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Mains Powered White LEDs using Resistor only

Power LEDs have changed the world of illumination. The number of experimentation on the ouput of power LEDs is the highest in the electronic hobby world. Before going through the intricacies of the luminance of power LEDs we must first know the characteristics of LEDs. A white LED is generally biased at a voltage range of 2.5 to 3.5V DC. Depending on the wattage of LED, the input current is determined. White LEDs are used for illumination purposes and are available right from 0.1Watt to 3Watts in general, with the same voltage characteristic but different current rating. Though very simplistic, it is interesting to use the following serially connected white LEDs in a chain. Here in this circuit 25 LEDs in a series have been considered a safe zone operation. We decide the bias voltage to be 3V DC in each of this rung. The total potential required to bias the LEDs is 25x3= 75V DC. A bridge rectifier is employed to rectify 120V AC line without any filter circuit being employe...

Brewmonitor The Arduino powered cloud based homebrewing controller

It’s just a basic site, based on this Scotch.io tutorial, which is currently plotting the temperature in my sitting room. It’s got a PHP backend (Laravel framework with RESTful API), MySQL database and an AngularJS frontend with (n3-chart/d3 for the graph). In the house, I’ve whacked together a quick breadboard circuit which comprises of an Arduino clone, a DS18B20 Temperature Sensor (with resistor for the i2c connection) and an ESP8266 module. Every minute, this wireless sensor POSTs the temperature to our REST API. This value is saved in the database and will appear in the graph whenever the page is opened. To hook it up to a fermenter, the sensor would just be placed in a thermowell in the fermenter bucket so we can see the beer temperature over time. [ ]

Battery powered Headphone Amplifier

Low distortion Class-B circuitry 6V Battery Supply Some lovers of High Fidelity headphone listening prefer the use of battery powered headphone amplifiers, not only for portable units but also for home "table" applications. This design is intended to fulfil their needs and its topology is derived from the Portable Headphone Amplifier featuring an NPN/PNP compound pair emitter follower output stage.  An improved output driving capability is gained by making this a push-pull Class-B arrangement. Output power can reach 100mW RMS into a 16 Ohm load at 6V supply with low standing and mean current consumption, allowing long battery duration. The single voltage gain stage allows the easy implementation of a shunt-feedback circuitry giving excellent frequency stability. . Circuit diagram : Battery-powered Headphone Amplifier Circuit diagram Notes: For a Stereo version of this circuit, all parts must be doubled except P1, SW1, J2 and B1. Before setting quiescent current rotate the v...

Battery powered Night Lamp Circuit Diagram

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 than 500µA. An optional Photo resistor will switch-off the circuit in daylight or when room lamps illuminate, allowing further current economy. This device will run for about 3 months continuously on an ordinary AA sized cell or for around 6 months on an alkaline type cell but, adding the Photo resistor circuitry, running time will be doubled or, very likely, triplicated. Circuit diagram :   Battery-powered Night Lamp Circuit diagram Parts: R1,R2___________1M 1/4W Resistors R3_____________47K 1/4W Resistor (optional: see Notes) R4____________Photo resistor (any type, optional: see Notes) C1____________100nF 63V Polyester Capacitor C2____________220µ...

Phonic Powerpod 620 – circuit diagram – Powered Mixer

Circuit Diagram (Schematic) - Phonic Powered Mixer - PowerPod-620 Controls Circuit diagram

Pocket Voltage Supply A USB Powered Variable Voltage Supply

The Pocket Voltage Supply is a USB powered variable voltage supply. It can be powered with any 5V USB hub and can supply up to 1.5A. 5V USB hubs can be found almost anywhere; desktop computers, laptops, cell phone chargers, even portable USB battery banks. Pairing the Pocket Voltage Supply with a portable USB battery bank allows the user to test circuits and prototypes outside of a lab setting and even bring testing to the field! [ ]