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Posts by Olin Lathrop‭

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Q&A PCT2075 temperature sensor accuracy

The text values in the specifications section are always the real specs. Unless otherwise stated (and that's quite rare), graphs are suggested values, typical ranges, variations due to a single va...

posted 4y ago by Olin Lathrop‭  ·  edited 4y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Q&A Battery voltage: to boost or to connect in series.

To summarize the problem, you have 12 V battery packs that you don't want to change due to certifications, but you need to power a 48 V 4 A load. The battery system also needs to be compatible wit...

posted 3y ago by Olin Lathrop‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Q&A Trouble understanding how to use adjustable LDO regulator

Your question is quite long, so it's not clear what exactly you are asking. It seems the main point is what Microchip means by Note 5 on page 7 of the datasheet: You are right, that makes no se...

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Q&A Unexpected phase shift in results

I get a phase shift of 90 degrees between voltage of the capacitor and current through the capacitor which doesn't make sense it should be 45 degrees You don't need a whole circuit to see that the...

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Q&A Current and voltage in AC circuits without impedance

Since this is homework, I'm not just going to give you the answer. When all else fails, go back to first principles. That's what handy shortcuts, like using impedance, were derived from. In this...

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Q&A Contactor control - Higher voltage PWM

Your basic idea is fine, but your implementation is not. C1 makes the whole thing not work, as it will block DC. C2 puts a burden on the switch. D1 would preferably be Schottky. I'll write a mo...

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Q&A Estimating the input capacitance of an BLDC motor controller

What is seems you really want to know is how to size a power supply filter capacitor, not what the input capacitance of something is. The objective is to keep the ripple voltage below some value. ...

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Q&A How could you model a 10M/100M Ethernet PHY architecture?

I'm not going to get into how to model the PHY interface, but will try to explain why there are differences. The type of Ethernet you are talking about is transformer-coupled. The line itself is ...

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Q&A Why is it is always power consumption or power delivered more in usage?

Power makes sense for steady state conditions. A certain energy will be used over one second. Then the same energy will be used the next second. And the next second. If I told you that such a c...

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Q&A How building a follower satisfying rather extreme requirements.

I don't have a real answer. This is just a suggestion for how to proceed. Look for amplifiers intended to drive 50 Ω cable. Sometimes the term line driver is used, even though that also means ot...

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Q&A What is causing this massive discharge traveling down a power line?

It is hard to know from a single static low-res picture, but my guess is that something caused a short across the high voltage lines. That could be a falling tree limb, a squirrel making an unfort...

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Q&A BLDC motor - initial rotor position

This is usually done by driving the motor very slowly open loop at startup. The idea is that the rotor will follow the magnetic field. Once you think the rotor is in sync with the drive, you spee...

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Q&A Why is the Linear Time-Invariant System (LTI) dominant in Signal processing?

Linear systems lend themselves to analysis since they follow certain rules. Because of this, much analysis has been done and theory developed, so there is now lots to keep undergrads busy with. M...

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Meta Name of the OP in the list of questions

What you ask is not specific to the Electrical Engineering site. There is nothing we can do about it here. If you really think this is a good idea, then you should propose it on the main Codidact...

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Q&A Confused about the amplitude and shape of output voltage pulse

Coquelicot's answer explains what is going on, so I won't duplicate that. However, one of the sources of confusion is that you are looking at the two waveforms in isolation. Your scope obviously ...

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Q&A CAN Bus - Internal Oscillator

You are making this too complicated. The only thing that matters is the percentage mismatch between any two clocks on a CAN bus. You seem to imply that you are willing to guarantee the -10 °C to ...

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Q&A Driving ADC with opamp with large rails

Is the risk too great? That depends on parameters you haven't told us. How cost-sensitive is this product? What is the reliability expectation of the users? How mission-critical is its usage? ...

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Q&A ESD USB Shield Connection & Filtering

Your question is impossible to answer without carefully looking at the layout and schematic. However, from gut feel and experience, this smells like poor grounding design. Common mistakes: Not a...

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Q&A Digital multimeter display count range

Digital voltmeters generally display decimal digits. The resolution implied by that is not necessarily the same as the underlying binary A/D. Since voltmeters for human display don't need to be f...

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Q&A High Power Switch - High Side vs. Low Side Switching

It's still unclear what you are really asking, so I'll discuss the tradeoffs between low and high side switching of power to a load. Low side switching The main advantage of low side switching is...

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Q&A What is the difference between differential amplifier and differentiator?

A differential amplifier and a differentiator are two completely different circuit blocks. Differential Amplifier A differential amplifier has two inputs and one output. It takes the difference ...

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Meta Creating an additional "user"

Personally I'd rather have everyone use their real name and affiliation. That basically puts their reputation out there on anything they say. If you really believe in something, have the guts to ...

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Q&A ESD Protection - Differential Amplifier

Not a diff amp Something doesn't make sense here. You want A1A to act as a differential amplifier, but that's not how you wired it: Here is a real diff amp: Note how the right side of R1 is...

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Meta Are questions about electronics market trends on-topic?

It could be OK if you are asking about technology reasons why a class of products will be phased out. Asking about forces that cause similar things in the past should be OK too, as long as the rea...

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Q&A Why is the ACK (acknowledge bit) in the CAN bus frames dominant? What could have been the rationale behind that design decision?

In addition to what Lundin said, making ACK dominant means that something out there is actively responding, and that response is affirmative. If ACK were recessive, then the transmitting node bein...

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