Take a look at the most fundamental of Smart Analog devices: the comparator. Learn what it does and where it is often used, in interfacing analog to digital, how it is set to levels. Projects can use ...

Analysis of this circuit is simplified by the fact that the output has only two states: V out low (Vol) or V out hi (Voh). In this circuit, Voh is equal to the positive supply voltage and Vol is ...

Given the high levels of single-chip integration in use for analog functions, it may seem that a basic standalone comparator IC is an anachronism. Perhaps that’s the case, but Maxim Integrated doesn’t ...