Current-controlled vs analog switch

by ourcircuits

7 parts

Two controlled switches with opposite personalities share one 0–5 V triangle. The ISW senses the current of a real 0 V branch in series with a 250 Ω leg (a 0→20 mA ramp) and snaps a behavioural hysteresis latch — close at Ion, release at Ioff — driving real 10 mΩ/1 GΩ contacts; the sense element itself carries no voltage, like a real current transformer's ideal limit. The ASW is not a latch at all: its resistance glides smoothly, log-interpolated between 1 GΩ and 100 Ω across the control range, so its divider output curves where the ISW's square snaps.