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• Introducing the Transistor Tester Adapter and Curve Tracer Instrument(7)
  
• How Do They Compare? Pitting the Analog Discovery 2 Against the New ADP3450(4)
  
• Black History Month -- Robert Lee Curbeam, Jr.(1)
  

  As February, Black History month, draws to a close, we want to highlight the achievements of an amazing and inspiring engineer. Astronaut Robert Lee Curbeam, Jr., was born in 1952 and is the astronaut who holds the record for most space walks on a single flight.

• FPGA - Configurable Logic Block(1)
  

  Welcome to the first expanded explanation post in our series on the ‘Components of an FPGA’. This post will describe the architecture of a configurable logic block (CLB) and the functionality this component serves within a field programmable gate array (FPGA).

• How to Choose a Resistor for Your Design(1)

  Take a look at a circuit board and chances are you're going to find a resistor or two. Most boards today use surface-mount device (SMD) technology, so the components are almost too small to see sometimes, but they are on there, I promise. How do engineers decide which resistors to use in the design? Sometimes it depends on how you want that portion of the circuit to perform, as in the case of an op-amp. Other times it's to prevent too much current from passing through a given point in a circuit, which is why they are often called current-limiting resistors. Maybe you want a simple way to divide the voltage or current. The reality is that there are numerous ways to use resistors, and oftentimes, the defining the resistor value is up to you.

• How to Download Xilinx's Free Vivado: WebPACK Edition(1)
  

  Get your FPGA up and running today with Xilinx's Free Vivado: WebPACK Edition!

• Induction Heating(1)
  

  Did you know you can melt metal using magnetic fields? It seems pretty crazy, but it’s possible.

• Introducing the ADP3450 - Combining Multiple Benchtop Devices with Linux, Networking, and Portability(1)
  
• MiB vs MB- Whats the Difference?(1)
  

  Brandon K. provides a quick rundown on the nuances of notation.

• Recursive Sorting Algorithms(1)
  

  Now that we know about recursion, we can talk about an important topic in programming -- recursive sorting algorithms!