Electronic Design

Single-Cell LED and Motor Timer-Controllers for Battery-Operated Electronic Appliances

Semtech Corp. announced the newest devices in its sub-1 V mixed-signal LED and motor timer-controller platform for easy, fast and cost-effective design of small, light weight, ultra-low power, battery ...
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Semtech rolls new sub-1v LED and motor timer-controllers

Semtech Corp. unveiled two new sub-1 V mixed-signal LED and motor timer-controllers, the SX8120 and SX8121 for consumer home and office appliance applications. The two devices operate intrinsically at ...
Embedded

Mastering motor control: synchronization, timing, and software

Graceful Shutdown: Ensuring the motor and controller are shut down safely when the application is stopped. If the application operates on a multicore MCU/DSP/FPGA, an appropriate inter-core ...
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A 555 timer PWM motor controller

Here is a circuit that will output a PWM wave good for varying the speed of a DC motor. Why is this not going to work? How would you fix it? The 555 timer can’t handle that type of load, and it is not ...