Because the 8-pin ATtinys only have a few GPIO pins available, they are usually operated without an external clock. The internal oscillator does a good job in most applications, but when it comes to precise timing, its 10% accuracy is often ...
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 ...
Many switch-mode power supplies use “kick-start” circuits to initialize their offline operation. These circuits may be simple resistors, such as IRIS4015 , or more complicated arrangements built with bipolar transistors or MOSFETs. ...
Tirdad Sadri Nejad Hackster.io With a code size of 1 KB on an ATtiny13A MCU, this tiny module measures voltages up to 22 volts and current up to 5 amps. There are a lot of so-called USB doctor modules which are used for monitoring currents flowing ...
Lukas Fässler soldernerd.com Some of you may have seen my arduino-based inductance meter in the article [1]. The arduino-based meter works well and made a great proof-of-concept. But for everyday use you’re probabely not looking for an ...
Although quartz crystals have served as temperature sensors, designers haven't taken advantage of the technology because few manufacturers offer the sensors as standard products (references 1 and 2 ). In contrast to conventional resistance- or ...
Aruna Rubasinghe EDN You can make a set/reset flip-flop from two NAND or NOR gates or use readily available set/reset flip-flop ICs, such as the 74HC279 quad-set/reset latch. The drawback of these methods is that they require a large amount of ...
Peter Miller EDN Like other simple, single-cell lithium-ion battery chargers, Microchip’s MCP73812 provides no means of indicating the charging status. You can remedy this situation by adding four components (Figure 1). Add one more LED, and ...
Peter Baxter EDN This Design Idea shows how to use a 63¢ (Q=1) microprocessor reset voltage detector IC in a relay coil drive circuit to greatly reduce the coil’s hold-in current. When asked to estimate the coil current of a small Omron ...