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Witness Camera circuit

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

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The Witness Camera operation is conceptually simple, but involves many ingredients. Some are physical components, the others are software blocks. To make things clear, I will introduce them gradually, according to the operating mode.
The most important hardware component is the ITC328 camera module. It consists of a VGA (640×480) CMOS colour sensor and a JPEG-compression [...]

Power Supply Monitor for TTL

Sunday, January 10th, 2010

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This simple TTL power supply monitor circuit monitors the 5-volt level TTL power line and gives a signal whether the supply voltage is outside or within the necessary range or “window”. The heart of the power supply monitor is a low-current integrated window comparator. The center of this window is set at 2.5 volt +/- [...]

USB Power from Cigar Lighter Socket by LM317

Sunday, December 13th, 2009

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The diagram shows the circuit of a versatile USB power socket that safely converts the 12V battery voltage into stable 5V. This circuit makes it possible to power/recharge any USB power-operated device, using in-dash board cigar lighter socket of your car.
The DC supply available from the cigar lighter socket is fed to an adjustable, three-pin [...]