DC Adapter with Battery Backup

Wednesday, November 14th, 2007
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With just a low cost DC adapter and the circuit described here it is possible to build a low cost stabilised, uninterruptible 9 V supply. On the grounds of safety and economy, a simple unstabilised 12 V D.C. adapter is used as the power source, a universal adapter with its output set to 12 V [...]

Battery-powered Night Lamp by 555

Sunday, October 14th, 2007
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Ultra-low current drawing
1.5V battery supply
This circuit is usable as a Night Lamp when a wall mains socket is not available to plug-in an ever running small neon lamp device. In order to ensure minimum battery consumption, one 1.5V cell is used, and a simple voltage doubler drives a pulsating ultra-bright LED: current drawing is less [...]

Low Voltage Battery Monitor by LM339

Wednesday, October 10th, 2007
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This low voltage circuit can be used to monitor battery and other volatile sources of current for problems. The circuit sounds an alarm and lights an LED, but can be interfaced to any number of other circuits for many different uses.

Description
R1, R3 2 1K 1/4W Resistor
R2 1 5K Pot
U1 1 LM339 Voltage comparator IC
D1 1 [...]