Optocouplers provide high-voltage isolation between a low-voltage device like a microcontroller or a pulse-width modulation (PWM) generator and a high-voltage device like an intelligent or integrated ...

Optocouplers are electronic components which use light waves to provide electrical isolation while transferring an electrical signal. They are sometimes known as opto-isolators, photocouplers, or ...

WIXOM -- The Wixom manufacturing electronics manufacturer Acromag has released new BusWorks XT Series multi-channel optocouplers and interposing relay modules that connect discrete field devices to ...

Deep in the heart of your latest project lies a little silicon brain. Much like the brain inside your own bone-plated noggin, your microcontroller needs protection from the outside world from time to ...

What is an optoisolator (optical coupler or optocoupler)? An optoisolator (also known as an optical coupler, photocoupler, optocoupler) is a semiconductor device that transfers an electrical signal ...

Galvanic isolation is common in industrial and automotive systems as a means of protecting against high voltages or to counteract ground potential differences. Designers traditionally used ...

Everlight Electronics is offering 8-pin DIP optocouplers featuring high isolation voltage (5000Vrms, 1 minute), a 3.9mm profile and 8mm external creepage distance. The 1MBd high speed transistor ...

Download this article in PDF format. Logarithmic amplifiers with their log functionality are useful for compressing wide dynamic-range signals whereby the measured quantities are in decibels (dB).

This white paper discusses the use of hermetic optocouplers in military and space electronics applications. The use of hermetic optocouplers provide a highly reliable result compared to its plastic ...

In LEDs heat and high currents hasten the dimming process which can lead to unreliable operation in LED-powered optocouplers. Some simple and straight-forward analysis will keep their light shining ...

Functional safety certification establishes the reliability threshold that industrial signal protection equipment must meet before it can be specified in safety-critical applications. TÜV Rheinland ...