Questions tagged [schematics]
The diagram that shows how the parts are hooked up logically. If your question is about a specific schematic software package, use that tag instead.
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How to diagram power-side and ground-side switches?
I'm an early-stage self-teaching hobbyist.
Just as a practice exercise I'm diagramming simple circuits (without looking at the instructions) of DIY kits that I've bought on banggood.com (awesome ...
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LCSC parts for Coil & Capacitor
Greeting,
I'm using This Schematic as a reference to create a customized BLE PCB board.
I need some help to identify the below parts (with LCSC part No. if possible) as this is my first time to see ...
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Schematic conventions for different supply rails
I have two ICs in my circuit. They have different supply voltages, 3.3 and 2.7 volts. The voltages are subject to change as we refine the design. I'm trying to come up with labels for these rails. One ...
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Which software was used to draw this schematic diagram? [closed]
Using which software, the following schematic diagram is made?
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PSpice AC Circuit Simulation Showing 0 V for Output Voltage?
I am trying to run a simple Op Amp simulation. My lab gives zero instruction on PSpice, tossed us a brief manual on DC PSpice circuits (even though the class is AC), and said go forth. The circuit I ...
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Help understanding 1986 schematic for Rohde & Schwarz cryptographic key generator
From https://www.cryptomuseum.com/crypto/rs/pu104/index.htm :-
PU-104 was a key generator for perforated paper tape, made around 1986 by Rohde & Schwarz (R&S) in München (Munich, Germany). ...
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Designing a prototype pcb in Eagle with other parts imported?
I am protyping a project with several boards like microcontroller, charger, booster etc. for my bachelor's degree in electrical engineering. Now I want to switch from my prototype board and etch my ...
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Replacing elements in a tube amplifier
I assembled a tube amplifier.According to the specified scheme (Old Russian radio "Record 66").
1.What is the function of capacitors C9 and C8 ?
2.What will change the capacity of these parts? Will ...
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Design pads and import to OrCAD PCB; or design directly in OrCAD PCB designer after importing other components?
I have a problem with layout design of pad. After creating the netlist and doing the routing, I want to add some single long pads to the board without packages to be able to solder wires on these pads....
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How to find the effective resistance across the points A and B here?
I had to draw the circuit and take a picture of it as I am not very educated with circuit drawing software. The circuit consists of 5 resistors with their respective resistances written beside them. ...
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Decoding circuit with transformer topology
I am studying a circuit used for mobile adaptor, where AC to DC conversion is done through bridge rectifier ABS210. Transformer is used for isolation along with IC LP3783 (Offline PSR Driver) and ...
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ERC error EAGLE
I do not understand why I am getting and error for the POWER pin IC2 and IC3, I have attached Vcc+ to + and Vcc- to -.
What am I doing wrong?
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ENC28J60 - is this connection correct
Just wondering if this is correct. I never used to design anything using this chip.
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NMI Input circuit on a MCU
This circuit is connected at the NMI input of a MCU. The 'J2s' pin is connected to an external signal. Is it some sort of delay circuit or some filter circuit?
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J2s is digital signal coming ...
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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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Schematic to PDF [closed]
I have 3 schematics files. I want to convert those to PDF format. I don't have the full version of software that can do it. Is there any other way to do the conversion? The free trial version is ...
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Strange MOS design
I saw this kind of MOS used as this :
simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab
I don't think it can work & I m not sure a mos used like this can be used as a reverse ...
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What is the binary format of the OrCAD .OLB files?
I want to auto generate .OLB files for my own components, so I need to either use Orcad Capture scripting, or alternatively write the binary .OLB files myself.
Is there anybody that have seen a ...
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Explanation of an electric motor schematic
Below is the schematic of a Bosch electric motor:
What are the three double-lined (one thick one thin) elements on the left side?
What is the part on the right (black thick lines)?
What is the white ...
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How to show or print all the parts in an OrCAD library (OLB) file?
I have a .OLB file for OrCAD schematic where there are multiple part in.
I an open the .OLB file using File => Open => Library, and I can also successfully place parts in a design.
From previous ...
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Unnamed bus connections in schematics
I thought I could read schematics, but I have this problem: sometimes there are unnamed signals connected to buses and I don't know where they are supposed to be connected.
Example:
IC3 pis 14...23
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What does a resistor value of “NOM” mean?
On this schematic of part of the Apollo Guidance Computer (found here), some resistors have a value of "NOM."
According to this question, "NOM" stands for "nominal" when it's found in a datasheet, ...
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How to connect these two resistors like on the schematic?
I am trying to connect CAN to the LPC1768, like here
Expect that I don't understand the picture or the meaning of "you need two 120 ohm terminating resistors at either end of the bus".
Does it mean ...
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MosFet Design Help
I posted yesterday about wondering what diode an SMD component on my board was. Here I am again, wondering if this schematic and PCB design looks reasonable. I looked at my original in hand component ...
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What does n/o and n/c mean on a schematic diagram?
Okay so I have two questions. I am looking at a schematic diagram of a remote control for a toy car and I can't seem to figure out what the "n/o" and "n/c" components stand for that are attached to ...
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Some schematic voltage values (physical names) missed when printed or generated in Altium
Maybe it's a silly issue, but the fact is that I don' t know why a voltage value is present in the schem project document but it will disappear from the destination document (printed or generated) at ...
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Is this symbol another version of a ferrite bead symbol?
I saw this symbol in the schematic of the ADPD2140z eval board. From what Ive seen online, ferrite bead symbols are usually slanted rectangles with right angled corners. This is slightly different, ...
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Altium pin parameters in symbols
thanks for the many great questions and answers over the years. This is my first question.
I use Altium Designer for capturing designs.
I had an idea to make my processor components a little more ...
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Altium net designator like option?
I'm looking to see if it is possible to label net names in Altium in some way similar to the concept of component designators (eg R? C?) which would enable me to duplicate a section of a circuit which ...
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Is this notation for a single capacitor or a dual capacitor?
So Im trying to repair the indoor fan on our ducted AC system (2 weeks wait to get it replaced on warranty). Capacity has exploded. I replaced it with a similar cap (8uF 400v) and wired it the same as ...
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Altering schematic for adaptor
I am trying to make a PCB for the attached schematic (mixer.jpg). Rather than run on 2 9V batteries, I would like to plug it into the wall using a +9 / -9V DC power supply.
Do I need both diodes and ...
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How to keep the state of relay
In schematic below when current exceeds the set point of PR1 it toggles the relay and as soon as current drops the relay goes back to normal state:
How can i keep the relay state as triggered even ...
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current sense switch
This schematic triggers the relay when current exceeds 1-3A:
I want to do some modification in this circuit;
How can i reverse the circuit working to trigger the relay when power connected to INPUT ...
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Overcurrent protection for DC motor [closed]
I found a circuit to protect DC motors from stalling:
this is the schematic:
and this is the board I made based on that schematic:
When the power is connected to the circuit makes all LEDs on but ...
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Bus vs Signal Harness in Altium
I am designing a Schematics for one of my big project. I am using Hierarchical Design for my project. My Schematics has one processor which has 5 UART. The UART nets have names like ...
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Light Activated Switch
Can I use a 12 V power supply as the source of electricity for this circuit? And where do I connect the positive/negative of my power supply?
I'm a bit new to this so please understand, thank you.
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Why is my dark activated circuit not working?
When I turn my circuit on the LED turns on but even in the dark the LED is still on.
Can someone help me?
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How to convert light activated switch into dark activated switch [duplicate]
Can anyoe teach me how to convert this into light activated switch
(https://i.stack.imgur.com/r6lZH.jpg)
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How to convert light activated switch [duplicate]
Can anyone teach me how to convert a light activated switch into dark activated switch vice versa.
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Connecting multiple Net Labels to same Net Wire
I am using Altium Designer 17. My schematics is Hierarchical and divided into multiple sheets.
Few sheets have microprocessor ...
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Attiny 841 dev board schematic review
I am about to send a custom Attiny841 dev board (aimed at Optiboot) to production and I thought, since I never used netiher this microcontroller nor the USB-UART converter before, I'd come here and ...
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What is the best program for designing circuit diagrams [closed]
I am trying to find a free program for designing circuit diagrams. Is Autodesk's Eagle program any good or is that just for designing PCBs. I've had a look at Microsoft Visio but I don't really want ...
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How to Convert 28V to 12V?
I have to use a 28V DC power supply for a certain design I am doing. But I only need 12V DC to power up this device. How would I design this in a schematic? What would I need? I have been searching up ...
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Does this prototype match the schematic?
I'm following this project which shows how to make an OpenTherm Adapter for an Arduino. It includes this schematic:
Along with this simplistic PCB diagram:
I am now in the process of making my own ...
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Updating schematic symbol in Altium
I'm trying to learn Altium and would like to know if someone can point me in the right direction here or if it's even possible to do this.
So I've created a 20 pin symbol on a .SchLib for an IC and ...
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Building a Shunt Active Power Filiter Using
I am trying to built an experimental setup of a shunt active power filter to validate some Matlab simulations, I am using a SEMITEACH B6U+E1CIF+B6CI. (Here is the datasheet) and picture of the device :...
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Orcad Schematic Capture. Instances vs Occurrences
Using Orcad capture to create a multi-page hierarchical schematic I used the "Annotate..." option to renumber all parts. First set the them to "?" then incrementally update them.
However, after this ...
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Is it ok to 'snake' the flow of my schematic?
I recently watched this video by EEVblog on drawing schematics. One thing he talked extensively about was that the logical flow of a schematic should flow from left to right.
Whilst this makes ...
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How the PCB-A are designed?
I don't know if the question is straightforward. I am not interested in the manufacturing process, soldering, testing, etc.
When I am working on a school project, first of all I try my design on a ...
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TPS26601 Industrial eFUSE Circuit Design
I have been designing a circuit for various Power protections like overcurrent, overvoltage, ...
