Mutchus

As the only electronics engineer in my  =family and circle of friends, it is some-times not possible to evade an appeal for help. This time the request came from a friendly elderly lady in a retirement home. In her room the light switch by the door  and the pull cord above the bed operate the light fitting on the ceiling in the middle of the room. However, she would prefer that her standing lamp was operated  by these switches instead, since she does not actually have a light fitting mounted  on the ceiling. This standing lamp has an  on/of f switch in the power cord and is  plugged into a power point. However, it  stands rather far from the bed so that she  always has to find her way in the dark. A  wireless operated power point is not really  a consideration, because it is just a matter of time before the remote is lost. Or maybe not?  Simple Remote Control Mains Switch Circuit Diagram : Behold a feasible circuit. Buy a wireless p...

Introduction I created this circuit in an attempt to make the simplest possible solar powered project. It would make for an excellent science fair project, and would also serve as a good introduction to solar powered circuitry. It may also have some practical uses, such as shedding some light into a dark part of your house. The idea is simple, the solar panel converts sunlight into a trickle of electricity. The electricity is used to run a white LED. Specifications Operating Voltage: 3.7V DC Solar Current: 25ma max. LED Lamp Operating Current: 10-25ma. Theory The remote solar powered LED light takes advantage of the current limited nature of solar photovoltaic cells. If light shines on the solar array, current will flow through the circuit. For a typical size of solar cell, there is a maximum current that can be produced. The maximum solar cell current is simply matched to a value of current that the LED can handle. If there is enough light to raise the solar panel's voltage ab...

Here is a Tv remote jammer circuit, using NE555 timer IC. By using this you can watch your favorite TV channel without any interruptions. Ie; No one can be able to change the channel by means of remote, if the circuit remains ON. The circuit is simple to make at your own home, with very low cost.  Let’s go deeply into the specification and requirements of this Project. Read More.....

TX-2B / RX / 2B  5 channel radio remote control. This article is about a simple 5 channel radio remote control circuit based on ICs TX-2B and RX-2B from Silan Semiconductors. TX-2B / RX-2B is a remote encoder decoder pair that can be used for remote control applications. TX-2B / RX-2B has five channels, wide operating voltage range (from 1.5V to 5V), low stand by current (around 10uA), low operating current (2mA), auto power off function and requires few external components. The TX-2B / RX-2B was originally designed for remote toy car applications, but they can be used for any kind of remote switching application. Circuit diagrams and description . Remote encoder / transmitter circuit. 5 channel redio remote control encoder / transmitter circuit The TX-2B forms the main part of the circuit. Push button switches S1 to S5 are used for activating (ON/OFF) the corresponding O/P channels in the receiver / decoder circuit. These push button switches are interfaced to the built-in latch...

How to Check if a Remote Control is Transmitting an Infrared Signal. Many households have 5 or 6 remote controls laying around the house. This is the simple Remote control tester circuit diagram. When the remote control is not working, first check the battery before, It may be loss.If it is good,so detect transmit infrared light device.However, because the human eye can not see infrared light,so can not know how good or bad.But the photo transistor can use to detect infrared light.  This circuit so use this photo transistor is the light receiver from the remote control.If it is nice to have the bias current of the transistor BC558.It runs a current flows through the LED,so the LED bright.The remote control that works correctly. The variable resistor VR1 is used to adjust the sensitivity of the circuit.  Remote control tester circuit diagram  

Closed-circuit television (CCTV) uses video cameras to transmit signals to specific monitors. It differs from broadcast television in that the signal is not openly transmitted, though it may employ point-to-point wireless links. CCTV is often used for surveillance in areas that need security,such as banks, casinos, shops, departmental stores and airports or military installations.  Here is a remote-controlled CCTV switcher circuit to monitor six cameras on a single or dual monitor/TV.  The salient features of this switcher are:  Cameras: Six cameras with one way audio (audio incoming only).   Operation: Fully remote controlled (infrared commander). Front display: LCD to display the camera selected and all other functions/parameters. Camera selection: Manual (you can select any camera of your choice by pressing number keys or camera up/down keys on the remote) and auto (the switcher selects the cameras one by one and holds videos of each camera till the preprogrammed ...

This is one of the popular EFY circuit. i build this one very easily. The circuit consists of very less components and simple in design. Connect this circuit to any of your home appliances (lamp, fan, radio, etc) to make the appliance turn on/off from a TV, VCD or DVD remote control. The circuit cane activated from up to 10 metres. The 38kHz infrared (IR) rays generated by the remote control are received by IR receiver module TSOP1738 of the circuit. Pin 1 of TSOP1738 is connected to ground, pin 2 is connected to the power supply through resistor R5 and the output is taken from pin 3. The output signal is amplified by transistor T1 (BC558). The amplified signal is fed to clock pin 14 of decade counter IC CD4017 (IC1). Pin 8 of IC1 is grounded, pin 16 is connected to Vcc and pin 3 is connected to LED1 (red), which glows to indicate that the appliance is ‘off.’ The output of IC1 is taken from its pin 2. LED2 (green) connected to pin 2 is used to indicate the ‘on’ state of the applia...