Light Sensing Circuits
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Darlington phototransistor type light-triggered switching circuit application As a result of the sub-type Darlington phototransistor and the op amp, so very faint light can fli.. -
Darlington phototransistor type light-sensitive switch control circuit application As a result of Darlington type phototransistor do sensitive element, the low light sensitive .. -
The IC is ideal for detecting the presence, absence or level of water or other conducting liquids. A detector determines the presence or absence of fluid by comparing the resistance of the fluid with the IC's internal reference resistance. An AC signal is.... -
An infrared LED and a phototransistor are used for each eye. Half of a 556 timer IC (ICl-a) functions as an as table multivibrator oscillating at a frequency of about 1 kHz. That IC drives transistor Ql which in turn drives the two infrared LED's, LED1 and.... -
This circuit has stable threshold characteristics from its dependence on the-photo diode current in the Ll4Cl to generate a base emitter voltage drop across the sensitivity setting resistor. The double phase shift network supplying voltage to the ST-4.... -
An automatic control maintains a lamp at a constant brightness over a wide range of supply voltages. This circuit utilizes the consistency of photodiode response to control the phase angle of power line voltage applied to the lamp and can vary the power.... -
Monitoring a flame and directly switching a 120-V load is easily accomplished using the Ll4G1 for point sources of light. For light sources which subtend over 10° of arc, the L14C1 should be used and the illumination levels raised by a factor of 5. .. -
This self-biasing configuration is useful any time srnall changes in light level must be detected, for example, when monitoring very low flow rates by counting drops of fluid. In this bias method, the photodarlington is de bias stabilized by feedback from.... -
A school drama needed lamps that automatically turned on and off when spot lights did the same. Lamp switching had to be wireless, durable, dependable, simple and inexpensive. With stage and spot lights off, very little light falls on the CdS photocell, so.... -
This circuit is designed to detect a low light level at the sensor, amplify the signal, and provide a TTLlevet output. When the optical sensor detects low-levellight, on condition, its output is small and must be amplified. An amp with very low input bias.... -
This circuit"s frequency of oscillation increases directly with light intensity. The greater the light intensity, the higher the frequency of the oscillator. The 555 timer operates in the astable oscillator mode where frequency and duty cycle are.... -
If R, the sensor matching resistor, is equal to the "dark" resistance of the cadmium sulfide cell, the amplifier output will range from 0 to "" 2 as the lightlevel ranges from "dark" to "bright." The circuit in Fig. B operates similarly, but use the.... -
This circuit provides a very low cost method of controlling light levels. Circuit power is obtained from a relatively high source impedance transformer or motor windings, normally used to drive the low-voltage lamps used in these functions. It should be.... -
A flashing light of high brightness and short duty cycle is often desired to provide maximum visibility and battery life. This necessitates using an output transistor, which can supply the cold filament surge current of the lamp while maintaining a low.... -
In solar cell array applications and solar instrumentation, it is desirable to monitor the approximate position of the sun to allow efficient automatic alignment. The Ll4Gllens can provide about 15° of accuracy in a simple level sensing circuit, and a.... -
For a dark photocell, high resistance, the vohage across the diac rises rapidly with the line voltage due to the current through C 1, triggering the diac early in the cycle. .. -
The op amp is alternately an inverter or buffer, under control of the switch polarity. As a buffer, the gai.. -
Using only an 8-pin IC and a few discrete components, you can build the infrared optical interrupter. The NE567.. -
This circuit modulates the current through a lamp filament. Use a low-voltage lamp with a thin, straight filament. They h.. -
The circuit"s threshold is set by resistor R2. When the intensity of the light falling on the LDR is lowered, resistance of .. -
When the light beam that falls in the CDS photocell is interrupted, transistor (EN3904) conducts thereby triggering SCR1 (CI06) and activating alarm bell. SI resets the SCR. The alarm bell should be a self-interrupting electromechanical type... -
The light-sensitive CDS cell R8 configured in a bridge circuit with IC1 as a comparator causes ICl`s output to go high when light strikes the CDS cell R8, triggering SCR1... -
The TL081 is used as a comparator in a Wheatstone bridge circuit. When the CDS cell resistance decreases due to exposure to light, the output from IC2 cause the low-frequency oscillator (a) and (b) to generate a 10-Hz square wave, gating the 1000 Hz.... -
Two op amps used in a bridge circuit configuration detect high and low light levels. Potentiometer R2 sets the dark level and Rl controls the light level. R3 is set so that about lA the supply voltage appears across R4 at the desired light level. .. -
A neon bulb and a CdS photocell enclosed in a light-tight enclosure form an optocoupler. A diac/triac combination is used to provide the snap- switch effect. A second CdS photocell acts as the main sensor. As darkness approaches, the resistance of K4 begins.... -
The circuit can be used as a sensor that can trigger an alarm, without direct contact being made by the intruder. In this circuit, a visible or invisible light source radiates on the sensor, keeping the detection loop in what could essentially be called a.... -
NOR gates a and b form a low-frequency oscillator that is activated when the CDS cell, under dark conditions, causes NOR gate a to see a logic zero at one input. This low-frequency (10 Hz) gates a high-frequency oscillator (c and d) to oscillate at around.... -
This circuit can produce up to 1 W of audio power to drive a speaker or horn. When the CDS cell is struck by light, its resistance decreases thus activating NOR gate (a) thereby causing (a) and (b) to produce a low-frequency (10-Hz) square wave. This pulses.... -
A circuit for isolating a variable resistor is shown. An optoisolator that has an LED arid a photo-conductive cell (or photoresistor) is used. The current through the LED controls its brightness, which in turn determines the resistance between terminals A.... -
The laser light detector utilizes a sensitive photo transistor (Q5) placed at the focal point of a lens (LE2). The output of Q5 is fed to a sensitive amplifier consisting of array (Al) and is biased via the voltage divider consisting of R14 and Rl. The base.... -
A cadmium sulfide photocell (LDR1, which is a light-dependent resistor) is connected to the base and collector of an npn transistor, Ql. When light hits LDR1, the internal resistance goes from a very high (dark) value to a low (light) value, supplying base.... -
The circuit is light seeking; it will follow a flashlight around a darkened room. A pair of photocells determine the direction in which the robot will move. Each photocell is connected to an op amp configured as a comparator. When sufficient light falls on....
New Circuits
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This project fits more for custom made battery casing that can have more space to hide things inside. This switch with few alterations can be used for any other project as well but is designed based on e-bike needs! This project use a clever functionality of.... -
The circuit described here uses ultrasonic oscillations and operates based on the propagation velocity of these oscillations in the air. Thus, we can easily determine the distance of two points if the time within which the wave travels this distance is.... -
Sometimes the precious metals are hidden too deep and are not detected except with complicated devices. In many cases, however, small pieces of precious metal buried near the surface can be detected by relatively simple means. Everyone is very attractive to.... -
Many times for various reasons we forget or can not water the plants that we have in our homes. And many humidity sensors units just notify us with a beeping sound or with a flashing light, that the pot needs watering. But what if we are away from home? This.... -
The principle behind a metal detector is really very simple. Proof of this is the circuit that follows, in which it proves that the construction of a metal detector can be done in the minute, with few components that we find very easily everywhere. With the.... -
The sub-harmonic bass generator is a sound producing unit for guitars. The sound it produces looks very much like that of the bass guitar. The octave generator is sometimes quite unusual since it does not produce any of the usual ways of coloring the sound,.... -
In the past the sounding (sea bottom measurement) was done with the "bullet", that is, with a heavy lead object that the seamen plucked into the sea hung from a calibrated rope. As soon as the "bullet" reached the bottom, the depth appeared directly from the.... -
This Amplifier was designed to have the following specifications: Distortion less than 0.1% at full power of 100W even at 20KHz. Power has to be attributed to an extended bandwidth. The output transistors must be protected against short circuits. The power.... -
A series of LEDs serve to alert the gardener when plants need water. Using two conventional digital integrated LEDs and a series of LEDs, we make a very useful device for gardening. The device detects the amount of water in the pot and alerts the grower.....
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