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Tag: Light Sensor
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Dark sensor on breadboard
The circuit is ready for testing. Connect battery terminals and see the output. As you block light falling on LDR(Light dependent resistor), the...
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Experiments with 741- Operational amplifier
Practical electronics projects and step-by-step guidance for makers.
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Experiments with LM358
Practical electronics projects and step-by-step guidance for makers.
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AM receiver from dark sensor
In this case, LDR has been replaced with capacitor C1-0.01uF and resistor R3-1K has been replaced with L1 & VC1. In place of a LED, a Piezo...
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Basic RC circuit
For the circuit to work as light operated musical bell, we need to connect the SW1- switch to N/C terminal of relay. LDR has to be kept in a dark case.
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Dark sensor using BC557
An automatic dark sensor can be made using a PNP transistor(BC557).
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Water Level Indicator
We can use the logic of making an automatic light detector to make a simple water level indicator.We just need to remove LDR from the circuit and...
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Multivibrator
A multivibrator is an electronic circuit used to implement a variety of simple two-state systems such as light emitting diodes, timers and flip-flops.
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Remote Tester
Remote tester circuit also resembles the logic of a "dark sensor (using BC557)”. LDR has been replaced with IR sensor TSOP 1738. The circuit works...
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Dark Sensor using 741
We can see how can we make heat sensor from dark sensor.
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Building a circuit on a breadboard
A breadboard is a device for testing temporary electronics projects. Components used to test a circuit can be reused for other projects. None of...
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Dark/Light sensor using transistor
Automatic Light detector using variable resistor A light detector senses light. As the light level increases and LDR meets the lowest threshold...
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