Portable Microphone Preamplifier

High headroom input circuitry, 9V Battery operation This circuit is mainly intended to provide common home stereo amplifiers with a microphone input. The battery supply is a good compromise: in this manner the input circuit is free from mains low frequency hum pick-up and connection to the amplifier is more simple, due to the absence of mains cable and power supply. Using a stereo microphone the...

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Fuse Monitor

The idea for this project may have come to me in a flash of inspiration, and its a very simple way to check if a fuse has blown without removing it from its holder. The simplicity of this circuit uses just two components, but with just one resistor and an LED this circuit gives visual indication of when a fuse has blown. LED1 is normally off, being "short circuited " by the fuse, F1. Should the inevitable...

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Cheap And Cheerful Transistor Tester

By using a simple visual indicating system, this small transistor tester allows you to run a quick ‘go/non-go’ check on NPN as well as PNP transistors. If the device under test is a working NPN then the green LED (D1) will flash, while the red counterpart will flash for a functional PNP device. However if the transistor is shorted, both LEDs will flash, and an open-circuit device will cause the LEDs...

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Sound Effects Generator 2

This circuit uses the Holtek HT2884 IC to produce 8 different sound effects. All sound effects are generated internally by the HT2884 IC. Power is a 3 Volt battery, but the IC will work with any voltage between 2.5 and 5 Volts. Switch S1 is the on / off switch. Sound Effects Generator 2 Circuit Diagram: The output at pin 10 is amplified and drives a small 8 ohm loudspeaker. Pressing S3 once...

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LONG RANGE FM TRANSMITTER ELECTRONIC DIAGRAM

LONG RANGE FM TRANSMITTER ELECTRONIC DIAGRAMThis circuit works optimally by adding RF amplifier and antenna. Here is the schematic diagram :Parts list :    Diode D1 : BB109    Resistor R1 : 10k ohm    Resistor R2 : 100k ohm    Resistor R3 : 180k ohm    Resistor R4 : 4K7    Resistor R5 : 15k ohm    Resistor R6 : 68 ohm   ...

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Frequency Doubler

If you are working at frequencies of the order of 850MHz to 4GHz and find that a frequency multiplier is required, the HMC 187, HMC 188 and HMC 189 (see table) frequency doubler may be just the solution you are looking for. The isolation performance of these devices ensures that the input frequency (fin) and its harmonics 3fin and 4fin are attenuated by 35dB relative to the wanted output frequency...

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Mains Slave Switcher Circuit

There are many situations where two or more pieces of equipment are used together and to avoid having to switch each item on separately or risk the possibility of leaving one of them on when switching the rest off, a slave switch is often used. Applications which spring to mind are a computer/printer/scanner etc or audio amplifier/record deck/tuner combinations or perhaps closest to every electronics...

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Maximum Minimum Voltage Indicator

This circuit indicates which of three voltages in the range from about about -4V to about +4V - at A, B and C - is the highest by lighting one of three indicator LEDs. Alternatively, it can be wired to indicate the lowest of three voltages or to indicate both the highest and lowest voltages. Op amps IC1a, IC1b & IC1c are wired as comparators, while the three indicator LEDs and their series 1kO...

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USB Power Injector For External Hard Drives

A portable USB hard drive is a great way to back up data but what if your USB ports are unable to supply enough "juice" to power the drive? A modified version of the Silicon Chip Usb Power Injector is the answer. For some time now, the author has used a portable USB hard drive to back up data at work. As with most such drives, it is powered directly from the USB port, so it doesn’t require an external...

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Ultra Simple Microphone Preamplifier

This little project came about as a result of a design job for a client. One of the items needed was a mic preamp, and the project didnt warrant a design such as the P66 preamp, since it is intended for basic PA only. Since mic preamps are needed by people for all manner of projects, this little board may be just whats needed for interfacing a balanced microphone with PC sound cards or other gear....

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