In a triac phase control circuit, the triac is triggered ON only for specific portions of the AC half cycles, causing the load to operate only for that period of the AC waveform. This results in a controlled supply of power to the load. Triacs are popularly used as a solid-state replacement of relay for […]
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Simple Transformer Winding Tester Circuit
This test set is primarily designed to test step-down, step-up transformers, for open and shorted winding. It can determine if the device under test has a low resistance to ac current. It can also measure the dc current resistancein ohms. By Henry Bowman Introduction The test set uses a 16 VAC, 60hz signal to determine […]
Simple RF Remote Control Circuit without Microcontroller
In this article I have explained how to make a simple RF remote control circuit using ready-made RF 433MHz and 315MHZ RF modules, and without incorporating microcontroler ICs. With the easy availability of RF modules today making an RF remote control has become a childs play. It’s all about procuring the RF modules ready made […]
Simple Cellphone Jammer Circuit
This is a RF jammer designed for the U.S. 800 MHz cellular phone band (870-895 MHz). This works by generating an overwhelming sweeping RF carrier on the cell phone handset’s operating frequency range. Circuit Operation An Exar XR2206 Multi-purpose Generator is going to function as the triangle wave generator for supplying the sweep part of […]
Simple Scrolling RGB LED Circuit
A simple RGB (Red, Green, Blue) moving or scrolling LED display can be made using a few 4017 ICs. I have explained the procedure in detail. Understanding RGB LED RGB LEDs have become quite popular these days due to its three-in-one color feature, and because these can be driven independently using three distinct supply sources. […]
Simple Arduino Digital Ohmmeter Circuit
In this post I will show how to construct a simple digital ohmmeter circuit using Arduino and 16×2 LCD display. We will also be exploring the other possible circuit ideas using the same concept. Circuit Objective The motto of this article is not just making an ohm meter to measure the resistance; your multimeter can […]