Infrared Circuits
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Electronic Miss Manners infrared receiver and voice circuits .. -
This 1 channel infrared transmitter/receiver remote control is the cheapest and simplest you can find. The transmitter transmits a sequence of pulses on 36 KHz frequency carrier. The diodes are Schottky type because of their low voltage drop (only 0.2V). The.... -
The transmitter keyboard is arranged as a scanned matrix. The matrix consists of 7 driver outputs and 7 sense inputs. The driver outputs DRVON to DRV6N are open-drain n-channel transistors and they are conductive in the stand-by mode. The 7 sense inputs.... -
The device generates an adjustable frequency of low to medium powered IR pulses of invisible energy and must be treated with care. The portable battery pack is stepped up to 200 to 300 volts by the inverter circuit consisting of Ql, Q2, and Tl. Ql conducts.... -
The circuit is designed to operate at 25 kHz. The data stream turns the 2N4401 hard on or off depending upon the coded state. This in turn switches the series infrared LEDs on and off. The receiver circuit consists of a three stage amplifier with photo.... -
This circuit provides a means of detecting the presence of anything by the reflection of infra-red light and provides a direct digital output of object detection. By the use of modulation and high power bursts of infra-red at a very low duty cycle, a.... -
Although theIR region is free from radio interference, it is subject to interference from incandescent lamps, fluorescent lamps, stray reflections, and other sources. A simple way to overcome that problem is to create a carrier by chopping the IR radiation.... -
When long ranges must be worked with IR light sources, and when high system reliability is required, pulsed-mode operation of the IRis required. Additional reliability of operation is attained by synchronously detecting the photodetector current, as this.... -
Infrared emissions detected by Ql are fed through Ula to Ulb, which amplifies the signal by a factor of 100. The amplified output ofUlb is fed to Ulc through R9, C2, and R6. Potentiometer R9 serves as a volume control. With R9 set to pass the maximum.... -
The transmitter consists of an oscillator which drives a high output IR emitting diode. The oscillator is a sJire start multivibrator circuit that provides an output of 15 to 1000 mark to space ratio at a frequency of 1 kHz. This large mark to space ratio.... -
Gates U1a and U1b are configured as a low-frequency oscillator. The output waveform at pin 11 is nonsymmetrical with the positive portion of the signal, making up only 20% of the time period. Diode D1, a 1N914 general-purpose unit, together with C1, R1,.... -
This simple IR detector turns on a real LED when Q2 is exposed to invisible IR radiation found in fiber-optics systems, position sensors, and TV remote-control units. The device can be built on top of a 9V battery and held in place with RTV. Its power.... -
This receiver is built around a uPC1373 IR remote-control preamplifier, a sensitive 30-to-40 kHz tuned detector, an automatic.. -
Q3 is an IR phototransistor that responds to a modulated IR beam. Q1 amplifies the ac component of the IR beam. Q2 drives a .. -
This system contains an IR transmitter, an IR receiver/RF transmitter, and an RF receiver/alert beeper. Two IR .. -
An IR-sensitive phototransistor is used to sense soldering-iron temperature. The phototransistor must see t.. -
The IR diode"s flash rate is determined by the value of CI, a 220-Â¥ capacitor that sets the rate of oscillation at 1 .. -
This circuit uses readily available parts to implement a 0-to-200-nA current source. The circuit borrows a PMOS .. -
The UHF motion detector operates on the Doppler radar principle. Ql is an oscillator that creates a radiated signal. An.. -
If your ear is good, you can use this IR-pulse-to-audio converter to troubleshoot infrared remote-controls. It is also a good project for detecting infrared-light sources. A photo cell module (Radio Shack P/N 276-137) detects IR radiation and drives audio.... -
Useful for A/B control, the IR receiver shown controls a relay from an infrared beam that has a pulsed tone-modulated signal. Ql is the photo receptor feeding op amp IC1, tone decoder IC2, and flip-flop IC3... -
The circuit operates from a 5-V supply arid has a current consumption of 2 mA. The output is a current source that drives or suppresses a current of more than 75 with a voltage swing of 4.5 V. The Q-killer circuit eliminates distortion of the output pulses.... -
The transmitter for the wireless headphones is built around a CD4046 CMOS phase-locked loop, coupled with a driver transistor, and a pair of infrared LEDs. Although the CD4046 is comprised of two phase comparators, a voltage-controlled oscillator (or VCO),.. -
The infrared remote-control tester uses a sensitive PN-type solar sensor that is connected directly to a Darlington amplifier made up of transistors Q1 and Q2. Biasing is provided by R1 and PI, a variable resistor that serves as a sensitivity control. The.... -
Ql and Q2 form a constant current drive defined by R2. (I approximates to the reciprocal of R2 in the circuit shown for values of I greater than 1 amp). The pulse current is drawn from Cl which is recharged during the time between pulses via Rl. .. -
The circuit consists of Ql—a phototransistor that responds to an intensity of amplitude-modulated IR light source—and a three-stage, high-gain audio amplifier. Transformer Tl is used to match the output impedance of the receiver to today's popular.... -
The pulse repetition rate is relatively insensitive to temperature, and power supply voltage and is a linear function of V1N, the modulating voltage. Useful information transfer was obtained in free air ranges of 12 feet (~ 4m). Greater range can also be.... -
Receiving circuit as shown, when the infrared receiver receives the remote control signal emitted by the transmitter, after.. -
Since the transmission circuit inductive wireless headset must be fixedly mounted on a wall or ceiling of a room, it can not be.. -
This circuit uses KA2184 infrared receiver ASIC production infrared remote control dimmer light circuit as shown, wherein the infrared emission from the driving pulse generator NE555 components... -
Infrared reflective burglar alarm, infrared detection using reflective components (maximum detection range of up to 12m) to trigger the alarm, when Pirates of the situation is detected, an alarm will sound realistic barking to alert the owner of.. -
Shown as an infrared receiver circuit. The figure shows that the circuit is mainly composed of an infrared remote control signal switching circuit vri and signal amplification, filtering and rectifying integrated circuits TDA4 ()..
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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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