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Q&A What is the popular 12 V DC jack connector?

I'm designing a PCB for a project. 12 volt input power supply is provided externally, so the user will buy a power adapter, so putting a popular DC jack on the PCB is the best choice.

2 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by vigneshtnj‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by DavidCary‭

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Q&A Need help to replace 555

Hi guys, Can anyone help me please replace the NE555 IC in this circuit by MIC1555. I need to modify also the Voltage to 18v thank you. MIC1555 datasheet NE555 datasheet Edit: The circuit a...

1 answer  ·  posted 1y ago by deleted user  ·  last activity 1y ago by Jasen‭

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Q&A Bandwidth of serial signal

Suppose we have this stream of data.Let's assume the data stream lasts 1 sec. How do we find the bandwidth of the data?Do we Fourier transform the signal in order to find its components in the ...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by MissMulan‭  ·  edited 9mo ago by Lorenzo Donati‭

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Meta Let's make all downvotes public

Very short answer - get rid of downvotes on answers; just don't allow them In fact, wouldn't it be a better policy to award upvotes to people who point out errors. That would encourage folk to wan...

posted 2y ago by Andy aka‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Andy aka‭

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Q&A What happened to my headphones? [closed]

I recently started working at a construction office in another country. I usually listen to music when working, and I saw a headphone jack in the wall, so I thought it is radio or something, I plug...

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by Headphone Jackson‭  ·  closed 2y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Q&A Capacitance of inductor

What is a typical value for capacitance of a real inductor? Does this internal capacitance exist only under AC and not DC?

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by MissMulan‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Q&A Select resistor for a diode

A diode obeys the Shockley diode equation and for this circuit we have: The current through the diode must not pass a limit so for LTL-307EE we go to the datasheet to find the maximum current be...

posted 2y ago by MissMulan‭  ·  edited 2y ago by MissMulan‭

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Q&A Voltage and Current of capacitor

After the switch is closed: The general formula for finding the voltage of the capacitor is: where Vf is the voltage of the inductor after infinite time,Vo is the voltage of the capacitor at ...

posted 2y ago by MissMulan‭

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Q&A How to calculate the voltage of a coil?

Hi guys, I need to calculate the voltage that will center the magnetic field of a coil. The coil gonna be used in an induction heater thank you. Edit: I edited the paragraph because it was misu...

3 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by deleted user  ·  edited 9mo ago by Lorenzo Donati‭

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Q&A What Sine-Wave Oscillator can be controlled with a microcontroller?

I need a Sine Wave Oscillator circuit that can allow me to control its frequency with a microcontroller. Until now all the topologies that I have found if the frequency is changed, a change in the ...

2 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by deleted user  ·  edited 9mo ago by Lorenzo Donati‭

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Q&A What Sine-Wave Oscillator can be controlled with a microcontroller?

pure stable sinusoidal wave This is impossible. Forget it. Go home. No matter what you do, there will always be some noise added to the sine wave. Some random noise and some harmonic distortio...

posted 1y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Q&A What we call this opamp configuration? [SOLVED]

1- What we call this opamp configuration? 2- What's the advantage and the disadvantage of this circuit? 3- And what's the purpose of the L2 in the feedback? I have changed gradually the value of...

1 answer  ·  posted 1y ago by deleted user  ·  edited 1y ago by deleted user

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Q&A Effect of adding stages to a filter

Suppose we have a RC low pass filter of 1st order. If we add multiple stages every time we add a RC stage identical to our original does the slope of the curve in the bode plot db/Hz becomes wild...

2 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by MissMulan‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by a concerned citizen‭

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Q&A How to design a low-pass filter when certain conditions must be met

I am designing a low-pass filter with cut-off frequency = 100Hz and after the cutoff frequency from -3dB to -10dB the average decrease in db/Hz = -0.1 db/Hz.I know how to design a low-pass filter ...

2 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by MissMulan‭  ·  edited 2y ago by MissMulan‭

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Q&A Re model of transistor is the same in 2 different configuration

I was studying the Re model of a transistor: But the Re model for 2 different configurations (common emitter and common base )turns out to be the same! I don't know why I am really confused.How...

2 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by MissMulan‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by LvW‭

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Q&A Voltage of tank circuit is invalid

In a previous question we found that for a critically damped oscillation: $$ I(t) = 2 t e^{-0.5 t} $$But if we integrate to find the voltage through the capacitor: $$ V_{CO} + \frac{1}{C} \cd...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by MissMulan‭  ·  edited 9mo ago by Lorenzo Donati‭

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Q&A Small signal analysis of BJT in saturation region

The small signal analysis of a BJT when the BJT is in amplification mode: is easy.However what happens when the BJT is in saturation mode? Can we replace the dependent current source with a r...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by MissMulan‭  ·  edited 2y ago by MissMulan‭

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Q&A Op Amp Hartley oscillator

Im designing a Hartley oscillator this time with a opamp providing the open-loop gain.I have tried drawing the small-signal analysis of my circuit to use KVL and KCL to find the conditions of opera...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by MissMulan‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Meta How to request a mass-change in capitalization for tags?

Apart from correcting capitalization, which is a valid change, I think you are at the same time doing a lot of subjective changes to certain tags and it can get very intrusive on the site. I don't ...

posted 9mo ago by Lundin‭

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Q&A Floating circuitry and diodes

In both cases, is the "X" point floating when there is no 12V applied ?

1 answer  ·  posted 10mo ago by kellogs‭  ·  edited 9mo ago by Lorenzo Donati‭

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Q&A Beginners Guide To Power Circuit [closed]

I'm Interested In Power Circuit. What Courses/Guidelines To I Need To Properly and Effectively Under Power Circuits??

0 answers  ·  posted 6mo ago by Kalel‭  ·  last activity 4d ago by Nick Alexeev‭

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Q&A Implementing local ground theory on PCB power distribution [closed]

I've tryed to implement a local ground concept told by Olin Latrop here : He have told: (What I've perceived)You should not connect every gnd point instantly to gnd plane, since it can inject HF ...

0 answers  ·  posted 3mo ago by mohammadsdtmnd‭  ·  closed 3mo ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Q&A Is it possible for one transistor to switch between two loads?

The output collector-emitter part of a transistor can be thought of as a 2-terminal SPST switch controlled by the input base-emitter voltage or base current. So this transistor switch can control o...

3 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Circuit fantasist‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Circuit fantasist‭

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Q&A Is this AD8307 fake?

I am trying to test a AD8307. Here are my connections: (pins not shown are left unconnected, and also pin 8). I get a quiescent output voltage at pin 4 of about 850 mV with respect to ground, w...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by coquelicot‭  ·  edited 3y ago by coquelicot‭

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Q&A Is it safe to cover a floor lamp, with an Aluminum metal pie plate? [closed]

Please see the image below. I'm trying to convert my IKEA NYFORS floor lamp into a reading light, by covering the top with an Aluminium pie plate. Will this be a fire or electrical hazard? Does an...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by TextKit‭  ·  closed 3y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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