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These light up paper circuit cards were much easier to make than I expected and only need a few inexpensive materials.

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The consciousness debate is often trapped between two extremes: either the brain is “just software” (computational ...

Single-phase power factor correction (PFC) circuits—a kind of front-end AC/DC converters—are ubiquitous in a variety of ...

Single-phase power factor correction (PFC) circuits—a kind of front-end AC/DC converters—are ubiquitous in a variety of consumer electronic devices, including laptop adapters, LED driver power ...

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