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Lamp and Fuse Tester Circuit Diagram

Why a lamp tester or fuse tester? Testing cables, wires, lamps… belongs to a repair job and sometimes this becomes too cumbersome since one has only two hands and too often, one has to hold the part being tester and the two probes of an ordinary continuity tester all at the same time.

This fuse and lamp tester enables easy testing of lamps and fuses by using the conductivity of the human body. One of the test probes is connected to the part under test while the other probe is hel dby the normal hand.

Lamp and Fuse Tester Circuit Diagram 

Circuit Project: Lamp & Fuse Tester

When the lamp or fuse is working properly, your eyes will glow in the dark! Just kidding :) . When the lamp or fuse is working properly, a small amount of current flows through the hand which is enough to switch the transistors and light the LED.
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MT8870 DTMF Telephone Dial Tone Decoder Circuit Diagram

Build a MT8870 DTMF Telephone Dial Tone Decoder Circuit Diagram. This is a  simple MT8870 DTMF Telephone Dial Tone Decoder Circuit Diagram. In this circuit one common DTMF receiver IC is the Motorola MT8870 that is widely used in electronic communications circuits. The MT8870 isan 18-pin IC. It is used in telephones and a variety of other applications. When a proper output is not obtained in projects using this IC, engineers or technicians need to test this IC separately. 

A quick testing of this IC could save a lot of time in research labs and manufacturing industries of communication instruments. Here’s a small and handy tester circuit for the DTMF IC. It can be assembled on a multipurpose PCB with an 18-pin IC base. One can also test the IC on a simple breadboard. For optimum working of telephone equipment, the DTMF receiver must be designed to recognize a valid tone pair greater than 40 ms in duration and to accept successive digit tone-pairs that are greater than 40 ms apart. 

 MT8870 DTMF Telephone Dial Tone Decoder Circuit Diagram

MT8870 DTMF Telephone Dial Tone Decoder Circuit Diagram

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Telephone for VoIP gate Circuit Diagram

A project of Telephone for VoIP gate Circuit Diagram. Calls over the Internet can be in several different ways. For households with a permanent connection to the Internet, it is advantageous to use different IP phones and VoIP gateways that need to function on the computer. Because IP phones are still relatively expensive, they are used more often different VoIP gateway. VoIPgateway is "one end" connected to a network with access to the internet, the "other end" connects a standard analog phone, which is then used in the normal way and that has given a telephone number available from any fixed or mobile phone. Some VoIP gateway router in addition to that we need as well, if we want to access via a modem to connect multiple computers. To my VoIP gateway, we can connect nehomologovaný, self made ​​phone. Instructions for simple phone is the subject of this article.

How to the phone works

Normally the phone line is a DC voltage, usually 50 to 70 V. During the ringtone to this voltage superposed yet AC 50-100 V with a frequency of usually 20 or 25 Hz. "Pick up the 'phone line will pass through the current 20-40 mA. On the phone while the voltage drop occurs several volts (Fig. 1). This voltage can be used to power the circuitry phone. The polarity of the DC voltage is not defined, the phone must function in both polarities. The phone line is when answering the call of a defined impedance, which should be adapted telephone. Line impedance in different countries vary so as the phone purchased in Germany (impedance 220 ​​ohms + 820 ohms in parallel with 220 nF) not in Bohemia (600 ohms) to work optimally. Sometimes differ impedance different networks within the same country, depending on the age and type of telephone exchanges, length and characteristics of the cables.

Fig. 1 The voltage on the raised phone

Fig. 1 The voltage on the raised phone would, depending on the passing stream should be in the area indicated by the letters A to G

The most important part of the phone is a colloquial circuit. The call is transmitted over the line modulation current that flows through the line. The current is modulated on the side panel (VoIPGateway), which transfers the call to the user, and in the device, which is transmitted from the user. The speech circuit is a hybrid circuit that suppresses the signal from the microphone in the earpiece. The hybrid circuit is on the opposite side (PBX, VoIP gateway). The hybrid circuit is usually some sort of bridge, and therefore it is necessary to impedance phone and VoIP gateway (or exchange) have been adapted. It is important especially for VoIP devices, where the influence of digitization and transmission of data over the Internet arises signal delay in the order of tens of milliseconds. Mismatch, especially on the VoIP gateway, there is a very annoying echo.

Fig 2nd Simple telephone hybrid circuit

Fig. 2 Colloquial hybrid transformer circuit. If L1 and L2 have the same number of threads and balancing impedance ZM is equal to the line impedance ZL, the microphone signal in the handset suppressed


Another important part of the circuit for dialing. All modern devices support tone dialing. Ringing circuit to alert the user to an incoming call. Acoustic (bell) or optical signals indicates the presence of ringing voltage on the line. Hook switch is a switch that turns on the circuit colloquial answer the phone.

Specifications



Telephone impedance:
aprox. 600 Ohm.

Recomended line impedance:
real. 600 Ohm.

Operating (off-hook) current:
20 mA
(10 to 40 mA.)

Operating voltage:
aprox. 7 V @ 20 mA.
 Dialing:DTMF

"In-use" indication:
3 to 15 V/ aprox. 1 mA

On-hook current:
aprox. 0,01 mA @ 50 V


Phone Circuit Schematic

Fig 3rd Telephone unit schematic


Fig 3rd Telephone unit schematic

Connection phone in Figure 3 Colloquial circuit with transistors T1 to T3 is connected via a hook switch and bridge DB1 to the telephone line . Diode bridge ensures that electronic circuits are supplied with the correct polarity. If the hook switch is closed, current passes through the transistor T1 lines , which is used as microphone amplifier and transistors T2 and T3 , which amplifies the signal to the receiver. Headphone amplifier operates in class A. The amplitude of the output voltage at the collector of the transistor is about 1 V, which for the purpose of completely sufficient . Headphones or speakers can be used with an impedance of 8 ohms , the amplifier but works better (has lower distortion) with higher impedance load . Trimmer P2 can adjust the gain as needed.

The amplifier is continuously drop of about 1.3 V, the sum of the voltage UBE transistors T2 and T3 and is only slightly dependent on the flowing current. This voltage across the resistor R1 is powered electret microphone . The signal from the microphone passes through C1 to the base of transistor T1 . It amplifies the signal level required to excite the line. Originally, the microphone amplifier much more difficult . But he had unnecessarily high gain and output impedance inappropriate . This simple connection works better . Working point T1 is set resistors R2 to R4 . The microphone amplifier there is a voltage drop of about 3.5 V , the voltage drop can be under current amplification T1 changed 3 to 4 V. Resistor R5 introduced at this stage, a negative feedback regulating the amplification and decreasing distortion. Balancing circuit C6, R6 and P1 suppresses the signal from the microphone in headphone amplifier .

The signal from the microphone is on the collector of T1 opposite phase than the emitter , but the amplitude of the signal at the collector is much greater. Potentiometer P1 can set a condition where the signals from the collector and emitter of the capacitor C7 T1 readings and audio from the microphone in the handset is suppressed. Simplified diagram balancing the bridge is in Figure 4 The setting is very dependent on the impedance of the line. Because VoIP gateway creates a link with the active resistance of 600 ohm and short supply does not create a significant reactive component , the setting is simple and very effective. The signal coming from the gateway or PBX is the collector and emitter of T1 phase balancing circuit and is therefore not suppressed.

Fig. 4th Simplified wiring hybrid (balancing) circuit in the phone

Fig. 4th Simplified wiring hybrid (balancing) circuit in the phone

In order to suppress its signal worked well on the VoIP gateway, you need the phone to be defined impedance close to the impedance of the gate, ie 600 ohm. The output impedance of the collector T1 for AC signals, large, almost current source. Impedance of the phone for voice signals are essentially a parallel combination of R6, R1 and about one order larger impedance collector T1. Rectifier bridge through which the signal passes, it will affect the impedance to a minimum.

 Fig 5 Dialer circuit arrangement
 Fig 5 Dialer circuit arrangement

For DTMF I did not find any suitable integrated circuit , and generate DTMF signal discrete oscillators would be difficult and impractical . Finally, I modified the DTMF phone dialer . Dialer is a small box with buttons and speaker , generating tones when you press the button corresponding to the relevant figures. It is used for remote telephone answering and for the selective choice of the civil radio stations . The dialer (Fig. 5 ), the signal goes from the integrated circuit via the 22k resistor on the transistor, which drives a small speaker . Transistor speaker and I vymontoval a DTMF signal is connected to the transistor T4 on the phone. After pressing the button, the IO output voltage appears about 1 V with superimposed DTMF signal . Connect the telephone line is very simple, just enough transistor T4 and resistor R7. The change in resistance R7 can adjust the intensity of tone . Speaker of the phone dialer I used it as a handset . Dialer , according to the type of memory to 11 or 13 numbers , but unfortunately it lacks useful the " Redial" to repeat the last number called. I could not deal with power dialer from the phone line , so your phone is a small battery , which is likely to last for many years. The battery has an advantage in that it forgets the stored phone numbers if you disconnect it from the line.

Also, the ringing circuit I did not get special IO . That's why I like bell oscillator is used samovybuzujícím a piezoelectric transducer . The oscillator is fed stream that passes through the ringer capacitor C8 , bridges DB2 , LED2 to LED4 and resistor R14 . The oscillator is operated only in one half , the sound is more significant . In the other half cycle current through diode D1 . The bell must have a dead zone . That there is provided connecting the LED. Ringing voltage amplitude must have at least 10 V to Buzzer began publishing a sound. The phone I used a blue LED with high luminance. These intensely lit even at current several milliamps , which is ringing flow. LED also serves as a visual alarm bell , which could be useful in noisy environments .

The last telephone circuits are busy lamp . Phone I was seeking a second phone in parallel connected to the device at the other end of the apartment . When the phone is " suspended " , the hook switch is switched to the circuit with transistors T5 and T7 . If all telephones on the line hung on the line voltage of 50 to 60 V. The transistor T5 is opened, closed, and T7 LED1 off. The circuit is taken from the line is very little current through resistors R8 and R9 . Shrinks if the line voltage is below 15 V, T5 is closed , opens T7 and LED1 lights up. Transistor T6 T7 gate bias control by the loss of the R11 so that LED1 is energized about 1 mA , which is quite sufficient for display . In the voltage range of 3-15 V line lights LED1 virtually the same. BSS123 transistor has a maximum voltage UDS only 100 V. If the ringtone is this voltage is exceeded. In my phone's built higher voltage transistor has lasted several months . If you're worried about him , you can type BS108 with UDSmax 200 V, but it is not in SMD . The "in use" circuit not be planted, if you indicate you do not need , or can be used alone for another phone .

Mechanical Design

Width of the printed circuit board was designed dimensions dialer , then the length of a "reasonable " distance between the microphone and earpiece. Although the board is a lot of space , most of SMD components . They take up less space and is easier mounting plate is not so much tinkering . Figure motive circuit and layout of components , following table .


Mechanical Design

Before you assemble components, prepare the first dialer and attach it to desce.Z dialer remove the battery and remove the hinged cover. Dialer carefully "crack". It should go fairly easily if you start in the corner, to which is attached a chain. Odpájíme the speaker wires from the board dialer and speaker carefully shucks from the bottom of the box. The board dialer vypájíme more transistor in TO92. The board dialer solder short wires to negative (Pad1) and positive (PAD3) terminal electrolytic capacitor and terminal for transistor-based vypájeného (PAD2). Editing is perhaps evident from Figure 9 photos The lower part of the housing dialer yet only tentatively secured to the plate phone plastic rivets (Fig. 10). We remove the box and the board will be filled by phone components.

 Fig. 6th Editing dialer and connection terminals
 Fig. 6th Editing dialer and connection terminals


Phone was originally in a transparent plastic box, which was inside the LED backlight. Its production, however, I not successful, so I made ​​a wooden box. To her I used plywood manufacture of soft wood, obtained from the fruit of hazel. That will free devoted almost everyone greengrocer. From one high hazels get material for a few boxes. Plywood is easily machined and well bonded dispersion adhesive. I eventually recut the box, namořil and přelakoval polyurethane varnish.

 Fig. 7th Mounting boxes dialer
 Fig. 7th Mounting boxes dialer

With the change in boxes I had to adjust some components on the board. LEDs were originally all SMD. Finally, there were only SMD LED 2. But it is not visible from the outside, and therefore does not need much light. You can replace the zener diode (3-12 V) or short-circuit, but it increases the sensitivity of the ringing circuit. Other LED in case of 3 mm diameter. It turns out that it is better to use LED with high luminous than type 2 mA of current, because the small stream shines more. Also switch SW1 on the phone "lifting", I moved to the side boards. Deferred phone is on the table laid down the keyboard. LED on the back because they are easy to see and switch is when you pick up the phone available with one touch. Of the joints it can not be soldered to the board just because they do not get tipped soldering iron to solder pad. On the solder contacts because I rozklepl small rivets, which I soldered joints by.

I then links to the rivets inserted the switch and soldered it from the opposite side of the board. Between the switch and the plate I put a piece of insulating paper. The switch can also be placed at any other suitable location in the box and board interconnect wires. Switches P-B143 of the newer series ("silver") are not too good and We turn the lever sometimes lose contact. To fix it so that "packs" pertinax holding plate with pins a little more same hopper. The defect had all the pieces that I had at home. Dimensionally the same switch, but painted black were fine.

Fig. 8th The top side of the printed circuit board
 Fig. 8th The top side of the printed circuit board


The power dialer instead of the original articles I used lithium batteries. Do you solder boards phone as housing purchased as the GM and housing that vypájíte of defective motherboards PC that has otherwise placed pins. Piezoelectric transducer is bolted small screws through the PCB to the bottom of the box dialer.
On the microphone I slid the piece of tubing so that the tubing fit snugly inside the box. Thus reducing the acoustic coupling between the earpiece and microphone inside the device.

Fig. 9th The underside of the plate and box
 Fig. 9th The underside of the plate and box


Fig. 10th The back of the phone with LED switch and a hole for the bell

Fig. 10th The back of the phone with LED switch and a hole for the bell

Animation

Phone use in conjunction with the gateway Linksys Sipura SP2100. In the firewall settings to make sure that in menu / admin / voice / advanced tab you have set up Regional impedance lines FXS Port Impedance: 600 Phone can revive a product as shown in Figure 14 (SW1 closed). You can test with a different phone when line current, measure the voltage on the line and estimate the impedance of the phone - AC voltage test point should be after the switch opens twice. The trimmer P2 dial to maximum resistance (max volume). To attach the microphone sound source (eg mp3 player headphones) and adjust the trimmer P1 so that the sound from the microphone not hear the telephone handset. Try tone. Ringing circuit you can try connecting the phone via a suspended resistor 1 kOhm to AC voltage 24-50 V.

 Fig. 11th test preparation
 Fig. 11th test preparation

Conclusion

The phone is in operation for several months and yet it was conceived as a second auxiliary telephone is often used. I have tested it successfully on the public switched telephone network (PSTN), but because I'm not sure whether it meets all required standards, there should not be connected. PSTN to VoIP gateway over a larger voltage when hanging up a more current when the phone is picked up.

List of components
 
R14,7 kOhm, SMD 1206
R21 kOhm, SMD 1206
R3, R422 kOhm, SMD 1206
R533 Ohm, SMD 1206
R62,2 kOhm, SMD 1206
R7220 Ohm, SMD 1206
R8, R910 MOhm, SMD 1206
R10330 kOhm, SMD 1206
R11470 Ohm, SMD 1206
R12220 kOhm, SMD 1206
R13, R1410 kOhm, SMD 1206
P1250 Ohm, trimr PT6V (Piher)
P25 kOhm, trimr PT6V (Piher)
C1220 nF, SMD 1206
C210 mikroF/16 V, tantalum., SMD B
C31000 mikroF/6,3 V, electrolytic
C4, C5100 mikroF/6,3 V, tantalum, SMD D
C647 mikroF/16 V, tantalum., SMD D
C74,7 mikroF/10 V, tantalum, SMD A
C8220 nF/250 V, foil MKT RM5
PCB board bcs59

D11N4148SMD, SOD80
DB1, DB2S250,mini DIP bridge
ZD1BZV55C15SMD, Zener. diode 15 V SOD80
T1, T3BC817-40, SOT-23
T2BC807-40, SOT-23
T4 až T6, T8BC848C, SOT-23
T7BSS123, SOT-23 (BS108, TO92)
LED1high intensity 3 mm red LED (it's better than 2 mA LED)
LED2any 3 mm SMD LED or Zener diode 3 to 12 V
LED3, LED4high intensity 3 mm blue LED (it's better than 2 mA LED)
MIC1elektret. mikrofon MCE100
SP1tiny speaker or headphone 100 Ohm (8 to 100 Ohm),
removed from dialer
B1CR2032 battery and holder
SW1 P-B143, SPST switch
K1slim RJ11 plug WEBP 6-4 LP
SP2piezo KPT2038FW
dialerdialer DTMF 13 or 11
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Telephone Record Control Circuit Diagram

This circuit will allow you to connect any tape recorder that has a mic and remote input to a phone line and automatically record both sides of a conversation when ever the phone is in use. You will need to take a couple of voltage readings before connecting the circuit. First determine the polarity of your phone line and connect it to the circuit as shown and then determine the polarity of the remote input and connect it to the circuit. Circuit operation is as follows. When the phone is on hook the voltage across the phone line is about 48volts dc. When the phone is off hook the voltage will drop to below 10volts dc. When the line voltage is at 48volts the FET is off which causes Q2 and Q3 to be off. When the phone is picked up the FET turns on along with Q2 and Q3 which turns your recorder on. The tape recorder must be in the record mode at all times. As you can see the power source for the circuit is the phone line.

Circuit Diagram


Telephone Record Control Circuit Diagram

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Glass Break Alarm Circuit Diagram

This circuit can be used for sounding an alarm to detect the breaking of a glass window by an intruder, even when the intruder ensures there is no sound of the shattered glass.
Fig. 1: Circuit of the glass break alarm
Fig. 1: Circuit of the glass break alarm

Circuit and working
  
Fig. 1 shows the circuit diagram of the glass break alarm. It is built around a piezo element connected across connector CON2, transistor BC549 (T1), timer NE555 (IC1), a piezo buzzer (PZ1) and a few other components.
A small piezo element used in the piezo buzzer is used as a sensor. It may be fixed at the centre of the window glass. IC1 is wired in monostable multivibrator mode, which is triggered by the piezo element. Output of IC1 is used to drive piezo buzzer PZ1. LED1 indicates the high-state output at pin 3 of IC1. Time delay can be adjusted by potentiometer VR1. Use an ordinary piezo buzzer at the output to generate a warning sound. This circuit works on 9V-12V DC.

When an intruder tries to break the glass, the piezo element generates an electric pulse, which is amplified and sent to the monostable multi-vibrator (IC1). The high output of IC1 drives LED1 and also produces a sound to indicate that someone is breaking the glass.

The 9V-12V DC power supply is connected across CON1, and the piezo element is connected across connector CON2.

Construction and testing
An actual-size, single-side PCB for the glass break alarm is shown in Fig. 2 and its component layout in Fig. 3. Enclose the PCB in a suitable small box in such a way that the piezo buzzer sounds when someone tries to break the glass window. Fix the piezo element at the centre of the window glass for best results.

Fig. 2: Actual-size PCB of the glass break alarm

Fig. 3: Component layout of the PCB


Use of 8-pin IC base is recommended for IC NE555.
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Simple Over Voltage Protector Circuit Diagram

This is the Simple Over Voltage Protector Circuit Diagram. The whole circuit of over voltage protector is build and fabricated around operational amplifier used as comparator. The inverting input is given to pin 2 of op-amp IC (IC1) with reference voltage of 5.1V from zener diode. Similarly, non-inverting input is given to pin no 3 of IC1 use as sensor for over voltage protector for sensing voltage fluctuation in the mains. The two transistors T1 and T2 conduct alternating (i.e. one at a time) according to the voltage of mains.

Simple Over Voltage Protector Circuit Diagram

Simple Over Voltage Protector Circuit Diagram


When voltage is around or below 240V AC transistor T1 is in off-state where T2 energized relay RL1. Similarly, when voltage becomes beyond 240V (i.e. above 240V) T1 is in conducting-stage and T2 is in off-stage which de-energized the relay RL1 and switch-off the appliance.

PARTS LIST

Resistors (all ¼-watt, ~+mn~ 5% Carbon)

R1 = 147 Ω/2W

R2 = 100 Ω/1W

R3 = 330 Ω

R4 = 100 KΩ

R5 = 1.8 KΩ

R6, R7 = 1 KΩ

VR1 = 10 KΩ

VR2 = 22 KΩ
Capacitors

C1, C4, C5 = 0.01 µF

C2 = 1000 µF/25V

C3 = 100 µF/25V
Semiconductors

IC1 = µA741 (Operational Amplifier)

IC2 = 7812

T1= BC547

T2 = SL100

D1, D2, D3, D4, D5 = 1N4007

D6 = 1N4148

ZD1 = 5.1V zener diode
Miscellaneous

X1 = 230V AC primary to 7.5V-0-7.5V, 1A secondary transformer

RL1 = 12V, 200Ω 1 C/O Relay

LED1 = RED
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A Handy Pen Torch Circuit Diagram

This easy to construct “Handy pen torch” electronic circuit and low component count, uses two power white LEDs for lighting. Low volt (4.8V dc) supply available from the built in rechargeable Ni-Cd battery pack is first converted into two channel (independent) constant current sources by two pieces of the renowned precision adjustable shunt regulator chip LM334 (IC1 and IC2). Around 25mA at 3.6 volt dc is available at the output of these ICs.

This regulated dc supply is used to drive two power white LEDs D4 and D6. Resistors R3 and R5 limits the output current (and hence the light output) of IC1 and IC2 circuits respectively. Besides these components, one red color LED (D2) is included in the main circuit which works as a battery charging supply input indicator. Resistor R1 limits the operating current of this LED.

Pen Torch Electronic Circuit Schematic

A Handy Pen Torch Circuit Diagram


Diode D1 works as an input polarity guard cum reverse current flow preventer. Capacitor C1 is a simple buffer for circuit stabilization. After succesful construction, preferably on a small piece of general purpose PCB, enclose the whole circuit in a suitable and attractive pen torch cabinet. If necessary, drill suitable holes in the cabinet to attatch the dc socket, on/off switch and the input indicator etc. In prototype,commonly available 4.8 volt/500mah Ni-Cd battery pack (for cordless telephones) is used.

One very simple but reliable ac mains powered battery charger circuit for the handy pen torch is also included here. Basically the pen torch circuit is a constant current charger wired around Transistor T1 (BC636), powered by a 12v/350mA step down transformer and associated componentsD1, D2 and C1.

AC mains powered battery charger for the pen torch




A Handy Pen Torch Circuit Diagram
Unregulated 12 volt dc available from the input power convereter circuit, comprising step down transformer(TRF), rectifier diodes (D1,D2) and filter capacitor (C1), is fed to T1 through a current limiting resistor R1. Grounded base PNP transistor T1 here works as a constant current generator. With 22 ohm resistor for R1, the charging current available at the output of the charger is near 50mA.

Red LED (D3) provides a fixed voltage reference to the base of T1, with the help of resistor R2. (During charging process, Diode D1 in the main circuit prevent reverse current flow from the battery pack when charging input supply is absent.) After construction of the pen torch circuit, fit the assembled unit inside a small plastic enclosure for safety and convenience.
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Automatic Dipper for Vehicles Project

While driving a car in night a problem like many drivers do not dip the head lamps of their vehicles in night while approaching. The several switching operation is used to dip the head light which may distract the concentration. To overcome this type of problem the innovative group Dreamlover Technology designs a unique electronics gadget called “Automatic Dipper” using very popular IC NE555 and LDR.

Circuit Description

The entire circuit of automatic dipper consist LDR followed by timer IC NE555 (IC1) and few other components, where LDR is used as sensor. LDR sense the light and change its internal resistance according light fall on it, which is further mounted in PVC pipe of 4 cm length positioned on the grill of car or in front such that the light fall on the LDR only when vehicles is approaching and is distance of 3M to 9M. When light fall on it the resistance decrease and makes output of IC1 low which energized the relay. The relay operates and voltage across the head lamps is reduced. When the distance between two approaching vehicles is more than 9 meter or less than 3 meter the circuit is not operated.

Automatic Dipper for Vehicles Circuit Diagram 

Automatic Dipper for Vehicles Project
 

The operating and non operating distance of the circuit can be varied by proper positioning of the PVC pipe and by adjusting the variable resistor VR1.


PARTS LIST
Resistors (all ¼-watt, ± 5% Carbon)

R1 = 10 Ω/10W

VR1 = 10 KΩ
Semiconductors

IC1 = NE555 (timer IC)

D1 = 1N4001
Miscellaneous

RL1 = 12V/100 Ω

LDR1= Light dependent resistor
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Electronic siren circuit Diagram

This is a compact electronic siren circuit based on three transistors.This circuit is suitable for in corporating with other alarm or siren projects such as burglar alarms, automatic factory sirens etc or a simple push to on alarm.

The  electronic siren circuit given here  is  based on a complementary transistor pair consisting of Q2 & Q3 (BC557 & BC 37)  wired as an astable multivibrator oscillator,which directly drives the speaker.The transistor Q1 is used to provide a full charge on capacitor C2 when power is turned ON. When push button switch S1 is pressed , the capacitor C2 slowly discharges through resistor R8.This makes the circuit to  oscillate at a low frequency that increases to a high frequency and kept indefinitely as the capacitor is fully discharged. When the switch P1 is released, the output  frequency decreases slowly as C2 is charged to the  positive voltage through resistance R6 and the Base-Emitter junction of tramsistor Q2. When C2 is fully charged to the positive battery voltage the  circuit stops oscillating.

Electronic siren circuit Diagram with Parts list.

Electronic siren circuit Diagram



Notes.


  • A 12 V battery or a a well regulated 12V DC power supply can be used to power the circuit.
  • Assemble the circuit on a good quality PCB or common board.
  • The switch S1 can be used to activate the alarm.
  • The switch S2 can be used as a power switch.
  • You can experiment on the tone of alarm by using different values for C2 and R8.
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Solar Powered SLA Battery Maintenance Schematic

This circuit was designed to ‘baby-sit’ SLA (sealed lead-acid or ‘gel’) batteries using freely available solar power. SLA batteries suffer from relatively high internal energy loss which is not normally a problem until you go on holidays and disconnect them from their trickle current charger. In some cases, the absence of trickle charging current may cause SLA batteries to go completely flat within a few weeks. The circuit shown here is intended to prevent this from happening. Two 3-volt solar panels, each shunted by a diode to bypass them when no electricity is generated, power a MAX762 step-up voltage converter IC.

Solar Powered SLA Battery Maintenance Circuit Diagram:

Solar Powered SLA Battery Maintenance Schematic

The ‘762 is the 15-volt-out version of the perhaps more familiar MAX761 (12 V out) and is used here to boost 6 V to 15 V.C1 and C2 are decoupling capacitors that suppress high and low frequency spurious components produced by the switch-mode regulator IC. Using Schottky diode D3, energy is stored in inductor L1 in the form of a magnetic field. When pin 7 of IC1 is open-circuited by the internal switching signal, the stored energy is diverted to the 15-volt output of the circuit. The V+ (sense) input of the MAX762, pin 8, is used to maintain the output voltage at 15 V. C4 and C5 serve to keep the ripple on the output voltage as small as possible. R1, LED D4 and pushbutton S1 allow you to check the presence of the 15-V output voltage.

D5 and D6 reduce the 15-volts to about 13.6 V which is a frequently quoted nominal standby trickle charging voltage for SLA batteries. This corresponds well with the IC’s maximum, internally limited, output current of about 120 mA. The value of inductor L1 is not critical — 22 µH or 47 µH will also work fine. The coil has to be rated at 1 A though in view of the peak current through it. The switching frequency is about 300 kHz. A suggestion for a practical coil is type M from the WEPD series supplied by Würth (www.we-online.com). Remarkably, Würth supply one-off inductors to individual customers. At the time of writing, it was possible, under certain conditions, to obtain samples, or order small quantities, of the MAX762 IC through the Maxim website at www.maxim-ic.com.
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Simple Fog Lamp Sensor

For several years now, a rear fog lamp has been mandatory for trailers and caravans in order to improve visibility under foggy conditions. When this fog lamp is switched on, the fog lamp of the pulling vehicle must be switched of to avoid irritating reflections. For this purpose, a mechanical switch is now built into the 13-way female connector in order to switch of the fog lamp of the pulling vehicle and switch on the fog lamp of the trailer or caravan. For anyone who uses a 7-way connector, this switching can also be implemented electronically with the aid of the circuit illustrated here.

Fog Lamp Sensor Circuit Diagram:

Simple Fog Lamp Sensor

Here a type P521 optocoupler detects whether the fog lamp of the caravan or trailer is connected. If the fog lamp is switched on in the car, a current flows through the caravan fog lamp via diodes D1 and D2. This causes the LED in the optocoupler to light up, with the result that the photo-transistor conducts and energies the relay via transistor T1. The relay switches of the fog lamp of the car. For anyone who’s not all thumbs, this small circuit can easily be built on a small piece of perforated circuit board and then fitted somewhere close to the rear lamp fitting of the pulling vehicle. Link
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Layman’s RGB LED Module Project

Layman’s RGB LED module is an ultra-simple project realized without any microcontrollers. An RGB LED can be driven with a cmos presettable up/down counter. This is accomplished by connecting the three source outputs (Q1 to Q3) from a CD4029 cmos chip and configuring the device as a presettable counter. The solution presented here is intended to drive red, green, and blue LEDs in a common anode configuration. Color pattern (and intensity balance) is then controlled with the help of an external clock signal generator circuitry.


Layman’s RGB LED Module Project

The CD4029 IC

CD4029 IC consists of a four-stage binary or BCD-decade up/ down counter with provisions for lookahead carry in both counting modes. The inputs consist of a single CLOCK, CARRY-IN (CLOCK ENABLE), BINARY/DECADE, UP/DOWN, PRESET ENABLE, and four individual JAM signals. Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4 and a CARRY OUT signal are provided as outputs. Binary counting is accomplished when the BINARY/DECADE input is high; the counter counts in the decade mode when the BINARY/DECADE input is low. The counter counts up when the UP/DOWN input is high, and down when the UP/DOWN input is low.


Layman’s RGB LED Module Project

The RGB LED

With an RGB (Red-Green-Blue) LED, literally you will be able to produce any color. At first glance, a 5mm RGB LED looks just like the regular 5mm LEDs, however, inside the standard package, there are actually three LEDs; one red, one green and yes, one blue. By controlling the brightness of each of the individual LEDs you can mix pretty much any color you want. A common anode RGB LED is the most popular type, and it is nothing more complicated than three one colour LEDs (one red, one green, and one blue) housed in a single package. However, rather than having 6 leads (cathode and anode for each LEDs) it has only 4 leads; one cathode for each colour (RGB), and the common anode (CA). Usually, the common anode of the LED package is the second pin from the flat side of the LED package. It is also the longest of the four leads. This lead will be treated as the “common” pin of the RGB LED.



Layman’s RGB LED Module Project


The RGB LED Module

As said, the circuit is built around CD 4029 IC and a few other external components. The finished module can be powered from any “clean” 5-Volt dc supply source for driving the RGB LED connected at the output of the circuit. In addition, the module calls for a suitable clock pulse at its input which can be supplied from a suitable clock generator wired around discrete components, or from a microcontroller based circuitry. Needless to say, this inputted clock signal determines the color pattern and intensity balance of the RGB LED’s aesthetic visual output. Refer the following application circuit:


Layman’s RGB LED Module Project


RGB LEDs have differing forward voltages (VF) for the red, green, and blue LEDs. When drived by a 20mA per LED current, the red LED element of the RGB LED used here has a forward voltage of about 2V. The green and blue LEDs have forward voltage levels of about 2.4V and 3.6V respectively. Note that the forward voltage drop for each LED within the RGB LED need to be well-equalized in order to match LED performance over the operating range. These ballast resistors are used in the prototype; RR = 150R , RG = 120R, RB = 68R.



The Clock (CLK) Signal

Since the CARRY-IN (CI/pin 5) and PRE-SET ENABLE (PE/pin1) inputs of IC1 (CD4029BE) are held at low level, the counter is advanced one count at the positive transition of clock signal fed through the clock input (CLK/pin 15). Advancement is inhibited when PRESET ENABLE input (pin1) is pulled to a high-level (here by Q4 output of IC1). Based on this, we can feed a suitable clock signal to the module (through J1) for driving the onboard RGB LED as per our requirement. For testing your finished circuit, just try out an external clock pulse generator centered around the single most useful integrated circuit in history, the 555 timer chip. Refer the following sample application circuit:



Layman’s RGB LED Module Project


Here, when wipers of P1 and P2 are bolted at their mid-travel (ie. 5K value), output from NE555 is about 0.952 Hertz (frequency) @ 67 % (duty cycle). However, adding a 1N4148 diode between pins 7 and 6 of NE555 ( its anode to pin 7 & cathode to pin 6), this will changes to near 1.429 Hertz @ 50 %.

Hooked to CD4029?

Recently we published an “Improved Impulse detector” circuit based on the same chip CD4029. At that time CD4029 was wired as an upward counting decade counter. But now the same CD4029 works as a binary counter whose outputs continuously count in a binary progression between 1 to 7. These outputs drive the 2N3904 transistors (T1, T2 and T3) which, in turn, control each of the three colours of the RGB LED. Now it’s your turn; refer the CD4029 datasheet, and carefully walk through both circuits to find out the typical configuraton tricks used by us!

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