The A3144 Hall Effect sensor short video, shows pinout, circuit. A3144 has a built-in schmitt trigger. The output is switched to ground. https://www.facebook.com/reel/1024280052731640?mibextid=9drbnH
2024-08-06 Toroid Inductance Charts
I wound a FT37-43 with 10 turns and measured it at 42 uH, just like it says. https://www.electronics-tutorials.com/basics/toroidcharts_mcq.htm Also visit Ian Purdie VK2TIP’s “Toroids” Page
2024-06-04 Gallium Nitride MOSFETs To Revolutionize Power Electronics
Gallium nitride power electronics will replace silicon and will make laptop power adapters smaller than a golf ball and will save major amounts of electricity. GaN devices will waste a lot less power, which will enable power electronics equipment to be made smaller and more efficient. Quote: “”GaN-based power electronics, on the other hand, could
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2024-05-29 Solar Panel Controller To Charge Lead-Acid Battery
This is a simple charge controller that includes a dump load to dissipate excess power from the PV panel. D1 is the reference voltage that feed the 393 comparators, and its forward voltage changes with temperature. It would be better to use a low power LM317 to give a stable 1.25 volts. Instead of a
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2024-05-24 It’s A Full WAVE Bridge Rectifier!
I thank him for explaining that it’s *not* a “full bridge rectifier”!!
2024-05-16 Delta-Sigma Modulator Using 555 IC And Current Source
This circuit is used for converting an analog signal into a digital pulse stream. Such things as class D audio amplifiers, servo amplifiers, A to D converters, or sending an analog signal across a fiber optic link. The Schematic and explanation here in this webpage. https://lrak.net/wiki/555_Delta-Sigma_Modulator.html The output signal is shown as audio modulated onto
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2024-03-29 FM Crystal Set Uses Helical Resonator For Tuning
This is a long article but a very interesting project. It uses HSMS-2850 Schottky detector diodes in a discriminator. He uses WE 1200 ohm sound powered headphones. He’s Canadian. https://electronbunker.ca/eb/FMCrystalSet.html
2024-03-22 The 555 Chip Under Microscope
The NE555 and some interesting information about it. A YouTube short by @Evilmonkeyzdesignz.
2024-03-15 Ferranti Argus “Hearing Aid” Computer
In the “Original Series” chapter this very interesting Wikipedia article talks about the “hearing aid computer” that used the OC-71 germanium transistors which were used in hearing aids and could go only up to 25kHz clock rate. That was quite slow – tube computers could clock at 500kHz. Later models used faster transistors and could
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