. Practical Circuits

Making A Current Source Using an In Amp
Simple Voltage-to-Frequency Converter
Simple Light-Driven LED Circuit

IV. Circuits Tips and Tricks

Power Supply Bypassing and Decoupling - Are They Really Necessary?

How Does Noise Affect Circuits - Understanding Noise Part 1
How Does Noise Affect Circuits - Understanding Noise Part 2
Noise RMS, Noise Power, Noise Peak-to-Peak - Understanding Noise Part 3

Not All Grounds Are Created Equal - Grounding Series Part 1
To Use Start Ground or Ground Plane - Grounding Series Part 2
Mixed Signal Grounding - Grounding Series Part 3

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