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Variable DC Power Supply (Voltage range: 0.7-24V) -
Variable DC Power Supply is one of the most useful tools on the
electronics hobbyist's workbench. This circuit is not an absolute
novelty, but it's simple, reliable, "rugged" and short-proof, featuring
variable voltage up to 24V and variable current limiting up to
2A.....(electronic design added 6/07) |
Verilog programming language interface primer - Electronic
Weekly (Was orginally published 09/02/99 EDN-Design Ideas]
Designers have employed HDLs for more than a decade, using them to
...[Design Idea added 07/08/09] -- [Swapnajit Mittra, SGI ] [Design Idea
by Swapnajit Mittra, SGI] |
Versatile Hybrid Synthesizer for UHF & Microwave Projects -
Controlled by the PC parallel port, this hybrid DDS/PLL synthesizer
delivers full-octave coverage between 1000 and 2000 MHz with sub-1 Hz
resolution and commercial-quality phase-noise performance. (added 10/05)
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Very Easy Single-Side PCB for Easy-Downloader V1.2 - Puiu
Chiselita from Romania provides us a very easy single-side PCB with some
modification for RS232 level converter and indicating LED. (circuit added
09/09) |
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Very Easy Single-Side PCB for Easy-Downloader V2.2 - A variant single-side
PCB of Easy V2.0 contributed by Puiu Chiselita from Romania. (circuit added
09/09) |
VG Converter for Video Projectors & Fixed Frequency Monitors - (design
circuit added 8/02) |
VG Generator - that displays an image in the XS Board RAM on a VGA monitor.
(added 4/02) |
VGA Hardware Screen Blanker - This design was published in the June 1994
issue of Electronics Australia, and has proven extremely popular. The kit was sold by
Jaycar Electronics, but has since been discontinued. It is a simple device that
connects between your keyboard and VGA card feature connector, and will blank (or
blink) the screen after a certain amount of non-keyboard activity. This device
is totally software and O/S independent. The ONLY screen blanker that can be
guaranteed to work....(Circuit design added 11/05) |
VGA to RGB + composite sync-converter - This article consists of one
circuits which I have designed for connecting VGA card to other display devices than
just a VGA monitor. This circuits makes it possible to connect your VGA card to
fixed frequency monitors and video projectors. For some applications and system
combinations some additional software is needed to get the system working... [writtn
by Tomi Engdahl] |
VGA to TV Converter - This article consists of one circuits which I have
designed for connecting VGA card to other display devices than just a VGA monitor.
This circuits makes it possible to connect your VGA card to fixed frequency monitors
and video projectors. For some applications and system combinations some additional
software is needed to get the system working.... [writtn by Tomi Engdahl] |
VGA to TV Scart - This VGA to TV converter is designed to connect VGA card
to a television which has suitable 21-pin AV connector for RGB input (called EURO/SCART/Peritel
connector). if you Tv does not have this kind of connector, then you can't use this
circuit.….(Circuit design added 08/08) [Site is under construction right now] |
VHDL procedure dynamically opens a file - 12/17/98 Issue of EDN A
simple VHDL-87 procedure opens a file whose name a command file or user conveys in
runtime. You can apply this technique to the reading or writing of data, control, and
status files. This procedure is useful for replacing the input stimuli file of a
testbench withoutrecompiling the code (with a different stimuli file name] or rename
the stimuli file name. In addition, the procedure can write the simulation....Page
includes several designs. Scroll to find this one.... [Design Idea by Jacques
Behar, Rockwell Semiconductor Systems, San Diego, CA] |
Video Amplifier Design for Computer Monitors - National Semiconductor
Application Note (app note added 2/06) |
Video Clock Superimposer Using Pic16c711 - As a followup to my VCR Pong
project, here is a gadget that is actually useful in the Real World! It superimposes
the time of day, in "HH MM SS" format, in the bottom right-hand corner of an existing
video signal. My friend Scott uses it with his home security system....(Circuit design
added 04/05/06) |
Video Connectors - This connector is found on most Intel-PC's. It's quite
easy to feed VGA-monitors with Macintosh-signals (or the other way around: attach a
Mac-monitor to an Intel-PC). Most modern VGA-monitors are quite tolerant regarding
vertical- and horizontal-sync frequencies. ….(Circuit design added 11/08) |
Video Switch In Video Pixel-Rate Switch Application: Pi5v330 - Pericom
Semiconductor Application Brief # 009 (app note added 02/05) |
Visor Cradle Serial Interface -
(electronic circuit added 4/05) |
Visual Basic-models MDAC offset - 02/18/99 Issue of EDN t's hard to
imagine that, for such an old-hat item as a standard R-2R multiplying DAC (MDAC],
there still exists some "dark area" in modeling and calculating its dc offset, VOFF,
and related output resistance, RO. You can obtain some information from References
1and 2 and other references regarding the code dependency of RO and VO, but the
simplified formulasPage includes several designs. Scroll to find this one....
[Design Idea byOlga Belousava, Los Alamos, NM, and Alex Belousov, New York, NY] |
Voltage to pulse width converter spares microprocessor's resources -
1-Dec-06 Issue of EDN Simple circuit uses only three components and two I/O-port
pins.... [Design Idea by James Christensen, Kris Design Co, El Cajon, CA; Edited by
Brad Thompson and Fran Granville] |
Voltage-To-Pulse-Width Converter Spares Microprocessor's Resources -
1/1/2007 EDN Europe Although not an ADC in the classic “stream-of-ones-and
zeros” sense, this voltage-to-pulsewidth converter produces a logic-level output pulse
whose variable width represents an analog of the input voltage. Based on Atmel’s (www.atmel.com]
AT89LP4052 microprocessor, IC1, this circuit makes efficient.... [Design Idea by James
Christensen, Kris Design Co, El Cajon, Californina] |
VTG 01 PAL/NTSC Video Title Generator - Overlays text over Video screen,
takes input from PC keyboard / (added 9/02) |
Vxi Switching Application Note 5968-7234 - Aligent Application Note
(app note added 04/05/06) |
Webcam - (application / block diagram added 6/07) |
Where is the wiper? - 8-Aug-02 Issue of EDN You enjoy significant
advantages when using DPPs (digitally programmable potentiometers] with
increment/decrement serial interfaces. Programming the serial interface is simple and
fast, and you can adjust the potentiometer in real-time applications. The interface,
however, provides no information about wiper position, and this information is
important in some applications.... [Design Idea by Chuck Wojslaw and Dave Gillooly,
Catalyst Semiconductor, Sunnyvale, CA] |
Wide Bus Applications Using Parallel BlvDS Serdes Devices - National
Semiconductor Application Note (app note added 2/06) |
Wire Between Multiio Card & Joystick Connector - (schematic / circuit (added
(6/03) |
Wired USB Keyboard - (application / block diagram added 6/07) |
Wired USB Optical Mouse - (application / block diagram added 6/07)
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Wireless Keyboard - (application / block diagram added 6/07) |
Wireless Lan Adapter - (application / block diagram added 6/07) |
Wireless Local Network for Palmpilot Large Pdf - (electronic circuit added
4/05) |
Wireless Radio Data Link - This is a description of a very simple unit
designed and constructed for use as a wireless data connection between two nearby
computers. The error rate is excellent over short runs, and the transmission speed
means that a useful PPP.... (added 4/05) |
Writing Drivers for the DP83902 & DP83905 Ethernet Controllers - National
Semiconductor Application Note (app note added 2/06) |
Xmodem Send & Receive - (electronic design added 6/07) |
Xsboard Parallel Port Interface - that is programmed into the CPLD. (added
4/02) |
XSPIII Cable Interface - that configures the CPLD so it emulates a Xilinx
Parallel Cable III interface. This allows you to use the WebPACK programming
tools through the simple XESS downloading cable. (added 10/06) |
xTimer V1.0 with 4094 - 4-Channel Timer, 89C4051 + MAX7219 display driver.
Source code with sdcc available now!… [Wichit Sirichote's web site] |
XY Keypad uses µC's Serial Port - 10/10/96 EDN-Design Ideas
Interfacing an X-Y keypad to a microcontroller usually uses a parallel port of 8 bits
or more. But with the circuit shown in Figure 1, a more efficient interface using a
microcontroller's serial port reduces the number of connections required from eight to
three. This interface uses the MM74C922N, a National Semiconductor keypad
encoder,.... [Design Idea by James Mears, National Semiconductor, Tacoma, WA] |
Y-Cable Problems with Soundcards & How to Solve Them - (added 5/02)
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Z80 Core #1- Z80 CPU & Memory Pdf - (Circuit design added 6/07) |
Z80 Core #2- Z80 Ctc & Sio - (Circuit design added 6/07) |
Z80 core #3- RS-232 drivers for the SIO - (Circuit design added 6/07)
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Zero Power A/D Converter uses Printer Port - 07/06/95 EDN-Design Ideas
You can use a desktop or laptop PC to monitor physical variables such as temperature
or pressure. A convenient way to do this is to connect an A/D converter through the
ubiquitous Centronics printer port....[ [Design Idea by Dhananjay Gadre, IUCAA
Instrumentation Lab, Pune, India] |
Zobel network tames reactive loaDS - 12/21/95 EDN-Design Ideas
Stability problems can arise in applications in which an amplifier must drive a
reactive load. Most amplifiers can easily drive purely resistive loads with no
stability problems. However, some reactive loads can cause an otherwise stable
amplifier to ring severely or oscillate. A good example is an audio-power amplifier.
The device’s load is a loudspeaker, which.... [Design Idea by David Albean, Thomson
Consumer Electronics Indianapolis, IN] |