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Table Lamp With Auxiliary 12v Automotive Style LED Light -  This circuit provides about one watt of non-isolated DC power for an automotive type 12v LED array lamp in addition to a standard incandescent table lamp . . . [Circuit by Dave Johnson P.E.,  07/09/06]

 

Taxi Phone Automatic Dialler -  . . .  [Prepared by Colin Mitchell]

 

The Alternator -  Also the car batteryand cables. . .  [G.L. Chemelec]

 

The Flashing Heart -  The Circuit Diagram is shown in Figure 1. It consists of a 4047 low-power monostable/astable multivibrator, IC1, used in the astable mode to provide the timing pulses to control the flash rate of the LEDs. To accomplish the astable mode, pins 4, 5, 6, and 14 are connected to +12VDC and pins 7, 8, 9, and 12 are connected to ground. . .  [designer is not given]

Third Brake Light Pulser -  Several years ago these flashers were introduced in the automotive industry as part of the third brake light and contained strobe lights (and strobing continuously for the duration of pressing the break pedal) but got abandoned almost immediately sometime later because of the 'strobe' effect it has on some people. . .  [Tony van Roon's circuit]

Third brake light pulser circuit -  . . . 

 

Transistor Based Motorcycle Alarm -  This circuit features a timed output and automatic reset. It can be operated manually using a key-switch or a hidden switch. By adding an external relay, it will set itself automatically, and/or immobilize the machine, every time you turn-off the ignition. It's easily adapted for a 6-volt system, so it will protect your "Classic Bike". . .  [Ron J.'s circuit]

 

Travel Touch Alarm -  The Travel Touch Alarm can be used to provide a audible alarmwhen someone touches the door knob or handle of your hotel room. The door knob or handle must be made of metal for the circuit to work. The main chip in the circuit is a 555 timer. . . .  [Circuit design by Randy Linscott]

 

Two CMOS Based Vehicle Anti-Hijack Alarms -  The first circuit is designed for the situation where a hijacker forces the driver from the vehicle. If a door is opened while the ignition is switched on - the circuit will trip. After a few minutes delay - when the thief is at a safe distance - the alarm will sound and the engine will fail. The second circuit is a modification of the first - offering enhanced protection in many more situations. . . .  [Ron J.'s circuit]

 

Two Simple Relay Based Motorcycle Alarms -  These are two - easy to build - relay-based alarms. You can use them to protect your motorcycle - but they have many more applications. If you use relays with 6-volt coils - they'll protect your "Classic Bike". Both alarms are very small. The completed boards occupy about half a cubic-inch - 8 cc. The standby current is zero - so they won't drain your battery. . . .  [Ron J.'s circuit]

 

Two Speed Pulse Wiper Control 1 -  STMicroelectronics-Application. . . 

 

Two Speed Pulse Wiper Control 2 -  STMicroelectronics-Application. . . 

 

Two-Zone Burglar Alarm -  This two-zone alarm has automatic exit, entry and siren cut-off timers. It was developed for the Beginner's Guide To Cmos Timers. So it has a particularly detailed circuit description. There's an optional One-Time-Only module. It will force the siren to switch off after the first ten minutes - and prevent the alarm from activating a second time. . . .  [Electronic design by Ron J.]

 

Ultrasonic Parking Assistant -  The basic theory behind the Parking Assistant is the Sound Navigation and Ranging (SONAR) technique that is used for finding the distance and direction of a remote object underwater by transmitting sound waves and detecting reflections from it. First, a series of short ultrasonic pulses are transmitted using a transducer that changes voltage into sound waves. The transmitted pulse is reflected off an object, and the reflected wave is then received by another transducer that converts sound waves into voltage. The transmitted signal is also known as the ‘ping’ and the received signal is known as the ‘pong’. By counting the elapsed time between the ping and the pong, the distance between the device and an object can be easily calculated by multiplying the elapsed time with the speed of sound. . . . 

 

Ultrasonic Parking Sonar -  This was one of my first designs: it is an ultrasonic parking sonar. Based on an ultrasonic amplifier from an article seen on a 1982 magazine, it was once installed on the rear bumper of my Volvo Station Wagon. It served very well for many years. Connecting it to the reverse gear lights, it switches on automatically and shows you the distance to the nearest obstacle (according to his beam) on a led scale. When the last led lights, a buzzer is also activated telling you to stop immediately. . .  [Alberto Ricci Bitti's web site]

 

Ultrasonic parking sonar electronic using transistors and 4000 series CMOS -  . . .  [Alberto Ricci Bitti]

 

Ultrasonic ParKontroller -  Are you afraid that your brand new Hummer is going to get scratched while parking it in a tight space?Do you have trouble backing your large Mercedez S-class into your small garage?Fear no more!Our ultrasonic ParKontroller can sense how far you are away from the wall. . .  [by Chris Chan and Kenneth Liu]

 

Ultrasonic radar -  This is a very interesting project with many practical applications in security and alarm systems for homes, shops and cars. It consists of a set of ultrasonic receiver and transmitter which operate at the same frequency. When something moves in the area covered by. . . 

 

Unbalanced Automotive or Consumer Application -  AS001 Application Note. Isolation transformer box for unbalanced consumer audio line signals (app note 08/08/08) . . .  [Jenson Transformers]

 

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