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Half-Bridge with Ultra-Precise Current Sense Feedback for Solenoid
A Half-bridge converter is widely used in applications such as DC-DC converters, switch mode power supplies, inverters, motor drivers, resistive loads, and solenoid drivers. This project consists of an IR2104 Half-bridge driver chip, 2 x DPAK MOSFETS, and an INA293 precision current...
Continue ReadingXenon Flash Tube Driver
This is a Xenon Flash tube driver board and consists of a high voltage AC to DC converter circuit, a DC storage capacitor, a trigger circuit that will fire the xenon lamp, an Optocoupler to control the flashes etc. The circuit requires 220VAC and trigger pulse which should be between...
Continue ReadingVoltage Attenuator
The project shown here converts bipolar +/-10V (Dual 10V) signal and provides a single-ended 0 to 5V signal. The circuit attenuates a +/-10V, 10Khz bandwidth bipolar signal converts to a single-ended signal, and also filters it by a 3rd-order Butterworth filter to drive a single-ended...
Continue ReadingPhoto Diode Amplifier
This small module is a photodiode amplifier. The circuit consists of an OPAMP configured as a transimpedance amplifier for amplifying the light-dependent current of the photodiode. A small bias voltage is derived from the positive supply and applied to the op amp’s non-inverting...
Continue ReadingAirflow Sensor
This airflow sensor consists of INA326 precision instrument amplifier, double 100uA REF200 current sources, and a REF3025 2.5V reference voltage chip. Airflow dynamics dictate how much the voltage will increase or decrease for a given airflow rate. Therefore, the relationship between...
Continue ReadingAdjustable Current Source – 0 to 1A
This voltage-to-current (V-I) converter delivers a well-regulated current to a load. The circuit accepts an adjustable input voltage from Trimmer potentiometer PR1 and converts it to an output current from 0A to 1A. The current is regulated by feeding the voltage across a...
Continue Reading16-Bit I/O Expander with Serial Interface (SPI or I2C)
This project provides 16-bit, general-purpose parallel I/O expansion for I2C or SPI bus applications. The MCP23017 chip supports the I2C interface and the MCP23S17 chip is used for the SPI interface. The board can be populated with either SPI or I2C chip. Follow the connection...
Continue Reading2 Channel Ultra-Precise Current Sensor
The project described here is a two-channel ultra-precise, current-sense amplifier that can measure voltage drops across shunt resistors over a wide common-mode range from 2.7 V to 120 V. The INA2290A1 chip is the heart of the project. The ultra-precise current measurement accuracy is...
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