The post presents an effective method for protecting capacitive LED driver circuits through an SCR shunt regulator circuit and explains how it can prevent filter capacitors from blowing of and LEDs from getting destroyed. The remedy was requested by Mr. Max Payne. Protecting High Watt LEDs Please suggest regarding 3W, 5W LED bulb circuit design fault. […]
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How Thyristors (SCR) Work – Tutorial
Basically an SCR ( Silicon Controlled Rectifier) which is also known by the name Thyristor works quite like a transistor. What SCR Stands for The device gets its name (SCR) due to its multi layered semiconductor internal structure which refers to the “silicon” word in the beginning of its name. The second part of the […]
Car Head Lamp Fader Circuit (Breathing Effect Generator)
The proposed circuit of a modified car head lamp fader, “breather” circuit generates a slow flashing effect over the head lamps every time the lamps are switched OFF. The “breathing effect” continues for a certain predetermined period after which the process automatically shuts off. The circuit was requested by Mr. Ray. Technical Specifications I just wanted to say that […]
LED Tail Ring Light Circuit for your Car
In the following post I have explained a fancy LED sequencing/diverging ring light circuit which can be used as a tail brake light in cars. The idea was requested by one of the avid readers of this blog, Mr. Bobby. I have explained more. Technical Specifications: Hello, I was just reading thru your wonderful article […]
MQ-135 Air Quality Sensor Circuit – Working and Interfacing with Program Code
In this article I have explained how to interface air quality sensor MQ-135 with Arduino. We will see overview of the sensor and construct a project which detects LPG gas leakage and see some relevant readings in serial monitor. What is MQ-135 sensor? MQ-135 is an air quality or air pollution measuring sensor device. It […]
RFID Security Lock Circuit – Full Program Code and Testing Details
In this article we will see how an Arduino based RFID reader circuit could be used for controlling a relay, which in turn could be used in security door lock applications. Overview If you haven’t yet checked the previous RFID article, please go ahead check it out, it covered the basics of RFID technology. We […]