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You aren’t a newbie anymore but here’s why we say keep the integrated circuit creator in your toolkit. As your career progresses, you become more confident. You’ll tend to collect circuits you know work well in different designs - power supplies, filters, oscillators, etc. Most of the time these reusable blocks will work great in any place you choose to use them, but Read Article Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹‹ Page186 Current page187 Page188 Page189 Page190 Page191 Next page ›› Last page Last » Load More
