Active Components

Add power to activate. Active components require a power source to affect a circuit.   As the name would imply, a voltage regulator maintains a consistent voltage, below the supply voltage rail. They come in several form factors, and are available for both positive and negative voltage, but all essentially do the same thing: dump … Read more

Add power to activate. Active components require a power source to affect a circuit.   Operational amplifiers (op amps) are a basic component used for a variety of voltage manipulation purposes. The standard configuration for an op amp has one noninverting input, one inverting input and an output. An inverting input will produce the opposite … Read more