Every Electronic Device, has to be either directly plugged into a power source or operate from a battery source which makes it mandatory to have some level of Power Supply Circuit within it. Depending on the application these circuits can be a simple, AC-DC Converter, DC-DC Converter or a Battery Charger. In this section we will design and test various types of power supply circuits that can fit into a wide verity of applications including SMPS Power Supplies, LED Drivers, Battery Chargers etc. Each article includes a well-illustrated circuit diagrams and hardware demonstration to help the readers to build and evaluate their own designs.
Protection circuits, like reverse polarity protection, short-circuit protection, and over/under voltage protection, are used to protect any electronic appliance or circuit from any sudden mishap. Generally fuse or MCB is used for overvoltage protection. Here in this circuit, we will build a simple overvoltage protection circuit without using a fuse.
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Short circuit protection is an unintended connection between two terminals which are supplying power to the load. It can happen both in an AC and a DC circuit. If it is an AC supply, then a short circuit can trip the power supply of the whole area, but there are fuses and overload protection circuits at many levels, from the power station to the house. And if it is a DC…
The features of digital products are growing enormously, which triggers the frequent usage of smartphones in several applications. Thus, the battery backup time is decreasing. It will be fun to build a Power Bank for a Mobile Phone as a spare charging source for emergency purposes, which is also portable. In this article, we will discover how to make a power bank with…
The features of the digital products are growing enormously which triggers the frequent usage of smart phones in several applications. Thus the battery backup time is getting decreased. It will be fun to build a Power Bank for Mobile Phone as spare charging source for emergency purpose which is also portable.
Previously we have made…
Be it an ordinary high school project or a mind-blowing arcing project, a Tesla Coil is always fun to build and will definitely make your project look cool and attractive. A Tesla Coil is a simple coil that creates a high voltage electric field in the air when a small input power (9V) is provided, this electric field is strong enough to glow small light bulbs. This…
The objective of this project is to convert 220V AC supply in to +12V and -12v DC supply, that is why it is named Dual Power Supply as we get positive and negative 12v power supply at the same time.
This can be achieved in simple three steps:
Firstly, 220V AC is converted into 12V AC by using simple step-down (220V/12V) transformer. Secondly, output of this transformer is given to…
Pulse Width Modulation using 555 timer is an important feature of today’s microcontroller due to its requirement for controlling many devices in almost every field of Electronics. PWM is widely used for motor control, lighting control, etc. Sometimes we do not use a microcontroller in our applications, and if we need to generate PWM without a microcontroller, then we prefer…
Smoke Detectors are very useful in detecting smoke or fire in buildings, and so are important safety parameters. In this project, we are going to build a Simple Smoke Detector Circuit without using any Microcontroller. This circuit triggers the Buzzer whenever it detects Smoke or fire nearby. This circuit mainly uses the MQ6 Smoke/Gas sensor to…
Generating low-voltage DC from the 220V or 110V AC mains is very useful and necessary in the field of electronics. Low voltage DC, like 5v, 6v, 9v, 12v, is used in electronics circuits, LED bulbs, toys and many household electronics items. Generally, batteries are used to power them, but they need to be replaced from time to time, which is not cost-effective and also takes…
An emergency light is an integral part of household electronics nowadays. We all know an Emergency light is used during a power failure to light up the home. As it is used during a power failure, it should last long, hence generally bright white LEDs are used in emergency lights, because they produce more light and consume less power. Emergency light is a very useful…
Technically stepper motor driver circuit is a Decade Binary Counter circuit. The advantage of this circuit is, it can be used to drive stepper motors having 2-10 steps. Before going any further, let’s discuss more about the basics of a stepper motor.
Table of Contents What is a Stepper Motor Driver Circuit? └ Key Benefits…