This time it’s zener diodes. Page three or four of every ‘beginners guide to electronics’ covers a diode as, “a component that only allows current to flow in one direction.” This is true ...

The zener diode works withthe PCI clamp diode and the internalpulldown resistor to set the voltage levelat the input pin. To set the static level at the input pin,you must enable the FPGA’s ...

For many years, designers used Zener diodes as simple shunt voltage regulators (Fig. 1). With a single resistor, the device will maintain the fixed voltage which was set during the manufacturing ...