The battery monitor circuit can be very helpful for any portable equipment powered by two 9-V batteries. When both batteries are in good health, an LED produces short bursts of light every second...
Prevent 9V cells from excessive drain with this battery monitor
Diodes Announces a Series of Precision Adjustable Current-Limited Power Switches
Diodes Incorporated announced the AP22652, AP22653, AP22652A and AP22653A single channel precision adjustable current-limited switches optimized for applications that require precision current limiting, or to provide up to 2.1 A...
Repair of a Mercedes staff car amplifier Harman/Becker 7019
In this article, I want to talk about the experience of repairing a OEM Harman/Becker audio amplifier, which was installed in Mercedes-Benz cars...
Power Integrations Targets Compact Smart-Lighting Designs With Highly Efficient GaN-Powered LYTSwitch-6 LED Drivers
Power Integrations announced a new member of the LYTSwitch-6 family of safety-isolated LED drivers for smart lighting applications – the LYT6078C...
Variable gain superbal circuit preserves CMRR
The superbal circuit will be familiar to anyone involved in balanced signal transmission; it is a differential amplifier which presents identical input impedances to both legs of a balanced line...
Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Unveils New Generation of DrMOS Power Stage for High-Performance Graphics Add-in-Cards and Gaming Notebooks
Alpha and Omega Semiconductor announced a new series of DrMOS targeting multiphase VR regulators powering high-performance GPU and memory in desktop Add-In Graphics Cards and gaming notebooks...
Rearranged reference helps ADC measure its own supply voltage
EDN If you use an ADC to monitor a system's power-supply voltage, you may encounter situations in which the supply voltage exceeds the ADC's reference voltage. However, the ADC's input voltage cannot exceed its reference voltage...
Melexis' MLX81116 multichannel RGB-LED driver brings smart interior lighting to life in automotive applications
Melexis has introduced MLX81116, a multichannel RGB-LED driver. The MLX81116 supports the MeLiBu high speed communication IP to enable intelligent animated automotive lighting concepts...
Guarded Limiters Improve High Impedance Sensor Dynamic Range
Measuring the signals from extremely high impedance sensors is a difficult task. These sensors can have output impedances in the Teraohms (1×1012 Ω)...
Bourns Introduces AEC-Q200 Compliant CANbus Inductor Series
Bourns, Inc. introduced a new CANbus Common Mode Chip Inductor series. The new AEC-Q200 compliant inductors feature a ferrite core with a bifilar-wound construction that provides high impedance over a broad frequency range to suppress unwanted incoming or outgoing EMI signals...
