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Re: Simple Low Voltage Shut Down

From Winfield Hill <hill@rowland.harvard.edu>
Newsgroups sci.electronics.design
Subject Re: Simple Low Voltage Shut Down
Date 2017-03-30 10:20 -0700
Organization Rowland Institute
Message-ID <objepm0280f@drn.newsguy.com> (permalink)
References <Nl2DA.428151$fZ.218528@fx41.am4> <obisol016pi@drn.newsguy.com>

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Winfield Hill wrote...
>
>Robert Miller wrote...
>>
>> I have a little circuit consisting of an LM358 and
>> BC547 emitter follower. It runs off 4 x AAA alkaline
>> batteries and consumes about 50mA.
>>
>> What is the simplest way, without consuming additional
>> power, of disabling the output from the LM358 when
>> the battery voltage drops below around 4V?
>
>.
>. --+-----E   C----
>.   |       B
>.  6.2k     |  ZTX718
>.   |      470
>.   |       |
>.   |       K
>.   +-----R    TL431
>.   |       A  $0.40
>.  10k      |
>.   |       |
>. --+-------+------

 A little hysteresis would be good.

.   4.0-volt low-V shutoff.
.             
.              ZTX718
. --+-----E   C-----+----
.   |       B       |
.  6.8k     |      120k
.   |      470    5% hyst
.   |       |       |
.   +------ | -|<|--'
.   |       K
.   +-----R    TL431
.   |       A  $0.40
.  10k      |
.   |       |
. --+-------+------

 Omit the diode, if a little OFF leakage
 from 127k of resistance can be tolerated.


-- 
 Thanks,
    - Win

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Simple Low Voltage Shut Down Robert Miller <robert.miller@teledyne.com> - 2017-03-30 18:21 +1100
  Re: Simple Low Voltage Shut Down Winfield Hill <hill@rowland.harvard.edu> - 2017-03-30 05:13 -0700
    Re: Simple Low Voltage Shut Down Winfield Hill <hill@rowland.harvard.edu> - 2017-03-30 10:20 -0700
      Re: Simple Low Voltage Shut Down Tim Wescott <seemywebsite@myfooter.really> - 2017-03-30 14:39 -0500
    Re: Simple Low Voltage Shut Down Robert Miller <robert.miller@teledyne.com> - 2017-04-01 07:42 +1100
      Re: Simple Low Voltage Shut Down rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-03-31 18:03 -0400
        Re: Simple Low Voltage Shut Down Robert Miller <robert.miller@teledyne.com> - 2017-04-01 10:35 +1100
          Re: Simple Low Voltage Shut Down rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-03-31 19:49 -0400
      Re: Simple Low Voltage Shut Down Winfield Hill <hill@rowland.harvard.edu> - 2017-03-31 17:56 -0700
        Re: Simple Low Voltage Shut Down Phil Hobbs <pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net> - 2017-04-01 11:17 -0400
  Re: Simple Low Voltage Shut Down John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2017-03-30 07:14 -0700
  Re: Simple Low Voltage Shut Down Tim Wescott <tim@seemywebsite.com> - 2017-03-30 12:19 -0500
    Re: Simple Low Voltage Shut Down Winfield Hill <hill@rowland.harvard.edu> - 2017-03-30 13:18 -0700
      Re: Simple Low Voltage Shut Down Tim Wescott <seemywebsite@myfooter.really> - 2017-03-30 15:52 -0500
        Re: Simple Low Voltage Shut Down Winfield Hill <hill@rowland.harvard.edu> - 2017-03-30 14:31 -0700
          Re: Simple Low Voltage Shut Down mike <ham789@netzero.net> - 2017-03-30 15:02 -0700

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