Here’s a fire alarm circuit using LDR (Light Depending Resistor) as light sensor. It warns the user against fire accidents. It relies on the smoke that is produced in the event of a fire. When this smoke passes between a LED and an LDR, the amount of light falling on the LDR decreases. This causes [...]
This is a really small alarm that could easily fit inside a pocket. However, I also demanded reliable operation, simple construction and very low power consumption. I started with CMOS logic gates, but was soon forced to abandon the concept after a few unsuccessful (and far too complicated) takes. Then I suddenly realized that a [...]
Rain alarm is a simple circuit using water sensor (transducer) that produces an audible alarm whenever rain falls. The circuit can be based on two transistors and or a NE555 IC. The two transistors are wired as a switch which goes on when the base of Q1 is shorted to the positive of the supply [...]
Radio Clock listens to radio time signals from your radio and corrects the time on your PC clock. Radio Clock enables you to decode the time signals sent by various LF and HF radio stations in the standard frequency and time service. Radio Clock uses your PC to display the time code received from the [...]
It’s a simple metal detector design that has the quite good characteristics. the principle of operation which one differs from the classic schemes (BFO, transmit-receive known as “two-boxes” metal detector, inductive). The dynamic mode is used to find targets in interference environment. There is known from theory of signal filtration that if signal shape is [...]
This Sensor circuit was designed as an aid in parking the car near the garage wall when backing up. LED D7 illuminates when bumper-wall distance is about 20 cm., D7+D6 illuminate at about 10 cm. and D7+D6+D5 at about 6 cm. In this manner you are alerted when approaching too close to the wall. All [...]
This is a simple fire alarm circuit based on a LDR and lamp pair for sensing the fire. It uses a very simple approach to detecting smoke in the air. The alarm works by sensing the smoke produced during fire.The circuit produces an audible alarm when the fire breaks out with smoke. This probably isn’t [...]
