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How to Make a Ghost Detector Circuit

Last Updated on December 10, 2022 by Swagatam 81 Comments

In this article I have explained to make a simple ghost detector circuit or a paranormal being detector circuit for quickly investigating a possibly infested area.

Introduction

Do you believe in the existence of ghosts? Well some of you may answer positively while some may just nod their heads showing sheer skepticism regarding the issue. Whatever may be the reactions; nobody just can’t deny or ignore the responses delivered from the circuit I have explained in this article.

Here we are discussing a super simple yet super sensitive paranormal activity sniffer circuit, which can be effectively and possibly used for detecting ghosts or similar supernatural existence within a range of 10 meters.
Many of these circuits may be built and posted at definite intervals for securing a certain premise having a large area.

The circuit incorporates an alarm at the output which sounds immediately on detecting a paranormal intrusion. The circuit is ideally suited for areas that are prone to ghosts or likely of getting infested with similar para-natural sneakers.

WARNING 1 – THE DEVICE HAS BEEN TESTED WITH POSITIVE RESULTS AND IS PROVED TO BE EXTREMELY ACCURATE WITH THE DISCUSSED DETECTIONS. FOLKS WITH WEAK HEARTS OR TENDER PERSONALITY ARE ADVISED NOT TO GO ABOUT WITH THIS DEVICE, BECAUSE THE DEVICE NOT ONLY DETECTS BUT ALSO COINCIDENTALLY HAS THE ABILITY TO ATTRACT THE PARA-BEINGS.

WARNING 2 – THE DEVICE CAN BE TESTED IN MORGUES, GRAVEYARDS, cemeteries etc. ZEDS ARE THE ONES WHICH ARE INSTANTLY DETECTED BY THIS DEVICE EVEN FROM DISTANCES MORE THAN 50 METERS. NO DOUBT CREATURE LIKE ZEDs WILL HATE THIS DEVICE….SO BEWARE.

Ghost Detection Concept

It has been found through experiments by many researchers that paranormal occupancy is strongly accompanied by RF disturbances ranging from a few Hertz to many Kilohertz.

These signals may be directly proportional to the hostile nature of the ghost. Zombies are found to be emitting the strongest signals and are therefore considered the most horrible among the lot.

The circuit of a ghost detector discussed here is typically configured for capturing the above RF emissions from these creatures and transforming them into more human understandable electronic indications.

Using 10 LED Bar Graph (New Update)

As shown above, this new ghost detector circuit using 10 step LED bar graph will measure the existence of a paranormal activity more accurately than any of the other circuits ever built.

It is hugely sensitive and can detect the presence of the smallest level of paranormal occupancy.

For low level vibrations, only a few LEDs will light up. However, more number of LEDs will start illuminating as the paranormal detection becomes stronger and stronger.

If the infestation is too high, you may find all the 10 LEDs illuminating along with the buzzer beeping....time to leave the area ASAP.

Making the Sensing Coil L1

The detector coil L1 is built by winding 100 turns of 30 SWG super enameled copper wire over a 1/2 inch ferrite rod.

The antenna can be simply a 6 inches flexible wire.

The test points 1 and 2 can be used to check the voltage levels using a digital multimeter or can be hooked up with an oscilloscope to analyze the paranormal waveforms.

Using IC LM324

A single versatile IC 324 is involved in the whole operation.

The IC is a quad opamp IC, meaning four opamps in one package.

accurate ghost detector circuit

Referring to the figure, the opamps can be seen configured as hi gain non inverting amplifiers.

All the opamps are configured as high gain signal amplifiers.

Tiny electromagnetic or RF disturbances which are typically found being generated during the presence of ghosts or paranormal activities are instantly picked up by the antenna of the circuit and are fed to the input of the first opamp stage at pin #9.

The signals get instantly amplified and are transferred to the subsequent stages for further amplification and enhancement.

The output of the last opamp is connected to an opto-coupler.

The optocoupler is a homemade type, incorporating an LED and an LDR fixed such that their emitting and detecting surfaces are placed face to face inside a light proof enclosure.

Here, the optocoupler is used for sensing the LED illumination that may occur when a certain paranormal activity is sensed.

The illumination produced over the LED is tracked by the LDR whose resistance falls with the LED light.

The fall in the resistance of the LDR activates the connected transistor at the output, which in turn actuates a buzzer or a horn indicating a possible ghost intrusion.

The whole circuit may be built over a small piece of vero-board and should be strictly operated with a 9 volt battery.

The whole system may be enclosed inside a plastic box with the antenna kept protruding out of the box.

Parts List

  • R1 = 100K,
  • R2 = 2M2,
  • R3, R4 = 1K,
  • C1 = 0.01uF ceramic
  • OP1 = LED/LDR assembly inside a light proof enclosure,
  • T1 = BC557,
  • B1 = Piezo Electric Buzzer

The above circuit was further modified by one of the enthusiasts Mr.Steven Chiverton, I have explained more regarding the procedures from

Improved Ghost Detector Circuit

The circuit board i made a bit longer and included the ghost detector and at the end i did the circuit you submitted and made sure the photo transistor was opposite to the ghost detectors led one picture is your transistor buzzer circuit i made it separately to test then added it to the printed circuit board with the ghost detector on it.

Here is another picture of your optocoupler buzzer circuit for the ghost detector,

i used matrix pins on the board like i do with many circuits.this eliminates the job of having to take the board out of the circuit to resolder wires , buzz wires go to buzzer and q1 wires go to phototransistor, and the positive and negatives go to switch that runs to 9 volts battery to positive buzzer to positive in and negative of buzzer marked with the minus symbol.

Hi Steven,

You have made this small circuit very special and all the effort you have put is amazing.

Thanks once again,

Swag

Thank you swagatam

It's your circuit your ideas I've upgraded thank you , now we have also the most sensitive lightening bolt detector for its size well have to test it out on a lightening bolt yet even though its very sensitive to the continuous sparking of the electric ignitor on the gas stove here it sounds awesome like receiving pulse rays well you should hear it different from just a hand held gas stove lighter with peizo electric sparks .

Ghost Detector Using Transistors

Here is the talking electronics 6 million gain circuit it may be a good ghost detector circuit to and by changing the bc547 to the bc517 you get a 30 million gain circuit as featured on youtube as a spirit detector but I haven't found any ghosts yet to test it on.

Transistor ghost detector circuit using 6 million gain circuit

010jpg is the top view of the printed circuit board for the swagatam ghost detector circuit. 006 jpg is a close up of another ghost detector i just made notice the home made optocoupler using the fairchild photo transistor and led at each ends of a short length of black heatsink tubing.

ive changed the 10n ceramics to 10p to see what results i get when ive completed it allcouldn't resist the temptation to build another of your ghost detector circuits, so ill have backup in the case one fails

i hope you find some of these pictures better for your site or collection, this ones half finished so i have to do the wiring then put the rest of the box together as its a 3 peace one and maybe put the buzzer this time in a different area , etc etc i plan to build your ac sensor next to when i get to it ill email you all the details when i get to that one

LM324 based ghost detector circuit diagram

This is how i redraw circuits in a more simpler way using student version circuit maker , note the ic shape in its proper rectangle configuration , drawn using the trax maker tool and the pins stretched into there sizes, and shaped properly using the arrow tool, the numbering for the pins was done 1 number at a time using text tool function then dragged into the positions using the arrow in the program

READERS ARE REQUESTED TO SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES WITH THIS DEVICE. A PHOTO OR A VIDEO PROOF WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED....

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About Swagatam

I am an electronics engineer and doing practical hands-on work from more than 15 years now. Building real circuits, testing them and also making PCB layouts by myself. I really love doing all these things like inventing something new, designing electronics and also helping other people like hobby guys who want to make their own cool circuits at home.

And that is the main reason why I started this website homemade-circuits.com, to share different types of circuit ideas..

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Jared says:
November 8, 2021 at 2:50 am

Ok. I wired in the circuit above. Turned on the switch and the buzzer turns on. I was thinking this is a circuit that the buzzer goes off only when something comes close or touches the antenna? Am i missing something?

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Swagatam says:
November 8, 2021 at 8:15 am

Did you use battery as the Dc source? You can try using two op amps instead of 4, and check the response!

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Jared says:
November 8, 2021 at 8:20 am

Yes, 9v battery as the source. I’ll try and use just 2 opamp and see what happens. I’m going to have to double check the wiring. Cause even leaving the antenna off, the buzzer goes off

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Swagatam says:
November 8, 2021 at 10:39 am

Sure, thanks for updating!

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Jared says:
November 9, 2021 at 3:52 am

The LDR, does it take a certain led, like IR. Or will any color led work?

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Swagatam says:
November 9, 2021 at 9:20 am

Any ordinary colored LED will work. I would recommend testing the circuit with an LED only and then try with the opto coupler. Another similar circuit can be studied in the following article:

Anti Spy RF Detector Circuit – Wireless Bug Detector

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Jared says:
November 9, 2021 at 9:22 am

I did hook it up with a regular led before the coupler and it did the same thing. Even pulled the ldr out and the buzzer still goes off when i turn on the switch. Something isn’t right

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Swagatam says:
November 9, 2021 at 12:09 pm

Something might be wrong in that case….because my prototype was thoroughly tested, and it worked quite well..

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Beant Singh says:
February 1, 2022 at 3:32 pm

Where did you connected that 0.1uf 50v capacitor ?

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Swagatam says:
February 1, 2022 at 5:05 pm

There’s no 0.1uF capacitor in any of the circuits!

Robert says:
March 28, 2021 at 12:47 pm

I’m also An Electronic Engineer and a software Engineer.
I test all of my circuits using Tine Industrial as it is the best I have found for this type of circuits.
I also write firmware for micro-controllers and FPGA.

If anybody needs anything tested out just shoot me an email at: URDUNN4.1010 (at) gmail.com

My name is Robert by the way.

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Bilal Aydın says:
April 5, 2020 at 3:43 pm

Sayın Swatagam . Öncelikle projelerinizle insanlığa vermiş olduğunuz çok değerli hizmetleriniz için çok teşekkür ederim . Uzun bir süredir çalışmalarınızı takip ediyorum. Takip ettiklerim arasında çalışmalarınızla zirve yaptığınızı düşünüyorum. Diagramlarınız stil olarak çok güzel ve anlaşılır. Daha iyisini düşünemiyorum . Bu itibarla Sağlık, başarı ve mutluluklar diliyorum

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Swagatam says:
April 5, 2020 at 5:25 pm

Çok teşekkür ederim Bilal, işimi sevdiğine sevindim ve düşüncelerini takdir ediyorum. Evde kalın ve güvende kalın. Kendine iyi bak ve Tanrı seni korusun!

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wagner poltronieri says:
June 18, 2019 at 4:03 am

Hello, I’ve set up and it works very well, I’d like to know if it’s possible to set a dimmer potentiometer and increase the sensitivity when you need it, thank you. email : waguinhoestudio@hotmail.com

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Swagatam says:
June 18, 2019 at 8:30 am

Glad it’s working, thank you for updating. You can replace the 2M2 resistors with a 2M potentiometers to get a variable gain facility.

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Patricia says:
September 4, 2015 at 7:50 pm

… actually, adding your voltage indicator circuit, here: https://www.homemade-circuits.com/2013/06/3-step-dc-voltage-level-monitor.html would be ideal…

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Swagatam says:
September 5, 2015 at 8:41 am

yes it would be good, you can add an integrator (a network of resistors and capacitors) at the output of the "ghost detector" circuit to get a better response.

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Patricia says:
September 3, 2015 at 10:26 pm

Dearest Swagatam,

I am surprised to have found this circuit in your collection.

If I wanted to measure the intensity of the signal, could I eliminate the optocoupler and buzzer, and instead replace it with a voltage divider that would allow me to read out the voltage with an arduino and a digital display?

–All My Best,

–Tom

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Swagatam says:
September 5, 2015 at 8:33 am

Dearest Patricia,

I am glad you liked my site….

yes you can try that… it might work.

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sanjeet mcare says:
February 2, 2015 at 7:25 am

I have done this circuit completely but nothing is working….i think it is fake…?

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Swagatam says:
February 2, 2015 at 9:10 am

don't blame the circuit just because you are incompetent

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sanjeet mcare says:
February 1, 2015 at 12:02 pm

Circuit is ok but buzzer is ringing when connected to source…help me out.

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Swagatam says:
February 2, 2015 at 5:51 am

connect a 3V zener in series with the buzzer

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eshkariel tapiador says:
August 13, 2014 at 4:42 am

Can you convert it to visual warning (like led), instead of audio warning (like buzzer). If yes, what components should I add/remove. thanks…

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Swagatam says:
August 13, 2014 at 8:45 am

Remove the entire buzzer section along with the opto and simply connect an LED in series with R3….

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Joni Mirza says:
June 22, 2014 at 3:15 pm

where is to connect negative terminal of battery..

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Swagatam says:
June 23, 2014 at 9:17 am

the line which carries the "earthing" symbol

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Goutham says:
February 5, 2014 at 11:40 am

How can this circuit be improvised so that it detects the RF in the range 2.4-2.5GHz?

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Swagatam says:
February 6, 2014 at 7:16 am

the above circuit will not detect any signal as long as it's not strong enough….cell phone signals in air are not strong and needs to be amplified….. therefore the above circuit cannot be used for detecting 2GHz cell phone signals from the local netwrks

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Vijendra says:
July 24, 2020 at 8:31 pm

Thanks for this Circuit, Can i Add both the circuits in series to make it more sensitive and add led meter such as lm3915, if yes please suggest what to modify and add.

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Swagatam says:
July 25, 2020 at 9:29 am

yes you can try that, should work, however, too much sensitivity would also mean the circuit getting prone to other RF signals from electric towers, mobile phones, etc.

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