Monday, April 9, 2018

Micro-controller Output Protection by Current Limiting

Q1B is the pass or output transistor. R2 sense the output current. Q1A  is the protection transistor which turns on as soon as the voltage across R2 becomes about 0.65 V.
Maximum current = VBE,Q1A / R2 = 0.65 / 33 = 19.7 mA

Low power Pushbutton ON/OFF Controller solution from Linear Technology

  All of the flexible timing circuitry required to debounce the on/off pushbutton is integrated within the LTC2950. For applications that ne...