Sweep generator marker
Sweep generator with marker
Jan 16, 2025 Circuits

This circuit is a simple sweep generator. The sawtooth is generated by the PNP transistor and the 555...

two transistor sine wave oscillator
A two transistor sine wave oscillator
Jan 15, 2025 Circuits

Figure shows a variation on a sine wave oscillator, it uses just two transistors and a single variable resistor to set the frequency...

Bringing AI acceleration Arduino
Bringing AI acceleration to Arduino
Jan 15, 2025 News

Arduino is partnering with chip startup Axelera to bring machine learning out of the cloud and into IoT devices based on its Pro hardware...

Current mirror drives multiple LEDs low
Current mirror drives multiple LEDs from a low supply voltage
Jan 14, 2025 Circuits

Driving LEDs at a regulated current from low supply voltages can be difficult because minimal overhead voltage is available for control circuits. A current-mirror architecture is suitable but usually works only with ICs with well-matched transistors...

Ternary gain-switching 101 or 10202 base
Ternary gain-switching 101 (or 10202, in base 3)
Jan 13, 2025 Articles

This design idea is centered on the humble on/off/on toggle switch, which is great for selecting something/nothing/something else, but can be frustrating when three active options are needed...

8-bit microcontroller implements digital lowpass filter
8-bit microcontroller implements digital lowpass filter
Jan 9, 2025 Articles

Filtering occurs frequently in the analog world. Unfortunately, in the digital world, engineers apply it mainly to the DSPs and not to the small 8-bit microcontrollers that designers commonly use...

Resistive dummy load draws constant current
Resistive dummy load draws constant current from 1.2 to 50 V
Jan 7, 2025 Circuits

This dummy-load circuit has been in use at Maxim for more than 10 years. It's useful for testing power supplies and power amplifiers as well as drivers for LEDs, relays, and solenoids...

Ultrasonic mist maker DIY
Ultrasonic mist maker (DIY)
Jan 6, 2025 Circuits

I needed a simple mist maker/humidifier for a project that I was working on. I found lots of ideas on the internet, but they all lacked in one area or another, so I decided to design one...

Symmetrical 10 1.5 PWM-programmed power supply
Symmetrical 10 V, 1.5 A PWM-programmed power supply
Dec 29, 2024 Circuits

Variable regulated power supplies are handy tools found on well-equipped electronics lab benches. The symmetrical varieties that produce equal voltage outputs of opposite polarity, are even more so...

Synthesize precision bipolar Dpot rheostats
Synthesize precision bipolar Dpot rheostats
Dec 25, 2024 Circuits

The ubiquitous variable resistance circuit network shown in Figure… But a sticky question remains: What if the polarity of the VA – VB differential is subject to reversal...