2N5089 NPN Amplifier Transistor

2N5089 pinout diagram

2N5089 is an NPN amplifier bipolar junction transistor. It operates as a switch in saturation mode and as an amplifier in the active region. The silicon-based transistor is designed mainly for audio signal amplification to amplify the weak base signal and produce a strong output signal at the collector terminal in low power systems. This … Read more

2N5457 General Purpose N-Channel JFET

2N5457 Pinout diagram

2N5457 is a general-purpose N-channel Junction Field Effect Transistor with Drain and Source interchangeable feature. It operates in depletion-mode and requires reverse biasing to turn off. Because depletion types MOSFETs act like a normally closed switch. It has high (AC and DC) input impedance, contrary to other MOSFETs.  It is a CMOS technology device used … Read more

PT8211 16-Bit DAC

PT8211 DAC Pinout diagram

PT8211 is a 16-Bit dual-channel Digital to Analogue converter chip. It is typically a dual-channel DAC that is specifically intended for the applications concerned with digital audio. This DAC chip uses CMOS technology. As the name suggests, it depends on 16-bit and the inner engineering depends on the R-2R resistor ladder network. R-2R ladder is … Read more

Nova PM SDS011 Dust Particle Sensor for Air Quality Measurement

SDS011 dust sensor pinout diagram

SDS011 is an air quality measurement sensor which can be used to get dust particles and smoke concentration in the air. More precisely, it can measure  particulate matter (MP) concentrations in the air.  It can detect the dust particles concentration between 0.3 to 10um. Most importantly,  Nova PM dust sensor provides an interrupt based response … Read more

GP2Y1014AU0F – Optical Dust Sensor

GP2Y1010AU0F optical dust sensor pinout diagram

GP2Y1014AU0F is an optical dust sensor that means it senses dust by using an optical sensing system such as a light source. It is used to detect dust particles in the air. Additionally, it can be used to measure air quality.  Its internal circuitry consists of a simple infrared light emitting diode and a photo … Read more

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