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Battery Current Monitor Circuit, A Single Supply Operation

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By detecting a voltage drop in resistor connected in series with the battery, we can measure the current flowing in or out  of the battery. A simple differential amplifier do that, but we need both positive supply and negative supply to sense the current in both direction,  the current when charging and discharging the battery. [...]



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Self-Powered Current Sensing Circuit

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This current sensing circuit sense the current at the high side (between positive supply and load). This circuit take the benefit of the microampere supply current and Rail-to-Rail input of the LT1494 op-amp. Here is the schematic diagram of the circuit: Look at the op-amp, the inverting input is connected directly to the [...]



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Current Sense Circuit, A Classic Design Using Positive Rail Sensing

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A LT1637 is advertised as 1.1MHz, 0.4V/us Over-The-Top Micropower, Rail-To-Rail Input and Output Op Amp. This features are suitable for current sensing application since input voltages are right at the upper rail. The circuit show current sensing of 5V supply system, but  monitoring up to 44V application can be done by this circuit  (the maximum [...]



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Variable (Adjustable) Current Limiter Circuit

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This circuit provide automatic current limiting up to 8.4A. Unlike current limiter that uses only a resistor, this current limiting circuit doesn’t drop the voltage, or at least keep the voltage drop at minimum, until a certain current amount is exceeded. This current amount limit is adjustable from 1.4 A to 8.4A using a [...]



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Single Chip Thermocouple 4-20mA Current Loop Transmiter Circuit

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Thermocouples give many benefits compared to thermistor/RTD (Resistance Temperature Devices).  Some advantages of thermocouple are their wider temperature range, their reliability, and their consistency over long period of time. In some cases,  thermocouple calibration  is even unnecessary. Thermocouple temperature sensors are widely used in temperature controllers for boilers, oven,  pressurized reactor, even in high temperature [...]



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Current Sensing for High Voltage Application

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High voltage current sensing/monitoring can be designed using LTC6101 op-amp. The following current sensing circuit is capable of measuring electrical current in 500 volts system. Here is the schematic diagram of the circuit: Two external Mosfets is added to hold off the voltage, allows the LTC6101 to be connected to a very high [...]



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