Flow of electric charge - typically movement of charge carriers, such as electrons. Measured in amperes (A).
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Amplify DC Voltage to be used like supply to 2Km
Is there something to help me to reach this goal?
I want to turn on a device away from the voltage source to 2 Kilometers, my device operates at 24VDC or 48VDC / 35W.
I need to know how is possible ...
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Resistors in series current question
According to Wikipedia, the current of resistors in series will be Vin/R1+R2. Now I could be over thinking this but is that the current that you'll get out or is that just used for determining the ...
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Current boosting problem with 78xx
I've built a PCB with a 7805 based power supply on it. I tested the other parts of the PCB on a breadboard before I had the PCB made, but as the power supply circuit looked straightforward, I just ...
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Measuring Remaining Battery Life
I am working on a project testing alkaline batteries and need a way to quickly measure remaining battery life. I would like to be able to estimate mA-h remaining in the battery. If I measure mA-h over ...
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Is this current measurement solution okay?
One wishes to measure the RMS current (12A max.) drawn by an AC motor using a PIC16F887 at intervals of 1 second. One cost effective solution I am considering is using a current transformer, a bridge ...
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Can an amplifier deliver a higher power for a short burst as opposed to continuously using the same circuit
I am struggling to understand the fundamental power requirements for an amplifier.
If I want to deliver 56 V rms to a 7.5 Ohm load I can use P = V^2/R and find that I need 418 W rms. Requiring a ...
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Paralleling power supplies for higher current
I am looking at using two Cincon (CFM80S240 and CFM60S240) power supplies in parallel to achieve a higher current output. Is this possible? If so, can I just hook them up in parallel, or is there some ...
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Current capacity of copper wires in vacuum
I’d like to know the current carrying capacity of copper wires in vacuum.
The current plan (NPI) calls for sending ~3 amps through the vacuum space of a cryostat.
Has anyone done this? Have any ...
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Current draw at digital output pin differences in two equally coded segments -probable cause?
I measured the current output of an Arduino Duemilanove (with an ATmega168) in two cases and found out that the currents differ strongly.
The following code creates an output of 72mA at pin 13 ...
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Voltage decreases on higher current
I have a circuit composed of Arduino Mini Pro 3.3V and GY-GPS6MV2 (GPS Ublox NEO-6M). I have tried to power it with 3 different sources:
3xAA NiMH in serie connected to RAW pin of Arduino and using ...
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How is the internet able to transmit data so fast?
I'm not sure if I'm in the right place or not, but I figured someone here could maybe provide a good answer. I want to know how electricity is able to flow so fast. For example videos games nowadays, ...
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SCR in this circuit exploded - why?
Some of our boards have a damaged SCR. I just witnessed one in person today.
The SCR actually exploded upon power-on. A part of its packaging material just flew off along with an exploding sound. ...
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How many inputs can a single mcu output drive?
I am planning a project that will have many ATTiny chips connected together. The idea is that a master node will send various control signals that every slave node will listen to. My system could ...
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Power Supply Current is very low
I made a power supply from a diy site, the schematics are above. The site showed the project as 2amps output but I'm not getting even close to that. I'm getting around .14A or less. Does anyone know ...
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Current pulse detection circuit
I'm trying to recover a signal that is encoded and then modulated as 1mA current load pulses on the supply line. What's the best way to do this?
250us long 1mA current increase on each edge of ...
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2N7002 Continuous drain current?
I'm currently looking for some MOSFET's to do some RGB LED lighting with using PWM. I found the 2N7002 in SOT-23 packaging (datasheet). According to the datasheet the MOSFET can handle a continuous ...
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30A power connector
I've never really used power connectors before. I am working on a project and saw there are power connectors in it. We had some issues and changed the manufactured power connector to a 30A power ...
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Strobe light failiure detection
I am trying to make an alarm system (audible and visual) using a siren and 3 strobe lights. I am using 12v battery like the one used in cars. Now I would like to detect when any of the alarms have ...
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What is current forward (if) of an IR LED
I see a lot current forward on datasheet, but I don´t know the difference from the "normal" current.
EDIT
On this datasheet, I saw a If (current forward) of 100mA and then on page 3 it states about ...
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Buck converter effect on amp draw
It was my understanding that the circuit will only draw the current thats needed - a 1A servo will only draw 1A.
I have a rather large project so I am using a 24V 5A rated wall adapter, and using ...
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PCB Track Width for High Current
Let's say I need a 20mm wide trace in 1oz copper to handle some high current.
Could I just have a 10mm trace on one side and another on the other side, connected by a plated hole to handle the same ...
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Why do cables and batteries have a positive and a negative side?
I am a beginner in electronics, mostly self-taught. If electrons are negatively charged and are the reason for electric current why is there a 'positive' side on a battery and negative one? Don't ...
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Inducing Eddy current in wet clothes
Is it possible to induce eddy current in wet clothes and dry them using the resistance heat generated?
I don't want to connect any wires to the clothes.
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Current source for boost converter
I'm designing a boost converter to boost 3.3 V to ~25-30 V. I have successfully simulated it in SPICE, but the current draw for converter is enormous - about 8-9 A. How can I handle this nuisance? ...
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how to read current from sense pins of UWS-5/10-Q48 muRata chip with arduino
I have a muRata UWS-5/10-Q48 DC-DC converter chip which has sense pins and I hope to read the current draw of the load which is connected to the arduino and print out the current draw. I am not sure ...
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Current transformer saturation
I have a current transformer from this page. I tried to measure the secondary voltage Vs when I apply Vp=230 V and I change the Ip, like this:
But at some point the voltage Vs is not changing ...
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145 views
How much current can Solderless Breadboards handle?
I'm working on a project with a few stepper motors. I want to breadboard them so I know the circuit works well before creating a physical PCB.
Each of the three motors is rated 2A, but I'll be ...
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Displacement current generation in dielectric and in vacuum? How is it different?
I understand how the displacement current work in dielectric such as in parallel plate capacitors but don't know how they would work in a vacuum where there is no dielectric present. Can someone ...
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How do phones charge their battery at seemingly any rate with no issues? 500mA or 1A or 1.2A depending on the charger?
If most use some sort of li-ion battery, and those batteries like to be charged in CCCV format how can my phone charge just fine at 5V, 500mA or 5V, 1A or 5V, 1.2A just fine (actual current delivered, ...
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How do I figure out the exact voltage and current needed for a part?
Whenever I look for parts in my local electronics store, I come across parts(e.g a speaker), that have just a power rating stated(e.g 2W).
While I know how to calculate power,voltage, resistance etc, ...
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What influences capacitor maximum current handling?
In this answer it is said that the maximum capacitor current handling is "largely a mater of losses", what I can understand that is a factor for maximum dissipation.
So, what is the thermal ...
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Finding the Current in a Series RLC Circuit
Question :
If the input to an RLC serise circuit is \$V=V_{in}\cos(wt)\$, what is the current I in the circuit in terms of \$V_{in}, w, t,R,L,C,\theta\$?
Answer :
$$I = ...
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Constant current LED driver min / max current rating explanation
I currently have a 150-1500mA led driver that I sue to power a 30W LED. Driver has adjustable maximum current pins that I can use to change to match the maximum current. I have it set to 1050mA.
I am ...
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Current of a circuit with regulator
When the specification of a regulator says that output is 1A for example the whole current of the circuit will be 1A?
For example I have a regulator in series with a 100Ω resistor and a 7V source.The ...
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Current through Capacitor, how is it possible? How does it relate to displacement current? [duplicate]
What my professor is telling us that there is no conduction current through a parallel plate capacitor but the current that is passing through capacitor is the displacement current and this phenomena ...
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DIY Power bank for router? [duplicate]
I'm an electronics enthusiast living in a country with a lot of power cuts, especially through the summer. I want to build a 9V <1A DC power bank for my internet router running on a AC->DC power ...
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Finding the Current I1 using Polar Notation
For the circuit in Figure Q3. Convert all voltages and currents to the form X sin(t + φ ). You need
only find the stead-state solutions.
Solution
My Steps
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It seems that I am going along ...
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What actually happens in a RC circuit?
I'm currently working my way through a beginner's electronics book(electronics for dummies) where i am introduced to RC circuits as shown in the schematic below.
simulate this circuit – ...
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How exactly does a capacitor discharge its charge?
When an empty (discharged) capacitor is connected to a battery, it slowly charges up as one plate fills up with electrons, while the other plate has electrons drawn away from it towards the positive ...
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How exactly does a series voltage divider work?
I apologize if this comes down to a lack of fundamental understanding of electrical flow, which it probably does. When I look at this:
I don't understand why Z2 is factored into Vout - as far as I ...
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Convert DC generator to variable AC
Is there a way to convert a DC generator signal to AC and be able to control the frequency and current?
Ultimately, I would like to use this signal to measure the impedance of a battery.
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How to monitor produced energy?
I want to monitor energy produced by 250W solar panel. But I need some hints. Does anyone knows something? Is it possible using ACS758 chip or better I have to use current transformator?
Finally I ...
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1answer
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Amount of output current needed by voltage regulator?
I am trying to choose a voltage regulator. One of the metrics I keep seeing is output current, e.g. "Output current up to 800 mA".
Does that mean the sum of current that the rest of my circuit ...
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1answer
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Higher current output from transformer?
I just received a battery charger in the mail, but I forgot to purchase the power supply. I was wondering if it was possible to use a transformer from an old lamp to supply the charger instead:
The ...
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Back EMF and Source EMF, stabilizing current?
In a circuit where there is change in a magnetic flux, Back EMF is induced.
When back EMF is increases it reduces the source EMF( or oppose it) and therefore, the current is reduced, in order to ...
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Maximum current for a single-core cable?
I want to connect the cables of a LiPo 7.4 V 2200 mAh battery, to a breadboard. However, the only way to make this happens is to solder the ends of the battery cables with a single-core cable with ...
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220V AC power cable max current
I installed 1mm2 copper AC power cable across house for video surveillance (8 cameras, Power Consumption for each camera is Max 4W, 12V). For each camera has its own 220V->12V converter rated 3A. ...
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Reducing Undershoot and Overshoot in a custom voltage regulator?
I'm trying to build a voltage regulator that takes in a reference voltage and an unregulated voltage (to power the components, and this voltage is always greater than the reference voltage) and ...
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2answers
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Why does the “top” transistor in a cascode not set the current?
This has been bothering me for some time. Why is it that the overdrive voltage of the bottom transistor in a cascode controls the DC current, and not the Vgs of the top transistor? Similarly, in an ...
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What is CV & CC in power supplies?
In many power supplies, there's CV & CC indicators. What does they mean?
