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    An opto-isolator (also called an optocoupler, photocoupler, or optical isolator) is an electronic component that transfers electrical signals between two...
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    Resistive opto-isolator (RO), also called photoresistive opto-isolator, vactrol (after a genericized trademark introduced by Vactec, Inc. in the 1960s)...
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    this reason isolation transformers do not supply a GND/earth pole. Opto-isolators transmit information by modulating light. The sender (light source)...
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  • optical fiber communications Opto-isolator, a directional device in electronics Vibration isolator, any of various devices to isolate connected parts of an assembly...
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    shielded twisted-pair cable and into the receiver's opto-isolator. The current exits the opto-isolator and returns back leftwards along the blue lines into...
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  • MIC Microphone MP Mechanical part (including screws and fasteners) OP Opto-isolator often changed to "U" for IC. P Plug connector (most-movable connector...
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  • relay technology suggest the use of opto-isolator as the prevailing design principle of interface relays. An opto-isolator can be implemented in terms of an...
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  • measure properties of crystal surfaces Current transfer ratio, in an opto-isolator device Content Threat Removal, a cyber security technology that defeats...
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    crossing in order to lower the current output (phase angle control). Opto-isolator "Solid State Relays". Sensata Technologies. Retrieved 2023-02-01. Bishop...
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    tachometers are used extensively in rail vehicles. Common types include opto-isolator slotted disk sensors and Hall effect sensors. Hall effect sensors typically...
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    logic device (CPLD) Field-programmable analog array (FPAA) Opto-electronics Opto-isolator, opto-coupler, photo-coupler – photodiode, BJT, JFET, SCR, TRIAC...
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    Schematic of an AGC used in the analog telephone network; the feedback from output level to gain is effected via a Vactrol resistive opto-isolator....
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  • motors (e.g., fans and blowers). Similarly, an input buffer, relay or opto-isolator is often used to translate an otherwise incompatible signal (e.g., high...
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    Diac (may be a varistor in older schematics) Constant-current diode Opto-isolator: internal LED (left) and photo transistor (right) There are many ways...
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    with a photodiode or phototransistor in the same package, to form an opto-isolator. Laser diodes When an LED-like structure is contained in a resonant...
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    similar to a VCA combined with a VCF. The circuit uses a resistive opto-isolator to respond to the control voltage, which also filters the sound, allowing...
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    threshold detection to produce a magnetically-operated switch. The opto-isolator uses light from an LED controlled by a current which is received by...
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    Optical fiber cable Optical communication Parallel optical interface Opto-isolator Semiconductor device Solar cell Avalanche photodiode Transducer LEDs...
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    may be widely separated, with the frequency signal passed through an opto-isolator or transmitted wirelessly. Some such ADCs use sine wave or square wave...
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  • collector transistor driver, and isolated at each receiver with an opto-isolator - though cable harnesses carrying the communication signals may also...
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    designs, including the Lopass Gates, contain vactrols - photoresistive opto-isolator employed as voltage-controlled potentiometers - which can be used for...
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    Modulating retro-reflector OECC (OptoElectronics and Communications Conference) Optical interconnect Opto-isolator Parallel optical interface Chapter...
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    controls, such as for television sets, where infrared LEDs are often used. Opto-isolators use an LED combined with a photodiode or phototransistor to provide...
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  • when receiving RDM signals. DMX networks may include splitters with opto-isolator functionality, which only allow signal transmission in one direction...
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  • transmitters), RthJC ≤ 15K/W BLW34 M Ring modulator-type frequency mixer N Opto-isolator CNY17 P Radiation detector (photodiode, phototransistor) BPW34 Q Radiation...
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    its motion sensor was based on a cheaper reed switch instead of an opto-isolator. A later version, named "Planetokhod," additionally featured a shootable...
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    versions had built-in AC power supplies. The Mu-tron III used proprietary ⁷opto-isolators to control the filter, which was novel for the time, a method would...
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    can be installed in ANY housing provided to IP54. A 'Zener Barrier', opto-isolator or galvanic unit may be used to assist with certification. A special...
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  • (capacitors, diodes, inductors, resistors, transistors, ferrite beads, opto-isolators, 555 timer, and more), as well as macro models for Analog Devices and...
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    Resistive opto-isolator VTL2C1 in a TO-33 package...
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