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  1. crutschow

    Low power bistable latch arrangement

    If you had that, how would you differentiate between opening and closing triggers?
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    Is this possible to do?

    That's a good idea. The LED will light when the phone is off-hook, and it will take no power when the phone is on-hook. You could use a smaller LED (such as 20mA rated) in parallel with a resistor (say 100Ω) to keep the LED current below its rating.
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    How do I connect the pull-up resistor to pin 7 of the LM555 timer?

    Pin 7 is the discharge transistor for the timing capacitor. What are you adding a resistor, which makes little sense? Post a schematic.
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    How to decide input filter specifications for linear power supply design

    And what are your requirements for this "precision" supply? Does it have a regulator?
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    Is this possible to do?

    Depends upon what connections are available to the tri-color LED. Likely, using a Zener, you could get one to light dimly when off-hook and two to light simultaneously when on-hook. Look up its part number. Otherwise, apply a voltage in series with a 10kΩ resistor in the reverse direction and...
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    Is this possible to do?

    If you put a 10v to 20V Zener diode in series with the LED, it should turn off completely off when the phone is off-hook.
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    Is this possible to do?

    Just reverse the meter leads to get a positive reading. How did you differentiate the line connection polarity? Now you can try connecting a LED with a resistor in series across the line when on-hook to see how much it drops the voltage (you likely don't want the voltage to drop to less than...
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    Will MOSFET be Replaced in the Future?

    How is that related to the OP's question? :confused:
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    Is this possible to do?

    Yes. You don't need a call coming in, just pick up the phone (off-hook) and measure the line voltage. The current would need to be small, since the phone system (MagicJack in this case) detects the 48V current to determine if the phone if off hook, indicating you want to make a call.
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    Is this possible to do?

    I can help you with that if you can measure the MagicJack on-hook and off-hook voltages.
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    Is this possible to do?

    Do you mean you are giving up on the project? The MagicJack phone output is meant to emulate the POTS signal levels of 48Vdc on-hook and about 7-12Vdc off-hook (with a 15-20mA telephone load), but I don't know how close. That's why I suggested a measurement of those voltages. But I see no...
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    Is this possible to do?

    I would measure the on-hook and off-hook voltages of your system to see if the circuit is compatible with your MagicJack voltages.
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    class A push - pull amplifier ?

    Push-pull is not Class A, it is Class AB or B.
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    2 mosfets switch

    How are the MOSFETs connected to their loads?
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    routing 2 channel audio to 5.1 speaker system

    I'm confused. Obviously if you tie the two outputs directly together you will have no stereo separation. I'm referring to connecting the two (line level) stereo outputs together through two equal value resistors (e.g. 10kΩ) for the subwoofer input. That should have no significant effect on the...
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    routing 2 channel audio to 5.1 speaker system

    Only if the source impedance is not low compared to the resistors in the network. I would expect the TV audio output impedance to be low.
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    routing 2 channel audio to 5.1 speaker system

    Yes. I was going to suggest that as it's a perfectly good solution. I'm surprised no one else here did.
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    Boost Convertor using LT3757

    Post your .asc simulation file.
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    Negative Voltage #2

    Not if you also are at "0" volts. The 0 volt point is just a reference point (typically called ground or common) for all the other voltages in the system. It has no intrinsic value all by itself, it's just the point where all other voltages are referenced to. So yes, zero voltage is something...
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    Why is my LM317 current limiter circuit not working?

    Measure the supply voltage when the LM317 has a load. It should be essentially the same as with no load.
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