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Circuits Designed by Dave Johnson, P.E. :

Fake Car Alarm Light -  Whenever the car’s ignition is turned off, this circuit activates a flashing LED, which can be positioned to appear as an active alarm system . . . [Circuit by Dave Johnson P.E.,  10/16/05]


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Electric Park Break -  STMicroelectronics-Application. . . 

 

Electronic car ignition -  This scheme is for 4 cylinder motor. This will make your car spent less fuel, be a little bit faster and you won’t have to frequently open your distributor cap to change the contact buttons thus wasting less money. . . .  [designed by EDY Cornholio]

 

Electronic Chime -  This circuit simulates a chime similar to the sound many cars make when the keys are left in the ignition. The bottom two gates form a squarewave audio oscillator that drives the base of the 2N4401, turning it on and off at an audio rate. The top two gates produce a short low-going pulse about once per second that discharges the 10 uF capacitor through the diode. The voltage then jumps up and slowly decays through the 15 k collector resistor when the 2N4401 is conducting. The result is a squarewave on the collector of the 2N4401 that jumps up quickly then decays slowly. The darlington emitter-follower buffers the squarewave and drives a small speaker. . .  [Charles Wenzel (unless otherwise noted)]

 

Electronic Combination Lock -  This 7-digit combination lock can be easily hard-wired for any combination that you choose. The circuit uses a 4-bit, divide-by-8 Johnson counter (IC1), ten pushbutton switches and npn transistor T1. . . .  [© EFY Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. All rights reserved.]

 

Electronic Combination Lock -  This circuit is very basic to build. To open a the lock which is connected to the K1 Load you must press each momentary switch in the correct sequence. The sequence used in this circuit is S1, S2, S3, S4. If any of the other switches are pressed the circuit will reset and you will need to start over. . .  [Randy Linscott's website]

Electronic Combination Lock -  Very simple circuit allows up to 9 digits . . .  [Circuit by Stepan Novotill]

 

Electronic combination lock based on PIC -  This is my electronic combination lock to use with an outdoor gate. The functionality is implemented in software. It turns on a relay (usually to open a door) for a few seconds. Uses a PIC16F84A. . . .  [Peter Jakab, Electrical Engineer, Engineer of Informatics]

 

Electronic Combination Lock with AVR -  CodeLock AVR electronic combination lock is realised with Atmel AVR microcontroller AT89C2051 or AT90S2313 or ATtiny2313 or ATtiny45. Program in hex code is 2 kB long. One user code (Ver. 1) is consisted of 1 to 8 digits. One user code (Ver. 2. 1, 2. 2, 2. 3) is consisted of 1 to 4 digits. If you buy the chip (Ver. 2. 1, 2. 2, 2. 3) than you can enter 1 or 8 user codes that are consisted of 1 to 9 digits.
. . .  [Designer's name not given]

 

Electronic Door Release -  This circuit is designed to operate an electrical door-release mechanism, but it will have other applications. When you enter the four-digit code of your choice, the relay will energize for a preset time period. Use the relay contacts to power the release mechanism. The standby current is virtually zero, so battery power is a realistic option. . . .  [Circuit designed by Ron J.]

 

Embedded Automotive (6V to 36V Input) to 5V/3.3V/1.8V/1.2V Output Peak-Power Controller using Two Supercapacitors -  The LTC4425 is a constant-current/constant-voltage linear charger designed to charge a 2-cell supercap stack from either a Li-Ion/Polymer battery, a USB port, or a 2. 7V to 5. 5V current-limited supply. The part operates as an ideal diode with an extremely low 50mΩ on-resistance making it suitable for high peak-power/low average. . .  [Linear Technology App Note, Mar 24th 2010]

 

Emergency Light & Alarm -  Powered by two AA NI-CD batteries; Four switchable options. . .  [Flavio Dellepiane's web site]

 

Engine Control unit Schematics -  . . .  [No designer name given]

 

Engine Cooling -  STMicroelectronics-Application. . . 

 

Engine Management Diesel -  STMicroelectronics-Application. . . 

 

Engine Management Gasoline -  STMicroelectronics-Application. . . 

 

Exhaust Gas Recirculation -  STMicroelectronics-Application. . . 

 

Fake Car Alarm Light -  Whenever the car’s ignition is turned off, this circuit activates a flashing LED, which can be positioned to appear as an active alarm system . . . [Circuit by Dave Johnson P.E.,  10/16/05]

 

Faulty Car Indicator Alarm -  Before taking a turn, either left or right, car drivers need to switch on the car turn indicator lamps so that the approaching vehicle drivers can take precaution accordingly. An accident is likely to occur in case your car turn indicator lamps fail to glow due to some reason or the other. Here is a circuit that sounds an alarm if your turn indicator lamps dont glow, helping you to safeguard against any accident. . . .  [© EFY Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. All rights reserved.]

 

FCD (Fuel Cut Defencer) -  . . . 

 

Five output, Automotive (Vehicular) power system, with dual Li-Ion battery chargers -  . . .  [Steve Hageman's Design Resource]

 

Flashing / pulsing third brake like for cars -  . . . 

 

Flashing High Intensity LED 3rd Brake Light -  This circuit to make a flashing3rd brake light assembly was designed to be easy to locate all the needed components and reasonably in expensive to build. . .  [National Semiconductor]

 

Flashing Indicators -  Need to flash "turn indicators" using a 555 and a single 20 amp relay. Here is our suggestion. The timing resistor needs to be selected for the appropriate flash-rate. . . .  [Name of designer is not given]

 

Flashing Light to simulate Car Alarm -  Whenever the car’s ignition is turned off, this circuit activates a flashing LED, which can be positioned to appear as an active alarm system . . . [Hobby Circuit designed by David Johnson P.E.,  10/16/05]

 

Flashing/Pulsing third Brake lite for cars -  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. This circuit has become obsolet since much better circuits are available these days without the 'lag' in between brakes caused by R4 and C3. One of the circuits is listed below. . .  [Tony van Roon's circuit]

 

Flashing-Cum-Running Light -  This circuit generates flashing lights in running pattern. In conventional running lights, the LEDs glow one by one. In this circuit, the LEDs flash a number of times one by one. The circuit comprises two astable multivibrators (IC1 and IC3) and a decade counter (IC2). Astable multivibrator IC1 produces approximately 0. 72Hz clock frequencies, which are given to decade counter IC2. . . .  [by A. SIVASUBRAMANIAN-

 

Fuel Injector Pulse Width Monitor -  Shown below is the schematic for the pulse width monitor. The heart of the circuit is the transistor current source which charges cap C10 to form an integrator. The theory is that the cap is charged and the voltage across it increases linearly for the amount of time that the injector is energized. As the injector is switched off the voltage in C10 is stored in cap C9 and then C10 is reset to 0 volts to get ready for the next cycle. The output of the circuit is the voltage across cap C9, this voltage is fed directly into U3 the bar graph chip to be displayed as a value betw1een 1-10 on the LEDs. . . .  [Designer's name not included]


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