Questions tagged [switching]
Switching can be defined as the change in state whether it be an analog, digital, or mechanical device. For digital devices, switching can be defined as a transition from HIGH to LOW or vice versa. For analog devices, switching can be defined as a change of operation within a transistor. Mechanical device examples include physical light switches or button switches. Ultimately, switching interrupts current from going into another conductor path.
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How do I switch a PIN diode using a TTL control signal?
I'm designing a TR switch for antenna using a PIN diode.
The PIN diode I'm using is UM7512 make: micro semi.
I need to switch between -400v (off) to +5v (on). The switching time should be 50usec.
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How to drive led with transistor?
I'm trying to make a very simple circuit to switch an led using a transistor. My supply voltage is 16v, my control signal is 3.3v from an esp8266 GPIO, and my transistor is a 2222a NPN.
My led has a ...
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What capacitor should I choose for mitigating frequency issues? [closed]
I'm doing this project where I'm replacing original NiMh battery (6V pack made up of 5 units of 1.2V cells) with a modern LiPo one.
I'm using a pouch style battery, which has 3.7V that is definitively ...
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How do I wire this switching power supply
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/124258506002
How do I wire this power supply? It doesn't seem to have any connections and in my mind, it needs two for mains voltage, 2 for 12v out.
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Why are bipolar transistors used for switching applications?
I noticed that many sites targeted at hobbyists recommend bipolar transistors (mostly NPN) to switch things on and off. Bipolar transistors definitely have their purposes especially in analog circuits,...
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Automatic switching to the changed set of TTL inputs
I have 2 sets of 4 logical inputs.
All inputs are active-low 5V TTL level lines with 4k7 pull-up resistors, as they may be pulled to ground by a a user pressing a switch or flipping a transistor with ...
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Issue with n channel mosfet switching with an isolated gate drive
I am trying to make a n-channel mosfet switch a load from a high voltage (250V). I am using the n channel C2M0280120D mosfet. the circuit looks something like below:
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Why does a spark occur when an SMPS is connected to the load circuit?
I am using a 36VDc SMPS as a power supply. A spark is generated when I connect 36V with my load circuit.
Specification:
Voltage source: 36VDc
Current consumption: more than 3A
I want to know why a ...
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Best way to switch electronically between different voltage sources for measurement
I am trying to make a circuit that can measure voltage between three different terminals. The Voltage under measurement can range upto 0 to 1500V.
As you can see in the circuit, I want to Measure the ...
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High Voltage Switching with Mosfets
I am currently working on a prototype that is going to generate a burst of pulse of high voltages (e.g. 1KV).
To do this, I first made a voltage multiplier and feed the mains voltage (230Vrms) ...
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SPDT mechanical relay: do NO and NC pins short between each other as pole switches
I have a mechanical SPDT relay (Digi-Key PN 281-6348-ND, I am only using one of the two channels). I also have a sensitive circuit downstream of the relay.
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While a mechanical relay is ...
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Diode capacitance vs diode speed
I have some difficulties to understand what are the fatest diodes. Schottky diode are known for being the fatest diode (at least according to my knowledge) nevertheless their diode capacitance is ...
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How to separate high voltage and low voltage side of a circuit?
I want to design an ATS for a single phase. Here, I have added two sources and also control circuits. But I need to separate the high voltage and low voltage side of the circuit. In order to do that, ...
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TRIAC driver circuit behavior when switching low current loads
I'm doing a project that involves switching different kinds of loads (edit: by that I mean loads that go from just a couple mA, up to 5A or so) using the usual TRIAC + opto-isolator combo (in my case, ...
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Why won't this chip switch?
So I have a problem with The UC382x Family of chips from TI.
Here is the datasheet that I'm working off UC382x, I had some confusion already with datasheets seems there's a few floating around but TI ...
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Art of Electronics 2.5 - Transistor saturation
With reference to the image below the text says
When the switch is closed, the base rises to 0.6 V (base– emitter diode is in forward conduction). The drop across the base resistor is 9.4 V, so the ...
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Filtering out Switching Noise
I'm designing a custom current limiting circuit designed for electric bikes and small electric vehicles. It's purpose is to limit battery current to "dumb" motor controllers so that you can ...
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Switching load with changing polarity
From a bespoke board I'm receiving 18vdc that I need to switch. This 18vdc will usually be +18vdc but at times can be -18vdc. The load is .35A. The polarity is being changed via a H-Bridge and ...
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bootstrap vs dual power supply in MOSFET gate driver
I want to ask if my following understanding is correct or not regarding the switching circuits of power mosfet gate drivers in H-bridge where both high and low side mosfets are N-channel.
If we have ...
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Keep circuit on after momentary trigger
I want to keep my circuit on after a push button is pressed and released. Trying to do this I stumbled upon soft latch circuits, but they are too complex and I don't need the turning off feature. What ...
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Switching between power sources with microcontroller
I need a way to switch a load(a high power LED) between two different power sources(50v and 100v) using a logic signal, quickly(<500us) and repeatably. I was going to use an n-channel high side ...
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Why might an N MOSFET switch output flip with no change in gate voltage (and then stick)?
In lots of places, we use a simple N-FET switch to turn on/off 24V outputs. We use a 30V rated part and stay well under the power/current limits.
We've started to see recently however a couple of ...
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Why is my IRL540 slow to turn off?
I'm trying to switch 12V with an IRL540 from a 5V micro. Right now I have it a 1k resistor between 12V and the drain, the source to ground, and the gate has a 100kHz 5V square wave on it. That's the ...
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RCD “Clamp/Snubber”
I am attempting to figure out this "RCD Snubber" as seen below:
The Eval Sheet says "The resistor capacitor diode (RCD) snubber for the two
synchronous rectifiers consists of R3, C29, and D4 for one ...
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Utilization of MOSFETs as switches, design methodology
Let's say I want to use an nMos FET in a low side switching circuit as follows:
simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab
Datasheet for IRF530 here.
Now, during my education ...
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switching a buck converter with transistor
I've got a bunch of shape memory valves (SMV) that require 1.2V @ 0.25A and I'd like to use a single buck converter and DIO signals from an Arduino to switch these shape memory valves on and off. I'...
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Capacitor does not hold charge when switching power
I'm trying to create a power source switch using a relay. This's supposedly will be used for my Raspberry Pi. So what I want to do here is :
Create a backup power source with battery that will ...
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How can I trigger an AC output ON when an AC input is OFF?
I have a low power 24V AC circuit powering some motorised ball valves for switching water on and off. Several of the valves are 2-wire auto-return meaning that presence of an AC signal will open the ...
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Switch 12V loads with MCU and BDW93C darlington or IRF630N
Task is to switch 2 loads with an MCU (3.3V 10mA max) and few IRF630N, BDW93C and sample pack of S901x transistors (of switch relevant components).
12V loads, likely important context for question:
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Adding Parallel Diodes to a load
This question is based on my previous question - Measuring voltage drop across a diode in a switched circuit
I have started a bounty on that question. At the same time, I am trying to understand why ...
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How does a “mains priority circuit work”?
Dometic makes a series of DC refrigerators and one capability is to hook the fridge up to both DC and AC and it uses a "mains priority circuit" to prefer the AC source to the DC source, if both are ...
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36x LED 5730 in series: diodes burnt when LED driver (based on BP9833A or MT7854BD) powered up
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I have 18W, 36 LED lamp fixture which I cannot change.
Originally it has 2x parallel 18off 5730 LEDs and 300mA driver. It works for some time, but diodes starts burning. I thought that ...
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Contactor utilization category
Is a contactor of utilization category AC-1 applicable to switching a whole single-family house (of say 65A, 30kW @ 230V) on or off?
Since AC-1 means "Non-inductive or slightly inductive loads, ...
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When does a transistor act as a switch, and when as an amplifier?
I'm a beginner with electronics, anyway I'm experimenting a lot with it.
I still don't understand how you can use the same transistor for example to amplify an audio signal, or to act as a switch for ...
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Switch Power Supply at 24V using MOSFETs
As title, here's a schematics:
simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab
Is this a correct way to create a power switch or can this schematic be improved?
Board will sink at ...
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Generator to Main changeover issue RCCB not moving up
RCCB not moving to up position while DG to EB ( generator to mains) changeover.
I live in a community where we have almost 1200 apartments in India which will serve power through generators when the ...
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Auto disconnect the load while charging the battery
Here is a tentative schematic that would use the battery (3.7V, 3500mAh single 18650 battery) to power the load under normal circumstances. The charger is disconnected at this point. When the AC-DC ...
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Transistor switch for replacing m5201, Marshall Valvestate30r repair
I have amp in which m5201 are used. It operates on +15V -15V DC and has enable pin voltages that from what simulations I ran ranges from 15V and 10V DC. I would like to replace the chip with regular ...
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Best way to switch USB power
I'm looking for a way to switch an USB device's power (a mini waterpump) digitally. I've found some solutions, however I'm not sure what are the advantages/disadvantages of the different approaches, ...
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Understanding flyback diodes in an H-Bridge
I am able to understand the use of flyback diodes when a basic low side unidirectional motor switching is done with an N channel MOSFET for example. I also understand the working of H-Bridge ...
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In which region should a MOSFET be operated as a switch?
I have a question about MOSFET switching operation.
According to an article:
In order to operate a MOSFET as a switch, it must be operated in cut-off and linear (or triode) region.
According to ...
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P-channel MOSFET high side switching, Arduino 5V pin and Vcc connection
In this tutorial,
The author makes this weird(to me apparently) connection of 5V pin of arduino to 12 V power supply, and explains itself by:
You need to have two power sources - one for the ...
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Making aysnchronous sequential circuits hazard free
The problem I am stuck at requires me design a hazard free asynchronous sequential circuit for a given problem description. I have followed the routine steps as follows:
I have obtained the primitive ...
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How to detect charger connected to cut off battery and use externall power
I'm working on project which is supposed to be user friendly. It will usually run on battery and highest expected current draw is around 6A, but usually around 2A. I will probably use Li-On battery, ...
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Manually selecting which of three ethernet output ports should transmit signal from a single ethernet input, using MCU and transistors?
I have a TV-bench containing three different computer units that all use Ethernet. Although, I only have one measly ethernet output coming out of the wall closest to the bench. Not wanting to clutter ...
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Negative Half of Sine Wave Passes Through Off MOSFET
I'm trying to design a MOSFET based switch which allows a sinewave through, however I noticed that when I was simulating it in LTSpice, whenever I try to turn off the FET the negative half of the ...
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LM2678 PCB Layout question / review
After my initial question about switching regulators I had decided on trying to use an LM2678 for an adjustable/variable voltage form 5-24V and 5A max with an input of ~30VDC.
The application will be ...
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LTSpice simulation issue
I am studying a circuit which will charge a capacitor till using a voltage doubler till it reaches a specified voltage value. Then it will discharge through a resistor. An SPDT switch is realised for ...
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switching 11 250mA shape memory valves from arduino
I am trying to switch 11 shape memory valves (SMV), which are effectively valves that open by heating a (shape memory) wire by passing a current through it. The SMV require 250mA, and have a ...
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Can I use an optocoupler to switch an analog signal?
I have this setup to select 1 of 4 signals, pass it through a sensor, then output it to its own output line. It must also maintain all the signals at the output at all times, using optocouplers as ...
