3 useful applications for serial data transfer between Android and Arduino

In this article, you will know about three easy, useful and absolutely FREE Android applications that facilitate serial communication between Arduino and Android via Bluetooth medium. Before moving on to applications, you can check this article to know about the fundamentals of Android-Arduino communication using Bluetooth. Now, let’s start with the applications first, then we…

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Dark sensor using transistor, phototransistor and photodiode

Description: This versatile dark sensor is made up of two transistors. It is a versatile module, because you can use it for testing several electronic components, such as, relay, reed switch, light dependent resistor(LDR), electret microphone, phototransistor, photodiode, etc. Besides, you can use this module for making simple clap switch, light operated switch, water level…

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Build a simple DIY clap switch

Description: Here’s a simple DIY clap switch circuit. The circuit is mainly composed of an audio frequency and a bistable trigger circuit. Q1 and Q2 together form an amplifier circuit. MK1 (electret microphone) accepts Clap/Audio signal and that enters to transistor Q1 through the coupling capacitor C1 and enters to Q2 base through collector directly after getting…

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TINY MIC PREAMPLIFIER

The Tiny Mic Preamplifier based is based on a single transistor amplifier design.  It amplifies the output of the electret condenser microphone.  Good choice for Karaoke. SPECIFICATIONS Power supply: 5 ~ 9 VDC @ 2 mA Provides standard audio signal PCB dimensions 26 mm x 56 mm SCHEMATIC PARTS LIST PCB DOWNLOADS mic_preamplifier.pdf

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