Friday, June 6, 2014

Active Crossover Circuit Diagram with TL074

Simple Active Crossover Circuit Diagram with TL074. An audio source, like a mixer, preamp, EQ, or a recorder, is fed to the input of the Electronic Crossover Circuit. This signal is either AC or coupling, depending on the setting of switch 51, the non-inverting input of buffer amplifier Ul-a, a section of a quad BIFET, low amp TL074 noise made by Texas Instruments op. 

This stage has a gain of 2, and its output is distributed to both a low pass filter made by R4, R5, C2, C3, and Uld op-amp, and a high-pass filter made by R6, R7, C4, C5, and op amp ULC. These are12 dB / octave Butter worth filters. The response of the Butter worth filter was chosen because it gives the best compromise between the damping and phase. 

 Active Crossover Circuit Diagram with TL074

Active Crossover Circuit Diagram with TL074


The values of capacitors and resistors varies depending on the selected connection that your device works. The filter outputs are fed to a balancing network made by R8, R9, RIO, R14 and potentiometer RLL balance. When the potentiometer is at its center position, there is a unity gain bandwidths for both high and low filters. Power for the electronic circuit is regulated by Crossover R12, RI3, Dl and D2, and decoupled by C6 and C7.

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Simple Vlf Converter Circuit Diagram

This is The Simple Vlf Converter Circuit Diagram. This converter uses a low-pass filter instead of the usual tuned circuit so the only tuning required is with the receiver. The dual-gate MOSFET and FET used in the mixer and oscillator aren`t critical. 

Simple Vlf Converter Circuit Diagram


Simple Vlf Converter Circuit Diagram
 
Any crystal having a frequency compatible with the receiver tuning range may be used. For example, with a 3500 kHz crystal, 3500 kHz on the receiver dial corresponds to zero kHz; 3600 to 100 kHz; 3700 to 200 kHz, etc (At 3500 khz on the receiver all one can hear is the converter oscillator, and VLF signals start to come in about 20 kHz higher).
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Ethernet Shield with ENC28J60

One of the most interesting shield that you can mount on the Arduino platform is certainly the ethernet shield, because enable numerous networking applications such as remote control of systems and users, web access and publication of data, and more yet, the simplicity of finding and integrating open-source libraries on Arduino IDE does the rest.
The usefulness of LAN connectivity has meant that the market would respond by offering different ethernet shield, first of all the original Arduino Ethernet Shield, which was accompanied by the good shield by Seeed Studio, both of these circuits are based on the chipset WIZnet W5100, allow multiple socket connections and can work at 100 Mbps.
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Build a Fog Lamp Switch Circuit Diagram

This is a simple Fog Lamp Switch Circuit Diagram. This circuit recommended to have a rear fog light on a trailer with the additional requirement that, when the trailer is coupled to the car, the rear fog light of the towing car has to be off. The circuit shown here is eminently suitable for this application. The circuit is placed near the rear fog light of the car. The 12-V connection to the lamp has to be interrupted and is instead connected to relay contacts 30 and 87A (K1, K3). When the rear fog light is turned on it will continue to operate normally.

 Fog Lamp Switch Circuit Diagram

Fog Lamp Switch Circuit Diagram


If a trailer with fog light is now connected to the trailer connector (7- or 13-way, K2), a current will flow through L1. L1 is a coil with about 8 turns, wound around reed contact S1. S1 will close because of the current through L1, which in turn energizes relay Re1 and the rear fog light of the car is switched off. The fog light of the trailer is on, obviously. The size of L1 depends on reed contact S1. The fog lamp is 21 W, so at 12 V there is a current of 1.75 A. L1 is sized for a current between 1.0 and 1.5 A, so that it is certain that the contact closes. The wire size has to be about 0.8 mm. The relay Re1 is an automotive relay that is capable of switching the lamp current. The voltage drop across L1 is negligible.  
 
Author : J. Geene Copyright :Elektor Electronics 2008
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1 5V Battery to 5V Voltage Converter Circuit Diagram

This is a Simple 1.5V Battery to 5V Voltage Converter Circuit Diagram. Stable and secure 5V DC (at 200mA max) from an ordinary 1.5V AA sized cell. At the heart of this circuit is IC1 MAX756 from Maxim, which is a CMOS step-up DC-DC switching regulator for small, low input voltage or battery-powered systems.


Simple 1.5V Battery to 5V Voltage Converter Circuit Diagram


Simple 1.5V Battery to 5V Voltage Converter Circuit Diagram


MAX756 accepts a positive input voltage down to 0.7V and converts it to a higher pin selectable output voltage of 5V (or 3.3V). Typical full-load efficiency for the this IC is greater than 87%. Max756 combine a switch-mode regulator with an N-channel MOSFET, precision voltage reference, and power-fail detector in a single monolithic device. The MOSFET is a “sense-FET” type for best efficiency, and has a very low gate threshold voltage to ensure start-up under low-battery voltage conditions (1.1V typ).

The circuit can be easily wired on a very small rectangular common PCB.All connections should be kept as short as possible. If available,try to add a good quality 8 pin DIP socket for IC1. Note that the power inductor’s (L1) DC resistance significantly affects efficiency. For highest efficiency, limit L1’s DC resistance to 0.03 Ohm or less. A thru-hole type standard power inductor can be used. Similarly, the ESR of all capacitors (bypass and filter) affects circuit efficiency. Best performance is obtained by using specialized low-ESR capacitors.
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Simple F and V Converter Circuit Diagram

This is a best Frequency/Voltage Converter circuit diagram proportional voltage by the use of a frequency-to-voltage (F/V) converter. Teledyne Semiconductor`s Type TSC9402 is a versatile IC. Not only can it convert voltage into frequency, but also frequency into voltage. It is thus eminently suitable for use in an add-on unit for measuring frequencies with a multimeter. 

 Best F and V Converter Circuit Diagram


Best F and V Converter Circuit Diagram


Only a few additional components are required for this.. Just one calibration point sets the center of the measuring range (or of that part of the range that is used most frequently). The frequency-proportional direct voltage at the output (pin 12—amp out) contains interference pulses at levels up to 0.7 V. If these have an adverse effect on the multimeter, they can be suppressed with the aid of a simple RC network. 

The output voltage, U0, is calculated by: tfo=C/rei(Ci + 12 pF) R2fm Because the internal capacitance often has a greater value than the 12 pF taken here, the formula does not yield an absolute value. The circuit has a frequency range of dc to 10 kHz. At 10 kHz, the formula gives a value of 3.4 V. The circuit draws a current of not more than 1 mA. 

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Procyon – 80 MHz ARM Cortex M3 with SDRAM Ethernet SD USB

Procyon is a general purpose development board with special features for Ethernet, USB, and audio applications. It is based on Luminary Micro/Texas Instruments LM3S9x9x series of parts. The initial MCU is LM3S9B90.

The board contains the following features:
  • 80 MHz, 100 Pin Cortex M3 Processor
  • 16 MB SDRAM accessed on a 50 MHz EPI bus
  • USB Host/Device/OTG port
  • microSD card slot (Attached to SSI1/SPI1)
  • 10/100 Ethernet
  • I2S header for DAC output interface
  • Up to 24 GPIOs available
  • 3 UART, 2 I2C, 1 CAN, 2 SPI/SSI (one shared with microSD card)
  • 10-bit ADCs
  • General purpose timers: four 32-bit or eight 16-bit
  • FTDI/Basic UART debug/program interface, on 16 pin GPIO/configuration header
  • Three 10 pin headers for daughter boards
  • 20 Pin JTAG Header
  • User LED and User switch 
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Beacon Transmitter Circuit Diagram

Simple Beacon Transmitter Circuit Diagram.This transmitter can be used for transmitter hunts, for remote key finding, or for radio telemetry in model rockets. It can be tuned to the two meter band or other VHF bands by charging Cl and Ll. 11 is four turns of #20 enameled wire air wound, 0.25 inch in diameter (use a drill bit), 0.2 inch long, center tapped. The antenna can be 18 inches of any type of wire. IC2 functions as an audio oscillator that is turned on and off by IC1 about once per second. The range of the transmitter is several hundred yards.

Simple Beacon Transmitter Circuit Diagram

Simple Beacon Transmitter Circuit Diagram

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2MHz Square Wave Generator Circuit Diagram

2MHz Square Wave Generator Circuit Diagram. With the values shown the circuit generates a 2-MHz symmetrical square wave. Changing capacitors Cl and C2 to 0.01 µ¥ results in a frequency of 500 Hz. For the particular integrated circuits and power supply voltages (5.0 V), the reliable operating range of Rl = R2 is 2 k ohm to 4 k ohm.

2MHz Square Wave Generator Circuit Diagram


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4 Amps Photovoltaic Solar Charge Controller Circuit

The use of solar photovoltaic (PV) energy sources is increasing due to global warming concerns on the one hand, and cost effectiveness on the other. Many engineers involved in power electronics find solar power tempting and then addictive due to the ‘green’ energy concept. The circuit discussed here handles up to 4 amps of current from a solar panel, which equates to about 75 watts of power. A charging algorithm called ‘pulse time modulation’ is introduced in this design. The current flow from the solar panel to the battery is controlled by an N-channel MOSFET, T1. This MOSFET does not require any heat sink to get rid of its heat, as its RD-S(on) rating is just 0.024 Ω.

Schottky diode D1 prevents the battery discharging into the solar panel at night, and also provides reverse polarity protection to the battery. In the schematic, the lines with a sort-of-red highlight indicate potentially higher current paths. The charge controller never draws current from the battery—it is fully powered by the solar panel. At night, the charge controller effectively goes to sleep. In daytime use, as soon as the solar panel produces enough current and voltage, it starts charging the battery. The battery terminal potential is divided by resistor R1 and trimpot P1.

4 Amps Photovoltaic Solar Charge Controller Circuit Diagram

4 Amps Photovoltaic Solar Charge Controller Circuit


 The resulting voltage sets the charge state for the controller. The heart of the charge controller is IC1, a type TL431ACZ voltage reference device with an open-collector error amplifier. Here the battery sense voltage is constantly compared to the TL431’s internal reference voltage. As long as the level set on P1 is below the internal reference voltage, IC1 causes the MOSFET to conduct. As the battery begins to take up the charge, its terminal volt- age will increase. When the battery reaches the charge-state set point, the output of IC1 drops low to less than 2 volts and effectively turns off the MOSFET, stopping all current flow into the battery.


With T1 off, LED D2 also goes dark. There is no hysteresis path provided in the regulator IC. Consequently, as soon as the current to the battery stops, the output of IC1 remains low, preventing the MOSFET to conduct further even if the battery voltage drops. Lead-acid bat- tery chemistry demands float charging, so a very simple oscillator is implemented here to take care of this. Our oscillator exploits the negative resistance in transistors—first discovered by Leo Esaki and part of his studies into electron tunneling in solids, awarded with the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1973. In this implementation, a commonplace NPN transistor type 2SC1815 is used.

When the LED goes out, R4 charges a 22-μF capacitor (C1) until the voltage is high enough to cause the emitter-base junction of T2 to avalanche. At that point, the transistor turns on quickly and discharges the capacitor through R5. The voltage drop across R5 is sufficient to actuate T3, which in turn alters the reference voltage setting. Now the MOSFET again tries to charge the battery. As soon as the battery voltage reaches the charged level once more, the process repeats. A 2SC1815 transistor proved to work reliably in this circuit. Other transistors may be more temperamental—we suggest studying Esaki’s laureate work to find out why, but be cautioned that there are Heavy Mathematics Ahead.

As the battery becomes fully charged, the oscillator’s ‘on’ time shortens while the ‘off’ time remains long as determined by the timing components, R4 and C1. In effect, a pulse of current gets sent to the battery that will shorten over time. This charging algorithm may be dubbed Pulse Time Modulation. To adjust the circuit you’ll need a good digital voltmeter and a variable power supply. Adjust the supply to 14.9 V, that’s the 14.3 volts bat- tery setting plus approximately 0.6 volts across the Schottky diode.

Turn the trimpot until at a certain point the LED goes dark, this is the switch point, and the LED will start to flicker. You may have to try this adjustment more than once, as the closer you get the comparator to switch at exactly 14.3 V, the more accurate the charger will be. Disconnect the power supply from the charge controller and you are ready for the solar panel. The 14.3 V setting mentioned here should apply to most sealed and flooded-cell lead-acid batter- ies, but please check and verify the value with the manufacturer. Select the solar panel in such a way that its amps capability is within the safe charging limit of the battery you intend to use.

Resistors:
R1 = 15kΩ
R2,R3 = 3.3kΩ 1% R4 = 2.2MΩ
R5 = 1kΩ
P1 = 5kΩ preset

Capacitors:
C1 = 22μF 25V, radial

Semiconductors:
D1 = MBR1645G (ON Semiconductor) D2 = LED, 5mm
IC1 = TL431ACLP (Texas instruments)
T1 = IRFZ44NPBF (International Rectifier)
T2 = 2SC1815 (Toshiba) (device is marked: C1815)
T3 = BC547

Miscellaneous:
K1,K2 = 2-way PCB terminal block, lead pitch 5mm


Author: T. A. Babu (India - Elektor)
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Triangle Square wave Oscillator Circuit Diagram

Simple triangle-square wave oscillator circuit diagram. In this circuit by making Rt variable it is possible to alter the operating frequency over a 100 to 1 range Versatile triangle/square wave oscillator has a possible frequency range of 0 Hz to 100 kHz.

Triangle Square wave Oscillator Circuit Diagram


Triangle Square wave Oscillator Circuit Diagram

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Simple Solar Relay Circuit Diagram

Build a Simple Solar Relay Circuit Diagram.With extended periods of bright sunshine and warm weather, even relatively large storage batteries in solar-power systems can become rather warm. Consequently, a circuit is usually connected in parallel with the storage battery to either connect a high-power shunt (in order to dissipate the excess solar power in the form of heat) or switch on a ventilation fan via a power FET, whenever the voltage rises above approximately 14.4 V. However, the latter option tends to oscillate, since switching on a powerful 12-V fan motor causes the voltage to drop below 14.4 V, causing the fan to be switched off. In the absence of an external load, the battery voltage recovers quickly, the terminal voltage rises above 14.4 V again and the switching process starts once again, despite the built-in hysteresis.

 Simple Solar Relay Circuit Diagram

Simple Solar Relay Circuit Diagram

A solution to this problem is provided by the circuit shown here, which switches on the fan in response to the sweltering heat produced by the solar irradiation instead of an excessively high voltage at the battery terminals. Based on experience, the risk of battery overheating is only present in the summer between 2 and 6 pm. The intensity of the sunlight falling within the viewing angle of a suitably configured ‘sun probe’ is especially high precisely during this interval. This is the operating principle of the solar relay.
The trick to this apparently rather simple circuit consists of using a suitable combination of components. Instead of a power FET, it employs a special 12-V relay that can handle a large load in spite of its small size. This relay must have a coil resistance of at least 600 Ω, rather than the usual value of 100-200 Ω. This requirement can be met by several Schrack Components relays (available from, among others, Conrad Electronics). Here we have used the least expensive model, a type RYII 8-A printed circuit board relay. The light probe is connected in series with the relay. It consists of two BPW40 photo-transistors wired in parallel.
The type number refers to the 40-degree acceptance angle for incident light. In bright sunlight, the combined current generated by the two photo-transistors is sufficient to cause the relay to engage, in this case without twitching. Every relay has a large hysteresis, so the fan connected via the a/b contacts will run for many minutes, or even until the probe no longer receives sufficient light. The NTC thermistor connected in series performs two functions. First, it compensates for changes in the resistance of the copper wire in the coil, which increases by approximately 4 percent for every 10 ºC increase in temperature, and second, it causes the relay to drop out earlier than it otherwise would (the relay only drops out at a coil voltage of 4 V).

Depending on the intended use, the 220-Ω resistance of the thermistor can be modified by connecting a 100-Ω resistor in series or a 470-Ω resistor in parallel. If the photo-transistors are fastened with the axes of their incident-angle cones in parallel, the 40-degree incident angle corresponds to 2 pm with suitable solar orientation. If they are bent at a slight angle to each other, their incident angles overlap to cover a wider angle, such as 70 degrees. With the tested prototype circuit, the axes were oriented nearly parallel, and this fully met our demands. The automatic switch-off occurs quite abruptly, just like the switch-on, with no contact jitter. This behavior is also promoted by the NTC thermistor, since its temperature coefficient is opposite to that of the ‘PTC’ relay coil and approximately five times as large.
This yields exactly the desired effect for energizing and DE-energising the relay: a large relay current for engagement and a small relay current for disengagement. Building the circuit is actually straightforward, but you must pay attention to one thing. The photo transistors resemble color less LEDs, so there is a tendency to think that their ‘pinning’ is the same as that of LEDs, with the long lead being positive and the short lead negative. However, with the BPW40 the situation is exactly the opposite; the short lead is the collector lead. Naturally, the back-emf diode for the relay must also be connected with the right polarity. The residual current on cloudy days and at night is negligibly small. 
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Eridani – 50 MHz ARM Cortex M3 with USB

Eridani is a LM3S3651 based general purpose development board with USB Host/Device/OTG. You can buy one here. This documentation should help you use it effectively. All of the details on how to setup toolchains for this board are filed under getting started. [Link]

Eridani – 50 MHz ARM Cortex M3 with USB
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Intelligent Temperature Monitoring and Control System using AVR Microcontroller

Controlling temperature has been a prime objective in various applications including refrigerators, air conditioners, air coolers, heaters, industrial temperature conditioning and so on. Temperature controllers vary in their complexities and algorithms. Some of these use simple control techniques like simple on-off control while others use complex Proportional Integral Derivative (PID) or fuzzy logic algorithms. In this project Shawon Shahryiar discusses about a simple control algorithm and utilize it intelligently unlike analogue controllers. Here are the features of this controller:

Intelligent temperature monitoring and control system using AVR microcontroller
  • Audio-visual setup for setting temperature limits.
  • Fault detection and evasive action.
  • Temperature monitoring and display.
  • Audio-visual warning.
  • System status.
  • Settable time frame.
  • Data retention with internal EEPROM memory. 
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Simple Miser Flash Circuit Diagram

A flashing LED at the doorstep of your garage or home will trick the thieves into believing that a sophisticated security gadget is installed. The circuit is nothing but a low-current drain flasher. It uses a single CMOS timer that is configured as a free running oscillator using a few additional components. As the LED flashes very briefly, the average current through the LED is around 150 µA with a high peak value, which is sufficient for normal viewing. This makes it a real miser.

The 9V battery source is connected via ‘on’/‘off’ switch S1 to the circuit. When switch S1 is closed, the IC receives power from capacitor C1, which is constantly charged through resistor R1. As capacitor C1 delivers power to IC1, it saves the battery from drain.

 Simple Miser Flash Circuit Diagram
 

Most LEDs consume a current of 20 mA, which in many instances is higher than the power consumed by the rest of the circuit. This is undesirable if the device is battery-powered. In this circuit, the energy consumed by the LED is a small fraction of the normal value. Capacitor C2 charges through resistor R2 and diode D1. 

When the voltage across C2 reaches two-third of the supply voltage, threshold pin 7 of IC1 switches on as a current sink. The capacitor discharges through LED1 into pin 7 rapidly. Diode 1N4148 (D1) provides the one-way charging path for capacitor C2 via resistor R2. LED1 illuminates briefly for a while with the accumulated charges in C2. Again, the charging cycle repeats. This way, LED continues flashing. A 9V PP3 battery can perfectly handle this job.


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Simple Burglar Alarm Circuit Diagram

This is the simple burglar alarm with timed shutoff. In this circuit when SI (sensor) is closed, power is applied to U2, a dual timer. After a time determined by C2, CI is energized after a predetermined time determined by the value of C5, pin 9 of U2 becomes low, switching off the transistor in the opt isolator, cutting anode current of SCR1 and de-energizing Kl. The system is now reset. 

 Simple Burglar Alarm Circuit Diagram


Simple Burglar Alarm Circuit Diagram


Notice that (i6x C2) is less than (R7xC$). The ON time is approximately given by:(R7xC5)-(R6xC2) = Ton 
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