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3.3V Voltage Regulator

3.3V Voltage Regulator

Description This project Ā will provide 3.3 V @ 800 mA DC Regulated Supply.Ā  The project is based on the LM1117 Low-Dropout Linear Regulator. The LM1117-3.3 is a low dropout voltage regulator with a dropout of 3.3V @ 800mA of load current. Specifications: Input – 5 to 15 VDC Output Current/Voltage 0<Iout<800mA, 4.75V<Vin<12V Output – 3.3

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Low voltage power supply unit

Low voltage power supply unit

In this post we introduce simple and flexible, regulated low voltage power supply unit. This power supply has provision for 4 outputs such as 1.5V, 1.8V, 2.5V and 3.3V. We mainly build this low voltage power supply unit to test (and power-up) low voltage MCUs, CPLDs and radio receivers. For this power supply we choose

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Fun with Voltage Regulators

Fun with Voltage Regulators

Iā€™ve been spending a lot of time thinking about op amps and comparators lately. One of the common uses of an op amp is as a ā€œunity gainā€ buffer, meaning that the output voltage is as close as possible to being the same as the input voltage. At a glance this might seem like a

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Using Fixed Voltage Reference FVR for A D conversion in enhanced mid range PIC microcontrollers

Using Fixed Voltage Reference (FVR) for A/D conversion in enhanced mid-range PIC microcontrollers

The reference voltage plays a very important role in any A/D conversion. It determines both the range and the resolution (Volt/Count) of the A/D conversion. Besides, the accuracy of the conversion also depends upon how stable the reference voltage is. Usually in PIC microcontrollers, the reference voltage for A/D conversion can be selected as the

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Control accurate incremental voltage steps with a rotary encoder

Control accurate incremental voltage steps with a rotary encoder

Experimenting with an HF oscillator, I needed to control the varactor diode voltage in precise increments over a 2V-10V range. A buffered potentiometer was the obvious choice, and connecting two pots in series to give coarse/fine control (or using a multiturn pot) would offer improved control over the varactor voltage. However, this approach still didn’t

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Transient Voltage Suppressors

Transient Voltage Suppressors

Voltage suppressors are used to protect circuits from unwanted transients, when other devices like diodes and capacitors fail to do so. Transient effects have various sources and are able to damage the connected parts and ICs if not properly measures taken. In this article we will discuss about the various transient voltage suppressors and their

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