View Single Post
  #6   Report Post  
Posted to alt.electronics
John Fields John Fields is offline
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 2,022
Default Comparator question

On Sun, 10 Sep 2006 22:03:54 GMT, "Farticus"
wrote:


(+)-----------------------------
|
[LOAD]
|
Source ---------|
_|
---------| _ FET

|
(-)----------------------------|----GND

The drawing depicts a FET with a LOAD at its drain and the circuits source
signal tapped off at the drain below the load.


---
Assuming that you're using an "N" channel MOSFET for the switch and
ignoring the 1 megohm resistor for the moment, is this what your
circuit looks like?


+V---------+-----------+------+--------+
| | | |
| | | [2k2]
[LOAD] | | |
| | +---|--[1M]--+
| | | | |
+-----[1K]--|--+--|+\ |
| | | ------+-- TO µC
D [5K]---|-/
Vc-------G | |
S | |
| | |
-V---------+-----------+------+-----------GND


--
John Fields
Professional Circuit Designer