This month's selection for Tool Crib is a real time-saver for trouble-shooting automotive electrical circuits. Called the Wire Whiz by its manufacturer, Auto-Tech-Tronics (P.O. Box 5952, Orange, CA ...

Designing automotive electronics presents numerous technical challenges, including the need to protect against electrical hazards under the hood and in the cabin. The three major sources of electrical ...

When the battery voltage falls below the lockout threshold, the circuit monitors the voltage of a Li-Ion battery and disconnects the load to prevent deep discharge. A vehicle that runs on batteries ...

The capacitor auto-discharge module presented in this article is simply a failsafe module that automatically discharges the buffer/filter capacitor in a power supply circuit when its input supply is ...