More about current (255)

1-07-1999 | The precision full-wave rectifier circuit shown in the diagram accepts a.c. inputs of up to ±3 V, yet operates from a single +5 V supply v...

1-07-1999 | There are applications in which it is important for the supply voltage to be largely independent of the level of the output current, which...

1-07-1999 | The simplest version of a constant-current source, which we often use for that reason, consists of only a FET with the source and gate c...

1-05-1999 | It took the genius of Gauss, probably the greatest mathematician who ever lived, to see the proper importance of the discoveries of Oersted...

1-02-1999 | The LM3812/LM3813 current gauges from National Semiconductor are suitable for application as battery charge/discharge gauge, motion co...

1-01-1999 | Conductivity in the sense it is used in this article is the ability of a substance such as water to conduct electric current. It is exp...

1-12-1998 | When the contents of two existing memory address have to be interchanged for one reason or an other, there is usually a need for an addi...

1-12-1998 | Members of the 8051 family of microcontrollers (MCS51) are well-known and widely used. The controllers have a powerdown mode in which th...

1-12-1998 | The familiar Type 555 can be used to switch currents up to 200 mA. Less well-known is its use as a latch with control input. When the in...

1-12-1998 | The current source in the diagram, which react very fast to changes in the input signal, may be used, for instance, in certain measureme...