Questions tagged [smoothing-capacitor]
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Choosing capacitance for recifier
So I'm trying to use a couple of rectifiers. Specifically, the "NTE5326" and the "36MB120A."
I've tried following videos on how to calculate for a smoothing-capacitor but to no avail.
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PCB input smoothing capacitor layout
I got some 0.1uF ceramic capacitor in front of my mcu IO pins to smooth the inputs values/spikes
I was wondering if this placement is bad or not because their position is "over" the input so maybe (...
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Need help determining smoothing capacitor(s) for rectifier
I am making a rectifier for a single N-Scale train building. It takes DC, but the train controller gives out 19VAC. I have 4 1N4001s and some capacitors, but probably not the right size/uf. I only ...
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Smoothing cap vs filter for full wave bridge rectifier circuit
I am designing a circuit which requires high-voltage DC. My plan is to step-up my mains (120VAC) with a transformer and then pass that through a FWB. After the FWB, I want to smooth the signal into a ...
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Ideas to smooth variable AC voltages/spikes reported to ADC circuit
I’m trying to integrate a 40+ year old ac motor and remote controller with a device using modern ADC controllers to remotely manage the motor turning process.
The legacy gear is an old CDE Ham-M ...
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Do i need to protect a DC adapter from current spikes (produced by buck converter)?
I wonder if i need to protect my ac adapter, which has over-voltage, over-current and short-circuit protection. The ac adapter feeds a buck-converter which uses a low-side n-mosfet switch ...
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How are size of caps determined/calculated for use in smoothing voltage?
I'm reading this great book (AVR Programming: Learning to Write Software for Hardware by Elliot Williams) and setting up my arduino atmega328pu, usbasp programmer and using avrdude to program the chip....
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How may I select a smoothing capacitor to mitigate LED flicker without the use of a scope?
I recently replaced a set of incandescent bulbs from the interior of my old car with some very inexpensive festoon LEDs. Unfortunately the LEDs are not 100% compatible with the lighting system as ...
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Smoothing capacitor for scooter regulator - High constant current drawn
I've researched the forum before posting, but it seems my question is a bit specific and not answered before. Please excuse me if I'm wrong.
So what we have here is a chinese scooter alternator, ...
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AC mains LED flicker
I have a number of simple LED strip lights, purchased to replace fluorescent tubes in a kitchen. Having installed the first ones, they have a noticeable flicker (to me, but not my wife!) on moving ...
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How does a filtering capacitor smoth a changing current? [duplicate]
Lets assume,in picture blow, the current be in its peak voltage moment. then when the current begins to fall (assume a moment after the peak moment) we know the current is blocked by diodes (actually ...
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Smoothing a Full-Wave rectifier voltage
I was reading about full-wave rectifiers and came across the schematics below which the capacitor C can smooth its voltage, but I didn't understand one case:
We know that when the rectifier's voltage ...
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Capacitor value for rectified magneto PSU
## Need capacitor value for below circuit ##
Hi guys,
Kindly help me with the situation below.
I want to run my LED headlamp (with upper & dipper functions) via flywheel magneto.
Current setup:...
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what is the main differences between the capacitors? [closed]
I have read many documents on these terminologies. I find almost same working for these capacitors.
Please make me clear what is the main difference between bypass capacitor, decoupling capacitor &...
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Smoothing unregulated DC input voltage to a voltage regulator
I am building a USB mobile charger powered by manually rotating a 12V DC motor shaft. This voltage goes as an input to a LM7805 voltage regulator and the output of the voltage regulator is used to ...
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