The proposed bike flasher flashes two white LEDs from a single 1.5V cell by using a solitary general purpose transistor, and does not need core for the involved transformer, the main core being the Air itself. Using Joule Thief Concept Every Joule Thief circuit uses ferrite rod or toroid core and its turns are wounded […]
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Cell Phone Call Alert Security Circuit
This circuit will give call back alerts in the form of blank calls on your cell phone whenever it senses a break in or intrusion inside the particular restricted area where it has been installed for the intended security monitoring. Introduction The cell phone call alert security system circuit which needs to be installed incorporates […]
Digital Weighing Scale Using Load Cell and Arduino
In this post I have explained about strain gauge based load cell. We will be exploring what Strain Gauge is, what Load Cell is, temperature effect on strain gauge, temperature compensation with Wheatstone bridge and Load cell amplifier HX711, and finally I have explained how to build an Arduino based weighing scale machine by implementing […]
GSM Based Cell Phone Remote Control Switch Circuit
This circuit will allow you to control any electrical gadget from any part of the world through your cellphone remotely, that too without spending a penny for the individual commands. Circuit Concept Whether it’s you vehicle, your basement door, your mansion gate or simply the air conditioner of your house, everything can now be switched […]
How to Make a Solar Cell from a Transistor
The majority of newbie electronic hobbyists would certainly have a couple of burned up power transistors such as 2N3055 hiding inside their junk box. Supposing we have their internal semiconductor junctions still intact, the device could be transformed into a nice little solar cell by filing or sawing off the top cap of the device, […]
How to Make Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell or Solar Cell from Fruit Tea
The innovation of dye-sensitized solar cells has expanded the device’s potential up to the point where it might completely oust costly silicon solar cells. In the following post I have explained how you can easily construct this versatile dye-sensitized solar cell using very ordinary materials. This experiment relies on the concept of utilizing the organic […]