sequences supplies for FPGAs

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
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System designers must consider the timing and voltage differences between core and I/O power supplies (in other words, power-supply sequencing) during power-up and power-down. The possibility of a latch-up failure or excessive current draw exists when power-supply sequencing does not occur properly. The trigger for latch-up may occur if power supplies apply different potentials to [...]

Active clamp/reset PWM IC becomes more versatile

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
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The UCC3580 (www.ti.com), IC1 in Figure 1, is an active-clamp/reset-PWM IC that has all the requisites of a power-supply IC except for current limit. You can use the shutdown pin (16) for this purpose (see the UCC3580 data sheet). But when the shutdown pin activates, the soft-start capacitor normally connected to Pin 15 discharges, and [...]

DIY Dual Fan Controller Project

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
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The project helps you control two fan’s to cool whatever you need. It works by cooling with the first fan when the sensor detects a user adjustable temperature, and it turns the second fan on, when the temperature exceeds 5 degrees over the user adjusted temperature.
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