My hands-on introduction to operational amplifiers was in 1969 while in the army as a junior scientist in the Atmospheric Science Laboratory at the White Sands Proving Grounds. We had taken a ...

Selecting an op amp can be a daunting task, especially because a simple google search won’t get the job done. Most likely, you have designed your circuit using an ideal model and now you need to find ...

What is the typical input offset voltage of the classic LM741 op-amp? Is it on the order of 10 uV, 100 uV, 1 mV, or 10 mV? The typical input offset voltage of an LM741 opamp is 1mV. There are ...

Are your jellybeans getting stale? [lcamtuf] thinks so, and his guide to choosing op-amps makes a good case for rethinking what parts you should keep in stock. For readers of a certain vintage, the ...