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Emergency Siren circuit Simulates Police

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008


This siren circuit simulates police, fire or other emergency sirens that produce an up and down wail.
The heart of the circuit is the two transistor flasher with frequency modulation applied to the base of the first transistor. When the pushbutton is depressed, the frequency of oscillation climbs to a peak and when the button is [...]

Electronic Chime by IC 4069

Friday, June 20th, 2008


This circuit simulates a chime similar to the sound many cars make when the keys are left in the ignition. The bottom two gates form a squarewave audio oscillator that drives the base of the 2N4401, turning it on and off at an audio rate. The top two gates produce a short low-going pulse about [...]

Audio Power Limiter

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008


The gain control element is a Light Dependent Resistor (LDR). These are blessed with a few very useful features for our purposes, one of which is low distortion even at quite high signal levels. Being light activated, all we need is a LED to provide illumination when the preset power level is reached.
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