This is a pulse stretcher circuit using optocoupler. This circuit uses a 4N26 opto-coupler combined with a standard one-shot circuitry. This circuit is....

Series of current pulses are imposed on the structure simulated, and average currents of the 70%~90% section of each curve are calculated, (b) Voltage vs. time curves are obtained from the simulation. And the average voltage of the 70%~90% section of each....

Figure A shows the circuit of a direct-trigger timing light. The trigger voltage is taken from the car`s ignition circuit by a direct connection to a spark plug. A circuit using an inductive pickup is shown in Fig. B. A trigger transformer is used to develop....

This example introduces the switch D. C. regulated power supply circuit of buck-mode +5V series. It is composed of power supply circuit, impulsator, voltage sampling or pulse width modulation circuit, buffering driver circuit and it is showed as the picture....

Hello all, I ran across this schematic for a watch timer in a hobby electronics book. Anyone built something like this before? My knowledge of electronics is somewhat limited. Here is the description: ""This circuit adapts a frequency counter to measure....

This is a ADP1821 Step Down DC-to-DC Converter circuit. This circuit uses ADP1821 that is synchronous pulse-width-modulated (PWM), step-down controller,...

The schematic diagram below circuits 5V/1A Step-Down Switching Regulator using LM2524D Regulating Pulse Width Modulator (PWM). You may see the parameters, PC board layout, stuffing diagram and more in the LM2524D datasheet..

I have developed an inexpensive control system (less than $70) that can be used to both get more cutting power out of a DC discharge laser and significantly improve cutting accuracy for home built laser systems. The control system implements a control....

This design combines power-on and low-battery indication, can operate with any battery voltage up to 15V, has very low current drain (2mA or less) and costs less than $3. 50 with new parts. When the battery voltage is above a predetermined minimum, power on....

The linear charging ramp is most useful where linear control of voltage is required.Some possible applications are a long period voltage controlled timer, a voltage to pulse width converter, or a linear pulse width modulator. Q1 is the current source....

The basic concept as I understand it, is a high frequency high voltage low current rectified and then used to charge a bank of high value capacitors and then to discharge them in pulse mode for brief period of time, nano seconds in fact by, means of a high....

This circuit is from the data sheet for Linear Technology`s LT1720 (a 4. 5ns comparator). It`s the circuit entitled "Pulse Stretcher" at the very end. Essentially, it`s a one-shot with sensitivity down to 14mV for 5ns to 10ns inputs (i. e. , it doesn`t....

Using this design, you can construct an electromagnetically impulsed pendulum clock with a 1-second beat. On the prototype, the pendulum rod is 115cm long with a bob adjusted to make it beat every second. It is suspended on a short piece of mainspring from a....

The two optical sensors will give person count to the microcontroller and microcontroller will give this value to MCU-II. The microcontroller will sense the entrance of any person from high to low pulse on input pins (A3 and A4)..

The input cap for The phototransistor at the bottom is what feeds the opamp. But the output from the phototransistor is always between GND and Vcc. So why the need for an input capacitor It`s most likely there because the photo transistor is not being....

This article aims to show you how to control a DC motor though an H-bridge driver chip using the PWM output from a PIC to achieve speed control. Although I am using a PIC microcontroller other controllers such as AVR`s, Basic Stamps and certain Picaxe`s can....

The ISL62386 controller generates supply voltages for battery-powered systems. The ISL62386 includes two pulse-width modulation (PWM) controllers, adjustable from 0. 6V to 5. 5V, and two linear regulators, LDO5 and LDO3, that generate a fixed 5V output and a....

To get the best from an NBTV signal it is important to use the full dynamic range of the signal with no crushing at black level or peak white. To check the linearity of a video path it is usual to use either a staircase or sawtooth test signal. The circuit....

Using a PIC12F675, up to 5 outputs can be switched sequentially using a standard Remote Control pulse input of between 1 to 2 ms. Although any RC channel input can be used, it is especially useful when used with the rotary knob channels (usually 5 and above....

The 555 timer produces a rapid series of pulses whenever switch SI is open. These pulses are counted in groups of 16 and converted into binary form by the 7493 and applied to the 74154 (a l-of-16 decoder/demultiplexer) wired so that each of its 16 output....

Generate sinusoidal pulse width modulation (SPWM) signals using the ECCP module in a PIC for generating a sine wave output for use in DC-AC inverter. I have had requests from people asking how to generate the same SPWM signals with other microcontrollers....

All modern IR remote control devices produce a continuous coded stream of pulses at 37. 9 kHz when any button on the module is pressed. These IR pulses are detected and decoded by a receiver (your TV, VCR etc. ) and the appropriate function activated. In our....

Is infrared emission circuit diagram. NE555 circuit generates a 40kHz pulse which is sent by the infrared emission control SE303 after beingamplified by VT. (b) is remote receiver and infrared dimming circuit composed of the KA2184. LS7232 is an integrated....

This chapter contains circuit diagrams for several power supplies for pulsed solid state lasers. These include units suitable for driving the popular Hughes ruby and YAG rangefinder laser assemblies as well, one using the flash from a disposable pocket....

Used a 12V motorcylce Battery and an ignition coil of a car. A microcontroller produces some pulses to the base of a 2N3055 transistor. 2N3055 turn on an off the primary of the coil and the desirable sound is produced between the probe and the surface. I....

This scheme is for 4 cylinder motor. This will make your car spent less fuel, be a little bit faster and you wont have to frequently open your distributor cap to change the contact buttons thus wasting less money. T1/T2 create one monostable multivibrator in....

Optical toggle switch using a single Chip. Using dual flip-flop IC CD4027 employ a 555 based monostable circuit to supply input clock pulses. The circuit described here obviates this requirement. One...

A useful marker oscillator can be made using an NE555 to pulse the oscillator at an audio rate. This makes it easy to find the signal in the presence of interference. The crystal can be any suitable frequency from 1 to 30 MHz. ..

The model 4017 integrated circuit is a CMOS counter with ten output terminals. One of these ten terminals will be in a "high" state at any given time, with all others being "low, " giving a "one-of-ten" output sequence. If low-to-high voltage pulses are....

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This circuit was originally designed to detect weak flashed of laser light bounced off of a fabric video projection screen. It was used as part of a firearm training system. It generates a 100mS output pulse whenever it detects a 3ms to 5ms-laser burst,....

Marx Generators are often used in pulsed power and high voltage applications to generate a high peak voltage pulse. The simplified theory behind them is that a number of capacitors are charged in parallel and then switches are closed to connect them in....