Complete guide on the PC817 optocoupler including 180-word introduction, pinout, features, working, equivalents, and detailed applications for electronics projects. An optocoupler (or opto-isolator) is a component that transfer signals between circuits using light. Optocouplers are very useful when you need to isolate different sections of a circuit, for example in power. The IR circuit can be designed by hand but we have a fully predesigned and small size integrated circuit IC knows as PC817 Optocoupler. It can be directly connected to any low voltage dc device or microcontroller.
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