Questions tagged [output]
A signal or power being generated by one system for consumption by another, or a connection for that purpose.
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What does "rail to rail output opamp" mean?
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I have a very similar problem to the one exposed here, and in the best rated answer (by Olin Lathrop), he says we need a rail to rail output opamp.
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Confused about IN/OUT architecture of z80 chip
I am reading the manual, and it's a bit complex. I can't understand the machine code encoding for the life of me, but that's not my main concern ... my main concern is the address/data buses.
I do ...
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Hardware solution to fade LED on/off with digital output
I'd like to find a hardware-based solution to make LEDs fade from digital pins. i.e. instead of switching on/off, slowly fading (500ms) into/out of full brightness.
I can't imagine a small capacitor ...
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What is a "dry contact input"?
I'm a PC software guy, a newbie to electronics. Recently, I've got a project in which I need to source for a DAQ that can provide dry contact inputs to an interfacing digital output controller. The ...
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Does there exist an IC that allows on-the-fly routing of signals?
Do there exist ICs with N input pins and N output pins which, either via EEPROM setting or via on-the-fly control by a microcontroller, allow one to route each of the N inputs to ANY of the N outputs?
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Reading and understanding electrical specs on laptop AC adapters
My Dell laptop comes with an AC adapter with the following specs:
65 W
Input AC: 100 - 240 V, ~1.5 A, 50 - 60 Hz
Output DC: 19.5 V, 3.34 A
My HP laptop:
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Simplest, cheapest, fast and minimum footprint current limiting circuit with low resistance in normal state
I have a digital output, driven by the high-side driver with nominal voltage of 24V DC. The load current normally is below 100 mA. The output is monitored, so I can switch it off quickly if I detect a ...
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meaning of set low/set high
I often see those phrases in tutorials with microcontroller I/O. An example use is "set pin 3 high", or "set pin 5 low for 20 ms".
I also recall reading several different definitions on what that ...
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What's mean these microcontroller pin input/output modes?
I bought an stm32f103ret6. When I saw the reference manual, I saw that it has several I/O modes.
For input: floating, pull-up, pull-down
For output: analog, open-drain, push-pull
I have already ...
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Pulldown resistor on output pin, how does output still work?
On a part I'm working with, it says that you can configure the part to operate in a particular mode by "strapping" a particular pin to ground. That is, it wants you to use a pulldown resistor to pull ...
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Easiest and cheapest way to get digital outputs from a computer to the real world
I need a number of digital outputs to connect my computer to the real world, however it seems that this job is not nearly as easy as I had hoped.
I've looked into a number of different methods, ...
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Why do they usually make comparators open collector?
I never see open collector opamps while I frequently see open collector comparators. What is reason for preferring open collector output in comparators?
(Inside of LM193.)
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With a uC, I can input analog voltage levels, how do I output them?
With a uC, I can input analog voltage levels, how do I output them?
I have a simple Arduino Uno R3 I had picked up, which has a few of each pin types (analog input, digital output/pwm, serial) and ...
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What does pulldown resistor from Arduino's output pin to ground do? Is it necessary?
I came across the first picture below. But I am not able to find out how such arrangement is necessary or beneficial when you want to switch a load with an N channel MOSFET?
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What to do with unused TTL and CMOS outputs?
Just about everything I've read on the Web, including on this site, say that unused TTL and CMOS outputs should be left floating. However, this TI article, Designing with Logic, states:
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