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NodeMCU - Vin pin as 5V output?
There is confusion about what is and what isn't possible with this board. This is because there are different versions with different power arrangements.
NodeMCU 0.9
In this board the USB's 5V and the ...
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How to know positive and negative in breadboard
You decide which rails are positive and which are negative when you connect them to the + an - from your power supply or battery.
A breadboard isn't polarised per se. It's just a bunch of cross-...
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Why is my transistor switched output so low?
The problem is that you are using an NPN transistor as a high side switch.
The voltage at the emitter of the transistor will always be about 0.7V below the voltage at the base. The "high" ...
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NodeMCU - Vin pin as 5V output?
my 2 cents:
A LoLin NodeMCU V3 when powered via USB in the Vin pin reads 2.2 V (don't know why) but... in the VV pin you can get the 5V coming from the USB; so if you need 5V use that pin.
The board ...
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Logic level converter not working?
Based on your schematic, you need to provide a 3.3v power source to the 3.3v side of the logic level converter. You can use the 3.3v pin on the Arduino.
Also, it's really hard to evaluate your ...
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Measure Vcc on ATtiny13a?
The code you linked to measures the 1.1 V internal reference using
Vcc as a reference. The ATtiny13A cannot do that. It does have a 1.1 V
internal reference, but it can only use it as a reference for ...
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Why 5V instead of 3V3?
First, even with 3.3V, an LED needs a resistor to limit the current through it. So, running with 3.3V doesn't solve that particular problem. Try Googling for "LED current limiting resistor".
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Controlling voltage and current from chip?
You're misunderstanding what you need to drive a transistor.
A transistor will allow up to a specific amount of current through the collector depending on the current that flows through the base. If ...
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Digital I/O threshold voltages for ATmega32u4
LVTTL is Low Voltage Transistor-Transistor Logic. In general, the
term "TTL" is used for a digital signal.
The "Low Voltage" part is special,
the ATmega32U4 switches from low to high (and vice versa) ...
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Measuring li-ion that arduino is running from
Using the 1.1V internal analog reference to measure a draining VCC
source by using a voltage divider on it
You could indeed use a voltage divider, and measure a scaled-down Vcc
against the internal 1....
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Dimming this ~30V led with PWM, what do I need?
It will not be possible for you to PWM dim your LED with that LED driver (power supply).
That is a constant current driver with under/over-voltage protection. It delivers a specific amount of current (...
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Do the I/O pins on Arduino read current or voltage?
They read voltage. When you close the pushbutton switch the input should have a 0V or digital "0" on it. When you open the pushbutton the resistor should pull the input to 5V or digital &...
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Can the Arduino be hurt by connecting too many LEDs in serial?
The forward voltage of an LED or diode is the applied voltage of the "knee" in the exponential characteristic at which it starts to substantially conduct, and in the case of an LED, produce light.
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NodeMCU - Vin pin as 5V output?
No you cannot use a Vin or VU pin as a GPIO pin which can be controlled by a program. Vin can be used as an input for 5V battery or as a 5V output when NodeMCU is powered by USB (except on NodeMCU v3 ...
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How to produce multiple DC voltages for a single project
First you want to take a regulated 24V supply. To that you want to add a switch-mode ("Buck") regulator to drop you down to 5V. You don't want to try using an LDO for this unless you are happy to ...
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Inaccurate and non-precise voltage reading from Arduino Analog pin
This should be a lot of fun but you might consider doing some research on analog circuits and A/D circuits. You have way too many digits to the right of the decimal, the accuracy is not there. The ...
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Arduino measuring high-voltage electric fence
You are talking about measuring 2 to 10 kV pulses, with about 1 to 5 J of energy per pulse.
The maximum current may be very low, but the voltages you want to measure are very high, and will very ...
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How to calculate required amperage of multiple motors?
I don't know if the amperage is additive with each additional motor
Yes, amperage is additive.
the Arduino cannot handle over one amp but 0.24*5>1
That is correct. But the stepper motors should ...
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How to understand the "power economy" of a voltage up-converter (boost converter)?
He is describing a boost converter which steps up voltage at the expense of current. To quote from the Wikipedia page on that subject:
A boost converter (step-up converter) is a DC-to-DC power ...
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How does Arduino digital input pin measure its input voltage?
Assuming you are asking about digital input pins on an Arduino:
Digital logic operates at the saturation and cut off regions of the transistor logic used. Most modern day processors use CMOS ...
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Measuring voltage from -12 to +12 VDC
Measuring voltage
Use the following interfacing circuit for measuring voltage:
Resistors R1, R2, R3 (1% tolerance or better recommended) will map the voltage input range (-12 to +12V DC) to an ...
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How to know positive and negative in breadboard
As gre_gor said. A simple breadboard contains of rows and columns of connections but sometimes for convenience manufacturer marks or prints Positive and Negative symbol along the row as they are ...
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PWM water pump flow control - in percent
Expanding on dannyf's answer, if the pump datasheet does not feature a graph, then you will have to experiment. If a flowmeter is not readily available, an excellent approximation can be calculated by ...
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Convert from 3 V to 5 V
You may want to use a boost converter which is a device that can step up voltage.
You can get them from eBay for around $US 2.
As Chris Stratton pointed out in a comment, the boost converter may run ...
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How can I make an AC analog voltage with Arduino?
You have a few options:
Use a low-pass filter to round the square wave's edges some so they look more AC-ish.
Use a low-pass filter and have your code create steps of voltage that look AC-ish by ...
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Different voltage sources across Vin and DC jack
wouldnt that then send current through the Vin pin and back to the coin cell battery? Is that what would happen in this instance?
Yep, that's right.
shouldn't there be a design feature to prevent ...
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How to build an µC controlled power regulator?
It's actually very simple, and it indeed does involve using PWM.
PWM is just a signal being on for a percentage of a predefined period. That percentage is also, when the PWM signal is averaged out, ...
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How do I supply either (1) dual voltage or (2) negative voltage?
You can make -5 V if you use an external power source, like in the circuit below (untested).
Connect the GND (-) from the Arduino to the +5V from the External (5V) source, than 0V will be the GND (...
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How to connect L298N motor driver to 5v input supply?
Note: Since all vendors (checked Mouser, Octopart, and Sparkfun) link to the L298 datasheet when listing the L298N I will assume they are reasonably equivalent.
I will assume that the "12V-35V input ...
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measure +3V and -3V through resistor divider and switch on/off by digital pins
When measuring a voltage that is higher than the maximum rating, the voltage of interest is tied to ground with a voltage divider. When measuring a negative voltage, you instead have to tie the ...
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