Questions tagged [input]
Something put into a system or expended in its operation to achieve output or a result
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What happen to a dff(flip flop) without input?
I have this question but I don't know what happen to a dff without an input is it always 0 ?? like this picture below the 2nd dff hasn't any d ??? Also, if someone can draw the answer of the question ?...
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Identify Vintage Power Cord for 1980s Organ [on hold]
I Recently acquired a Technics SX-C600 organ but it needs a power cord. Does anyone know what type of power cord I should get for this?
My understanding is that this is a rare organ.
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op-amp pin is sitting at high voltage (active low-pass filter)
I am looking at using the OP1177 to act as an active low pass filter. I need to smooth out a 20kHz signal burst with a minimum of 50 cycles to reach a voltage on the output to interrupt an ...
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Noise on Input Buttons for H-Bridge
I'm constructing an H-Bridge to control a linear actuator. I've done so by using a 2-channel relay module, some buttons, and a ESP32. I do not believe this is an issue of debouncing as I account for ...
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Measuring 24V AC input state with microcontroller
I need to measure the state (on/off) of a 24V AC line that is currently powering a solenoid valve. The microcontroller will take over the control of the solenoid through a solid state relay, but I ...
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Voltage across LED and source when LED is floating from one end
Refer to these pictures and can you explain why is there 3.335V coming across LED and the LED isn't even turning on. Also to note is that changing the resistor value does not change voltage at D2(A2) ...
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Input filters on AC/DC converter
I am using a board mount AC/DC converter and after adding an LC filter at the DC output of the converter to remove high frequency noise going to the circuitry, the noise is now reflecting back down ...
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Control system for matching purpose
Is there any best practice or model to design a control system aimed at verfying an input against a predefined answer?
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Input Impedance of a diode connected MOSFET
I was trying to derive the small-signal input impedance of a diode-connected MOSFET (figure included), and came up with this expression.
Is my method correct? I have been reading about methods of ...
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designing load for the MCU to drive by output current
I am talking about a plain MCU (ATMega32, max 20 mA per pin) output asserting a logic line high or low. I.e. to drive this IC: http://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/ads114s08b.pdf
There is a table ...
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Measure input capacitance of I/O pin
I'm looking for a simple laboratory procedure (and required equipment) to measure the input capacitance of each IC I/O pin.
Thanks in advance.
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Input filter on differential amplifier input
Hi, I need to determine the transfer function Vout/Vin. A traditional differential amplifier transfer function without the 2.2uF on the input side would be G1 = (Z2/Z1)*Vin, where Z2 = (2.2uF // ...
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Led as an input photodiode [Arduino AVR]
I’m trying to use a LED as a light sensor(input) connected to a Arduino Nano.
I connected the led with the Anode at digital pin 8 (PB0) with a resistance of 56 Ohm and the Cathode at an analog pin A0 (...
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Assigning specific bits of vector to outputs in verilog ucf
When I set up my module, I have code like
input signed [7:0] SIGNAL
but in the UCF I want to assign each bit individually. Currently my code in the UCF looks ...
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Can I connect Inductive Proximity sensor to two different PLC
Some background, I have a tractor that I want to make semi-autonomous.
The tractor has it own PLC and an NPN Proximity sensor to measure speed.
I have industrial PLC by Unitronics (V130) with I/O ...
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MCP4922 buffer feature
I'm using the MCP4922 as a dac with some different python programs. I am using this python package which has a setVoltage_buffered(channel, value) command. To quote ...
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Peculiar input current
http://www.cheemi-tech.com/product-current-transformers-CMPT107.html
Voltage between B & C is 119V which is equal to 1.19mA but input current between A & B is 14mA. Why is it so?
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Voltage time graph integration
In a Voltage time graph , at constant current I= 170 amps, voltage=0 to 5,5 and time= 0 to 97 sec and voltage decreases from 5,5 at 0sec to 1,16 at 97 sec, now how can I find the total power ...
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Detect 230VAC or 12VDC in the same pin [closed]
I'm designing an input interface for a microcontroller (uC). Want to detect signals (only want to know if there is voltage or not) of different typology, so you can have in the same input to the board:...
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Creating a Bluetooth input device for PC
I am currently working on a customized input device. Since the Bluetooth connection from the controller to the PC is not as easy as I thought at first, I decided to use a controller which already ...
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prox sensor with NPN open collector output or a dry contact
I am totally new in this field. I want to use a 5 V / TTL signal from a National Instrument to switch on/off a Red lion PXU series temperature controller. But this controller required a dry contact ...
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Input power vs charge curve (battery charging) [closed]
I want to know when charging a battery whether the charger reduces its current input as the battery reaches 80 percent charge, because it takes longer to charge the battery due to the charge curve.
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Read state from LED in another circuit
For a current project, I have to read the state of an LED in another circuit with a Raspberry Pi.
My current schematic is this:
simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab
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PIC16F883 over 12V input with resistors?
I am using a ADM00308 with a MTS2916A driver development board from MicroChip. There is a serial port RX & TX which can be programmed into an input. I'll use those inputs to drive the motor a ...
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Resister Parallel to AC Live & Neutral
Hi Guys, I am a newbie to electronics but love to get started learning. So after a few google searches and YouTube videos, I have decided build my own variable Power Supply using an old Computer ATX ...
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How can I design an isolated, wide-range digital logic input compatible with AC and DC voltages from (say) 5V-300V?
There are some excellent suggestions on how to create a wide-voltage range digital logic input on this question.
The question is very similar to my needs. I'd like to be able to detect the presence ...
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Which analog input design is better?
We are designing analog input with RC low-pass filter and we want to be able to disconnect the filter if needed. So we came up with these two options. 1st option has jumper at the right side and has ...
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what is the minimum current sinking capability for pic
what is the minimum current sinking capability for pic16f18854? also i need to connect input switch to the pic.i have tried making my own and assuimg suitable data.please help me is this correct.need ...
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Do I need different isolations among long-wire switches?
I'm playing with an MCU board (like Arudino) to read the state of several switches in my home (i.e. magnetic switches). The wires between the sensor and the board are quite long: 15+ meters in a star ...
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Arduino NANOs sharing input signals and controlling Pixel Ring blowing up
We're a bit stuck on the following problem :
We've connected a bunch (18 to be precise) of Arduino NANOs on the same +12V supply and they all share the same PWM output from another device (which goes ...
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Error: illegal Verilog output port specification
I am having problems with my verilog test bench. Every time I try to run it, I get the error in the title above for my four switch registers. I have searched this question numerous times but I cannot ...
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Differences between flip-flop control inputs and clock inputs
I'm studying clocked flip-flops (FFs).
However, I cannot differentiate between the two terms control inputs and clock inputs.
Can you tell me the differences between those two types of inputs, or ...
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MCU Input Protection
I am working on a simple protection circuit for an I/O pin on an MCU. The device will be 3v battery powered. The MCU's I/O pin has a voltage tolerance of (GND - .6V) to (Vdd + .6V).
Pull-to-ground ...
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What does “LB” out mean in a DC-DC buck converter?
Teacher gave me a schematic,and it includes a DC/DC buck converter with "LB" input and output,but i have no idea what the "LB" is,so i want to ask that does someone know what may the "LB" be?
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Wide Voltage Automotive Status To Microcontroller Input
I need to monitor the status of a wire in an automotive application that can have 10-40VDC on it at any time. What is a good approach to limit the voltage to a microcontroller input across such a wide ...
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Input of boost converter or charge pump in the energy harvest [closed]
I read some paper about the energy harvest, and lots of paper said the induced voltage from, for example, the thermo-electric harvesting could be as low as tens of millivolts in a realistic case, so ...
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ST10F269Z2T3 abnormal Input Logic Levels
We are using a ST10F269Z2T3 Microcontroller (Datasheet) in one of our old Designs. Among other things, the ST10 monitors the functionality of external devices using Standard logic Inputs. Eg.: Input ...
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Tristate driver I/O for analog signals
In FPGAs a tristate drive is used to convert a pin from an input to an output or vice versa. Now this works only in digital circuits. Is there a way how you could obtain the same functionality of ...
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Wide voltage range input regulation (24V - 3.3V)
TL; DR: I need a circuit capable of handling input voltages from 24V to 3.3V (with a 10mA/5mA maximum current) and delivering 3.3V to the microcontroller (ESP32) input.
Recently, I've been working ...
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How I can get a high level with this circuit? [closed]
simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab
I have this circuit.
The MCU on the right select speaker output if I have a low level and if i want audio jack output, i need a high ...
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Maximum input capacitance of IO-Link-Device on C/Q
I have a bit of trouble understanding the IO-Link-specification concerning the input capacitance of the C/Q-pin.
The specification says in table 7 (line 754):
CQD Input capacitance min: 0 max: 1,...
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How would you calculate the input and output impedance of this amplifier?
How would you calculate the input and output impedance of this amplifier?
I have done a lot of research and found so many conflicting pieces of
information. Not sure what is right.
C1 = 10Uf, C2 = ...
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Input circuit for ESP8266
I built the following simple circuit as an input to an ESP8266 microcontroller:
When I hold the switch closed, the input goes low. How do I modify this circuit to do the opposite? I want to press a ...
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Associate std_logic_vector constant with input port VHDL-200X
I am trying to configure a chip over SPI interface using FPGA Spartan 6 Eval board. I just need to configure, I do not need to read the data from the chip, it will be done by another interface. ...
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Powering 5V IC with 3.8V
I'm trying to power a ESP8266 and ATMega128 from a LiPo battery via the TP4056 charging module. I get 3.8V out of the charging module. According to the ATMega128 Datasheet it is possible to power the ...
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in SPI, can MOSI and MISO be connected together?
I'm using an 8051 series microcontroller, and documentation states that if I use serial mode 0, then its RXD pin can function as a bi-directional pin (both input and output) while TXD is strictly a ...
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Input voltage limits of AD8495 (thermocouple amplifier) vs supply voltage
I'm working on an android multigauge for cars based of a pic microcontroller. Some inputs from sensors are not fed by my circuit so after stumbling upon this thread: http://www.microchip.com/forums/...
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What is a “current load” on a 24 V input used for?
The MAX14821 (datasheet) is a 24 V IO device that features selectable current loads for use in actuators on the inputs.
What would this be used for? It's not just ...
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Audio ADC voltage level SNR question
I keep looking for Audio specific ADCs and the majority of these devices work at low voltages on the analog circuitry (5V for example).
Lets say we want to process an higher voltage audio input ...
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Connecting a coin receptor to a key press
I want to connect a coin receptor to a keyboard press.
I want to have an arcade cabinet with my computer game running. It should only add credits when a specific key is pressed, which can be ...
