With just three transistors, one relay, and some resistors and capacitors, a single light switch can provide sophisticated control of high-power and low-power lamps. A brief story behind this idea is as follows: Last month, I created a simple ...
Traditional control-system designs use separate switches to control power and various system functions, but adding a few components to a small, microprocessor-based system can combine a control function with the system's on/off switch. For ...
José M Blanes and Ausiàs Garrigós EDN Electronics engineers often use photovoltaic-module simulators to test dc/dc-power converters, inverters, or MPPT (maximum-power-point-tracking)-control techniques. The use of these ...
Andreas Freiherr VishayOpto Creating a “Magic” Cat Doorbell with the TSSP4P38 Proximity Sensor Leonie and her family live in a building with seven other families. Like many cats, Leonie loves to explore her surroundings, and after ...
Edward K. Miguel Electronic Design With this simple circuit configuration, an optoisolator can drive a standard 2N2222 transistor output high or low to indicate if the line voltage is 120 V or 220 V ac. For applications such as motor control or ...