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Description. The circuit diagram shown here is of a automatic changeover switch using IC LTC4412 from Linear Technologies. This circuit can be used for the automatic switchover of a load between a battery and a wall adapter.LTC4412 controls an external P-channel MOSFET to create a near ideal diode function for power switch over and load sharing. This makes the LT4412 an ideal replacement for power supply ORing diodes. A wide range of MOSFETs can be driven using the IC and this gives much flexibility in terms of load current. The LT4412 also has a bunch of good features like reverse…

Description. Here is the circuit diagram of a 12V boost converter using IC LM2698 from National Semiconductors. The LM2698 is a general purpose boost converter with an 18V, 1.35A. 0.2 Ohm internal switch. This results in high efficiency power conversion to outputs ranging from 2.2V to 17V DC. The input supply voltage range is 2.2V to 17V DC. The IC has excellent line and load regulation and frequency compensation over the entire input voltage range. In the circuit diagram given here, the IC is wired to produce an output voltage of 12V from 5V input. The working of this circuit…

Description. Here is the circuit diagram of a 5V buck switching regulator based on the IC LM2678 from National Semiconductors. LM2678 series of regulators are monolithic integrated circuits which provide all necessary functions required for a buck switching regulator and can drive up to 5A loads. The IC has more than 90% efficiency and has excellent load and line regulation. The LM2678 is available in three fixed output voltages (3.3V, 5V, 12V) and an adjustable output version. The IC is also packed with a handful l of features like thermal shutdown, current limiting and ON/OFF control. The circuit given here…

Description. This is the circuit diagram of the simplest single chip AM radio. The circuit is designed around the IC ZN414Z which is a ten transistor tuned radio frequency receiver .The IC has only three leads and is available in the TO92 package. All necessary circuits required for an AM receiver (RF amplifier, detector and AGC are incorporated inside the IC).In the circuit given below, capacitor C1 and resistor R1 forms the tank circuit which is essential for tuning. Capacitor C4 decouples DC from the output of the IC and C1 bye-passes the noise. Transistor Q1 and associated components forms…

Description. A very stable and simple FM transmitter circuit is given here. With a matching antenna, this transmitter can attain a range of around 200 meters. I assembled this transmitter few years and got very good results. Let us see how the circuit works. A condenser microphone (K1) is used to pick the sound to be transmitted. Capacitor C1 is a DC decoupler and the sound signal is coupled to the base of Q1 which wired as a preamplifier.R2 and R3 are the biasing resistors of Q1. Amplified sound signal will be available at the collector of Q1 and it…

Description. First of all let me remind you that this circuit is a very dangerous one. The output voltage of this circuit is in Kilo volts and it can seriously injure you or kill you. Try this circuit only if you have enough experience dealing with high voltages. I have no responsibility on any hazards caused by the circuit. Be very careful. This is a humble request. The circuit given here has three sections namely oscillator, switching stage and a step up stage. The oscillator is build around a NE555 timer operating at 25 KHz. The output of the NE555…

Description. The circuit shown here works from 24V DC and can flash two 24V bulbs alternatively. The circuit is nothing but an astable multivibrator operating at 1Hz and 50% duty cycle. The lamp to be flashed is connected in place of the collector resistor (Rc) of a typical design. 2N3055 transistors which are well known for their ruggedness are used here. They can handle collector currents up to 10A. So a wide range of lamps (in terms of wattage) can be connected to this circuit. Circuit Diagram. Notes. Assemble the circuit on a good quality PCB. Use 24V DC for…

Description. This circuit diagram shows how to obtain a negative voltage from a positive voltage supply. Another advantage of this circuit is that, the negative voltage together with the original positive supply can be used to simulate a dual supply. The circuit is based on timer IC NE555. The NE555 is wired as an astable multivibrator operating at around 1 KHz. The square wave output if available at pin no 3 of the IC. During the positive half of the square wave, capacitor C3 charges through diode D2.When the output of IC is at zero the C3 discharges through diode…

Most digital systems require some kind of a timing waveform, for instance, a source of trigger pulses is required for all clocked sequential systems. In digital systems, a rectangular waveform is most desirable (unlike analog systems where sinusoidal signals are often used). The generators of rectangular waveforms are referred to as multivibrators. Multivibrators are of three types viz astable (or free-running) multivibrators, monostable multivibrators (or one-shot) and bistable multivibrators (or flip-flops). All these multivibrators have already been discussed. Until a few years ago, multivibrators used to be designed using discrete devices, such as vacuum triodes, bipolar junction transistors (BJTs), field-effect…

F to V Converter Circuit using LM555 Timer Description. Here is a very simple circuit diagram of a frequency to voltage (F to V) converter. Such a circuit finds numerous applications in projects like digital frequency meters, tachometers etc. The circuit is mainly based on a LM555 timer IC. The IC is wired in mono shot mode to convert the input frequency into a fixed pulse width, variable frequency PWM signal. Resistors R4 and capacitor C2 provides the necessary timing for the circuit. The transistor T1 forms a discharge path parallel to C2 which is necessary for re triggering the…