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H-Bridge for High Power Brushed DC Motor with Current Sense
This H-bridge board is an easy-to-use brushed DC motor driver that can handle large-size motors such as wheelchair motors, and winch motors. An H-bridge is an electronic circuit that switches the polarity of a voltage applied to a load. The circuit is built using 4 x N-Channel...
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Isolated RS-232 to RS-485 Signaling Converter
This project provides a solution for converting RS232 signaling to RS485 signaling. This allows long-distance communication since the range supported by RS232 is normally less than 50 feet while RS485’s range can exceed 1000 feet. The design features an RS232 transceiver, an RS485...
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I2C DAC Controlled Electronic Load – Battery Performance Tester
The project presented here is an I2C electronic load, intended for testing power supplies, solar panels, batteries, and supercapacitors. The board consists of an I2C interface DAC MCP4725, OPAMP U2 acts as V to I (Voltage to Current), OPAMP U3 measures the load current across the...
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Position and Speed Controller for DC Motor with Incremental Encoder
This project consists of Arduino Arduino-compatible microcontroller ATmega328, an L298 Motor driver, a Joystick, a programming connector, an Infrared sensor, and various analog and digital I/O pins. The project is Arduino compatible and can be programmed using Arduino IDE and many...
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Isolator for SPI Interface with Inbuilt DC-DC Converter
This simple, compact solution is ideal for isolated SPI data requiring communication across different ground potentials often found in Industrial PLCs (programmable logic controllers) and Instrumentation and data acquisition systems. Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) is a protocol...
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Isolated RS485/RS422 Transceiver with Integrated DC-DC Converter
The project presented here is a galvanically isolated differential line transceiver with a built-in isolated DC-DC converter for TIA/EIA RS-485 and RS-422 applications. Both signal and power paths are isolated per UL1577 and are qualified for reinforced isolation per VDE, CSA, and...
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Arduino Compatible OLED Board with 4 Channel 16-Bit ADC
This board consists of Arduino-compatible hardware which includes an OLED display, ADS1115 4-Channel 16Bit ADC, Arduino-compatible Microcontroller ATMEGA328, a connector for Arduino Programming, a connector for 4 Channel Analog input, and a connector for a couple of I/O lines....
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Half-Bridge with Ultra-Precise Current Sense Feedback for Solenoid
A Half-bridge converter is widely used in applications such as DC-DC converters, switch mode power supplies, inverters, motor drivers, resistive loads, and solenoid drivers. This project consists of an IR2104 Half-bridge driver chip, 2 x DPAK MOSFETS, and an INA293 precision current...
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