Temperature-to-Frequency Converter: Enabling Simple Telemetry

If you send a DC voltage signal to carry the information for a long distance, then the signal will suffer attenuation  with unpredictable characteristic introduced by the medium, for example the cable resistance that vary with temperature changes. If you carry the information with frequency, not a DC voltage level, then the frequency will be stable even though it’s amplitude […]

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Fahrenheit Thermometer Using LM35 Temperature Sensor IC

If you have a digital voltmeter, or any voltmeter with millivolt resolution and high input impedance, then you can use this temperature-to-voltage adapter circuit to measure room temperature. Here is the circuit’s schematic diagram: Note that the voltage output of this circuit is floating, not referenced to ground. You have to use separate supply if your voltmeter has single ended […]

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Baxandall Tone Control Using CA3140 Op-Amp

Operational amplifiers for tone control circuit application require high slew rate, wide bandwidth, high input impedance, and high output current characteristics, and CA3140 is suitable for this purpose. Look at the following tone control circuit’s schematic diagram for the design. The tone control circuit in the figure above use a very popular Baxandall tone control configuration circuit, which has unity […]

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Function Generator Using CA3080 and CA3130 Op-Amps

The schematic diagram shown in the figure below show a function generator circuit using CA3130 in the integrator the threshold detection sections. Both triangular and square-wave signal are available from this circuit’s output, ranging from 0.1Hz to 100KHz (1:1000000 ratio). This frequency adjustment is done only by a single control R1. A voltage control input is available for externally-controlled frequency […]

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Pulse Generator (Oscillator) With Adjustable On-Off Period Using CA3130 Op-Amp

One of the interesting features of CA3130 op-amp  is its high input resistance, because using such high  input resistance, we can build an astable multivibrator with high R/C ratios. The figure below shows the circuit’s schematic diagram, you can see the variable resistors to adjust the “on” and “off” periods independently. Resistors R1and R2 are used to bias the CA3130 […]

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Basic Symmetric Power Supply

The circuit below is the basic for standard symmetrical power supply. If your circuit need high current then this circuit is suitable. Here you can see the circuit’s schematic diagram. You need a center-tapped transformer to build this symmetric power supply. This power supply circuit is widely used in op-amp application, as well as in high-rated power amplifier. If you […]

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Autonomous Fast NiMH Battery Charger Using Single Chip IC

This simple Batteries charger circuit is designed for NiMH/NiCd batteries. It need no micro-controller nor any programming. Linear Technology Corporation produce the LTC4060, an autonomous 1- to 4-cell, 0.4A to 2A linear NiMH and NiCd battery charger complete controller. Here are the main features: No Sense Resistor or Blocking Diode Required Complete Fast Charger Controller for Single, 2-, 3- or […]

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