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The power source for children's electrified toys, 220/12 volt

Hits:496 Power supplies

The majority of children's electric toy works from galvanic cells and batteries. So often there comes a time when the energy source supply runs low, and no new…

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Antenna for dual-band for radio SN-258

Hits:1156 Shortwave antenna

The antenna is designed for dual-band for radio SN-258. The adjustment is performed by moving the short-circuit jumper for minimum SWR. Author: V. Vasilenko; Publication: N. Bolshakov, rf.atnn.ru

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Two-LED Voltage Indicator

Hits:550 Indicators, detectors

There are many applications where the accuracy of a digital or analogue (bar graph) is not required but something better than a simple low/high indicator is desirable. A battery charge…

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How to build VU Meter 5 with UAA180 - circuit diagram

Hits:837 Audio

DescriptionThis circuit of measurement of level uses the UAA180 of SIEMENS and a circuit of rectification of precision, round the IC2B. The calibration has become in steps 3db from the…

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How to build Tube power amplifier 3W with 6BX7 - circuit diagram

Hits:1103 Audio

Circuit diagramPOWER OUT -3W/8 ohm - 1KHZINPUT SENSIV.- 600mV for 2WDISTROTION -3%FREQUENCY RESPONSE - 22HZ-50KHZ -3dBS/N -90dBPart ListR1= 22KohmR2-3= 1KohmR4-5= 1.5KohmR6-7= 470KohmR8-9= 1Kohm 2WRV1= 250Kohm Log. pot.C1-7-9= 100nF…

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Optimistiniu a powerful load switch, 220 volts 40 amps

Hits:830 Clocks, timers, relays, load switches

Sometimes in radio Amateur practice problems with commutation powerful network loads. Examples include nodes switching to reversing three-phase motors, starting devices of different machines, water heaters etc., electro-mechanical switches for…

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123 Game - All MCU-free

Hits:905 House, garden land, hobby

This electronic game pits a human player against the ‘machine’. The opponents use a common ‘game token’ and take turns moving along a path by one, two or three steps…

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Hi-Fi Tone Control

Hits:780 Audio

This is a inexpensive high fidelity (hi-fi) tone control circuit designed just with two low cost transistors as the active components. The schematic is one channel (mono) tone control, build…

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How to build LED or Lamp Pulser - circuit diagram

Hits:488 Lighting

Astonishing effect4.5V supplyCircuit diagramParts:R1,R2 4K7 1/4W ResistorsR3 22K 1/4W ResistorR4 2M2 1/4W Resistor (See Notes)R5 10K 1/4W ResistorR6 47R 1/4W Resistor (See Notes)C1 1µF 63V Polyester CapacitorD1 5mm. Red LED…

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Electric Window/Fence Charger

Hits:663 Power supplies

Here is the circuit of a simple electric window charger. With a couple of minor circuit variations, it can be used as an electric fence charger too. A standard 12V…

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Sensor malfunction throttle position

Hits:890 Electronic fuel injection

Photo 1 shows TPS (2112-1148200) with the remote cover. Being mounted on the car "VAZ 2110" (which is equipped with injection system BOSCH M1.5.4"), this sensor has served about 4500…

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USB-Powered PIC Programmer

Hits:420 Other

This simple circuit can be used to program the PIC16F84 and similar "flash memory" type parts. It uses a cheap 555 timer IC to generate the programming voltage from a…

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Simple RF generator

Hits:623 Generators, heterodynes

The proposed generator of radio frequency signals (RF) can be used to settings antennas Amateur radio stations. It will be helpful in establishing receiving and transmitting equipment.Hams for "quiet" settings…

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Tube Distortion Pedal

Hits:948 Audio

The following circuit is tube distortion pedal for guitar effect. The circuit designed by Ron Black.Circuit Notes:IC1 : 747 dual op-amp, other ICs may be substitued but pinout will different…

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A power supply with a capacitor voltage divider

Hits:803 Power supplies

AC adapter with damping capacitor (Fig. 1), in fact, there is a voltage divider, whose upper shoulder - capacitor, and the bottom is a complex non-linear diode-resistance-capacitor circuit. This defined…

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Light turns on the sound

Hits:645 Lighting

The proposed device responds to light. It is convenient to use as a simple "guard" in the basement with no Windows or somewhere in the utility room (the shed).If in…

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Switching power supply, 220/h volts 8 amps

Hits:1372 Power supplies

For high power amplifier audio frequency power supply needed, usually having either bipolar output with an average point or two galvanically not connected output. The output voltage is almost not…

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Transformerless power supplies

Hits:2422 Power supplies

Now the house has a lot of small equipment that requires constant power. This watch with led indication, and thermometers, and small receivers, etc., In principle, they are designed for…

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How to choose a microwave

Hits:794 Other

About the microwaveIn fact, the cooking method remains the same to heat the pot or pan and therefore its contents. To wait quite a long time, while still a huge…

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The prefix for the reception of TV signals in cable subbands

Hits:471 Television and video

Cable television network broadcast live programs not only the MB channels, but the cable sub-bands. A simple way of accepting them on old TVs says the author of a published…

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How to build LM317T Voltage Regulator with Pass Transistor - circuit diagram

Hits:721 Power supplies

DescriptionThe LM317T output current can be increased by using an additional power transistor to share a portion of the total current. The amount of current sharing is established with a…

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Discrete Virtual Ground Circuit

Hits:594 Power supplies

Very useful add on for Single output power supplyHere is the simple virtual ground circuit based on discrete components. This simple design comes from miniaturization guru Sijosae. Is to make…

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Triac power controllers

Hits:788 Power controllers, thermometers, heat

K. Smolyakov from Nizhny Novgorod, took the repetition of regulators the description in [1], has managed to combine in one device and two to create the device capable of handling…

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12V Regulated Inverter Supply

Hits:734 Power supplies

When running 12V electronic devices from lead-acid battery banks, the voltage to the appliance can vary from below 11V with discharged batteries, to well above 14V during charging. Many appliances…

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How to build 36 Watt Audio Power Amplifier Using TDA1562Q - circuit diagram

Hits:906 Audio

DescriptionIt's based on a Philips class-H audio amplifier IC and can deliver 36W RMS OR 70W music power, all from a 13.8V supply. Our new Mighty Midget Amplifier can really…

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Soft enable powerful loads

Hits:568 Clocks, timers, relays, load switches

In schemes with a powerful load and high switching frequency to change electromagnetic relays and starters came power semiconductor switches with optical isolation. Currently there are devices allows them to…

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How to build Courtesy Light - circuit diagram

Hits:586 Lighting

DescriptionThis circuit is intended to let the user turn off a lamp by means of a switch placed far from bed, allowing him enough time to lie down before the…

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Halogen Lamp Dimmer With Soft Start

Hits:680 Lighting

Most dimmers use pulse width modulation (PWM) to control the amount of power that is delivered to the lamp. Those that come bundled with a switch faceplate control the firing…

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7-element antenna automatic process

Hits:1822 VHF antenna

While in Genoa, I met Gianni (5N0EIB) who works in the Nigerian capital. In a private conversation Gianni told me the following amusing story.Working for one of the positions in…

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Automatic disconnection of the amplifier from the mains

Hits:626 Clocks, timers, relays, load switches

The device can be used as a useful additional attachment to any stationary audio amplifier and allows in the absence of the signal on the output load (the…

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Replacement chip CCN and power unit BPI-411 in TVs

Hits:601 Television and video

When repairing TVs of radiomekhaniki and ham radio operators are often faced with problems replacement elements (not in the sale) and blocks (for the purpose improve the reliability of the…

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The flash with bulb

Hits:612 Lighting

When shooting at close range fotoreproduktsy, exhibits energy industrial "blitzes" is often unnecessarily large and, in addition, the use of troubling others. In such cases it would…

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Led voltage indicator

Hits:626 Indicators, detectors

In radio Amateur practice there is often a situation when it is necessary to track the readings of each option. Propose a scheme indicator led rulers. Depending on the input…

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The power supply to the ionizer

Hits:587 Power supplies

Chizhevsky chandelier repeatedly been described in various publications. Your attention an efficient supply circuitry Chizhevsky, which is depicted in Fig. 4.62. The transformer T1…

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Rhu: Features, operation, and repair

Hits:2950 Television and video

Rhu (block of video heads or the rotating head unit) can be considered the main hub of any VCR or camcorder. Author of published article talks about his design, classifies…

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Cuckoo Sound Generator Circuit Schematic

Hits:652 Audio

Agreeable, very close sound imitation, Suitable for sound effects, door-bells etc.This circuit generates a two-tone effect very much alike the cuckoo song. It can be used for door-bells or other…

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Finalization of the phone

Hits:628 Telefonie

A small refinement of the phone with a carbon microphone according to the scheme in Fig. 1 will save owners from strong interference in the form of cod due to…

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Antenna configuration using the meter response

Hits:1081 Shortwave antenna

When establishing a shortwave antennas you can use the meter response (X1-19B, X1-7B). Its output is connected to the input via the RF head (Fig. 1), and the connection…

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220V / 200W Lamp Flasher

Hits:1457 Lighting

This is the 200W lamp flasher circuit diagram. The frequency/speed of the lamp flashing can be adjust with the range of 1Hz to 5Hz. You can use the PR1 variable…

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Antenna Slim Jim

Hits:2676 VHF antenna

Antenna "Slim Jim" proposed G2BCX for the range of 144 or 430 MHz, has a gain of about 3 dB compared to a half wave dipole. Antenna power is 75…

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How to build Automatic 12 Volt Lamp Fader - circuit diagram

Hits:519 Lighting

DescriptionThis circuit is similar to the "Fading Red Eyes" circuit (in the LED section) used to fade a pair of red LEDs. In this version, the lamps are faded by…

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Portable Microphone Preamplifier

Hits:572 Audio

circuit diagram Parts:P1 2K2 Linear PotentiometerR1,R2,R3 100K 1/4W ResistorsR4 8K2 1/4W ResistorR5 68R 1/4W ResistorR6 6K8 1/4W ResistorR7,R8 1K 1/4W ResistorsR9…

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Automotive strobe devices STB-1 and Auto-spark

Hits:1094 Electronic devices

Our industry produces a stroboscopic devices: car strobe STB-1 (Fig. 1) and the device Auto-spark" (Fig. 2), used to check and adjust the ignition timing on the car.Know how important…

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The protection device electroacusticas headlights from burnout

Hits:526 Electronic devices

Who among motorists who have electroacoustical headlights, unknown unpleasant phenomenon, when the brush is frozen, and the engine starts (whether casually or when you turn on the windshield wiper when…

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AVR Dongle

Hits:1051 Other

This circuit is intended to program AVR controllers such as the AT90S1200 via the parallel port. The circuit is extremely simple. IC1 provides buffering for the signals that travel from…

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How to build Doorbell Memory Circuit Diagram - circuit diagram

Hits:456 House, garden land, hobby

DescriptionIf you’re expecting an important visitor but you just have to step out for a moment, an electronic doorbell memory can come in handy so you can see whether someone…

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Two antennas on the range 2 meters

Hits:709 Shortwave antenna

Portable antenna The antenna is made of copper wire with a diameter of 2.5 mm and a length of about 45 cm Coil L1 contains 5.5 turns (step 5.5 mm)…

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Electric lighter for gas

Hits:1144 House, garden land, hobby

In the logs shows a lot of schemes for independent the manufacture of similar utility devices, however, as experience shows, the greatest difficulty in the manufacture of such…

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Low-voltage indicator voltage

Hits:725 Indicators, detectors

The proposed device, the led indicators (see figure) allows a sufficient degree of accuracy to show the voltage on the power source, consisting of two batteries or battery cells.On fully…

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25 Watt Audio Amplifier Circuit

Hits:518 Audio

High Quality simple design, No need for a preamplifierThis is a 25 Watt basic power amp that was designed to be (relatively) easy to build at a reasonable cost. It…

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