marine transducer driver

Nov 11, 2003 0 Replies

Hi,



I have been looking for a circuit design for driving a transducer such as the ones found in fish finders. I have a 200khz transducer.



I have read somewhere that these are piezo based and are a "capacitive" load. What would be the precautions I should use? I am assuming this means it would not handle dc well and the driver output would have to match this somehow.



Any thoughts, circuits or links would be great.



BTW: I searched google and got some references to an obsolete chip: LM1812 but oly with skimpy details and nothing newer or more in depth.


Join the Discussion

Have something to add? Share your thoughts — no account required.

Didn't find your answer?

Ask the community — no account required