Between 1955 and 1990, improvements and innovations in semiconductor technology increased the performance and decreased the cost of electronic materials and devices by a factor of one …

The development of electronic systems—equipment for consumers, such as radios, television sets, stereo equipment, video games, and home computers—occupies a large number of engineers.

Nov 21, 2025 · Electronic voting in the strict sense is a system where the first step, ballot composition (or choosing), is done with the aid of a computer. There are two quite different types of electronic …

Oct 17, 2025 · It has thus become easy to design electronic systems that use digital language to control their functions and to communicate with other systems. A major advantage in using digital methods …

Oct 30, 2025 · The technical infrastructure of electronic health records (EHRs) varies according to the needs of the health care provider or other entity using the system and the provider’s chosen EHR …

RCA demonstrated the first all-electronic TV in 1932. Cable TV systems (introduced in the late 1940s), colour TV (in the 1950s), and recording or playback machines (in the 1980s; see VCR) followed.

Nov 15, 2025 · Through the Gramophone Company’s ties with RCA-Victor, EMI was privy to Zworykin’s research, and soon a team under Isaac Shoenberg produced a complete and practical electronic …

In television: Electronic systems The final, insurmountable problems with any form of mechanical scanning were the limited number of scans per second, which produced a flickering image, and the …

Nov 20, 2025 · Integrated circuit, an assembly of electronic components with miniature devices built up on a semiconductor substrate. The resulting circuit is thus a small monolithic ‘chip,’ which may be as …

Oct 17, 2025 · This article reviews the historical development of electronics, highlighting major discoveries and advances. It also describes some key electronic functions and the manner in which …