Infrared (IR) Proximity Detector

This is infrared (IR) proximity detector circuit. A matched infrared emitter and detector pair is used in this circuit. The voltage controlled oscillator section of the LM567 tone detector IC is used to set the emitter LED pulses at frequency. In this circuit, the center frequency of the VCO is set to about 909 Hz by combination of capacitor C1 […]

Read more

AD589-Dual Supply LVDT Signal Conditioner Design Procedure

LVDT (linear voltage differential transformer) is widely used as linear position sensor.  AD589 integrated circuit provides a complete solution for LVDT signal conditioner circuit. This circuit diagram below shows the connection method with dual +- 15 volt power supplies and a Schaevitz E100 LVDT: The design procedure on how to select the proper components values is shown in the datasheet […]

Read more