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- From: boortz@sics.se (Kent Boortz)
- Subject: AC zero cross detection?
- Message-ID: <1992Aug21.222100.15735@sics.se>
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- Organization: Swedish Institute of Computer Science, Kista
- Distribution: sci
- Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 22:21:00 GMT
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- Hi,
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- I will interrupt a microcontroller at 220V AC zero crossing time to reset
- an internal timer. Any ideas of a simple but reliable zero crossing detection
- circuit? The triggering has to be isolated with a optocoupler. The 220V
- will beside driving a halogen lamp be transformed down to 9V AC to drive
- the processor etc. Could I detect the zero crossing point on the 9V side
- or will there be a phase shift because of the induction in the transformer
- and the load?
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- Any ideas?
-
- Kent Boortz
- boortz@sics.se
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- Kent Boortz
- boortz@sics.se
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