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Thinking about buying a second car? Here’s a $1,000 alternative

Electrek

Being a one-car family works great right up until the moment two people need to be in two different places. Maybe your spouse took the car to work, but you need to grab groceries. Maybe you’ve got to pick up a kid from daycare. Perhaps you’re meeting a friend for coffee, heading to the gym, or just running some mundane errand that happens to require going a few miles across town. Read more…

Choosing inductors for energy-efficient power applications


Sponsored by Coilcraft. For battery-powered applications, improving the efficiency of the entire power supply circuit extends battery life, and inductor efficiency is often a major design consideration. Careful consideration of inductor efficiency can mean the difference between having your battery work when you need it and having to stop in the middle of an important… Read more » Read more…