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Circuits Designed by Dave Johnson, P.E. :
  • LASER/LED LIGHT OUTPUT INTENSITY METER
    This circuit uses a large 1cm X 1cm silicon PIN photo diode and a transimpedance amplifier to measure the light power output of infrared and visible LEDs and laser diodes. It can be modified to produce almost any milliwatts to volts scale factor. It can be connected to either a multi-meter or an oscilloscope.

  • LIGHT RECEIVER WORKS FROM 1KHz TO OVER 70MHz
    This circuit uses one tiny C-MOS inverter IC to form a modulated light receiver with a very fast response. It is designed around a PIN photo diode that is packaged for use with plastic optical fibers. It can be used as an optical fiber receiver. By using the open end of the optical fiber it can "sniff" out any modulated light signals.
  • Low Value Capacitance Meter
    This circuit was originally designed to measure the volume of fluid inside a medical syringe.   As designed, it produces a zero to 5 volt output, corresponding to a capacitance change of about 10 picofarads.  With a digital voltmeter, at its output, it can resolve a capacitance change of 0.002 picofarads or 2 femtofarads.  (added 12/04)


Links to electronic circuits, electronic schematics, designs for engineers, hobbyists, students & inventors:
Logic Probe3 Audible TTL/CMOS -  A logic tester with an audible indicator can be handy when troubleshooting or testing a crowded circuit board. It allows you to keep your eyes on the circuit, rather than on a LED on the tester..…. [Tony van Roon's circuit]
Logic PSU with OverVoltage Protection -  6 volt regulated power supply for TTL and 74LS series integrated circuits, includes output Overvoltage fault protection… [Andy Collison, designer]
Logic Pulser -  Has DIP switch for setting output waveform characteristics.  (schematic / circuit added 05/07)
Loop Sensor -  Many security systems use a closed loop of wires and switches arranged so that whenever a door or window is opened, the loop will be broken and the alarm will sound. An obvious problem is that someone can tamper....
LOPIC Logic Probe with Pulser -  This project is a combination  Logic Probe and Logic Pulser. It is capable of testing all sorts of digital and microcomputer projects.  You will find it extremely handy when designing a project as the golden rule is to  test everything in steps and stages during the design-and-construction process. If you are not sure how a Logic Probe or Pulser works....

Low Cost Tamper-Resistant Energy Meter Based on the ADE7761 with Missing Neutral Function -  AN-687 Analog Devices Application Notes....[App Note]
Low Cost Watt-Hour Energy Meter Based on the AD7755 Chinese Version-5/2000 -  AN-559 Analog Devices Application Notes....[App Note]
Low Cost Watt-Hour Energy Meter Based on the ADE7755 -  AN-559 Analog Devices Application Notes....[App Note]
Low Cost Watt-Hour Energy Meter Based on the ADE7757 -  AN-679 Analog Devices Application Notes....[App Note]
Low Frequency Oscillator -  A low frequency test oscillator for testing tone controls and experimenting….(circuit designed by Andy Collison added 09/09/09)
Low Noise Amplifier for Phase Noise Measurements -  The phase noise of low noise oscillators and signal sources is usually determined by measuring the audio noise voltage at the output of the phase comparator in a phase-locked loop. The phase comparator is typically a low noise doubly-balanced mixer with a phase slope from a few tenths of a volt per radian to a few volts per radian. The low....
Low Power LED Voltmeter -  This is a low power voltmeter circuit that can be used with alternative energy systems that run on 12 and 24 volt batteries. The voltmeter is an expanded scale type that indicates small voltage steps over the 10 to 16 volt range for 12 volt batteries and over the 22 to 32 volt.... [G. Forrest Cook]
Low power timer -  Low power timer. It can operate with a CR2032 litium battely.  (added 6/06)
Low Speed AVR Oscilloscope -  A few months ago as I was surfing on the net, I saw an oscilloscope based on PIC18F2550 microcontroller and a KS0108 controller based graphical LCD. That was Steven Cholewiak's web site. I had never seen before so amazing microcontroller, only oscilloscope. That was realy impressive circuit, so I decided to design something like that but in C language instead of assembly ….(electronic schematic added 11/08)
Low Value Capacitance Meter -  This circuit was originally designed to measure the volume of fluid inside a medical syringe.   As designed, it produces a zero to 5 volt output, corresponding to a capacitance change of about 10 picofarads.  With a digital voltmeter, at its output, it can resolve a capacitance change of 0.002 picofarads or 2 femtofarads.  (added 12/04) …. [Designed by David A. Johnson]
Low Voltage , High Current Time Delay Circuit -  (diagram added 05/07)
Low Voltage Disconnect Circuit -  A simple automatic circuit that will disconnect a battery before it can be discharged too low and be in danger of cell damage. Very useful for remote radio sites and to protect any battery used for emergency backup purposes…. [Circuit Design by Burton Lang]
Low-cost BER tester measures errors in low data rate applications -  5-Dec-05 Issue of EDN  You don't need an expensive pattern generator to produce a PRBS (pseudorandom-bit-sequence] signal for making elementary BER (bit-error-rate] measurements in low-data-rate continuous-transmission systems.... [Design Idea by Cedric Mélange, Johan Bauwelinck, Jo Pletinckx, and Jan Vandewege, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; Edited by Brad Thompson and Fran Granville]
Low-cost current monitor tracks high DC currents -  1-Mar-07 Issue of EDN  Oscillator's output tracks current as it varies inductor's core characteristics.... [Design Idea by Susanne Nell, Breitenfurt, Austria; Edited by Brad Thompson and Fran Granville]
Low-cost relative humidity transmitter uses single logic IC -  8-Nov-01 Issue of EDN  The low-cost percentage-relative-humidity radio transmitter in Figure 1 operates in a cold-storage warehouse for vegetable storage at temperatures of 1 to 5°C. It is generally difficult to collect such data from a low-temperature area with high humidity and low illumination. The transmitter design is simple  It uses a readily available, capacitor-type percentage-relative-humidity se.... [Design Idea by Shyam Tiwari, Sensors Technology Ltd, Gwalior, India]
Low-cost RF sniffer finds 2.4 GHz sources -  23-Nov-06 Issue of EDN  Locate interference sources in the ISM band.... [Design Idea by Vladimir Dvorkin, Linear Technology Corp, Milpitas, CA; Edited by Brad Thompson and Fran Granville]
Low-power voltage-to-frequency converter makes a wireless probe for testing an inductive power supply -  26-May-05 Issue of EDN  Inductive pickup measures low-power circuit's supply.... [Design Idea by Francis Rodes, Eliane Garnier, and Salma Alozade, ENSEIRB Talence, France; Edited by Brad Thompson]
LT5528 WCDMA ACPR & AltCPR Measurements -  AN99 Linear Technology ACPR (adjacent channel power ratio) and AltCPR (alternate channel power ratio) are both measures of spectral regrowth. They are important performance metrics for digital communication systems that use, for example, WCDMA (wideband code division multiple access) modulation....(app note added 2/06).
Lux Meter -  This is a simple Lux Meter that is suitable for beginners.  (added 6/06)
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