Electronic Circuits and Diagram-Electronics Projects and Design

Intruder Alarm Circuit Description Here is  the circuit diagram of an ultra sensitive intruder alarm. The shadow of an intruder passing few meters nearby the circuit is enough to trigger the alarm. Here IC2 uA 741 is wired as a sensitive comparator ,whose set point is set by R6 &R7. The  voltage divide by LDR and R9 is given at non inverting pin of IC2. At standby mode these two voltages are set equal by adjusting R9. Now the output (pin6) of comparator will be high.Transistor Q1 will be off. The voltage at trigger pin of IC1 will be positive…

Single Chip FM Radio Description. Here is a compact low cost FM radio circuit using IC TDA 7000. This circuit is designed as per the data sheet and the result is excellent.Ideal for all category of electronic enthusiasts. The TDA7000 is a monolithic integrated circuit for mono FM portable radios, where a minimum on peripheral components is crucial. The IC TDA 7000 has a Frequency-Locked-Loop system with an intermediate frequency of 70 kHz. The intermediate frequency selectivity is achieved by active RC filters. The only function which needs alignment is the resonant circuit for the oscillator, thus selecting the reception…

Direct Coupled Radio Circuit Description Here is the circuit of an excellent direct coupled radio ideal for listening to near by stations.The circuit uses Q1 as a diode detector and first audio amplifier.The detection is across the first emitter base junction which operates as a diode.The base emitter capacitance provides the radio filtering.The resistor R1 is adjusted to obtain the least distortion with consistent volume.Transistors Q2 and Q3 also serve as audio amplifiers. Radio Circuit Diagram with Parts List Notes For L1 use a center tapped ferrite antenna coil used AM receivers. Battery is advised to power the circuit to …

Liquid Level Switch Description Here is a simple level switch circuit that switches on one relay and switches off another relay when the fluid level exceeds the set limit.This circuit is a modification of the Simple Water Level Indicator previously posted.When the water level touches the probes positive supply is connected to the base of Q1 through fluid.This makes transistor Q1 ON.Base of Q2 is connected to collector of Q1 and base of Q3 is connected to collector of Q2.As a result Q1 will be on and Q2 will be OFF.So K2 will be OFF and K1 will be ON.Net…

Musical Light Chaser Description Here is a simple state of the art musical chaser circuit that can be used in discotheques or even at home if you are a little music crazy . The working of the circuit is straight forward ,the condenser mic pickup the sound and Q1 amplifies it.This signal is fed to clock input of IC1 ,CD 4016. The IC is wired in divide by ten mode. The out put of IC1 is given to clock input of IC2, CD4016.The out puts of IC 2  shown in the right side of IC2  in circuit diagram will run…

PWM Motor Speed Control Description Here is a simple PWM motor speed controller circuit that can be used for varying the speed of low power DC motors . The variation in speed is achieved by varying the duty cycle of the pulse supplied to drive the motor. Of the two gates of IC CD40106B , N1 is wired as an inverting Schmitt Trigger astable multi vibrator for producing pulses and N2 as an inverting buffer to drive the transistor during positive cycles at base. The duty cycle is set from resistor R2. R1 limits the base current of transistor SL…

Doorbell Circuit Description Here is a simple and easy to build doorbell circuit using IC UM 66.The  details of UM 66  is given in the older post “Melody Generator using UM 66″. This is a slight modification of that circuit.In the previous circuit you have to keep the switch pressed for making the IC play the full music.Here if once the push button is pressed C1 is charged and the transistor Q2 will keep the IC playing the music till it ends.The time for the IC to play depends on discharging time of C1  which can be set by R1.Set…

Seven Segment Counter Display Circuit Description Here is the circuit diagram of a seven segment counter based on the counter IC CD 4033.This circuit can be used in conjunction with various circuits where a counter to display the progress  adds some more attraction. IC NE 555 is wired as an astable multivibrator for triggering the CD 4033.For each pulse the out put of CD 4033 advances by one count.The output of CD 4033 is displayed by the seven segment LED display LT543.Switch S1 is used to initiate the counting.Diode D1 prevents the risk of accidental polarity reversal. Seven Segment Circuit…

Car Battery Voltmeter Circuit Description This is a very useful circuit which when installed on your car gives the voltage of you car battery in a LED dot display form.The circuit is based on four comparators made of quad op amp LM324.The inverting inputs of IC are kept at at reference voltages 5.6V,5.2V,4.8V,4.4V respectively at pins 2,6,9,13 by resistors ,R3,R4,R5,R6.The battery voltage is directly fed to the pin inverting input through the voltage divider arrangement using R1 and R7.When there is variation in the input supply the out put of each op amp goes high accordingly as they are wired…

Car Head Lights Turn Off Circuit Description This circuit when setup in a car automatically turns off the head light after a preset time after the ignition switch is turned off.So you can walk out easily from the dark garage in the light of your car. When the ignition switched on first the voltage from battery is fed to the relay through diode D1.When the ignition switch is turned off it produces a negative going pulse at the pin 2 that triggers the timer. The output of the IC goes high for the time set by R1  .This makes the…