In order to help his friend prepare for a talk at DEFCON this weekend, [Craig] built an IR photodiode amplifier circuit. The circuit extended the detection range of the hack from a few inches to a few ...

Linear Technology’s Glen Brisebois, winner of an EDN Innovation award for best contributed article, noticed my JFET blog post and was nice enough to send along a note and some circuits he likes for ...

Optical systems have many unique attributes that make them useful for range detection and communications, but often the optical signal needs to be converted to an electrical signal as part of the ...

1. This circuit uses a JFET to bootstrap the cathode of the photodiode. It eliminates the effect of diode resistance and capacitance. This improves bandwidth and reduces noise, but puts a dc voltage ...

Analysis using spreadsheets can sometimes fill a gap in circuit simulation programs by providing a quick and reliable way to determine circuit performance along with the flexibility to display results ...

Most of us have Ethernet in our homes today. The real backbones of the Internet though, use no wires at all. Optical fibers carry pulses of light across the land, under the sea, and if you’re lucky, ...