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Motor, light and power control
Black Light This circuit is a simple ultraviolate light that can be powered by a 6 volt battery or power supply that is capable of supplying 1 or more amps..
PWM Motor/Light Controller
A pulse width modulator (PWM) is a device that may be used as an efficient light dimmer or DC motor speed controller.
Unipolar Stepper Motor Controller This is a very good integrated circuit. There is no need for any external glue logic to drive the circuit
Adjustable Strobe Light This one uses a much more powerful "horse shoe" Xenon tube which produces more light
Fan Control  This is a simple circuit that will do what you want I believe. R1 15k ohm resistor NTC Thermistor- 10k ohm, sold at Radio Shack in the states.
DC Motor Control Circuit Here, S1 and S2 are normally open , push to close, press button switches.  The diodes can be  red or green and are there only to indicate direction.
Simple Servo Tester This is a simple servo tester which will comprehensively test the capabilities of almost any modern servo
DC Motor Reversing Circuit Description:A DC motor reversing circuit using non latching push button switches. Relays
Sound Level Indicator This project uses an LM3915 bar-graph IC driving two sets of ten LEDs for a 30dB range
Dome Lamp Dimmer    There are times when a little light inside the car would greatly assist one of the passengers but the dome light
LED or Lamp Flasher Simple circuit for testing display flash or lamp is small circuit
220 Volts Flashing Lamps This circuit is intended as a reliable replacement to thermally-activated switches used for Christmas tree lamp-flashing. The device formed by Q1, Q2 and related resistors triggers the SCR.
Bicycle back Safety Light This circuit has been designed to provide a clearly visible light, formed by 13 high efficiency flashing LEDs
Two-wire Lamp Flasher This circuit has been designed to provide that continuous light lamps already wired into a circuit
Courtesy Light This circuit is intended to let the user turn off a lamp by means of a switch placed far from bed, allowing him enough time to lie down before the lamp really switches off.
Power Cuicuit
Simple Adjustable Voltage Source A simple but less efficient methode of controlling a DC voltage is to use a voltage divider and transistor emitter
LM317T Voltage Regulator with Pass Transistor The LM317T output current can be increased by using an additional power transistor to share a portion of the total current.
2 Cell Lithium Ion Charger This circuit was build to charge a couple series Lithium cells (3.6 volts each, 1 Amp Hour capacity) installed in a portable transistor radio.
120 VAC Lamp Dimmer The full wave phase control circuit below was found in a RCA power circuits book from 1969.
Variable 3 - 24 Volt / 3 Amp Power Supply This regulated power supply can be adjusted from 3 to 25 volts and is current limited to 2 amps
Constant Current Battery Charger A simple method of charging a battery from a higher voltage battery is shown in the circuit below to the left.
Light activete lelay   This is same circuit as above with the addition of a photo resistor to trigger the flip flop instead of a push button
12 Stage Neon Sequencer (NE-2 / NE-51) This circuit is similar to the LED clock using 12 neon indicator lamps instead of LEDs
Low Voltage, High Current Time Delay Circuit  In this circuit a LM339 quad voltage comparator is used to generate a time delay and control a high current output

Led Circuit
40 LED Bicycle Light The 555 circuit below is a flashing bicycle light powered with four C,D or AA cells (6 volts).
AC Line powered LEDs The circuit below illustrates powering a LED (or two) from the 120 volt AC line using a capacitor to drop the voltage
LED VU Meter The circuit below uses two quad voltage comparators (LM339) to illuminate a series of 8 LEDs
Analog Milliamp Meter Used as Voltmeter A milliamp meter can be used as a volt meter by adding a series resistance.
Infrared Remote Control Tester   This is a fairly easy circuit that can be used to test TV and VCR remote controls.
Transistor Schmitt Trigger Oscillator The Schmitt Trigger oscillator below employs 3 transistors, 6 resistors and a capacitor to generate a square waveform
Battery Equal Charge Indicator The circuit below illuminates an LED to indicate unequal charges between two 12 volt lead batteries

Analog / Rf Circuit
Decibel Meter The circuit below responds to sound pressure levels from about 60 to 70 dB
Whistle On - Whistle Off This is an extension of the CMOS toggle flip flop circuit shown in the "Circuits controlling relays"
Micro Power AM Broadcast Transmitter In this circuit, a 74HC14 hex Schmitt trigger inverter is used as a square wave oscillator
2nd Order Opamp Filters The figures below illustrate using opamps as active 2nd order filters

Single Op-Amp Bandpass Filter A bandpass filter passes a range of frequencies while rejecting frequencies outside the upper and lower limits of the passband

Low Power Op-Amp - Audio Amp (50 milliwatt) The example below illustrates using an op-amp as an audio amplifier for a simple intercom.

Miscellaneous
Set/Reset Flip Flop This is an example of a set/reset flip flop using discrete components
Bistable Flip Flop Here are two examples of bistable flip flops which can be toggled between states with a single push button
Single Transistor Relay Toggle Circuit The circuit below requires a double pole, double throw relay in conjunction with a single transistor to allow toggling the relay
Single MOSFET Relay Toggle Circuit This circuit is similar to the one above, but uses a N channel mosfet such as IRF530
CMOS Toggle Flip Flop Using Push Button The circuit below uses a CMOS dual D flip flop (CD4013) to toggle a relay or other load with a momentary push button
Pinewood Derby Finish Line Lamps The finish line circuit below detects the first of three cars to cross the line and illuminates a 25 watt 120 VAC
Photo Electric Street Light This is basically a Schmitt Trigger circuit which receives input from a cadmium sulfide photo

Computer
Control electrical appliances using PC Here is a circuit for using the printer port of a PC
Simple Analog to Digital Converter Normally analogue-to-digital con-verter (ADC) needs interfacing through a microprocessor to convert
PC based Frequency Meter  Here is a simple technique for measuring frequencies over quite a wide frequency range
7 Segment rolling display using PC It is very interesting and convenient to be able to control everything while sitting at your PC terminal

LINK ELECTRONICS WEB SITE
Hobby Projects to Build, That Work Color Organ, Wattmeter, 12 volt to 120VAC inverter and more
Circuit Archive - University of Washington Circuit Archive, lots of good circuits and links.
Don Klipstein's LED Website - Lots of useful LED information, FAQs, and sources for the brightest and most efficient LEDs.
EDUCYPEDIA - The educational encyclopedia (Electronics section)
Tomi Engdahl's Electronic Info - Links to a wide variety of analog and digital circuits
Tom Loredo's Electronics Bookmarks - Many resources for electronics hardware and software.
Electronics Links and Resources -Links to circuits, components, educational sites and more..
Tony's Website - R/C Gadgets and electronic circuits for the hobbyist
Wenzel & Associates (Circuits) - Technical Library, Hobby Circuits.
Samuel M. Goldwasser Homepage - Silicon Sam's Technology Resource - FAQs, Links, Troubshooting & Repair, Laser info, Circuits.
Beyond Logic - Information on the PC Parallel, Serial and USB ports
How Stuff Works - Interesting site on how things work, but you will have to clear your screen of many pop up ads.
Deep Cycle Battery Frequently Asked Questions
www.saroff.com Has some useful search engines for locating parts and data sheets.

Commercial Electronic Sites, Kits and Projects
TheLEDLight.com Luxeon LEDs, LED bulbs, fixtures, flashlights, lanterns, clusters, arrays, and more...
lsdiodes.com Basic collection of bright LEDs in several colors at low prices. Brightness ranges from 4000 mcd to 12,000 mcd for the white LEDs
Lighting Components LED Corp. LED lamps, light bulbs, clusters and lighting components
JDR Microcontrollers Books, Kits, Test Equipment and more.
Electronics USA - LED Digital and Binary Clocks, LED Timers (Up and down counting), LED flashlights, and a few other items, as kits or assembled.
Centerpointe Electronics Store
Hobbytron - The largest selection of fun electronics and toys!
Almost All Digital Electronic Kits
Kits-R-Us Electronic Kits
Microchip Technology Inc. (PIC) Controllers
Mental Automation's products ECAD tools: schematic capture, printed circuit board design/layout, autorouting, circuit simulation, SPICE, and CD ROM Encyclopedia of Electronic Circuits, all running under Windows
Express Printed Circuit Boards Download PCB software to layout your project, E-mail the resulting file and receive delivery of finished circuit boards via Federal Express in 3 working days.
PCB Express 1-Day Delivery, Economical, Easy to order and track, Lot charge as low as $80, E-Mail Help
C. Crane Company LED Flashlights, windup radios, and other specialty items.

ELECTRONIC EDUCATION SITE
PIC Microcontroller Tutorial A very good introduction to PIC micros that includes 13 tutorial pages to get you started programming PICs
Lessons In Electric Circuits - A free series of textbooks on the subjects of electricity and electronics.
Play Hookey Basic ideas about op-amps, analog circuits, optics, computers and digital logic.
Alex's Electronic Resource Library An online guide to useful electrical and electronic information.
Electronics Tutorials A good comprehensive site with detailed examples and book recommendations.
The Art of Electronics (Purchase the book) 1125 large format pages, 80 component-selection tables,1500 figures, extensive practical advice, back-of-the-envelope techniques, exhaustive 4000-entry index.
CircuitMaker Student Version (3.4M) Get ahead in class with the FREE CircuitMaker Student Version. You will be able to build and simulate circuits in a fraction of the time it takes in the lab.
DC Circuits Department of Physics, University of Guelph.
Elements of AC Electricity
Newsgroups
Science.Electronics.Basics
sci.electronics.components
sci.electronics.design
sci.electronics.repair

Electronic Component Suppliers
Mouser Electronics
DIGI-KEY Corporation
Allied Electronics
Surplus Traders (Solar panels)
Hosfelt Electronics
Electronix Express - Components and test equipment for schools, colleges and industry. Very nice site.
Dan's Small Parts and Kits -Good selection of small components at low cost
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