The transistor 188 is one of my favorites, simply because even being so tiny it’s able to handle currents as high as 1 Amp. Understanding BEL188 Transistor Specification/Datasheet The transistor BEL188 is a general purpose transistor, and due to its wide voltage and current rating can be used for almost all small to medium power […]
Datasheets and Components
High Voltage Transistors BUX 86 and BUX 87 – Specifications
In this article we are going to make an effort to understand the technical specs of the BJTs BUX86 and BUX87 which are high voltage complementary paired transistors. Introduction The Bux 86 and BUX 87 are typically high voltage switching transistors with silicon epibase. They come in TO-126 package and are NPN types. These devices […]
Alarm Signal Generator IC ZSD100 Datasheet, Application
The ZSD100 is an alarm frequency generator IC which incorporates a frequency swept alarm signal generator designed solely for fixed and vehicle protection alarm systems. Circuit Operation For acquiring the specified alarm sound from this IC, just a single ZSD100, two timing capacitors, an in-expensive TO92 darlington, piezo transducer and coupling transformer is everything that […]
LM35 Pinout, Datasheet, Application Circuit
In this post I have explained how to make an LM35 application circuit by understanding its datasheet, pinouts and other technical specifications. By: SS kopparthy LM35 Main Specifications The IC LM35 is a temperature measuring device that looks like a transistor (most popular package is TO-92 package). This device is found in most of the […]
IC 555 Pin Description and Working [with Formulas]
In this post I have explained the how IC 555 works, its basic pinout working details and how to configure the IC in its standard or popular astable, bistable, and monostable circuit modes. The post also details the various formulas for calculating the IC 555 parameters. Introduction Our hobby world would be less interesting without […]
Types of Inductors Explored
The electronics industry uses various different styles and types of inductors. Inductors are used in a circuit in order to perform many functions of various different styles. By: S. Prakash Some of the functions which are carried out by some types of the inductors in a circuit are removal and filtering of the spikes present […]