Tutorials, Videos

Photo Etching-Printed Circuit Boards

Here’s a descriptive video on How to perform Photo Etching on a PCB. This video also is based on “home PCB making techniques” – which helps electronic minds(electronics projects) to develop PCB’s from home. Such techniques are always interesting as an experiment & a means to save money!

Tutorials

Make PCB using a laser printer-Printed Circuit Boards

Do you wanna learn How to make a PCB -Printed Circuit Board using a laserjet printer? Its simple! watch the above video! What you all need is a circuit diagram, copper clads, sand papers, a printer, computer & an iron! You are done! I will explain the entire process later in words!

Tutorials

How to desolder electronic connections

Learn how to de-solder electronic connections from the above video. He explains in the video how to remove the solder using a soldering iron alone, then using a desolder machine. He also explains the way of removing complex & thick solders using a combined action of soldering irons heat & a desolder. Usually a combined

Light Related, Tutorials

How a LED works – Light Emitting Diode working

Watch the video given below to get a better idea on how LED works?  A light emitting diode (LED) is known to be one of the best optoelectronic devices out of the lot. The device is capable of emitting a fairly narrow bandwidth of visible or invisible light when its internal diode junction attains a

Fun & Game Circuits

Electronic toss circuit

Description. The circuit given here can be used for tossing head or tail. There are many games in which a tossing is required to start and this circuit can be used in all such instances. The circuit uses two ICs NE 555 timer (IC1) and 74LS76 dual JK flip flop (IC2).The IC 1 is wired

Automotive Circuits

Automobile turn signal circuit.

Description. This is a simple circuit that can be used as a sequential signal light in automobiles. The circuit is based on two ICs. A TS 555 CN CMOS timer IC and a CD4017 decade counter IC. The IC1 is wired as an astable multivibrator to trigger the counter IC. When triggered, the outputs of

Battery Circuits

Battery charger using LM350

Description. Here is a simple circuit using IC LM 350, which can be used for charging 12V lead acid batteries. This circuit is perfect for “constant charging” 12V lead acid batteries. The circuit is designed as a constant voltage source with a negative temperature coefficient. The transistor Q1 (BD 140) is used as the temperature

Home Circuits, Telephone Related

Transistor intercom circuit.

Description. Here is a simple but effective intercom circuit that is based fully on transistors.The circuit is based on a three stage RC coupled amplifier. When the pushbutton S2 is pressed, the amplifier circuit wired around T1 & T2 becomes an astable multivibrator and starts producing the ringing signals. These ringing signals will be amplified

Home Circuits, Remote Circuits

Remote controlled appliance switch circuit

Description. Here is a versatile remote controlled appliance switch that can ON or OFF any appliance connected to it using a TV remote.  IR remote sensor IC TSOP 1738 is used for recieving the signal. Normally when no signal is falling on IC3 the output of it will be high.This makes Q1 OFF.When a signal

Power Supplies

12V & 5V Combo power supply

Description. This is a simple approach to obtain a 12V and 5V DC power supply using a single circuit. The circuit uses two ICs 7812(IC1) and 7805 (IC2) for obtaining the required voltages. The AC mains voltage will be stepped down by the transformer T1, rectified by bridge B1 and filtered by capacitor C1 to

Remote Circuits

1KHz IR transmitter circuit.

Description. This circuit was designed in response to a request from my reader. What he asked for was a 1KHz IR transmitter circuit for some remote control application. I think this circuit may satisfy him. Any way this circuit can be used where ever a low power IR transmitter of 1 KHz operating frequency is

Fun & Game Circuits, Home Circuits, Light Related

Puff to OFF LED circuit.

Descrption. This is a simple circuit in which the glowing LED can be switched OFF just by a puff. A condenser mic (M1) is used to sense your puff. When the push button S1 is pressed, the transistors Q2 and Q3 wired as latching pair gets activated and drives the LED to glow. The LED

Automotive Circuits

Parking sensor circuit

Description. This simple circuit can be used as an aid for sensing the distance between the rear bumper of the car and any obstacle behind the car. The distance can be understood from the combination of the LEDs (D5 to D7) glowing. At 25cm D7 will glow, at 20 cm D7&D6 will glow and at

Automotive Circuits, Lighting Circuits

12V Lamp flasher circuit.

Description. Here is a simple yet powerful circuit that can be used for flashing 12V lamps especially that is used on automobiles.The flashing circuit is based on transistor Q1(BC557) and MOSFET Q2 (IRF530) where the Q2 provides the necessary drive for the lamp.Any number of bulbs can be flashed using this circuit provided that the

Motor Related, Power Controller Circuits

Temperature controlled DC fan

Description. Here is a simple circuit based on two transistors that can be used to control the speed of a 12 V DC fan depending on the temperature.A thermistor (R1) is used to sense the temperature. When the temperature increases the base current of Q1 (BC 547) increases which in turn decreases the collector voltage

Clocking & Timer Circuits, Home Circuits

Long duration timer circuit.

Description. This timer circuit can be used to switch OFF a particular device after around 35 minutes. The circuit can be used to switch OFF devices like radio, TV, fan, pump etc after a preset time of 35 minutes. Such a circuit can surely save a lot of power. The circuit is based on quad

Lighting Circuits

Lamp pulser circuit

 Description. Here is a simple circuit that can be used to pulse an LED or a low power filament lamp. The effect is such that the LED lights up from OFF state gradually and then dims gradually. Such a circuit is very useful in decoration purposes. The circuit is nothing but a triangular wave generator

Power Supplies

Negative reference voltage generator

Description. The circuit given below shows a negative reference voltage supply.The reference voltage can be set to precise values by R2. The circuit operates in the same manner as the positive reference voltage supply circuit shown previously.The circuit is nothing but  an inverting DC amplifier based on IC uA741.The circuit operates on a negative power

Power Supplies

Positive reference voltage generator

Description. The circuit given below is a variable positive voltage reference supply.The reference voltage can be set to precise values by R2.Basically the circuit is a DC amplifier based on op-amp uA 741.The negative feedback is given via the zener diode. Circuit diagram with Parts list. Notes. Assemble the circuit on a good quality PCb

Lab Manuals

Addition of Two 8 bit numbers in 8085

AIM To add two 8 bit numbers using 8085 microprocessor PROGRAM MV1 C,00 LDA 4200 MOV B,A LDA 4201 ADD B JNC LABEL1 INRC LABEL1:STA 4202 MOV A,C STA 4203 HLT SAMPLE OUTPUT ADDRESS DATA INPUT/OUTPUT 4200 15 Input 4201 27 Input 4202 3C Output(sum) 4203 00 Output(carry) RESULT A program to add two 8

Lab Manuals

INTRODUCTION TO MICROPROCESSOR TRAINER KIT AND PROGRAMMING

                                               In our experiments we used Micro 85 EB trainer kit from Vi Micro systems. The steps involved in doing programs in trainer kit are summarized below.   1.Write  the program 2.Prepare the hex code of the program 3.Enter the hex code to trainer kit in suitable locations(eg:From 4100 H) 4.Give sufficient data for

Lab Manuals

UJT RELAXATION OSCILATOR

AIM To design and setup a UJT relaxation oscillator. COMPONENTS AND EQUIPMENTS NEEDED 1. UJT (2N2446) 2. Resistors 3. Capacitor 4. CRO 4. DC power supply CIRCUIT DIAGRAM DESIGN Take Vp= 10 V and f =1 KHZ Vp= η VBB+ Vd (Vd can be neglected) VBB=15V (Assume η = 0.62) From data sheet valley point

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