Optoelectronics: Welcome Home Series, Season 2, Episode 1 - Light Dimmer Switch

In Season 1 we covered the "low hanging fruit" of Opto in the home. In Season 2 we dive deeper into the electronics of home appliances to find the hidden Opto products. Episode 1 finds us doing a teardown of a light dimmer to find an optocoupler which is protecting a microcontroller from damaging high voltage transients.

Related

• 

  Resistors: Vishay Electro-Films IGBR Benefits and Applications

  2019/04/24 
  • Vishay
  • Power Supply
• 

  Optoelectronics: SensorXplorer™

  2019/04/15 
  • Vishay
  • Sensor
• 

  Optoelectronics: IR Receiver Decision Tree

  2019/03/22 
  • Vishay
  • Passive / Connections / mechanical parts
• 

  Resistors: Hands on Electronic Simulation of an Optimized Linear Output Temperature Sensing Circuit

  2019/03/18 
  • Vishay
  • Measurement / Test
• 

  Resistors: MELF Assembly Video

  2019/03/15 
  • Vishay
  • Company / Market Trends
• 

  Resistors: CMB 0207 – The SMD champion for high pulse load applications

  2019/03/05 
  • Vishay
  • Passive / Connections / mechanical parts
• 

  Resistors: Rotational Absolute Magnetic Encoders product demonstration (RAMK)

  2019/02/06 
  • Vishay
  • Company / Market Trends
• 

  Resistors: CDMM Series Molded Chip

  2019/02/06 
  • Vishay
  • Power Supply
• 

  VOT8121AM, VOT8024AM PhotoTRIACs

  2019/01/29 
  • Vishay
  • Company / Market Trends
• 

  Resistors: LT Spice Electronic Simulation of Inrush Current Limitation with Vishay PTCEL in SMPS

  2019/01/22 
  • Vishay
  • Company / Market Trends
• 

  Optoelectronics: VCNL36687S Proximity Sensor Product Overview

  2018/11/05 
  • Vishay
  • Sensor
• 

  Resistors: Vishay Potentiometers, Trimmers, Sensors

  2018/09/19 
  • Vishay
  • Company / Market Trends
• 

  Resistors: Vishay MCB Wirewound

  2018/09/10 
  • Vishay
  • Company / Market Trends
• 

  Resistors: NTC LUG Project-HD 1080p

  2018/08/15 
  • Vishay
  • Power Supply
• 

  Resistors: Vishay Dale Power Metal Strip® - WSHM/WSHP

  2018/07/25 
  • Vishay
  • Power Supply
• 

  Optoelectronics: AEC-Q101 Automotive Rated Optocoupler (VOMA617A)

  2018/07/03 
  • Vishay
  • Automotive
• 

  Optoelectronics: TVCast - Industry First Native Top View IR Receivers

  2018/07/03 
  • Vishay
  • Passive / Connections / mechanical parts
• 

  Inductors: MTPL Hybrid Planar Transformers for Switch Mode Power Supply Applications

  2018/07/03 
  • Vishay
  • Power Supply
• 

  Resistors: RAMK040 Magnetic Kit

  2018/06/20 
  • Vishay
  • Sensor
• 

  Optoelectronics: TSOP1 Series of IR Receivers

  2018/05/31 
  • Vishay
  • Passive / Connections / mechanical parts