The reed switch is a type of electromechanical switch that operates through the principle of magnetism. Professor Valentin Kovalenkov invented it in 1922 at the Petrograd Electrotechnical University (PEU). Walter B. Ellwood developed it into the reed relay in 1936 at Bell Telephone Laboratories. Generally, these switches include a set of ferromagnetic flexible metal contacts, which seal hermetically in a glass envelope. Typically, a magnetic field keeps these contacts open; otherwise, they close … [Read more...]
SSD1306 OLED Display : PinOut, Features, Specifications, Interfacing & Its Applications
OLED or Organic Light-Emitting Diode is a future of display technology that is used in smartphones, laptops, monitors, tablets, TVs, etc. So, the OLED industry is growing daily, producing billions of AMOLED screens from LG Display, Samsung Display, BOE, etc. The OLED display module is a flat screen based on light emitting technology which represents a superior display technology, designed with light-emitting organic material’s thin film. Thus, these are emission displays that do not need a b … [Read more...]
KY-011 LED Module : PinOut, Features, Specifications, Interfacing, Datasheet & Its Applications
Day by day LED technology is progressing by creating Bi-color LEDs. This concept emerged as a method to use various colors in a single module to design more complex visual displays. Engineers call these bi-color or dual-color LED modules because they include two different colored LEDs in a single package. Electronics projects commonly use these modules when they need visual indicators with various states and special color indicators for user interfaces and circuit boards. Thus, examples of … [Read more...]
LM1458 IC : PinOut, Features, Specifications, Circuit, Working, Datasheet & Its Applications
The LM1458 is a dual operational amplifier integrated circuit that contains two independent, high-gain op-amps in an 8-pin DIP package. By integrating both amplifiers on a single chip, it ensures closely matched electrical characteristics and reduces PCB space and component count. This makes it ideal for applications requiring precise analog signal processing, such as differential amplifiers, filters, and oscillators. In this article, we will explore the LM1458's pinout, features, … [Read more...]
UM3561 IC : PinOut, Features, Specifications, Circuit, Working & Its Applications
A sound generator is an integrated circuit or a voice chip with a standard CMOS process & fixed voice storage memory. This IC generates audio signals with analog, digital (or) mixed-mode electronics. The sound generator IC examples are; YM3812, UM66, UM3561, SN76477, SN76489, AY-3-8910, YM3812, 6581, etc. So, these ICs are utilized in different applications like toys, alarm circuits, musical instruments, computer sound cards, arcade game machines, etc. This article elaborates on one sound … [Read more...]
MCP1640 IC : PinOut, Features, Specifications, Circuit, Working, Datasheet & Its Applications
A synchronous step-up DC to DC-converter is an integrated circuit that enhances voltage supply from an input to an output. So this type of SMPS (switched-mode power supply) utilizes a minimum of two semiconductors like a transistor, a diode, and a single energy storage element. These converters are more efficient than nonsynchronous converters including 95% optimal operation efficiencies. The applications of this converter involve powering natural LED panels, charging white LED backlights, … [Read more...]
LED Traffic Light Module : PinOut, Features, Specifications, Interfacing & Its Applications
The first traffic light (stoplights or traffic signals) was launched in December 1868 in London on Parliament Square to decrease the requirement of traffic police officers to control traffic. These systems use electricity & computerized control with superior traffic light technology and improved intersection capacity. This system can also be used for purposes like pedestrian movement control, railway level crossings, and variable lane control like smart motorways and tidal flow systems. … [Read more...]
KY-024 Hall Sensor : PinOut, Features, Specifications, Interfacing, Working & Its Applications
A linear magnetic hall sensor or hall-effect sensor is a module named after the physicist Edwin Herbert Hall who discovered the Hall-effect phenomenon. So this sensor detects the magnetic field strength by producing a voltage across a conductor whenever a current is supplied throughout it while arranged in a magnetic field. So it converts the magnetic field strength essentially into an electrical signal. Thus, the examples of linear magnetic hall sensors are KY-024, 49E, A3144, KY-035, etc. This … [Read more...]
LM337 IC : PinOut, Features, Specifications, Circuit, Working, Datasheet & Its Applications
Generally integrated circuits are available in different forms like logic gates, 555 timers, microprocessors, microcontrollers, op-amps, and voltage regulator ICs like LM338, LM358, LM337, LM741, LM324 IC, and LM339 IC. So a voltage regulator is an electronic circuit that supplies a stable voltage instead of changes within the input voltage (or) load. So it is a significant component in power supply circuits. This IC can be designed with discrete electronic components like transistors and … [Read more...]
KY-017 Module : PinOut, Equivalent, Specifications, Interfacing, Working, Datasheet & Its Applications
A switch that uses a small amount of mercury within a sealed glass tube to detect tilting is known as a mercury tilt switch. In 1922, Louis Austin Merritt Phelan invented a mercury switch through a glass envelope. After that, a more advanced mercury switch with a tubular glass envelope was invented in 1937 by Harold Olson. Whenever the switch tilts, then mercury will move and break the circuit. This is an electrical switch that opens & closes an electrical circuit whenever a small amount of … [Read more...]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- …
- 26
- Next Page »