EL357 Optocoupler – Transistor Output

EL357 optocoupler pinout

In this tutorial, we will learn to use EL357 optocoupler IC Compact 4 Pin SOP IC. It is a phototransistor and LED based photocoupler which provides high voltage isolation between input and output sources. The isolation voltage can be upto 3750 volts RMS value.  Recommended Components The following parts are used in this article, along … Read more

74LS323 8-Bit Universal Shift Register IC

74LS323 shift register ic pinout diagram

74LS323 is an 8-bit universal shift-storage register having 3-state outputs with the feature of Synchronous Reset. Pin count has been minimized in it using parallel load inputs and flip flops outputs. In order to provide cascading without any trouble, separate inputs and outputs are available for flip-flops. Recommended Components The following parts are used in … Read more

74LS164 Serial In Parallel Out Shift Register IC

74LS164 pinout

74LS164 is a high speed shift register with serial input of data and parallel output of data. It is an 8-bit IC. That means data goes into IC bit by bit serially and 8-bit data appears on the output pins. Data at serial input is fed through 1 input AND gate and it is synchronous … Read more

74LS83 4-Bit Full Adder

74LS83 pinout diagram

In this tutorial, we will talk about 74LS83 4-bit full adder IC. Firstly, we will see an introduction of half and full adder. After that, we will learn to implement 4-bit full adder functionality using 74LS83. Recommended Components The following parts are used in this article, along with a generic electronics kit that is handy … Read more

Voice Recorder and Playback Module ISD1760

Voice Recorder and Playback Module ISD1760

In this topic, we are going to explore a voice recording and playback module using ISD1760 IC. It has distinguished features of being multi-message, single-chip, high quality, and fully integrated device. It is suitable for a wide range of electronics applications regarding voice recording and playing back. Depending upon the particular device the message duration … Read more

HMC5883L 3-Axis Compass Module Interfacing with Arduino

HMC5883 interfacing with Arduino

HMC5883L is a magnetometer module developed by Honeywell using anisotropic magnetoresistive technology. It is a multichip module that behaves as a digital compass IC to find the direction and measures the magnitude and direction of the magnetic field along the X, Y and Z-axis. HMC5883L module converts the magnetic field into differential voltage output on … Read more

TEENSY 3.6 development board

TEENSY 3.6 Development board pinout diagram

The TEENSY 3.6 development board consists of a 32-bit ARM Cortex M4 programmable microcontroller. It is Arduino compatible having 180MHZ processor along with a floating-point unit. It has a bootloader so you can easily program it through High-speed on-board USB port. In other words, it has an onboard programmer and debugger. Therefore, we don’t need … Read more

LT3750 Capacitor Charge Controller IC

LT3750 Capacitor Charge Controller IC

LT3750 is a flyback converter which can charge capacitors of any size. This chip uses a patented boundary mode control scheme. This scheme reduces the size of the transformer integrated into chip and losses due to transition. It has a wide range of input voltages and charges high voltage capacitors rapidly and quickly. Recommended Components … Read more

OP07 Ultra-low offset Voltage Op-Amp IC

OP07 Single operational Amplifier IC

OP07 is a precision operational amplifier IC consisting of a single operational amplifier inside a chip. The OP07 operational amplifier has a slew rate is the rate of 0.3-V/μs. It performs a low noise operation and has a wide input voltage range. It has features of internal frequency compensation and offset nulling. Recommended Components The … Read more

DAC0808 8-bit Digital to Analog Converter

DAC0808 ic

The DAC0808 IC is a monolithic digital to analog converter which takes an 8-bit digital data as an input and sends an analog signal at the output. It has high accuracy and utilizes very low power. Electronic devices like music players, televisions, mobiles, CD players gaming systems, etc. use this chip for the conversion of … Read more