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Here is a Short-Circuit Protection circuit to derive the additional power supply from the main circuit. The main circuit is protected from any damage due to short-circuit in the additional power supply circuit by cutting off the derived supply voltage.
The derived supply voltage restores automatically when shorting is removed. An LED is used to indicate whether short-circuit exists or not.
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