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 ...
Often you want to turn on and off power to a device with a single pushbutton switch. The circuit below performs this logic function with just a few parts and can operate from DC supplies between +3 V to about 15 V. It uses two inverters within a ...
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 ...
A common problem for power-supply designers is to create a compact, dual-polarity step-down converter. If space and cost are not concerns, the obvious solution is a pair of DC/DC converters, one for each output. But space and cost are almost always ...
Simple linear and switching voltage regulators with feedback networks of the type shown in Figure 1 are legion. Their output voltages are the reference voltage at the feedback (FB) pin multiplied by 1 + R F /R G . Recommended values of C F from 100 ...
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 ...
A simple module to keep power banks from turning off, when your DIY circuit draws low currents. A simple power bank keep alive module. As the name is already suggesting, this module keeps power banks from auto turn off, when the load current is too ...
A while back, I published the Design Idea (DI) “Simple PWM interface can program regulators for V OUT V SENSE ” ( Ref. 1 )It showed some simple circuits for PWM programming of standard bucking-type regulator chips, both linear and ...
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 ...
In today’s world, both households and industrial facilities are exploring ways to improve power reliability by harnessing multiple energy sources, not just the electricity from the grid. One clever solution: Automatic transfer switch (ATS). ...