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Touchless capacitive switch

This post describes a circuit that has a capacitive input sensor and a switching transistor at the output PNP. When…

Speed checker
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Speed checker

While driving on highways, motorists should not exceed the maximum speed limitpermitted for their vehicles. However, accidents keep occurring due…

Band Stop Filter
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Band Stop Filter

A band Stop Filter known also as a Notch Filter, blocks and rejects frequencies that lie between its two cut-off…

State Variable Filter
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State Variable Filter

The state variable filter is a type of multiple-feedback filter circuit that can produce all three filter responses, Low Pass,…

Second Order Filters
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Second Order Filters

Second Order (or two-pole) Filters consist of two RC filter sections connected together to provide a -40dB/decade roll-off rate. Second…

Butterworth Filter Design
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Butterworth Filter Design

In the previous filter tutorials we looked at simple first-order type low and high pass filters that contain only one…

Active Band Pass Filter
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Active Band Pass Filter

The principal characteristic of a Band Pass Filter or any filter for that matter is its ability to pass frequencies…

Active High Pass Filter
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Active High Pass Filter

An Active High Pass Filter can be created by combining a passive RC filter network with an operational amplifier to…

Active Low Pass Filter
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Active Low Pass Filter

By combining a basic RC Low Pass Filter circuit with an operational amplifier we can create an Active Low Pass…

Passive Low Pass Filter
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Passive Low Pass Filter

A Low Pass Filter is a circuit that can be designed to modify, reshape or reject all unwanted high frequencies…

Difference Between MCB MCCB
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The Difference Between MCB & MCCB

The Difference Between MCB & MCCB? 1- Miniature Circuit Breaker (MCB)  :                    …

Air circuit breaker
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Air Circuit Breaker (ACB)

Air Circuit Breaker This circuit breaker will work noticeably all around; the extinguishing medium is an Arc at the climatic…

Phase Splitter
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Phase Splitter

A phase splitter circuit produces two output signals that are equal in amplitude but opposite in phase from each other…

Speaker Short Circuit Protection Circuits
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Speaker Short Circuit Protection Circuits

The amplifier features delay, dc protection, and temperature monitoring across the speaker protection circuits. Since the application of short circuit…

Push-button bathroom fan switch
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Push-button bathroom fan switch

Push-button bathroom fan switch design supports timed operation. This design switches a 120VAC load, and includes several much-needed details on…

Circuit provides reverse-battery protection
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Circuit provides reverse-battery protection

A universal problem in battery-operated devices is the threat of damage when an end user (never an engineer) inserts the…

Polarity-correcting circuit protects battery-powered devices
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Polarity-correcting circuit

Polarity-correcting circuit protects battery-powered devices. previously-published Design Idea outlined a polarity protection circuit that provides the correct connection of the…

Thevenin’s Theorem
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Thevenin’s Theorem

Thevenin theorem is an analytical method used to change a complex circuit into a simple equivalent circuit consisting of a…

Nodal Voltage Analysis
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Nodal Voltage Analysis

Nodal Voltage Analysis finds the unknown voltage drops around a circuit between different nodes that provide a common connection for…

DC Circuit Theory
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DC Circuit Theory

The fundamental relationship between voltage, current, and resistance in an electrical or electronic circuit is called Ohm’s Law. All materials…

Schematic Circuit Symbols
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Schematic Circuit Symbols

Kirchhoff’s Current Law
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Kirchhoff’s Current Law

To determine the amount or magnitude of the electrical current flowing around an electrical or electronic circuit, we need to…

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Kirchhoff’s Circuit Law

Kirchhoffs Circuit Laws allow us to solve complex circuit problems by defining a set of basic network laws and theorems…