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High to Low logic level converter with MOSFET

I'm designing a sniffer circuit to tap input signals from various machines. The type of signal varies from input pulses and UART communication, the voltage varies from 5V to 12V. These are the ...
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Bi-Directional Logic Level converter 1.8V-5V using MOSFET

I need to connect an Event Detection pin (pin of the NXP NTAG 5 component) to a GPIO of the NXP i.XM6 processor. The problem is that the NTAG 5 pin has a logic level of 5V and the GPIO has a logic ...
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Driving 12v logic from an MCU

I'm looking to drive 12v logic signals (logic level shift) from a PIC24FJ MCU, which can do 3.3v and 5v logic. In one instance, I need to switch a 12v line to LOW, and in an other, I need to provide a ...
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How to correctly test a 4-channel Logic Level Converter?

I have a 4-channel logic level converter (it says Level Converter MH on its back and seems to be a very common one for Raspberry Pi and Arduino usage) and wanted to ...
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2 state converter, from -24VDC [ON] - +5VDC [OFF] to 5VDC [ON] - 0VDC [OFF]

So as the header says, I would like to take a 2 state signal (ON/OFF) where the on state is -24VDC and it's off state is +5VDC and make that/convert to a 0-5VDC 2 state signal, where 0 is the ...
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How do you choose a diode for a 5v to 3.3v clamping circuit

I have a logic input that is 3.3v and I want to be able to allow it to interface with either 3.3v or 5v input signals w/o worrying about it being damaged. I would like to use a resistor with a ...
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GY-521 MPU-6050 + Arduino nano - Logic converter or not?

I bought this MPU-6050: link (marked as "GY-521" on the board) According to the manufacturers' site, the sensor logic level is 3.3V (though the eBay page says ...
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