Silicon Controlled Rectifier (SCR) Working, Construction, Types and Applications

construction of silicon controlled rectifier

The silicon controlled rectifier (SCR) is a semiconductor device used to convert alternating current into direct current and control the power supplied to the load. It is an enhanced version of the shockley diode, achieved by adding a gate to the device. The SCR was developed in 1957 by power electronics engineers. Some consider the … Read more

External Interrupts 8051 Microcontroller – Example

external interrupts 8051 microcontroller

In this tutorial, we will discuss how to use GPIO interrupts which are also known as external interrupts of 8051 microcontroller. We will learn to configure GPIO interrupts as edge-triggered such as positive or negative edge or level triggered such as active high or active low level triggered. Before reading this article, you should know … Read more

Thyristor Controlled Cyclo Converter design with pic microcontroller

cyclo converter design using pic microcontroller

Thyristor Controlled Cyclo Converter Drive for Controlling Speed of Induction Motor. The thyristor controlled cyclo converter system is very sophisticated solution for controlling the speed of induction motors, especially for single or three phase ac motors. Ac motors are so much significant in our daily life because these motors have so many applications in domestic or … Read more

Thyristor Controlled Power for Single Phase Induction Motor

thyristor controlled power for induction motor using pic microcontroller

Thyristor Controlled Power for Single Phase Induction Motor:The power control is very significant factor specially in terms of power electronics for transmitting the power to the output load for its good performance. Different techniques or typologies are used for controlling the power by using the semiconductor devices, some of which are used the metal oxide … Read more

Three Phase Solid State Relay with ZVS using pic microcontroller

Three Phase Solid State Relay with Zero Voltage Switching

Three Phase Solid State Relay with ZVS:A relay is an electrically controllable switch, which is mostly used in industrial and home appliances applications. Two types of relays are widely used, one is electromechanically relay which have an electromagnetic coil, spring and electromechanical moving contacts. This relay is operated at high voltage and high current and … Read more

Bluetooth module HC 05 interfacing with pic microcontroller

Bluetooth module HC 05

Bluetooth module interfacing with pic microcontrollers, in this article I explained how to interface Bluetooth module with microcontrollers, What is Bluetooth ? Types of Bluetooth? How Bluetooth communicate with other devices? and How to select most suitable Bluetooth module for your project in which you want to use Bluetooth for wireless communication. Many of you … Read more

RFID Based Attendance System project using pic microcontroller

RFID based attendance system using pic microcontroller

RFID Based Attendance System: RFID is very popular in electronics and microcontroller based projects. The RFID stands for radio frequency identification. It is the technology that used the smaller computer chip to track the person from some distance almost 300 feet. This chip can carry the 2000 bytes or greater data.  Currently this technology has been … Read more

Prepaid Energy Meter with GSM Modem using pic microcontroller

Prepaid energy meter using gsm and pic microcontroller

Prepaid Energy Meter with GSM Modem using pic microcontroller: The interfacing of prepaid energy meter with GSM (Global system for mobile) modem is very credible for both consumer and energy supply company. Basically, this is the concept of electronic energy meter for records the consumer billing, the minimization of energy theft and reducing the energy losses … Read more

Three phase voltage measurement using pic microcontroller

three phase voltage measurement using pic microcontroller

Three-phase voltage measurement using pic microcontroller project: Hi everyone I hope you are fine and doing well. In this tutorial, you will learn about how to measure three phase voltage using pic microcontroller. Three-phase voltage measurement has many applications in power as well as the electronics field. Three-phase voltage measurement system is used to measure … Read more