Posts by Olin Lathrop
There actually seem to be two different questions here. Can a primary (non-rechargable) battery be damaged by forcing reverse current thru it? Yes. Primary batteries are only intended to source ...
Since you seem to be asking about whole batteries, not individual bare cells, dangerous effects should be limited. Consumer batteries made from lithium cells almost always include integrated prote...
I don't know about "best practices", but I make all my own library parts. I use Eagle, and the library parts that come with Eagle are quite inconsistent in things like pad shapes, what is shown on...
the original question is interesting and deserves a technical answer So go write one. That's your call, just like it's mine not to. We are all volunteers here, and are therefore never obligated ...
Safety of medical devices is not something you should be asking random folks on the internet about. The rules are stringent, for good reason. The clearance and creepage distances to line voltage,...
I have a similar problem when debugging firmware on a dsPIC that drives a flyback power supply. The switch isn't designed to be on for very long, as eventually the inductor saturates. Usually the...
The two ICs you reference don't do the same thing. The first sentence of the first datasheet says: The MAX16141/MAX16141A ideal diode controllers provide system protection against a variety of sy...
is the "X" point floating when there is no 12V applied ? Perhaps over a limited range, depending on whether the 12V line is left open or connected to something other than 12V. Case 1: The volt...
The first circuit uses the FET in follower mode. That means it works as an impedance buffer with a gain a little below 1. Such configuration can be useful to turn a high impedance signal into a l...
It looks like you've sort of re-discovered a motivation for Fourier analysis. The difference between looking at slope versus frequency content is exactly the difference between time domain and fre...
What you are asking for is totally unrealistic, and your numbers don't add up. With 10 mH and 80 µF, the resonant frequency is 178 Hz. Getting down to 1 Hz even with 10 mH would require over 2.5 ...
If the TVS truly clamps the "+12V" line to 25 V, then the VGS of Q1 can't exceed 25 V. However, if you want to limit the gate voltage, limit the gate voltage. A Zener between gate and source guar...
The electrodes electrically connect to the skin in order to pick up tiny signals produced by the heart muscles. Electrically you're a bag of saltwater. Your skin (the bag) has a relatively high r...
I think this is partly semantics. For example, consider designing a compensator for a power supply. The transfer function under consideration is essentially the open loop impulse response of the ...
The best route is a straight connection between the two points being connected. Of course that's not always possible due to other objects being in the way, or to be able to route other connections...
It's a current limiter, not eliminator. The current is always supposed to flow, but be limited at startup to avoid high inrush current. All the relay does is short out R103 when activated. The r...
The specs you need from an opamp in an audio circuit are somewhat dependent on the particular circuit. As you state, requirements of good audio circuits are high signal to noise ratio and low dist...
I'm not going to get into rigorous analysis. My perception is that you're getting hung up on details and forgetting to think what the overall circuit is doing and how it works. I'll therefore sti...
Simple filters don't cause a fixed ratio change in amplitude (dB) for a fixed change in linear frequency (Hz). Making the amplitude change by -0.1 dB/Hz would be very difficult. This could be don...
Firstly, is this calculation for power dissipation correct? P = (I2 * R) + (I * V * (t_on+t_off)/2 * f) = 0.517 W Not completely. There are two separate parts that need to be considered. I2RDSO...
The expansion of the conductors is the least of your problems. The real issue is the effect of excessive temperature on the insulators. The plastic in the cable has three electrical functions: T...
I'm not sure what you mean by the "Re" model, but ultimately the transistor does a certain thing regardless of what label we put on the circuit it is in. For a NPN like you're modeling, you will h...
It seems like you did the reduction to a Thevenin source mostly right, although the final value is a bit off. The original circuit we want to reduce to a Thevenin source is: First we reduce V1,...
It seems your main question is why all the comments to your question about reactance were deleted. I deleted them because they were no longer relevant. They pointed out problems with the question...
If you're really sure the symptom appeared right after the static discharge, then something in the front end of the amplifier may have gotten damaged. However, that sounds rather far fetched. Sco...
