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    An opto-isolator (also called an optocoupler, photocoupler, or optical isolator) is an electronic component that transfers electrical signals between two...
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    Resistive opto-isolator (RO), also called photoresistive opto-isolator, vactrol (after a genericized trademark introduced by Vactec, Inc. in the 1960s)...
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    this reason isolation transformers do not supply a GND/earth pole. Opto-isolators transmit information by modulating light. The sender (light source)...
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  • optical fiber communications Opto-isolator, a directional device in electronics Vibration isolator, any of various devices to isolate connected parts of an assembly...
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    shielded twisted-pair cable and into the receiver's opto-isolator. The current exits the opto-isolator and returns back leftwards along the blue lines into...
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    tachometers are used extensively in rail vehicles. Common types include opto-isolator slotted disk sensors and Hall effect sensors. Hall effect sensors typically...
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  • collector transistor driver, and isolated at each receiver with an opto-isolator - though cable harnesses carrying the communication signals may also...
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    crossing in order to lower the current output (phase angle control). Opto-isolator "Solid State Relays". Sensata Technologies. Retrieved 2023-02-01. Bishop...
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    Diac (may be a varistor in older schematics) Constant-current diode Opto-isolator: LED (left), photo transistor (right) There are many ways to draw a...
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    similar to a VCA combined with a VCF. The circuit uses a resistive opto-isolator to respond to the control voltage, which also filters the sound, allowing...
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