OK, so I get a press release (pdf) from those wonderful folks at CamSemi, AKA Cambridge Semiconductor. It talks about their C2163 off-line switcher chip (pdf). The press release says: “…the BOM cost ...
We’ve previously remarked upon a generation lucky enough to be well-versed in microcontrollers and computersised electronics through being brought up on the Arduino or the Raspberry Pi but unlucky ...
The common-base configuration is so little used, it doesn’t even register on many engineers’ radar. So, as a self-professed analog guy, I’m embarrassed to say that, while it’s on my radar, I don’t ...