Most people call an electrician when something breaks. A breaker panel trips at midnight. The lights flicker during dinner.

The LM3445 from National Semiconductor enables a full 100:1 range of offline, uniform, flicker-free dimming for high-brightness LEDs with a conventional TRIAC forward or reverse phase-control wall ...

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Many people claim to have psychic powers. Some could be construed as regular human senses, like feeling someone staring at you, while others, like telepathic communication and mind reading, are met ...

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After several years of calm, stress is again building in the hidden plumbing of the US financial system — the short-term funding markets that move trillions of dollars in overnight cash and securities ...

Did your lights flicker for a second around 9 a.m. on Oct. 15? If so, you are far from alone, and no, it's not a glitch in reality. This light flickering, though brief, occurred across the central ...

Have you ever heard of PWM (pulse width modulation)? Even if you haven’t, this screen flickering issue still might impact you. But iPhone 17 looks like it will bring a long-awaited PWM fix. I had ...