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Q&A CAN BUS monitoring with a LED

CAN lines in the most common implementation have 60 Ω impedance between them. Anything that is substantially larger than that won't effect the lines much. I'd use 1 kΩ at least, preferably more. ...

posted 1y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Meta How can we grow this community?

Long-standing bugs ought to be fixed. I got another "500 server error" on an edit suggestion (this is far from the first time): 500 server error It's not your fault. This error has been logg...

posted 1y ago by Peter Mortensen‭  ·  edited 1y ago by Peter Mortensen‭

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Q&A estimation of pogo pin resistance

I agree with Olin that unknown contact area is the biggest variable. I think the scientific way is to test and verify each contact using a 4 pin kelvin bridge. The sum of 2 pins carrying constant...

posted 1y ago by TonyStewart‭  ·  edited 1y ago by TonyStewart‭

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Q&A Can I make an AC inductor (reactor) rated 75mH 40A from a 3-phase induction motor?

The 70.9/40.8 A rating for L.R. is rated only for ; Locked rotor time 19s (cold) 11s (hot) I doubt this meets your requirements unless you modify from a forced air cooling motor to a pumped liqu...

posted 1y ago by TonyStewart‭  ·  edited 1y ago by TonyStewart‭

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Q&A Weird grounding on a vintage hifi sideboard

I got a vintage ('64) hifi sideboard for Christmas! It's super awesome. However, I don't understand the grounding. It has two female inputs on the backside that are labeled as "Grounding". There w...

1 answer  ·  posted 1y ago by OddDeer‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Q&A Driving LED with NPN transistor from I/O pin

If you choose suitable ultrabright LEDs , there is no need to use 40 mA. I have over 10 thousand LEDs all over 16,000 mcd at 20 mA which is painfully bright for close indicator but works well 100 ...

posted 1y ago by TonyStewart‭  ·  edited 1y ago by TonyStewart‭

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Q&A derating MLCC ripple current for transient current spikes

Remember that RMS measurements assume at least 1 cycle or in your case 100 ms or 10 Hz. So the Ripple Current/rms vs Temp rise is always valid for any duty cycle. This means in theory you can rai...

posted 1y ago by TonyStewart‭

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Q&A What are these mystery components (one of wire coil, another labeled "100-10L A9")?

I have here an acre-counter or crop counter device like the lykketronic shown below, using two AA batteries. It arrived without working. Upon opening its case, I found that the PCB is missing tw...

2 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by Conrado‭  ·  edited 1y ago by Nick Alexeev‭

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Q&A Determining the output swing, output common-mode range and input common-mode range in a differential amplifer

I am currently learning amplifier design, after constructing the unity gain amplifier(which is a differential-input single-ended-output amplifier) in the unity-gain feedback configuration I have pe...

1 answer  ·  posted 1y ago by aditya98‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Q&A Determining the output swing, output common-mode range and input common-mode range in a differential amplifer

First, common mode is something that only applies to a differential signal. When a signal is encoded in the difference between two voltages, the common mode voltage is the average of the two. The...

posted 1y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Q&A Missing voltage rating

what is the maximum DC voltage I can bias this connector at I don't see why this shouldn't be treated like any other component that has a maximum voltage stated in its data sheet or documentat...

posted 1y ago by Andy aka‭  ·  edited 1y ago by Andy aka‭

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Q&A Missing voltage rating

They don't outright tell you the maximum operating voltage, probably because that would imply a power level beyond what they think anyone would use this connector with. Note that it is intended fo...

posted 1y ago by Olin Lathrop‭  ·  edited 1y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Q&A ESD Table Earth Bonding Points - Why?

I've never been involved with the design of an ESD table, so I can only imagine some reasons to put grounding connections at the front: For convenience. If you've got a table specifically for ESD...

posted 1y ago by Olin Lathrop‭  ·  edited 1y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Q&A ESD Table Earth Bonding Points - Why?

We have ESD tables in the laboratory with Earth Bonding Points: These are directly connected to PE (I measured). It is my understanding that equipment has to be connected to PE directly and ESD m...

1 answer  ·  posted 1y ago by Elleanor Lopez‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Q&A Standardized way of measuring AC line frequency

If you're talking oscilloscopes, I used to do peak-to-peak measurements for the time period. And then, as you note, invert for the frequency.

posted 1y ago by Michael‭

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Q&A delay line realistic pulse voltage source of 74ABT04 [closed]

Hello,I want to simulate a delayed pulse going from 74ABT04 to the load which is UCC5304 where load with 400K i think. but my pulse source 74ABT04 is not an idial voltage source as shown in the s...

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by yefj‭  ·  closed 1y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Q&A Does My Circuit Contain High-Speed Signals?

If there are high slew rate signals or high-impedance circuits, layout matters. Otherwise, it usually doesn’t. Slew Rate (SR) in the time domain translates to bandwidth in the frequency domain, so...

posted 4mo ago by TonyStewart‭

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Q&A Ground loss protection

I have a hat board that has some high power solid state switches (mosfets). The hat is controlled by the main board. The hat and the main board are connected via pin headers, like an arduino. Th...

1 answer  ·  posted 7mo ago by DeadMouse‭  ·  edited 7mo ago by DeadMouse‭

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Q&A Moving average that uses less memory?

I would suggest finding the root cause of all the noise and eliminate as much of it at the source. Baluns, active guarding, double shielding, buffering, current source control and matched impedanc...

posted 6mo ago by TonyStewart‭

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Q&A Synchronous FIFO design code review

Your current FIFO acts as a standard FIFO. What you desire is a First Word Fall Through (FWFT) FIFO or a showahead FIFO. Changing the rd_data to be combinational logic instead of registered logic i...

posted 6mo ago by EsotericaEnthusiast‭

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Q&A Purpose of resistance between SENSE/FORCE line of power supply

This looks like the block diagram was done by a technical writer, not the designer. It is someone's conceptual misunderstanding of a linear servo with feedback relays and optional FET drivers with...

posted 11mo ago by TonyStewart‭  ·  edited 11mo ago by TonyStewart‭

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Q&A How does JFET biasing work in a 2-terminal electret condenser microphone?

The voltages from the raw microphone are quite small and fairly high impedance. That's why an amplifier at the mic is needed in the first place. The signal on the wire would be way too small comp...

posted 8mo ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Q&A Circuit for earth conductor presence detection

Fault Codes (Page 38) PE ground is mandatory to be functional and is tested. Typical standards expect < 25 Ohms for residential zones. RCD's and similar testers use as test resistor to forc...

posted 10mo ago by TonyStewart‭

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Q&A Opto-coupler, slow turn off

I changed value of resistor R318 from 10 kΩ to 1 kΩ, and that alone significantly improved off-time. From 200 μs to around 25 μs. That is much better. So I looked into datasheet again. I found t...

posted 8mo ago by Juraj Lonc‭

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Q&A Opto-coupler, slow turn off

Some optos are really slow. What off time is yours specified for? Your circuit could be better. The transistor is turned on thru 1 kΩ, but off thru 11 kΩ. You are also giving it way more base c...

posted 8mo ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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