Tag: Power
Soft Latch Power Switch Circuit
Dаvid Jones through his Youtube channel EEVblog described in detail how to design a cheap soft latch power switch circuit, using one push button switch to toggle your circuit power on and off with the following design requirements: Zero power when off. One on/off switch....
Continue ReadingCircuit delivers constant power to a load
Kiril Karagiozov @ edn.com has a circuit idea that is able to deliver constant power to a load. This is done by generating energy pulses, independent of resistance of the load. If you have a load with a variable or poorly specified resistance and want to regulate the power applied to...
Continue Reading9 VDC Regulated Power Supply
Tiny low current 9 VDC Regulated Power supply designed around bipolar transistor and zener diode. The circuit is known as series voltage regulator or emitter follower voltage regulator. The unregulated supply fed to input and the circuit regulate the voltage and provide constant 9V...
Continue ReadingBuild a Cloud-Connected ESP8266 Power Meter
Measure the DC power consumption of your devices on the cloud @ adafruit.com Controlling the electrical consumption in your home is one of the most important thing you can do, both because of environmental concerns & to reduce the electricity bill at the end of the month. There...
Continue ReadingLow-side I/V sensing IC, with internal power calculation
Maxim Integrated has posted details of the MAX44299, a low-side current, voltage, and power monitoring circuit that provides an analogue output current proportional to the measured current, voltage, and the internally calculated instantaneous power. The power monitor offers high...
Continue ReadingUSB Power Meter
Daniel Grießhaber @ hackaday.io has published his build of a USB power meter. His device is based on ATTiny 85 mcu and 0.96" OLED Display and is able to measure voltage, current and power output from USB port. Since USB has become more and more a power delivery standard, it...
Continue Reading1.3V – 15.5V @ 2 Amps Power Supply
Here is a low cost and easy to build power supply based on a some Chinese DC-DC converter modules: This is a small size power supply with low cost and easy to make that only taking about 5 more hours. I was very happy with it and would share with you. Power Supply...
Continue ReadingInternet-of-Things Power Meter
This is a simple, cheap, easy to build IoT Power Meter that provides accurate statistics on household power consumption: The Internet-of-Things Power Meter (IPM) is a device fixed on top of the regular household power meter that provides detailed information about the electricity...
Continue Reading