power electronics

Understanding Low-Dropout Voltage Regulators (LDO) and its significance in battery operated devices Understanding Low-Dropout Voltage Regulators (LDO) and its significance in Battery Operated Devices

Today, electronic devices have shrunken in size than ever before. This enables us to pack in tones of features in compact…

RF Energy Harvesting - Converting Radio Frequency into Electrical Energy RF Energy Harvesting - Converting Radio Frequency into Electrical Energy

There are many wireless devices working across the world which makes the people’s life easy and comfortable in many ways, but…

12v 1A SMPS Power Supply Circuit Assembled PCB 12V 1A SMPS Power Supply Circuit Design on PCB

Every Electronic device or product requires a reliable power supply unit (PSU) to operate it. Almost all devices in our home,…

DTE06 and DTE10 Series DC-DC converters from XP Power XP Power introduces wide-range input power modules for industrial and ITE applications

XP Power has introduced two new series of wide input range chassis and DIN rail mount DC-DC converters, which can be installed…

Diode Clamper Circuits Diode Clamper Circuits

Previously we learned about Clipper Circuits, which are used to clip off the positive or negative part of the Alternating…

Relay Logic Control - Symbols, Working and Examples Introduction to Relay Logic Control - Symbols, Working and Examples

Relay logic basically consists of relays wired up in a particular fashion to perform the desired switching operations. The…

Schottky Diode – Characteristics, Parameters and Applications Schottky Diode – Characteristics, Parameters and Applications

Diode is one of the basic components that are commonly used in electronic circuit designs, it can be commonly found in…

Transformerless LED Driver Circuit for Reliable Low Cost LED Bulb Designs Transformerless LED Driver Circuit for Reliable Low Cost LED Bulb Designs

LED bulbs are said to be 80% more efficient than other conventional lighting options like fluorescent and incandescent bulbs.…

Mechanically powered Emergency Flashlight Mechanically powered Emergency Flashlight

Flashlight or Torch is very useful in emergency situations like power failure. These flashlights are battery-operated, and we…

What is Bleeder Resistor and where it is used? What is Bleeder Resistor and where it is used?

Bleeder resistors are standard high value resistors which are used to discharge the capacitor in filter circuit. The…