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...


LTC4282 – High Current Hot Swap Controller with I2C Compatible Monitoring

LTC4282 – High Current Hot Swap Controller with I2C Compatible Monitoring

The LTC4282 is an energy monitoring Hot Swap controller with dual MOSFET drive to enable 100A and higher current board designs.


Basic Types of Transistors

Basic Types of Transistors

In this article we will review the basic transistor types and their function.


1A from the sugar cube sized module

1A from the sugar cube sized module

With continuous improvement TRACO unveils the SMD version of enormously successful 1A DC/DC converter, the TSR1SM.


Measure small currents without adding resistive insertion loss

Measure small currents without adding resistive insertion loss

by Maciej Kokot @ edn.com: In most cases, you measure current by converting it into a proportional voltage and then measuring the...


USB power supply active load tester

USB power supply active load tester

Sasa Karanovic has designed and built a DIY USB power Supply active load tester, that is available at GitHub: USB Power supply...


Capacitance Meter

Capacitance Meter

by ThomasVDD @ instructables.com: Capacitors are vital components in electronics, but sometimes they are broken, or the value...


How to control LM2596 buck-converter with microcontroller

How to control LM2596 buck-converter with microcontroller

by hugatry @ hackvlog.com: Every now and then someone asks on different forums if there is an way to control cheap LM2596 modules...


Passives by mixos
Buck-boost regulator achieves high efficiency

Buck-boost regulator achieves high efficiency

by Susan Nordyk @ edn.com: Using adaptive current-limit PFM (pulse frequency modulation) control, the ISL9120 switching regulator...


UT204 is able to measure DC current and also True RMS

UT204 is able to measure DC current and also True RMS

Clamp multimeter UT204 measures reliably even in real conditions of nowadays mains supplies and for an affordable price moreover.


Energy Harvesting Circuit

Energy Harvesting Circuit

by hackarobot.com: Recently, I built an energy harvesting circuit based on an ultra low voltage DC/DC step up converter chip...


LM2596 DC-DC Converter Module Testing

LM2596 DC-DC Converter Module Testing