
The excellent high input impedance, high slew rate, and high voltage qualities of CA3140 op-amp make it suitable for Wien-bridge sine wave oscillator. The basic circuit for Wien-bridge sine wave oscillator is shown in the figure below (the upper part). You can see the formula in the figure, when R1=R2=R, and C1=C2=C, then the formula [...]
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Incandescent lamp has been used to reduce harmonic distortion in sine oscillator circuit. The nonlinear resistance characteristic of the lamp filament help the circuit to shape the signal to approximate the ideal sine wave. Here is the classic Wien-bridge oscillator circuit using the incandescent lamp: You can change the frequency of the oscillator [...]
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Silicon pezoresitive-bridge pressure transducer (SPPT) is very popular in medical, industrial, environmental, and automotive pressure sensor application. The general architecture of SPPT uses a thin micromachined silicon diaphragm incorporates a implanted piezoresitive Wheatson-bridge strain-gauge. The transducer design allows only a small diaphragm deflection sin it has limited elasticity, and this produces only a very [...]
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Light dimmer circuit is used to control the lamp for arbitrary brightness. This dimmer circuit work for incandescent lamp, not a fluorescent one. The dimmer circuit here work for both 110V and 220V AC. Here is the schematic diagram of the circuit: /caption] Dimmer Wiring Diagram The dimmer circuit is [...]
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Autoranging is useful to extend the measurement range of an available ADC (analog-to-digital converter). Autoranging will best implemented for multiplexed input. LTC1257 is appropriate for system autoranging, adjusting an ADC’s full-scale range. During the conversion process, U2 and U3 receive the full and zero scale codes, respectively, that correspond to a [...]
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Sine wave oscillator can be implemented using Wien-Bridge oscillator like in our previous sine wave oscillator circuit, but now we present another method of generating sine wave signal. Using phase shifter, we can build a simple sine wave generator, as shown in the schematic diagram below: Sine wave oscillator using phase shifter has [...]
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