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Class D audio amplifiers provide a dual benefit for battery-powered portable devices (Figure 1). They enhance battery life, and they produce much less power dissipation than do their linear cousins. Those features make Class D amplifiers ideal ...

D-type flip-flops, with the inverted output connected to the D input, can toggle a clock signal. If your circuit has an extra Schmitt-trigger inverter gate, you can use it to accomplish the same thing. Every time you press and release the momentary ...

A previously-published Design Idea outlined a polarity protection circuit [ 1 ] that provides the correct connection of the battery to a load regardless of the battery’s orientation in its holder. The circuit, based on the MAX4636 , a ...

In this Design Idea, we look at how electromechanical relays display hysteresis behavior that is surprisingly similar to the solid-state Schmitt trigger circuits, and how they can be used for many similar applications. This Design Idea is inspired ...

TinyCharger is an ATtiny25/45/85-based, single-cell Li-ion battery charger with selectable charging current limit (100 mA - 1000 mA) and an OLED display for monitoring. For Power Connecting device is equipped with a Micro-USB and a USB-C connector ...

A universal problem in battery-operated devices is the threat of damage when an end user (never an engineer) inserts the battery backward. You can avoid damage by inserting a single diode or by using a diode-bridge configuration, but those fixes ...

Care must be exercised when you try to “quickly” charge a nickel-cadmium (NiCd) cell or battery pack at a current density that approaches or exceeds one-third of its capacity (C/3). As the battery becomes fully charged, the high ...

The common JFET current-source in Figure 1a has average output impedance and depends heavily on the JFET's V P and I DSS variations. These manufacturing variations limit the initial accuracy of the current setpoint that the circuit can obtain ...

Motivation This is a simple and fully automatic, 12 V uninterruptible power supply system for small/medium power appliances (Figure 1). This power supply specifically designs to drive routers and modems to provide uninterrupted internet and ...

LEDs find wide use as indicators and as light emitters in devices such as optocouplers. In some applications, the LED or the emitter may be located remotely at some distance from the main unit. Typical examples are dashboard-mounted automotive ...