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51. How to make a simple nonmagnetic AC/DC power supply
    Supply Texas Instruments TPS7A78 TLV704
    Texas Instruments When creating an industrial power supply, one of the most common challenges is transforming the AC voltage supply into a DC voltage supply. Changing an AC voltage to a DC voltage is necessary for nearly every application, from ...
    Oct 22, 2019
52. Three low-side LED biasing topology options and their trade-offs
    Optoelectronics Analogue Design Texas Instruments DAC43608/53608
    Uttam Sahu, Texas Instruments Many imaging products are moving toward more efficient LED array-based solutions and away from traditional technologies such as lasers or lamps. Applying resistive voltage dividers enables the linear forward biasing of ...
    Jun 19, 2019

53. How to Extend Battery Run-Time for Wearable Applications. Part 2
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    Paul Pickering Electronic Design Part 1 Let’s discuss the two most important blocks in a portable or wearable BMS: the battery charger and the battery fuel gauge. Battery Charger A battery charger must monitor the state of the Li-ion battery ...
    Jun 3, 2019
54. How to Extend Battery Run-Time for Wearable Applications. Part 1
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    Paul Pickering Electronic Design Maximizing available battery capacity requires a system-level approach to power efficiency plus components that tightly control battery operation while consuming minimal power. “Doing more with less” ...
    Jun 3, 2019
55. Dimming multiple LED strings enables color-tunable luminaires
    Optoelectronics Supply Light Texas Instruments LM3409 TPS92641 TPS92660
    David Zhang LEDs Magazine In many solid-state lighting (SSL) applications, such as architectural, area, and downlighting, color accuracy is very important. Moreover, an increasing number of products support dynamic color tuning to set the white ...
    Feb 10, 2019
56. Improve CAN and CAN-FD Systems with Superior Isolation, Protection
    Lou Frenzel
    Interfaces Texas Instruments ISO1042 ISO105 SN6505 TPS76350
    Controller area networks, used for communication purposes in many systems, are vulnerable to high-voltage transients. However, certain devices can help better guard against those problems. The controller area network (CAN) is a very popular serial ...
    Jan 30, 2019
57. Extend the input range of a low-dropout regulator
    Supply Texas Instruments TPS79228
    Jeff Falin EDN Because of process limitations, all ICs have an input-voltage limitation. This limitation can be cumbersome when you try to step down a high supply voltage to a lower, regulated voltage using a dc/dc converter, such as a linear ...
    Jan 22, 2019
58. How to Measure Current, Power for Improved System Monitoring
    Lou Frenzel
    Analogue Design Measurement Supply Texas Instruments INA190 INA300
    Often used for overcurrent protection, current-sense amplifiers are now finding homes in a wide array of applications, including automotive electronic fuses and three-phase motor control. If you're seeking a way to measure current and power in ...
    Dec 20, 2018
59. Voltage Reference Bests Zener Diode as Low-Current Bias Source
    Robert Hanrahan
    Supply Texas Instruments ATL431 LM385 LM4040 TPS2513
    Zeners are commonly used as low-current sources for bias voltage functions, but the proper voltage reference can give the same result and with much-lower dissipation and no performance tradeoffs. There are times when you need to bias a low-current ...
    Dec 20, 2018
60. Power and Energy Monitoring with Digital Current Sensors
    Measurement Texas Instruments INA233 INA219 INA226 INA231 INA3221
    Dennis Hudgins, Texas Instruments As the demand for power efficient systems continues to grow, accurately monitoring system power and energy consumption is increasingly important and is a problem more engineers must solve. One solution to this ...
    Aug 15, 2018

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