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. Control of the inrush ...
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 ...
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. With the selected FET, the circuit can handle up to 2 Amps of current. Higher currents are possible with a FET with a lower ...
I designed the circuit in Figure 1 as a part of a data transmission system that has a carrier frequency of 400 kHz using on-off keying (OOK) modulation. Figure 1. A digital frequency divider circuit that detects the presence of a 400-kHz carrier, ...
Two inexpensive ICs divide a TTL clock signal by 1.5. By following the circuit with another flip/flop, you could also generate a divide by three function. Materials on the topic Datasheet Texas Instruments SN74HCT02 Datasheet Texas Instruments ...
Most electronic clocks, be they analog or digital, use a crystal oscillator (XO) based on a 32.768 kHz crystal for their reference. In fact, it is same crystal that’s commonly used as a real-time clock for many microcontroller systems. These ...
Many applications use FPGAs, ASICs, or DSP chips, which usually require multiple voltage rails, typically two: the core voltage and the I/O voltage. The core voltage is usually lower than the I/O voltage. Guidelines for determining how to power up ...
Many recent Design Ideas ( Ref, 1 ) have involved button-pushing to control power. Some may have been more resistant to contact-bounce than others but how can we really check that? This DI describes how some simple circuitry can simulate bouncy ...
Precision-matched capacitor pairs are commercially available items, but only in a limited range of values, working voltage, and dielectrics. Plus, sometimes an extra critical application with extra tight tolerances (or an extra tight budget) can ...
Applications such as turbidity measurement and densitometry require cleanly pulsed light sources with stable amplitudes. The LED driver in Figure 1 illuminates retinal neurons in a biological experiment that has similar requirements. For a given ...