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Articles from crutschow

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    555 One-Shot Timer Has Zero Quiescent Power

    crutschow, Apr 18, 2018, Timers
    One-shot timer uses no power when quiescent, useful for battery powered circuits
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    Apr 18, 2018
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    Lead-Acid Battery Charger, 12V 6A, Using Hysteretic SMPS Circuit With Auto Trickle-Charge

    crutschow, Apr 9, 2018, Power Supply
    Simple, efficient, lead-acid battery charger auto switches from CC to CV (trickle-charge) mode
    0/5, 0 votes
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    Apr 9, 2018
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    Power Saving DC Solenoid Driver Provides Initial Full Power Actuation Followed By PWM Hold

    crutschow, Apr 1, 2018, Other
    Circuit applies full actuation power to solenoid with PWM hold reducing power to 12-25% of nominal
    0/5, 0 votes
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    Apr 1, 2018
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    Low-Dropout CC/CV 12V Lead-Acid Battery Charger With Auto Trickle-Charge

    crutschow, Mar 11, 2018, Power Supply
    Minimal circuit for auto CC/CV charging. Option allows pot adjustment of charge current.
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    Mar 11, 2018
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    Low Drop, High-Side Sense Current Limiter Adjusts to Zero

    crutschow, Mar 8, 2018, Power Supply
    Two simple high-side sense current limit circuits adjust to zero current and have low voltage drop
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    Mar 8, 2018
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    Binary ↔ BCD Conversion Using Counters

    crutschow, Feb 23, 2018, Other
    Combination of Binary & BCD counters do Binary↔BCD conversions.
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    Feb 23, 2018
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    Simple 15V, 1.5A, CC/CV Bench Power Supply Circuit - (With Optional Laptop Charger Source)

    crutschow, Feb 6, 2018, Power Supply
    Inexpensive, single regulator IC power supply with I and V adj. to zero, includes I & T monitors
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    Feb 6, 2018
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    Simple & Inexpensive Ideal-Diode MOSFET Circuit

    crutschow, Sep 19, 2017, Power Supply
    Good for low-drop diode applications, such as blocking battery back-charging or brownout protection
    4/5, 1 vote
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    Sep 19, 2017
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    Push-Button Relay Latch Circuit With Simple Debounce

    crutschow, Jun 20, 2017, Other
    PB alternate action circuit uses CD4013 FF with simple debounce to control relay (or other load).
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    Jun 20, 2017
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    LM317 CC/CV 12V Lead-Acid Battery Charger With Automatic Trickle Charge

    crutschow, Jun 18, 2017, Power Supply
    Lead-acid battery charger starts with constant-current and ends with constant-voltage trickle charge
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    Jun 18, 2017
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    Resonant Inductive Charging of Capacitor Improves Efficiency And Amount of Stored Energy

    crutschow, May 30, 2017, Other
    Capacitor resonant charging can nearly double the charge efficiency and quadruple energy stored.
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    May 30, 2017
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    Analog Max/Min Value or Bi-Level Clamp Circuits

    crutschow, May 2, 2017, Other
    Circuit outputs the min. or max. value of several analog inputs, or provides accurate bi-level clamp
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    May 2, 2017
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    Missing Pulse Detector Circuits Using LM339/393 Comparator or CD4049 Gate

    crutschow, Apr 15, 2017, Other
    Watchdog timer circuits, alternate to 555 designs, will timeout on either high or low hang
    0/5, 0 votes
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    Apr 15, 2017
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    Triple Output Tracking Power Supply Uses Standard 3-Terminal Regulators, Adjusts to Zero Out

    crutschow, Mar 9, 2017, Power Supply
    Single +output plus dual +/- tracking output supply using common 3-terminal regulators goes to 0V.
    0/5, 0 votes
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    Mar 9, 2017
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    Efficient MOSFET Bridge Rectifier for Resistive Loads, Or Input Power Auto Polarity Gating

    crutschow, Mar 8, 2017, Power Supply
    MOSFET bridge for efficient resistive load rectification, or indifference to input power polarity.
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    Mar 8, 2017
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    PWM Voltage Control Of Standard Linear IC Regulators

    crutschow, Feb 14, 2017, Power Supply
    PWM allows easy control of linear regulator output voltage for μP based power supplies
    0/5, 0 votes
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    Feb 14, 2017
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    Low Power CMOS PWM Circuit With Buffer Output Requires Only 5 Components

    crutschow, Feb 9, 2017, Other
    CD4093 PWM circuit uses only 2 diodes, 1 capacitor, and 1 potentiometer
    0/5, 0 votes
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    Feb 9, 2017
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    Single Supply Non-Inverting Av=1 Op Amp Circuit With Simple Offset Voltage Calculation

    crutschow, Feb 8, 2017, Other
    Circuit generates Av=+1 with simple offset calculation using std. resistor values
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    Feb 8, 2017
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    Simple PWM Circuit For Lamp Dimming, etc., Improves On 555 PWM Circuits

    crutschow, Jan 30, 2017, Other
    PWM circuit has voltage control of 0% to 100% duty-cycle
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    Jan 30, 2017
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    Simple, Efficient, Inexpensive, High-Power LED Constant-Current Switching Supply

    crutschow, Jan 25, 2017, Power Supply
    Constant-current hysteretic buck regulator supply for high power LEDs, efficiency of 90%
    0/5, 0 votes
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    Jan 25, 2017
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