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Xenon flash capacitor charging
I am trying to modify a disposable camera flash unit to be powered by a DC power supply instead of a battery. I am trying to use a 12V power supply and regulate it to 1.5V. The problem I am having is that the capacitor won't charge using this method. I have tried a simple voltage divider as...- CaleJo
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- Forum: Electric power & transmission & distribution
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Photo-transistor floating baseline removal?
I am trying to design an analog trigger using a photo-transistor. I started by placing the sensor in a Wheatstone bridge to get a zero volt baseline. This works great if the lighting conditions don't change. However, the lighting does change and the baseline moves. I attempted to use op...- CaleJo
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- Forum: Communication & signal processing engineering
