Tag: MOSFET

PWM Temperature Controlled FAN using TC648 and NTC sensor

The project described here is a switch mode fan speed controller for use with brushed or brushless DC motors. Temperature proportional speed control is accomplished using pulse width modulation (PWM). 10K Ohms NTC is used to sense the temperature. The project is built using TC648 chip...

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Automatic LED Stairway Lighting – Arduino Compatible

This creative idea is suitable for a stairway with 16 stairs, each stair can have a 12V LED. It has two sensors one at the start and one at the end of the stairs and when the sensor trigered at any end it starts a process of lighting each of the steps in a progressive cycle starts....

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Two Channel Smart Low-Side Power Switch for Inductive, Resistive and Capacitive Loads – Arduino Shield

The project presented here enables users to switch all kinds of resistive, inductive and capacitive loads, limited by clamping energy (EAS) and maximum current requirement. The user may interface 2 x inductive, resistive, and capacitive loads such as solenoid, dc motor, high current...

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PIR Motion Sensor LED Ceiling Light – Arduino Compatible

This motion sensor LED ceiling light board has been designed using 4 white LEDs each of 1-3W, PIR sensor module, Atmega328 microcontroller, low ohm IRLR7843 MOSFET, and few other components. The PIR sensor detects the infra-red rays emitted by human motion within the detection area...

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PWM Module with Dual Source/Sink Outputs using SG3525

SG3525 PWM module is a great tool for every hobbyist. This circuit can be used in various applications such as switching power supply, DC-DC converter, DC motor speed controller, LED dimer, High voltage power supply, solenoid driver, and electronic DC load.  This low-cost pulse width...

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Current Limit Solid State Power Switch with Latch

The project published here is a solid-state power switch with current limiting that prevents damage to host devices from faulty load conditions. This analog current limit switch has low on-resistance P-channel MOSFET and INA202 driver IC from Texas Instrument. The project operates...

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High Current Discrete Half-Bridge Based on IR2104 or IR2101

This is a discrete Half-bridge driver based on IR2104 gate driver IC and low impedance high current N channel IRFP4368 MOSFETS. The IR2104 is a high voltage, high speed power MOSFET driver with independent high and low side referenced output channels. HVIC and latch immune CMOS...

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