Lamps and Lights

Nowadays the CFL and fluorescent lamps are almost completely replaced with LED lamps, which are mostly in the form of circular or square shaped flat ceiling mounted LED lamps. These lamps beautifully merge with the flat ceiling surface of our homes, offices or shops providing an aesthetic look for the lights, along with a high […]

In this post I have explained the construction details of a triac based push-button dimmer circuit which can be used for controlling incandescent, and fluorescent lamp brightness through push-button pressing. Another feature of this dimmer is its memory, which retains the brightness level even during power outages, and provides the same lamp intensity after power […]

The circuits presented in the following article could be used for generating strobed lighting effect over 4 Xenon tubes in a sequential manner. The proposed sequential xenon lighting effect could be applied in discotheques, in DJ parties, in cars or vehicles, as warning indicators, or as decorating ornamental lights during festivals. A wide range of […]

This can be a perfect circuit project for Halloween, although sound activated gadgets likewise may have plenty of other applications. When somebody enters the Halloween house, a sensitive MIC detects the sound vibrations and spins the eye balls of the scary looking beard man, as if it was waken up by the sound, and is […]

A neon lamp is a glow lamp made up of a glass cover, fixed with a pair of segregated electrodes and containing an inert gas (neon or argon). The main application of a neon lamp is in the form of indicator lamps or pilot lamps. When supplied with a low voltage, the resistance between the […]

This LED light bar with dimmable feature will allow the user to adjust the brightness of the lamp in 4 steps, with100%, 50%, 10% and 0% illumination control at each subsequent steps. The idea was requested by one of the avid readers of this blog. Here’s the required working concept. The Design The basic design […]