Questions tagged [input]
Something put into a system or expended in its operation to achieve output or a result
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When using mA on analog devices, does the other wire go to 0V or Earth?
On the Schneider analog input module (link) we have IC, IV, IS, 0V and Earth terminals for a single channel.
I've seen people connecting the signal wire from a transducer to the IC terminal and the ...
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Input of BLDC motor
Among the brushless DC motor, is there a motor with two input wire?
I thought that bldc motors with hall sensors should have 2 input, but it was hard to find such one. Is it wrong concept about bldc ...
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Can I Use a Transformer to feed a Mains current to a RPI GPIO pin
I have a standard mains (240v) motion detector that activates an outdoors lamp. I want to notify my Raspberry Pi when the lamp is activated.
My plan is to use a 240v to 3.3v transformer that I have ...
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Pic Programming - Nested Loops
I'm having some problem with my code and I can't get my two loops working properly. I'm new to C programming so I might have got the basic loop concepts wrong. I've got 10 LED lights connected to my ...
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Eliminating power-on state changes caused by input signal fluctuations
I have a circuit that uses several comparators to read an analog input signal and control some downstream digital logic. When the device powers up, the logic states fluctuate because the input signal ...
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Voltage source & current input
I am working on a project where I have a current source (analog output from a PLC) controlling a VFD. Based on the position of the dipswitch, the VFD will accept either a current or voltage input. The ...
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Allowing different inputs without needing to alter gain every time; a situation for a pre-amp?
The goal
I am attempting to make a small diy bookshelf speaker system using 2 16ohm, 25 watt speakers and a 2x25 watt class d amplifier board. If it matters, the amplifier board is a class d amplifier....
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Optocoupler Characteristics
In my application I need to isolate a PWM signal @ 1 kHz, which is generated from a Beaglebone Black microcontroller. In my signal, I want to have one hundred different steps in duty cycle (from 1% to ...
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Comparator resolving input voltages close to vdd
I have a design problem to solve. The problem statement goes as follows:
"Design a clocked comparator resolving input voltages close to vdd dissipating less than 100 uA".
What does "resolving input ...
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Amplify an Electret Microphone using an input Jack 3.5mm
First time on the platform, I will try to be as clear as possible, and electronics is a hobby for me, so I'm open to any welcommed criticism.
I'm trying to build a little project, recording the sound ...
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Op Amp input protection
I was looking for an Op Amp input protection circuit and the most common I found looks like this.
When the voltage at Input Signal goes above/below Op-Amp's supply ...
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Motor/MOSFET Does NOT React To Input On Breadboard
So I have tried so many different variations on breadboard of this circuit but the motor seems to just be powered by the power rail on breadboard. It does not react to any change in the input and ...
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GPIO Configured as Input OR Output
Is it possible to identify looking at the schematics whether a GPIO pin is configured as Input or Output pin for the case in following image?
PIN93 and PIN94 of a MCU are connected directly with ...
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Several Questions About Analog Input
I am new in the automation industry, and now I am focusing on learning how to wire correctly analog inputs in detail, since last time I tried I damaged the module input because of wrong wiring.
Here ...
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Calculate input resistance of power amplifier
how can I calculate the input resistance of this circuit?
Thank you!
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What's the use of the 4 outputs of a power entry module (Qualtek 864-10/009), and how to interpret it's circuit digram?
Main question: What is the purpose of having 4 outputs?
If I only had pins 1 & 4, I would be able to use 115VAC when it's set to 115VAC, and 240 VAC when it's set to 240VAC.
For 240VAC setting:...
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How to find the output voltage of a system with a computing amplifier?
I got a question regarding the following system.
The only given value is the input voltage $$U_e = 8V.$$
Now the task is to find the output voltage $$U_a.$$
My question now is how do I find this ...
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Difference between input current and supply current?
I am reading and trying to understand datasheet of ICs.
I am reading this datasheet now : http://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/sn74hc00.pdf
In the table 6.5, there are two parameters namely Ii and Icc. ...
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Signal conditioning for piezo shock-sensor digital input
I have a piezo element glued to a piece of material, and I want to get a digital signal (to drive an interrupt on an Arduino) when something strikes the material. So, there's a certain noise floor on ...
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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 [closed]
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 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 ...
