.. contributor R. Jayapal recently shared an interesting Design Idea (DI) for power supply control and sequencing in MCU-based applications that combine analog and digital ...
.. topic that has recently drawn a lot of interest (!) and no fewer than four separate design articles (!!) here in Design Ideas, is the conversion of 0 to 20 mA current sources into industrial standard ...
.. waveforms (simulation) of the C2 capacitor. Figure 3. Voltage and current waveforms of C2 (simulation). AL17150 buck design tool The chip man µFacturer (Diodes Incorporated) has introduced an interesting and helpful Microsoft ...
.. is to say, just how “constant” is their output held against changes in applied voltage? Frequent and expert Design Idea (DI) commentator Ashutosh Sapre was kind enough to measure this parameter for a design of mine and share ...
.. is withdrawn first, and then the 5-V supply. Hence, one push button does both (sequential) ON and OFF functions. This Design Idea (DI) is intended for MCU-based projects. No additional components/circuitry are needed to implement this ...
.. circuit breaker, or you may damage the rectifier, filer chokes, or PCB (printed-circuit-board) traces. The circuit in this Design Idea inserts a current-limiting resistor in the capacitor’s charging path. It senses when the capacitor ...
.. minimize the effects of loading from making further contributions to instability. Nevertheless, the strong suit of this design is definitely its dynamic range. Precision? Not so much. Materials on the topic Datasheet Texas Instruments ...
.. I used the SamacSys component libraries (for IC1 and IC2) in this PCB project as usual. It saves a lot of time and prevents design mistakes which leads to a lower product cost. All SamacSys component libraries (Schematic symbols, PCB ...