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Simple light sensor adapter for oscilloscope

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008


This circuit is a simple visible light or IR detector for testing any equipment which outputs light. The circuit can be also used for measuring ambient light levels. This circuit is based on one photodiode which is used in photocell mode so that the photodiode generates a voltage and current signal when it get light.
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Solar Panel Current Meter

Saturday, June 28th, 2008


This circuit is used to measure the current from a solar panel. It has very low power loss for currents in the 0-10A range. It also works as a general purpose DC current meter. The circuit can be used on either the positive or negative side of a DC circuit.
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http://www.solorb.com/elect/solarcirc/imeter/index.html

LCD thermometer by ICL7136

Friday, June 13th, 2008


The ICL7136 is the IC of the CMOS that the function to measure the voltage of the input correctly, the function to control the LCD(Liquid Crystal Display) and so on are housed in 1 chip. It is possible to measure the voltage to ±200 mV or ±2 V. The ICL7136 is the type which uses [...]