Simple Optical Theremin Circuit Diagram

Normally, Theremin works by detecting hand proximity using capacitive coupling method. A Theremin circuit shown in the schematic diagram below use different method to control the pitch. The oscillator of this tone generator, both the volume and frequency  are controlled using LDRs, a light sensitive electronic component, so we can call this circuit an optical Theremin.  Look at the following schematic diagram.

 Simple Optical Theremin Circuit Diagram

LDR1 control the frequency of this Theremin, while LDR2 control the volume level. We can place the LDR in two boxes where we can use our hand to control the aperture of the box, allowing smooth control of light amount that expose the LDR. 

This light is expected to come from ambient light, entering the box through the hand controlled aperture. This optical Theremin assume a stable ambient light to produce smooth control. The output will be heard on a small loudspeaker, but will be in very low volume. You can just amplify this output with a standard audio power amplifier to get better loudness.

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Current Limiting Coil Driver circuit Diagram

This is the Practical Current Limiting Coil Driver circuit Diagram. The p-channel devices are switched off by current sensors when the coil current reaches 10 A. The operation is similar to that of a switching-type power supply. The Schottky diodes and resistors are for spike protection.

Current Limiting Coil Driver circuit Diagram

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Ceiling Fan Regulator Circuit Motor Speed Controller

This is a simple ceiling fan regulator circuit diagram tutorial. It is used to control the speed of a ceiling fan. In the other words it is an AC motor speed controller circuit, as because its control the speed of a AC motor(Ceiling Fan).  This ceiling fan regulator circuit built with few numbers of parts. The circuit mainly  based on Z0607 TRIAC. This is a low power AC semiconductor device. Generally which is used to controlling speed of low power ac motor speed. 

Circuit Diagram of Ceiling Fan Regulator :

Fig: Ceiling fan regulator (AC motor speed controller)  Circuit Diagram

In this ceiling fan regulator circuit, R1=500KΩ is a variable resistor that is used to adjust the fan speed. Capacitor C1 2A104J is a Polyester film capacitor.

Pin Diagram of  TRIAC(T1)- Z0607: 

Fig: Z0607-TRIAC Pin diagram

Pin Diagram of Variable Resistor R1:

Fig: Pin Diagram of Variable Resistor

Parts List Of Ceiling Fan-Motor Speed Controller circuit:

T1 = Z0607 -TRIAC
D1 = DB3 C312 -DIAC
R1 = 500KΩ -Variable Resistor
R2 = 37KΩ -Resistor
C1 = 2A104J -Polyester film capacitor.
M1 = Single Phase AC Motor (Ceiling Fan)-220V,50Hz

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Simple Micro Power Supply Circuit Diagram

This is simple micro power supply circuit diagram. The circuit uses a CA3440 BiMOS op amp and CA3086 transistor array. The no-load current from 5-volt supply is 1.5 µ A. Load current can go as high as 200 µ and still maintain output voltage regulation within 0.05%.

 Micro Power Supply Circuit Diagram

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LM741 Using Dry Cell Battery Charger Circuit

This is Dry Cell Battery Charger Circuit. That can use charger battery get that about 12 hour. When apply to power supply 9 volt the equipment that fix in the circuit use for size battery AA. If use the size C or D should devalue of Resistor RX down be 68ohm and should not lead battery come to serial while voltage in cell battery lower 1.6V.

The Comparator Circuit with (IC741) control Gate output from Pulse Oscillator at use the integrated circuit CMOS 4011 change Transistor that do infront charger battery until voltage tall 1.6V Comparator Circuit more make LED Flasher warn know for protect Charger battery expire. The next time is if friends have Dry Cell Battery that use be finished already , don’t abandon , try apply new again yes.

Circuit Diagram:

 LM741 Using Dry Cell Battery Charger Circuit Diagram

 

Source: Elecircuit

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MINI AUDIO AMPLIFIER ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT DIAGRAM

MINI AUDIO AMPLIFIER ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT DIAGRAM

The 8k2 across the 47u sets the emitter voltage on the BC 547 and this turns it on. The collector is directly connected to the base of a BC 557, called the driver transistor. Both these transistors are now turned on and the output of the BC 557 causes current to flow through the 1k and 470R resistors so that the voltage developed across each resistor turns on the two output transistors. The end result is mid-rail voltage on the join of the two emitters. The two most critical components are 8k2 between the emitter of the first transistor and 0v rail and the 470R resistor.

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Dual Relay Driver Board Circuit Schematic

A simple and convenient way to interface 2 relays for switching application in your project. This relay driver boosts the input impedance with a regular BC547 NPN transistor (or equivalent). Very common driver. It can drive a variety of relays, including a reed-relay.

Transistor Q1and Q2 are a simple common-emitter amplifier that increases the effective sensitivity of the 12 volt relay coil about a 100 times, or in other words, the current gain for this circuit is 100. Using this setup reduces the relay sensitivity to a few volts. R3 and R4 restricts the input current to Q1 and Q2 to a safe limit. Diodes D3 and D4 are EMF dampers and filter off any sparking when the relay
de-energizes.

Picture of the project:

 Front View Of Dual Channel Relay Board Driver

Circuit diagram:

Parts:

R1-R2 = 1K
R3-R4 = 5.6K
C1-C2 = 100nF-63V
D1-D2 = Red LED
D3-D4 = 1N4001
L1-L2 = 12V Relay
Q1-Q2 = BC547

Specification:

• Input - 12 VDC @ 84 mA
• Output - two SPDT relay
• Relay specification - 5 A @ 230 VAC
• Trigger level-2~5VDC
• Berg pins for connecting power and trigger voltage
• LED on each channel indicates relay status

Source : www.extremecircuits.net

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Video Amplifier Circuit Diagram

The video amplifier in the diagram is a well-known design. Simple, yet very useful, were it not for the ease with which the transistors can be damaged if the potentiometers (black level and signal amplitude) are in their extreme position. Fortunately, this can be obviated by the addition of two resistors. If in the diagram R3 and R4 were direct connections, as in the original design, and P1 were fully clockwise and P2 fully anticlockwise, such a large base current would flow through T1 that this transistor would give up the ghost.

Circuit diagram:

Video Amplifier Circuit Diagram

Moreover, with the wiper of P2 at earth level, the base current of T2 would be dangerously high. Resistors R3 and R4 are sufficient protection against such mishaps, since they limit the base currents to a level of not more than 5 mA. Shunt capacitor C4 prevents R4 having an adverse effect on the amplification.

Author: L.A.M. Prins - Copyright: Elektor Electronics

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Up Down Fading LED Circuit

This circuit drives a motor clockwise / anticlockwise via a pot and reduces the speed to zero when the pot is in mid-position. The current is limited to 200mA and the voltage across the motor is less than 6v, but the circuit shows the principle of Pulse Width Modulation (providing powerful bursts of current to the motor to create a high or low RPM under load) and both forward/reverse RPM via the H-bridge arrangement.

Circuit diagram:

 Up/Down Fading LED Circuit diagram

 

Source : 50-555Circuits

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12V DC to 220V 100W Inverter Circuit Diagram

12V DC to 220V 100W Inverter Circuit Diagram

This is 100W inverter circuit. It uses 4047 IC and IRF540 Mosfet instead of 2N3055 transistor. Power output is 100W from 2-3A transformer.

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Build a Doorbell Circuit For Deaf People

This circuit provides a delayed visual indication when a door bell switch is pressed. In addition, a DPDT switch can be moved from within the house which will light a lamp in the door bell switch. The lamp can illuminate the words "Please Wait" for anyone with walking difficulties.

 Doorbell Circuit Diagram

Notes:

The circuit uses standard 2 wire doorbell cable or loudspeaker wire. In parallel with the doorbell switch, S1, is a 1N4001 diode and a 12 volt 60mA bulb.

The bulb is optional, it may be useful for anyone who is slow to answer the door, all you need to do is flick a switch inside the house, and the bulb will illuminate a label saying Please Wait inside the doorbell switch or close to it.

The double pole double throw switch sends the doorbell supply to the lamp, the 22 ohm resistor is there to reduce current flow, should the doorbell switch, S1 be pressed while the lamp is on.

The resistor needs to be rated 10 watts, the 0.5 Amp fuse protects against short circuits.

When S2 is in the up position (shown as brown contacts), this will illuminate the remote doorbell lamp. When down, (blue contacts) this is the normal position and will illuminate the lamp inside the house. Switch S1 will then charge the 47u capacitor and operate the transistor which lights the lamp.

As a door bell switch is only pressed momentarily, then the charge on the capacitor decays slowly, resulting in the lamp being left on for several seconds. If a longer period is needed then the capacitor may be increased in value.

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Economy Radar Detector Circuit

Circuit Diagram

Description

This circuit uses a 1458 dual op-amp to form a radar detector. C1 is the detector of the radar signal. The first op-amp forms a current-to-voltage converter and the second op-amp buffers the output to drive the piezo transducer. R5 sets the switching threshold of the second op-amp; normally it is adjusted so that the circuit barely triggers on background noise, then its backed off a bit. The response of the circuit may be tuned by adjusting the length of the leads on C1. For typical road-radar systems, the input capacitors leads should be about 0.5 to 0.6 inches long.

Author: "Radio-Electronics" Magazine, Jul,86 issue (C) Copyright Gernsback Publications, Inc., 1986
 Source http://www.electronics-lab.com/

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Simple Proximity Detector Alarm Circuit

This is a simple proximity switches with IC 4049th The IC4049 is a bipolar monolithic integrated circuit for use in metal-detection system / proximity sensing applications IC4049 includes an oscillator constituted by an external parallel resonant tank circuit and a feedback resistor connected 2-5 The internal oscillator operates near the resonant frequency of the tank is brought circuit.As a metal object near the coil begins to decrease the amplitude of the voltage across the tank gradually.

If the envelope of the oscillation a certain level, the greater the resistance the greater the travel distance.Detection-point range with a high Q coil.Maximum possible range can be achieved with a well extended to 1-inch drive circuit. Only So this circuit, the tuning circuit to a certain range.

For making it easy to a metal coil at the desired distance (1 inch) square and adjust the resistance, C1 and C2 (make Pin2 or 5) one of the outputs in the state change.

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Build a Diode Cmos Stabilizer Circuit Diagram

The simple diode network can stabilize the voltage supplied to CMOS circuitry from a battery. D1 and D2 must have a combined forward-voltage drop of about 1.5 V. And D3 is an LED with a forward-voltage drop of about 1.7 V. The table shows the network`s output voltage as the battery`s voltage declines.

 Diode Cmos Stabilizer Circuit Diagram

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High voltage Power supply Circuit Diagram

High voltage Power supply Circuit Diagram. A 6 V battery can provide 100-150 Vdc center-tapped at a high internal impedance (not dangerous though it can inflict an unpleasant jolt). A 6.3 V transformer is connected in reverse with a transistor used in a Hartley oscillator configuration. The frequency of operation may be controlled by varying the value of the 10 ohm resistor.The 10 µ¥ capacitor must have a working voltage of at least 250 Vdc .

 High voltage Power supply Circuit Diagram

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Gibson RD Artist Guitar circuit schematic with explanation

The following diagram is the schematic of Gibson RD Artist bass guitar

Circuit Notes:

1. Both compression and expansion effects are determined by the lead pickup output only.
2. I and O in the design diagram refer to inner and outer connections for the specific plug / jack.
3. P and J in the design diagram refer to plugs and jacks respectively.
4. The two green wires connecting to the P1- (5,6) are signal grounds. P1-8 being used for plug priority sensing.

Gibson RD Artist guitar schematic diagram designed by Fabian P Hartery

Download the schematic in PDF file:
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Switch Timer Circuit For Bathroom Light

This 9-minute timer switch can be used to control the light in a toilet or bathroom. The timer is started by pushing S1 and stopped by pushing S1 again. If you forget to turn it off, the controlled light will go off after nine minutes. If you need the light on continuously non-stop, you need to press S1 (turn on) and then S2 (cancellation of timer) within 9 minutes and in this case the light will be on until you switch it off with S1.

Circuit diagram:

Switch Timer For Bathroom Light

IC1 is a is 4013 dual flip-flop. Flip flop IC1a is toggled on and off by switch S1 and it controls the relay which is switched by FET Q2. IC1a controls IC1b which is connected as an RS flipflop to enable or disable IC2, a 4060 oscillator/divider. This has its timing interval set by the components at its pins 9, 10 & 11. The relay should have 250VAC mains-rated contacts and these are connected in parallel with an existing wall switch.

Author: Rasim Kucalovic - Copyright: Silicon Chip Electronics

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2 5A 1 25 To 25V Regulated Power Supply Circuit Diagram

This power supply uses an LM317J adjustable regulator and an MJ2955 pass transistor. Ql and U2 as well as Ul should be heats inked. A suitable heat-sink would typically be 4` 4` 1` fins, extruded type, because up to 65 W dissipation can occur. R8 and R9 should be 1% types or selected from 5% film types with an accurate ohmmeter. Capacitors are disc ceramic except for those with polarity marked, which are electrolytic. D1, D2—1-A, 100-PIV rectifier diode. DS1—Red LED. F1 —1,5-A, 3AG fuse in chassis-mount holder. J1, J2—Standard five-way binding post, one red, one black. M1—Milli-ammeter, 0-1 mA dc. Q1—NPN power transistor MJ2955 (Radio Shack) or equiv device with a + 70-V, 10-A, 150-W rating in a -204 case. R1, R2, R7—5-W wire-wound resistor. See Notes 3 and 4 for source, or, use 17 inches of no. 28 enam wire, single-layer wound, on a 10-KOhmhm, 1-W carbon-composition resistor for R1 and R7. For R2, use 36 inches of no. 30 enam wire on a 10-KOhmhm, 1-W carbon composition resistor (scramble wound). R-4—Panel-mount, 5-kfi, 2-W or 5-W potentiometer, carbon or wire wound (See Note 8). R8, R9—See text. 51—SPST toggle switch. 52—DPDT toggle or rotary wafer switch. T1—25.2-V, 2.75-A power transformer (see text). U1—6-A, 200 PIV bridge rectifier with heat sink. See text. U2—LM317T +1.25- to 30-V, 1.5-A 7-220 regulator. Use an LM317HVK (T0-204 case) for dc output voltage greater than 40. See text.

2.5A-1.25 To 25V Regulated Power Supply Circuit Diagram

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A Low Cost Hearing Aid Circuit

Small and portable unit, Useful for old men and old women

This low-cost, general-purpose electronic hearing aid works off 3V DC (2x1.5V battery). The circuit can be easily assembled on a veroboard. For easy assembling and maintenance, use an 8-pin DIP IC socket for TDA2822M.

Circuit Diagrams:

 A Low Cost hearing Aid Circuit

Parts:
P1 = 10K
R1 = 2.2K
R2 = 330K
R3 = 680R
R4 = 33R
R5 = 100R
R6 = 4.7R
R7 = 4.7R
R8 = 220R
C1 = 0.01uF-10V
C2 = 100nF-63V
C3 = 47uF-10V
C4 = 10uF-10V
C5 = 0.01uF-10V
C6 = 100uF-10V
C7 = 100nF-63V
C8 = 100nF-63V
D1 = Red LED
Q1 = BC547
IC1 = TDA2822M
EP1 = Mono Earphone 32R
SW1 = On-Off Switch

Circuit Operation:

In this circuit, transistor Q1 and associated components form the audio signal preamplifier for the acoustic signals picked up by the condenser microphone and converted into corresponding electrical signals. Resistor R5 and capacitor C3 decouple the power supply of the preamplifier stage. Resistor R1 biases the internal circuit of the low-voltage condenser microphone for proper working. The audio output from the preamplifier stage is fed to the input of the medium-power amplifier circuit via capacitor C2 and volume control P1.

The medium-power amplifier section is wired around popular audio amplifier IC TDA2822M (not TDA2822). This IC, specially designed for portable low-power applications, is readily available in 8-pin mini DIP package. Here the IC is wired in bridge configuration to drive the 32-ohm general-purpose monophonic earphone. Red LED (D1) indicates the power status. Resistor R8 limits the operating current of D1. The audio output of this circuit is 10 to 15mW and the quiescent current drain is below 1 mA.

Source by : Streampowers

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Low Voltage Alarm Circuit Schematic With explanation

This low voltage circuit can be used to monitor batteries and other volatile sources of current for problems. The circuit sounds an alarm and lights an LED, but can be interfaced to any number of other circuits for many different uses.

Parts

Part Total Qty. Description Substitutions R1, R3 2 1K 1/4W Resistor R2 1 5K Pot U1 1 LM339 Op Amp IC D1 1 1N5233B Zener Diode D2 1 LED BZ1 1 Piezo Buzzer MISC 1 Board, wire, socket for IC

Notes

1. The circuit will operate from 9V to 12V.
2. Adjust R2 until the alarm goes off at the correct voltage.s

Source : aaroncake.net/

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