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  • On/Off Latch Circuit -  Often you want to turn on and off power to a device with a single pushbutton switch. The circuit below performs this logic function with just a few parts and can operate from DC supplies between +3v to about 15v. It uses two inverters within a 74C14 or a CD4069 hex inverter package. Each press of the button toggles between the two on/off logic states.  . . . [Circuit by David Johnson P.E.,  01/09/10]

  • On/off Pushbutton Switch with 30 Minute Timeout -  I received an email from a Discover Circuits visitor. He wanted to control power to a LED camping light he was building. He wanted to turn the light on and off with a small pushbutton switch. He also wanted a timer so the light would not stay on longer than 30 minutes at a time. It seems that his kids often turned lights on when going to bed and then forgot to turn them off . . . [Circuit by Dave Johnson P.E.,  01/08/12]

  • On/Off Switch With Latching Relay -  The circuit below switches AC or DC power to a load using an ultra low power 3v latching relay with two coils. The relay can handle about 10 amps of current, up to 250vac. Each time the small pushbutton is pressed, the circuit either latches the relay . . . [Circuit by David A. Johnson P.E.,  12/24/09]

  • One-Watt White LED Night Light -  This simple circuit is designed to plug into a standard AC electrical outlet. It uses four super bright white light emitting diodes (LED) in conjunction with a capacitor coupled full wave rectifier circuit. The LEDs are mounted in a box and are angled slightly . . . [Hobby Circuit designed by David A. Johnson P.E.,  11/06/08]

  • Optical Filter using Color Film Negative -  This isn’t an electronic circuit but the file shows the curve for an optical filter made from exposed color film. The material blocks most visible light but is very transparent to 880nM infrared light. Kodak 100ASA is exposed to "cool white" fluorescent light for about 5 seconds . . . [Hobby Circuit designed by David A. Johnson P.E.,  01/01/98]

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ON OFF Touch Switch with 555 -  This ON OFF touch switch circuit is based on the well known timer IC 555 (IC1), which drives a relay that acts like a switch. The metal surfaces can have what form we want, but it should be clean and very close to the circuit. . . .  [Circuit posted by Popescu Marian]

On/off buffer switches analog or digital signals -  03/30/06  EDN Design Idea   Use an op amp and a dual SPST to switch signals under digital control. . .  [by Liviu Pascu, Kepco, Flushing, NY]

On/Off Latch Circuit -  Often you want to turn on and off power to a device with a single pushbutton switch. The circuit below performs this logic function with just a few parts and can operate from DC supplies between +3v to about 15v. It uses two inverters within a 74C14 or a CD4069 hex inverter package. Each press of the button toggles between the two on/off logic states.  . . . [Circuit by David Johnson P.E.,  01/09/10]

On/Off Power Switch -  NOTE: Must register on this site. . .  [Published in Elecktor July/Aug, 2010]

On/off Pushbutton Switch with 30 Minute Timeout -  I received an email from a Discover Circuits visitor. He wanted to control power to a LED camping light he was building. He wanted to turn the light on and off with a small pushbutton switch. He also wanted a timer so the light would not stay on longer than 30 minutes at a time. It seems that his kids often turned lights on when going to bed and then forgot to turn them off . . . [Circuit by Dave Johnson P.E.,  01/08/12]

On/Off Switch With Latching Relay -  The circuit below switches AC or DC power to a load using an ultra low power 3v latching relay with two coils. The relay can handle about 10 amps of current, up to 250vac. Each time the small pushbutton is pressed, the circuit either latches the relay . . . [Circuit by David A. Johnson P.E.,  12/24/09]

ON/OFF with MicroControllers -  Here is a technique how to implement an ON/OFF button using microcontrollers. . . .  [Jose Pino]

One Button Digital On-Off Switch -  The load is driven by the MOSFET IRFZ44 and 4093 AND gates are used in the circuit. The output of the 4093 IC drives the MOSFET. Only one button allows you to change the on-off state of the electronic circuits in which you use this switch. The circuit schematics is above. Click image to see the larger schematics diagram. . . . 

One Button On-Off Switch with 4093 & IRFZ44 -  The load is driven by the MOSFET IRFZ44 and 4093 AND gates are used in the circuit. The output of the 4093 IC drives the MOSFET. Only one button allows you to change the on-off state of the electronic circuits in which you use this switch. The circuit schematics is above. Click image to see the larger schematics diagram. . . . 

One oscillator drives multiple solid-state relays -  03/16/06  EDN Design Idea   A conventional electromechanical relay often makes sense for switching large amounts of load current on and off and when proportional control of the load’s current or voltage is unnecessary. . .  [by Juan Ramón Vadillo Pastor, SOR Internacional SA, Saint Quirze Del Valles, Barcelona, Spain]

One processor pin controls on/off function -  04/29/04  EDN Design Idea   A recent Design Idea   prompted me to offer the simpler solution that I used in a recent project (Reference 1]. We needed a momentary power switch with processor supervision. This supervision would allow the processor to delay a power. . .  [by Michael Sirkis, Radio Systems, Logan Township, NJ]

One switch controls digital potentiometer -  09/19/02  EDN Design Idea   This Design Idea  is an evolution and simplification of another (Figure 1, Reference 1]. Replacing the three inverted-input NOR gates with their logical equivalents, positive-input NAND gates, makes these three gate symbols consistent. . .  [by im Bach, Delphi Delco Electronics Systems, Kokomo, IN]

One switch selects one of three signals -  03/02/06  EDN Design Idea   Total cost is less than $1 - Low-cost, easy-to-use design allows monitoring of peripherals, sensors. . .  [by Felix Matro, JL Audio Corp, Phoenix, AZ]

One switch serves dual duty in small, microprocessor-based system -  03/30/06  EDN Design Idea   Low-cost, easy-to-use design allows monitoring of peripherals, sensors. . .  [by Steve Hageman, Windsor, CA]

One-IC-based electronic circuit replaces mechanical switch -  03/15/07 EDN Design Idea   Flip-flops debounce pushbutton switch - sample and inexpensive electronic circuit uses a low-cost pushbutton switch to toggle the electrical power on and off. The circuit replaces a more costly and bulky push-push mechanical switch. . .  [by Santosh Bhandarkar, Bangalore, India]

One-Watt White LED Night Light -  This simple circuit is designed to plug into a standard AC electrical outlet. It uses four super bright white light emitting diodes (LED) in conjunction with a capacitor coupled full wave rectifier circuit. The LEDs are mounted in a box and are angled slightly . . . [Hobby Circuit designed by David A. Johnson P.E.,  11/06/08]

One-wire keypad interface frees microcontroller-I/O pins -  03/31/05  EDN Design Idea   Using this interface topology, you can reduce the number of keypad interface wires to just one and thus save critical microcontroller I/O ports. . .  [by Israel Schleicher, Prescott Valley AZ]

Optical Filter using Color Film Negative -  This isn’t an electronic circuit but the file shows the curve for an optical filter made from exposed color film. The material blocks most visible light but is very transparent to 880nM infrared light. Kodak 100ASA is exposed to "cool white" fluorescent light for about 5 seconds . . . [Hobby Circuit designed by David A. Johnson P.E.,  01/01/98]

Optical Remote on/off Switch -  Using this optical remote control, you can switch on/off any electrical or electronic load. Like any remote control system, it has a mini transmitter unit and a receiver unit to activate the relay. . . .  [© EFY Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. All rights reserved]

Optical Toggle Switch using a Single Chip -  . . . 

Optimizing Laptop Docking Station Designs using LAN Switches -  Application Brief # 041. . .  [Pericom Semiconductor]

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