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Watch-Dog for Telephones by NE555

Saturday, July 5th, 2008


Most of the telephone security devices available in market are simple but quite expensive. These devices provide blinking or beeping type line-tap/misuse indications. Quite often they do not offer guaranteed protection against unauthor-ised operation. A very simple and uni- que circuit of a telephone watch-dog to safeguard subscriber telephone lines against any fraud is described [...]

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 [...]