Wednesday, 21 December 2016
Tuesday, 20 December 2016
Monday, 19 December 2016
Tuesday, 13 December 2016
Monday, 12 December 2016
Sunday, 11 December 2016
INCREASING THE RANGE OF FM BUG
To increase the range, the output must be
increased. This can be done by using
an RF transistor and adding an inductor. This
effectively converts more of the
current taken by the circuit (from the
battery) into RF output. The output is
classified as an untuned circuit. A BC547
transistor is not suitable in this location
as it does not amplify successfully at
100MHz. It is best to use an RF transistor
such as 2N3563.
SIMPLEST HIDEN FM BUG
SIMPLEST HIDEN FM BUG
This circuit is the simplest FM circuit you
can get. It has no microphone
via vibrations on a table.
The circuit does not have any section that
determines the frequency. In the next circuit and all those that follow,
the section that determines the frequency of operation is called the TUNED
CIRCUIT or TANK
CIRCUIT and consists of a coil and capacitor.
This circuit does not have
this feature. The transistor turns on via the
47k and this puts a pulse
through the 15 turn winding. The magnetic
flux from this winding passes
through the 6 turn winding and into the base
of the transistor via the 22n
capacitor. This pulse is amplified by the
transistor and the circuit is kept
The frequency is determined by the 6 turn
coil. By moving the turns
together, the frequency will decrease. The
circuit transmits at 90MHz. It
has a very poor range and consumes 16mA. The
coil is wound on a
3mm drill and uses 0.5mm wire.
Saturday, 10 December 2016
Endless Energy
Energy comes in different forms. Light is a form of
energy. So is heat. So is electricity. Often, one form of energy can be turned
into another. This fact is very important because it explains how we get
electricity, which we use in so many ways. Electricity is used to light streets
and buildings, to run computers and TVs, and to run many other machines and
appliances at home, at school, and at work. One way to get electricity is to
burn a fuel like oil or coal. This makes heat. The heat then makes water boil
and turn into steam. The steam runs a machine called a turbine that produces electricity. Often, this
electricity then goes into a public power system that sends it out, through
wires, to homes, schools, and businesses over a wide area. This method for making
electricity is popular. But it has some problems. Our planet has only a limited
supply of oil and coal. They are not renewable fuels. Once they areused, they are gone forever. Also,
they give off gases when they are burned. These gases may make the air dirty,
or polluted, and some of them may change Earth’s climate.
Free and Clean Energy
Another way to make electricity uses sunlight. Sunshine is free and never gets used up. Also, there is a lot of it. The sunlight that hits the Earth in an hour has more energy than the people of the world use in a year.
A little device called a solar cell can make electricity right from sunlight (“solar” means having to do with the Sun). A solar cell doesn’t give off any gases. It doesn’t even make any noise. A solar panel is a group of solar
cells that work together.
The use of solar cells is growing fast in the United
States and many other countries
Thursday, 8 December 2016
Electronic Components
Basic Components
Resistors
Capacitors
Inductors
Diodes
1.Resistors
Values
specified in ohms (Ω), kiloM arked with value using a color
code-ohs (K), or mega-ohms (M)
2.Capacitors
Values
specified in microfarads (μF) or picofarads (pF)
Marked with actual value or a numeric code
Some varieties are +/- polarized

3.Inductors
Values
specified in henries (H), millihenries (mH) and microhenries (μH)
A coil of wire that may be wound on a core of air or other
non-magnetic material, or on a magnetic core such as iron powder or ferrite.
Two coils magnetically coupled form a transformer.
May be classified by
semiconductor material
silicon,
germanium, gallium arsenide, etc.
Or classified by circuit function
DIGITAL LOGIC GATES
Introduction
1.
Basic
Logic Gates
3.
Logical
Functions
·
Truth
Tables
·
Logical
Expression
·
Graphical
Form
•
Logic gates and figuring out how to readthem
•
Logical Circuit Equivalence
•
NAND NOR and XOR truth tables
•
Using the rules to create and read thelogic gates using 0's and 1's
•
Transistor implementation
•
Difference between positive logic and negative logic
Logic
•
Formal logic is a branch of mathematics that deals with true and false values
instead of numbers.
• In
the mid-19th century,
George Bool developed many Logic ideas.
•
Boolean logic deals with equations where the operators are “AND” or “OR”
instead of “add” and “multiply”.
Electric
Logic
•
Logical values can easily be expressed by an electrical circuit.
•
“True” or “1” can be defined as voltage on a wire while “False” or “0” can be
defined as no voltage. We will use positive logic.
•
Analog values can be anything while digital only has discrete values, 0 or 1
•
Electrical devices called “gates” can implement the logical
Wednesday, 7 December 2016
THE 555 PINS
in the following locations. This will help you instantly recognise the function of each
Pin 1 GROUND. Connects to the 0v rail.
Pin 2 TRIGGER. Detects 1/3 of rail voltage to make output HIGH. Pin 2 has control over pin 6. If pin 2
is LOW, and pin 6 LOW, output goes and stays HIGH. If pin 6 HIGH, and pin 2 goes LOW, output goes
LOW while pin 2 LOW. This pin has a very high impedance (about 10M) and will trigger with about 1uA.
Pin 3 OUTPUT. (Pins 3 and 7 are "in phase.") Goes HIGH (about 2v less than rail) and LOW (about
0.5v less than 0v) and will deliver up to 200mA.
Pin 4 RESET. Internally connected HIGH via 100k. Must be taken below 0.8v to reset the chip.
Pin 5 CONTROL. A voltage applied to this pin will vary the timing of the RC network (quiteconsiderably).
Pin 6 THRESHOLD. Detects 2/3 of rail voltage to make output LOW only if pin 2 is HIGH. This pin
has a very high impedance (about 10M) and will trigger with about 0.2uA.
Pin 7 DISCHARGE. Goes LOW when pin 6 detects 2/3 rail voltage but pin 2 must be HIGH. If pin 2 is
pin 2 detects 1/3 rail voltage (even as a LOW pulse) when pin 6 is LOW. (Pins 7 and 3 are "in phase.")
Pin 7 is equal to pin 3 but pin 7 does not go high - it goes OPEN. But it goes LOW and will sink about
200mA
Pin 8 SUPPLY. Connects to the positive rail. pin:
Tuesday, 6 December 2016
How to Make a Simple DC Motor
How to Make a Simple DC Motor
Equipment Needed:
- A ‘D’ size 1.5 V battery
- A magnet
- A piece of copper wire
- A ‘D’ sized battery case with spring
- Two paper clips
- Two rubber bands
Instructions:
2. Slide the copper wire of the battery keeping it in a circle. Orientate it so the ends of the wires are on opposite sides.
3. Wrap the ends of the wire around the loop several times to hold the structure of the loop and to keep the wire wound together.
5. Place the battery into the battery case. Make sure the ‘+’ from the battery is lined up with the ‘+’ from the case.
6. Take bent paper clips and stick them through the holes on each side of the battery case.
7. To hold the bent paperclips in place stretch both rubber bands around the base of the battery case.
8. For each end of the wound copper wire scraped off the outer coating, if scraped off at the wrong side the motor will not work. Very important to only scrape of the sides like shown in the picture.
The purpose of scraping off the coating is so a complete circuit can be made with the battery and the copper wire. This complete circuit needs to be made when the position of the wire is like the one shown to the right. This will create a magnetic pole through the loops of the copper wire making the bottom portion of the wire want to push away from the magnet, thus making it spin.
Monday, 5 December 2016
Automatic Soldering Iron Switch
Automatic Soldering Iron Switch
Quite often, we forget to turn off the soldering iron. This results in not only a smoking oxidisediron but also waste of electricity. To solve this problem, here’s a circuit that automatically
switches off the soldering iron after a predetermined time. The circuit draws no power when it is
inactive. The circuit can also be used for controlling the electric iron, kitchen timer or other
appliances
Water Pump Controller
Here is a simple circuit for controlling water level in an overhead tank. The main components ofthis pump controller are a step-down transformer, a 24V AC double-changeover relay, two floats
and two micro switches. Any available relay can be used irrespective of its coil voltage. Of
course, current rating of contacts should be taken into account according to the motor power. The
relay should have two contacts. A step-down transformer having secondary voltage suited to the
coil voltage of the relay is used. As the circuit works off AC, no rectification is necessary. Microswitches
S1 and S2 fixed on top of the water tank are operated by separate floats: one for sensing
the bot tom level and the other for top level. A three-core wire is used for connecting these
switches to the relay
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