Flip ON Flop OFF 48-VDC systems
"Flip ON Flop OFF" for 48-VDC systems with high-side switching
Oct 29, 2025 Circuits

My Design Idea, “Flip ON Flop OFF for 48-VDC systems“, was published and referenced...

Low-power sup sup SPI-bus-to-dual-channel UART bridge
Low-power I2C/SPI-bus-to-dual-channel UART bridge from Diodes Incorporated improves automotive connectivity robustness
Oct 29, 2025 News

Diodes Incorporated announces the PI7C9X762Q, a high-performance automotive-compliant I2C/SPI-bus-to-dual-channel UART bridge...

Exponentially-controlled vactrols
Exponentially-controlled vactrols
Oct 28, 2025 Circuits

Vactrols, or both an LED and a light depending resistor in a light-tight housing, are found in analog music electronics circuits like audio compressors, voltage-controlled amplifiers, voltage-controlled filters, and other applications...

On off latch circuit
On/off latch circuit
Oct 27, 2025 Circuits

Often you want to turn on and off power to a device with a single pushbutton switch. The circuit performs this logic function with just a few parts...

Amps Volts Watts
Amps x Volts = Watts
Oct 26, 2025 Circuits

Analog topologies abound for converting current to voltage, voltage to current, voltage to frequency, and frequency to voltage, among other conversions. Figure 1 joins the flock while singing a somewhat different tune...

Motor controller uses fleapower
Motor controller uses fleapower
Oct 23, 2025 Circuits

A simple, permanent-magnet dc motor is an essential element in a variety of products, such as toys, servo mechanisms, valve actuators, robots, and automotive electronics. In many of these applications, the motor must rotate in a given direction until the mechanism reaches the end of travel...

Hot-swap controller handles dual polarity
Hot-swap controller handles dual polarity
Oct 22, 2025 Circuits

Some applications require a hot-swap controller, a circuit-breaker function, or both for dual-polarity, dc-input power-supply rails. In some hot-swap cases, the requirement is based only on inrush-current considerations...

Circuit forms ideal diode function
Circuit forms ideal diode function
Oct 21, 2025 Circuits

This circuit uses a low power op Amp and a p-channel FET to form a diode function with a very low 0.05 volt voltage drop...

Vishay Intertechnology AEC-Q200 qualified 50 thick
Vishay Intertechnology AEC-Q200 qualified, 50 W thick film power resistor offers high reliability for automotive applications
Oct 21, 2025 News

To meet the growing demand for high performance electronic components in next-generation automotive applications, Vishay Intertechnology introduced a new AEC-Q200 qualified, 50 W thick film power resistor in a compact TO-220 package for direct mounting on a heatsink...

digital frequency detector
A digital frequency detector
Oct 20, 2025 Circuits

I designed the circuit as a part of a data transmission system that has a carrier frequency of 400 kHz using on-off keying (OOK) modulation...