Battlefield Studios on bringing squad play to the Battlefield 6 campaign, fulfilling class fantasies with missions, and whether we can expect a Warzone-like ongoing narrative

Battlefield Studios on bringing squad play to the Battlefield 6 campaign, fulfilling class fantasies with missions, and whether we can expect a Warzone-like ongoing narrative

I have not played the entirety of the Battlefield 6 single-player campaign yet, but I played enough to have a solid guess as to what the high-level goals for it were. It wasn’t until I got a chance to speak to some of the people behind it that my suspicions were validated. It’s also very…

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Class D: Audio amplifier ascendancy

Class D: Audio amplifier ascendancy

Last month, an interesting Class AB audio amplifier was in the spotlight, a monoblock-configured pair of which I’m actually listening to (Widespread Panic’s Light Fuse Get Away, to be precise) as I type these follow-on words: This time, it’s Class D’s turn in the spotlight. Here’s a summary link to EDN’s voluminous coverage of the…

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A class of programmable rheostats

A class of programmable rheostats

Basic programmable rheostats For many variable resistor (rheostat) applications, one of the device’s terminals is connected to a voltage source VS. Such a source might be a reference DC voltage, an op amp output carrying an AC plus DC signal, or even ground. If freed from the constraint of (programmable) “floating” rheostats satisfied by recently…

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