C1 is a bypass capacitor that helps prevent oscillation—yes, a circuit like this can oscillate—I connected a scope to it to prove to myself that it was stable. C2 filters out the AC wall wart ripple ...

The dimmer selector means you won’t blind yourself with overly bright light unless you need to. What started it. Frank needed to replace spot and floodlights on his tractor, and found the LED fixtures ...

This digital thermometer circuit diagram uses a common 1N4148 diode as the temperature sensor. The temperature coefficient of the diode, -2 mV / 0C is exploited for this application to create an ...

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The AP1695 LED lamp driver from Diodes Incorporated optimizes the design of sub-12W triac dimmer-compatible LED lamps with a dimming range of 1 to 100% and up to 30% reduction ...