quinta-feira, 5 de outubro de 2023

nº1030

 











Experimental MW reflex regenerative receiver with 1 bipolar transistor, 10mts wire antenna+PE; loudspeaker volume, supply 3V



nº1029

 











Squegging joules thief with piezoelectric speaker


sexta-feira, 29 de setembro de 2023

nº1028

 











Mains voltage hot wire detector with piezoelectric speaker.


nº1027

 










Experimental reflex regenerative LW receiver (150kHz-250kHz), supply 3V


nº1026

 



Minimalist MW TRF radio receiver: 10mts wire antenna + PE; supply +5V_USB
 

nº1025

 












Led voltmeter(VCO); range 0-10V; 5 bipolar transistors; Yellow led flashes an amount of times equal to the input voltage; supply 12V


domingo, 9 de julho de 2023

nº1020

 











Simple astable multivibrator with 3 independent controls: led brightness, frequency and duty-cycle, supply +5V_USB


nº1019

 













Heads or tails game with accelerating leds, supply +5V_USB


domingo, 25 de junho de 2023

nº1018













20 green leds bidirectional bar, supply +5V_USB


 

nº1017

 















Minimalist phase-shift oscillator drives piezoelectric loudspeaker to make a simple buzzer, supply +5V_USB


nº1016

 














Minimalist phase-shift oscillator drives green led inserted in the feedback network, supply +5V_USB



domingo, 4 de junho de 2023

nº1015

 











Squegging transistor negistor with blue led, 5 components, supply 12V


nº1014

 











Harvesting solar energy by 10 superbright 5mm yellow leds to run a low consumption led chaser. Although a small photovoltaic panel salvaged from an electronic calculator is being used in this demonstration, the leds themselves alone  will run the sequencer when the protoboard is exposed to direct sunlight. Superbright leds are required.


domingo, 28 de maio de 2023

nº1013

 













Experimental reflex receiver for MW band with 2 transistors and 3V supply voltage is tuned by AM varicap diode BB212 having noiseless voltage supply generated by 4 photovoltaic couplers.


nº1012

 





















Accurate USB power meter with 5 transistors. Maximum power about 400mW.

domingo, 16 de abril de 2023

nº1011

 












Accurate analog computer with 3 bipolar transistors multiplies two DC voltages ranging Vx from 1V up to 5V and Vy from 0.1V up to 0.9V, supply +5V_USB


nº1010

 












Single capacitor symmetrical astable multivibrator, supply +5V_USB


segunda-feira, 27 de março de 2023

nº1009


 










Minimalist transistor phase-shift oscillator with 7 components. Higher supply voltages allow very low frequency with low capacitor values, supply 24V

nº1008


 












The multimeter dancing needle, supply 3V


domingo, 19 de fevereiro de 2023

nº1005

 




Experimental regenerative radio receiver for MW with one transistor; loudspeaker volume, low impedance(32 Ohm) 40mm loudspeaker; random wire antenna with 5mts; mains PE connection; tuning broadcast radio station at 630kHz disted about 30km from 50kW transmitter; groundwave propagation; supply 2xR03. 

nº1004

 











Simple DC considerations about avalanche diode emulator.

nº1003

 



Dual led flasher, supply 230Vac 50Hz

domingo, 15 de janeiro de 2023

nº1002

 










Mains supplied bicolor led flasher; Flash rate and led color are controlled by a single potmeter.