74HC157 is a high-speed multiplexer integrated circuit consisting of four 2-inputs digital multiplexers inside the chip. It is pin-compatible with Low-power Schottky TTL. It has two control inputs namely enable and select input. Additionally, it has two groups of registers. The select input determines the register from which the data comes. Its operation is specified … Read more

LM386 is an audio amplifier that utilizes very low power. This IC takes an input voltage from devices (like microphone, radio or guitar, etc.) and amplifies them to a tens or hundreds times magnitude of input signal for driving loudspeakers. It can drive loads from 4Ω to 32Ω. It provides a feature of gain control … Read more

CA3130 is a BiMOS operational amplifier IC with MOSFET Input and BiMOS devices have advantages of both bipolar and CMOS transistors. Bipolar transistors can perform fast switching and perform well under high bandwidths. On the other hand, CMOS op-amps consume less current. The CA3130 consists of PMOS transistors at the input and CMOS transistors at … Read more

RB156 Bridge Rectifier is a full bridge rectifier transistor IC. It offers 1.5 Ampere output load current and 50-900 Volts.  Furthermore, it consumes very low reverse biasing current and low forward drop voltages. Most importantly, it has a very high dielectric strength. Recommended Components The following parts are used in this article, along with a … Read more

28BYJ-48 is a uni-polar 5V stepper motor that takes electrical signals as input and rotates by converting these input signals into the mechanical rotation. It consists of 4 stationary coils rated at +5V. These coils are known as a stator and make a ring around the rotor. It has a 1/64 reduction gear set and … Read more

CS51411 IC is a low voltage, 1.5 Ampere buck regulator IC. We can use it to step down the voltage meanwhile stepping up the current from input to output. It operates at a fixed frequency of 260kHz and 520kHz. Additionally, it supports external biasing and synchronization function. It takes the input voltage in a range … Read more

TP4056 module is a linear charger lithium-ion batteries. This module can charge batteries consists of single cells. Most importantly, it supports constant current and constant voltage modes of charging operations. Users can select both modes. This module offers a 1-ampere charging current.  Almost all the electronic devices run with batteries. And these batteries can get … Read more

UCC25600 IC is an 8-pin Resonant mode controller having high performance and high efficiency. Boost converters having high voltages and operating under high switching frequency have two serious drawbacks which are core and switching losses. To overcome these losses, converters were designed for controlling the duty cycle and frequency. These converters were easy to implement … Read more

Voltage regulators are used to getting a stable fixed output voltage. LM723 IC is also a voltage regulator but it can generate a variable voltage which can be adjusted in a range of 3V to 37V. It is basically used in the series regulator application. Although it offers a 150mA output current. But we can … Read more