Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

Comparator for one 0-6V AO

English answer:

a single 6V fed op-amp (oa) used as comparator

Added to glossary by George Vardanyan
May 21, 2004 18:05
19 yrs ago
English term

Comparator for one 0-6V AO

English Tech/Engineering Electronics / Elect Eng Electronics
What do I need to build a comparator for two Analogue signals (0-6V) so that if the voltage of either input goes under 4V an output is triggered.

Regards
Bagheri

Discussion

airmailrpl May 22, 2004:
you need an electronics engineer!!
Nik-On/Off May 22, 2004:
What's your question exactly?

Responses

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a single 6v fed op-amp (oa) used as comparator

The gain of the op-amp without feedback (so called "open loop" mode) is too high to be useful as an amplifier. But this high gain provides a very sharp threshold if we use the op amp as a switch or comparator (so called because it compares one voltage to another and gives an output signifying which is greater).
This will compare the function generator output with an adjustable threshold proficed by the 0-6V supply.
Set the function generator to produce a 4 V p-p, 100 Hz triangle wave.
Peer comment(s):

agree Vicky Papaprodromou
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thank you Vicky!
agree Hacene
18 mins
thank you Hacene !
agree nlingua : I agree (but I know not why - lol); and btw, is this a *translation* question?
2 hrs
The asker looked for an explanation about the expression "Comparator for one 0-6V AO", I think. Thank you nlingua!
agree Craft.Content
5 hrs
thank you nbhairav !
agree Java Cafe : Yes, I have a question about making pumpkin pie. Where do I post that? ;-)
5 hrs
under Russian-English, maybe, you get the answer sure ;-) Thank you Java!
agree Rajan Chopra
7 hrs
thank you langclinic !
neutral Nik-On/Off : I can't figure out what question you've answered, George
14 hrs
I tried to answer both - heading and context...
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