This Design Idea has proved as useful as it is simple. With just three or four components, it allows the monitoring of current from microamps to well over 100mA in a single range. I was developing a ...

Sponsored by: Texas Instruments By implementing the current-monitoring approaches described in the article, designers can diagnose faults and take remedial action in advance of a failure. Efficiency ...

Almost every wall power supply has no indicator showing whether current is consumed by the load or not. Figure 1 Wall power supply indicator solution showing whether or not a current is being consumed ...