Questions tagged [current]
Flow of electric charge - typically movement of charge carriers, such as electrons. Measured in amperes (A).
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Operational Amplifier Circuit Question Regarding Current
I have been told that the circuit, attached in the image, has the same current flowing into it as out of it, in regards to the two terminals with the voltage \$u_z\$ across them. It is stated that the ...
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Fuse Rating - AC or DC Specifications
Planning to use an AC-DC Module for my application whose input voltage is 230V AC. The output of my AC-DC module is 12 V and the load current required from the AC-DC module, 12 V output, is 900 mA. ...
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How to get around the massive width requirement for the copper traces of an ESC?
I am designing an ESC for a quadcopter drone that should be able to handle 20A continuous. The problem is when I check the width requirement of the copper traces that carry the 20A based on the copper ...
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Trouble Measuring Current with CT-215B 3:100 Sensor — Need Pinout/Connection Info
I’m trying to measure the current of a circuit that draws around 1.5 A (AC) using a current sensor model CT-215B, 3:100. However, I haven’t been successful because I can’t find clear information about ...
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How would I go about solving the voltage loss and amperage for each of the resistors in this five resistor circuit? [closed]
How can I solve for the voltage loss and flowing amperage through all five of these resistors? Total resistance = 4Ω Amperage = ...
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Direction and Orientation of Current in Transformer
I'm using this current transformer to measure AC current in my application through a metering IC. This input from the secondary of the current transformer goes to a differential ADC in my metering IC. ...
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How can I identify these three SMDs?
I have been looking for these SMDs' specifications but I couldn't find them anywhere. 633 GEG 946 GEG PJ943K BEG I have attached some pictures so it's easier to identify.
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Determining FLA of a System
Basically, I have an Electrical Control system with 3 power supplies, one of which has 2 motors attached, and I'm trying to determine the Full Load Amps (FLA) of the system. When designing an ...
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Photodiode Amplifier Saturation Issue
I’m currently working on a light-sensing project, and one of the biggest challenges is laser has to operate under extremely low intensity. The photodetectors are only receiving weak reflected light ...
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Diodes for high power switching circuits - peak forward current specs? [closed]
I am designing an electrical discharge machining arc generator circuit. It uses power MOSFETS and power diodes (600 volt/30 amps regime). I am making extensive use of QSPICE for simulation (great ...
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Did not understand how exactly N MOSFET work
Texas Instruments Documentation told me that through the R5 resistor flows a current of 1.3 mA independent from the input voltage. I am trying to use PSpice for modeling, but the results are different ...
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Skywater 130nm NMOS parameters
I have simulated nfet_01v8 in Xschem using Ngspice To find \$\lambda\$ I need to obtain \$...
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Startup current vs LDO capability
I’m designing a small board with a external IMU that requires 3.3 V ±7%, nominal current of about 0.1 A, and a max start current of 1.5 A according to its datasheet. I have very limited space, so I’d ...
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Shunt Resistor PCB Design Comparison Questions
Pad A has a direct PCB copper connection from the pad to the adjacent 16v power plane and a thru-hole 5 mOhm 600 mW resistor. Pad B has your standard SMD shunt resistor, 5 mOhm, 1 W, 1206 size, ...
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What is ripple current in an inductor?
What is a ripple current in an inductor? What is meant by ripple current and inductor ripple current?