Showing posts with label circuit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label circuit. Show all posts

Monday, September 3, 2012

Using circuit magic to calculate circuit resistances

Circuit simplifications using star-to-
delta, parallel and series
transformations, seems pretty
powerful. It allows one to obtain
resistances a circuit that has a planar,
mesh structure (the "window pane"
structure). The term planar is used to
describe circuits that can be drawn in
a plane without the need for wires to
cross one another. Circuit Magic can
help you to obtain both planar and
non-planar circuits resistances.
Sample circuit. Resistors resistances
are different values (not simple, Try to
simplify it using star-to-delta, parallel
and series transformationsü).


Step 2. Solve circuit using Node
Voltage method
Step 2. Calculate circuit resistance
using Ohms Law

Monday, July 23, 2012

HIGH TEMPERATURE INDICATOR CIRCUIT

In some areas there is a need of
temperature detectors which help
them to detect temperature and
indicate them whether the
temperature is low or not.
Below shown circuit is the simple high
temperature indicator circuit. It will
not show the current temperature
but if it exceeds some threshold
temperature it will detect and indicate.
You can use this circuit anywhere you
needed.

The components needed for the
circuit are:
3 Resistors
1 Temperature dependent resistor
5v battery
Two 1n4007 diodes
One Op-Amp
One LED
And the circuit working is actually very
simple, the Op-amp is connected as
Non-inverting comparator. And a
bridge circuit is made with the
resistors and a Temperature
Dependent Resistor. From above
circuit R1, R2 and R3 are normal
resistors but RT is Temperature
Dependent Resistor.
The bridge resistance and RT are
selected in such a way that as long as
temperature is less than threshold
value, the bridge is unbalanced by
making Voltage at B more than
voltage at A . Hence Vo = -Vsat and
LED is reverse biased and remains
OFF. When temperature becomes
more than threshold then Voltage at B
becomes less that Voltage at A hence
it drives Vo = +Vsat. Due to this, LED
glows and gives high temperature
indication.