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12/29/05 18:26
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#106180 - Which all goes to show...
Responding to: ???'s previous message
... that there is no such thing as an unqualified "best"


[rant]
So many posts here say "What is the best ADC?" or "What is the best compiler?" or "what is the best sensor?" etc, etc, ad tedium.

As the author of the article says in his very first sentence,
What matters most in a capacitor depends entirely on how you use it.
http://www.edn.com/article/CA6288037.html

Of course, this doesn't just apply to capacitors - it applies to every engineering decision!

There is no such thing as an unqualified "best" - what is "best" can only be judged as how well (or not) a particular choice meets all of the design requirements and constraints.

Almost inevitably, some of the design requirements and constraints will be contradictory - so engineering decisions are always a matter of compromise:

Good; Cheap; Fast - pick any two!


[/rant]

List of 10 messages in thread
TopicAuthorDate
capacitors: better is not better            01/01/70 00:00      
   Which all goes to show...            01/01/70 00:00      
   Depends            01/01/70 00:00      
      Analog Supply            01/01/70 00:00      
         More details?            01/01/70 00:00      
            question in another way            01/01/70 00:00      
               If I understand you correctly            01/01/70 00:00      
                  signals over Vcc            01/01/70 00:00      
      Yes, low-Q means high-ESR            01/01/70 00:00      
         'Low-Q' = 'high-ESR'            01/01/70 00:00      

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