In one of my electric fence charger articles, one reader asked me something interesting. He wanted to know whether a buzzer could be made to sound whenever an animal touches the fence. At first I was thinking about a current sensing method because that looks like the obvious way. But after looking at how electric […]
Sensors and Detectors
How to Use IC LM393 as a Current Controller Circuit
In this post we will understand a current controller and current limiter circuit using the IC LM393 comparator. This circuit is using a low power voltage comparator integrated circuit LM393 and one power Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor, so the idea is simple but the working looks a little deep when we see it […]
DHT11 Humidity, Temperature Sensor: How to Use and Interface with Arduino
We are now going to talk about one small cheap sensor that we call DHT11, and we can use that for measuring humidity and also temperature. You can see that many Arduino people like this sensor because it is very simple and also very low cost, so anybody can buy and try. The DHT11 can […]
How to Sense Current Using Op-Amp: Low Side and High Side Circuits Explained
In this post we are going to learn one very interesting and also very much useful topic that is how we can measure the current which is going through any load by just using some normal resistors and one op amp circuit. We know already that current is one very important thing in every electrical […]
Smart Bathroom Exhaust Fan Controller Circuit with Sensors
So here we are now making one automatic smart exhaust fan controller system using Arduino UNO which will work for three bathrooms that are all connected to a single ventilation pipe and one common exhaust fan. This whole project is going to be based on PIR sensors for human detection, VOC sensors for odor detection […]
50A High Current Sensor IC ACS758: Circuit Diagram
So in this post we will try to understand everything about ACS758 current sensor, how this works, how we can use it, what is the technical specs, what is inside this IC and how to use in real circuits etc. This ACS758 is actually made by Allegro Microsystems and this is a very strong and […]