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1) Wireless Headphone Receiver
IR detector diode D1 intercepts the IR signal at around 40 kHz
and feeds it from U1, a high-gain preamp, to PLL, U2, a 4046
configured to serve as an FM detector. U3 is an audio amplifier
that feeds a pair of headphones or a speaker
2) Power Amplifier - 12W, Low-Distortion
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3) Power Amplifier - 20 Watts
This circuit will add 20 Watts of power to your audio
signal.
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4) Radio Control Receiver/Decoder
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5) 1.5V LED Flashers
The LED flasher circuits below operate on a single 1.5 volt
battery. The circuit on the upper right uses the popular LM3909 LED
flasher IC and requires only a timing capacitor and LED.
The top left circuit, designed by Andre De-Guerin illustrates
using a 100uF capacitor to double the battery voltage to obtain 3
volts for the LED. Two sections of a 74HC04 hex inverter are used
as a squarewave oscillator that establishes the flash rate while a
third section is used as a buffer that charges the capacitor in
series with a 470 ohm resistor while the buffer output is at +1.5
volts. When the buffer output switches to ground (zero volts) the
charged capacitor is placed in series with the LED and the battery
which supplies enough voltage to illuminate the LED. The LED
current is approximately 3 mA, so a high brightness LED is
recommended.
In the other two circuits, the same voltage doubling principle
is used with the addition of a transistor to allow the capacitor to
discharge faster and supply a greater current (about 40 mA peak). A
larger capacitor (1000uF) in series with a 33 ohm resistor would
increase the flash duration to about 50mS. The discrete 3
transistor circuit at the lower right would need a resistor (about
5K) in series with the 1uF capacitor to widen the pulse width
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6) A / D Converter - 8Bit with Output Current-To-Voltage
Conversion
7) HF Broadband Antenna Preamp7) HF Broadband Antenna Preamp
The HF/SW receiver preamplifier is comprised of broadband
toroidal transformer (L1-a and L1-b), LC network (comprised at
1600-kHz, high-pass filter and 32-MHz, low-pass filter), L2 and L3
(26 turns of #26 enameled wire wound on an Amidon Associates
T-50-2, red, toroidal core), a pair of resistive attenuators (ATTN1
and ATTN2), and a MAR-x device .
Shown here is the composition of basic 1-dB pi-network resistor
antenuator. This is the method of supplying dc power to a
preamplifier using only the RF coax cable.
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8) Amateur Radio Linear Amplifier
The amplifier operates across the 2-30 MHz band with relatively
flat gain response and reaches gain saturation at approximately 210
W of output power. Both input and output transformers are 4:1 turns
ratio (16:1 impedance ratio) to achieve low input SWR across the
specified band and a high saturation capability. When using this
design, it is important to interconnect the ground plane on the
bottom of the board to the top, especially at the emitters of the
MRF454s.
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9) SSB AF Filter
10) Amateur Radio Transmitter - 80M
This transmitter consists of a keyed crystal oscillator/driver
and a high efficiency final, each with a TMOS Power FET as the
active element. The total parts cost less than $20, and no special
construction skills or circuit boards are required. The Pierce
oscillator is unique because the high Crss of the final amplifier
power FET, 700-1200 pF, is used as part of the capacitive feedback
network. In fact, the oscillator will not work without Q2
installed. The MPF910 is a good choice for this circuit because the
transistor is capable of driving the final amplifier in a switching
mode, while still retaining enough gain for oscillation. To
minimize cost, a readily-available color burst TV crystal is used
as the frequency-determining element for (Q1). . An unusual 84%
output efficiency is possible with this transmitter. Such high
efficiency is achieved because of the TMOS power FET's
characteristics along with modification of the usual algorithm for
determining output matching
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11) CW Transmitter - Low-Power, 40 Meter
This CW transmitter has an output of up to 3 W. By using 24 V on
Q2, up to 10 W output can be obtained, If a 24-V supply is used, Q1
must not see more than 12V. Connect 12V between junctions C3, R2
and L2, and remove L5. L1 should be a low-Q 18- to 20-uH inductor.
R6 can be used (up to 47 ohm) to reduce the Q further
12) Amplifier - 8 Watts
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13) Amplifier - 22W
The IC is TDA1554
14) Audio and video amplifier
The Audio / Video Distribution Amplifier With the amount of
equipment in home entertainment centers today the need to be able
to vary the gain of the audio or video signal is needed. I found
this particular circuit helpfull when used in conjuction with the
Universal Descrambler and a Stabilizer circuit I built for making
copies of video tapes. It not only allowed me the ability to fine
tune the video strength it also helped me increass the recorded
audio which typically becomes poor when makeing tape copies
Circuit operation is straight forward for amplifier circuits.
The second channel for the audio amplifer is made up of the same
componets except the other half of IC1 is used. Pin 6 & 5 are
inputs and 7 is the output
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15) Differential Amplifier
16) DC to DC converter
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17) Simple Field Strength Meter
This is a simple field strength meter that can be used to verify
that you antenna is in fact radiating energy. It's based on one
from the ARRL UHF/Microwave Projects Manual, Volume 1 and can be
used from 30 MHz to well over 2 GHz if properly constructed
18) Attenuator Pads
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19) LED RF Signal Meter
Notes: All parts should be SMT 5.1 volt zener is 1N5231Get the
AD8313 from Analog Devices, www.analog.com Refer to AD8313
reference design schematic for more information Note 1 Optional
bandpass filter for your desired band to measure Note 2 Optional RF
input protection, two 1N5711 diodes Another circuit diagram
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20) Spectrum Analyzer
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21) Frequency divider (down 3.5 GHz to 3.5 MHz)
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22) Frequency divider (down 3.5 GHz to 55 MHz)
23) Audio Amplifier with Tunable Filter (500 to 1500)Hz
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24) Audio F ncy Meterreque
The meter uses time averaging to produce a direct current that
is proportional to the frequency of the input signal
25) Headlight Flasher
It will allow your car headlights to flash time or it will cause
them to flash alternately. The circuit is based on the 555 timer.
It is used in the astable mode. The 555 timer output will go high
for an adjustable period of time and then turn off. It will then
repeat the procedure. The time is adjusted by R1. To hook up the
circuit to your car you must locate the positive wire from the fuse
box to the headlights. Cut the wire and insert the relay contact
and bypass switch. The bypass switch will allow you to bypass the
relay contact for normal headlight operation. In the alternating
headlight configuration you must cut the positive wire to each
headlight and wire in the relay contact.
on and off at the same
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26) Car Voltage Gauge
The Car Voltage Gauge is based on 3 parts. The input circuit is
an Analog to Digital Converter (IC2 CA3162E). The purpose of this
chip is to sample an analog voltage and convert it to a decimal
value which is read by a Display/Decoder Driver (IC1 CA3161E). This
chip will turn each seven segment display on through the driver
transistor Q1 - Q3. The power is derived from the car and is
converted to 5 volts by the 5 volt regulator. The circuit works as
follows: The 10uf capacitor is charged up by the cars voltage. Its
value is then read by IC2 and a decimal value of that voltage is
provided to IC1 which multiplexes the three display units. Each
display is turned on sequentially with its appropriate value
displayed. The transistors Q1 through Q3 control the drive to each
seven segment display. By monitoring the cars voltage with an
accurate multimeter you can adjust the "Zero Adj." pot and the
"Gain Adj." pot for accurate readings. LED 1 and 2 are optional.
They can be used to indicate power on or can light up a cut out
display that says "Volts". This can be made by a plastic module
that has a thin plastic cover on it with the word "Volts" cut into
it. The LED's would be mounted inside the module.
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27) Lights-On Reminder for Autos
When ignition is off, BZ1 w are on. With the ignition
nic Combination Lock
ill sound if the headlightson, BZ1 receives no voltage
28) Electro
, a positive voltage fed through Rl appears at g it on. When Ql
is conducting, pin 1 of Ul is ttery's negative terminal. With pin 1
low, two (+ 9 volts dc), turning on LED 1-indicating that
on its base in order to conduct. It also needs a positive
voltage on voltage on the collector. As long as the door switch
(Sl5) remains
e volt appears at the gate of SCR1. That's enough voltage to
When button S12 (#) is pressedthe base of transistor Ql,
turninbrought to ground (low) or the bathings occur: Pin 8 of Ul
goes high the circuit has been armed-and pin 13 goes from high to
low. Transistor Q2 requires a low signal or negative voltage
its emitter and a negative open (with the door itself closed),
Q2's
emitter will not receive the necessary positive voltage. If,
however, an unauthorized person opens the door, thus closing switch
S15 and placing a positive voltage on the emitter of Ql, the
following sequence occurs: 1) Transistor Q2 conducts, receiving the
necessary biasing current through a current-divider network
consisting of resistors R3 and R4. 2) As Q2 conducts, a voltage
drop is developed across the voltage dividers made up of resistors
R5 and R6. With R5 at 10,000 ohms and R6 at 1000 ohms,
approximately ontrigger the SCR's gate
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29) DC motor speed control
29) DC motor speed control
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30) 300W Subwoofer Power Amplifier (Updated)
Introduction
There are some important updates to this project, as shown
below. Recent testing has shown that with the new ON Semi
transistors it is possible to obtain a lot more power than
previously. The original design was very conservative, and was
initially intended to use 2SA1492 and 2SC3856 transistors (rated at
130W) - with 200W (or 230W) devices, some of the original comments
and warnings have been amended to suit.
30 Jul 2003 - OnSemi has just released a new range of
transistors, designed specifically for audio applications. These
new transistors have been tested in the P68, and give excellent
results. As a result, all previous recommendations for output
transistors are superseded, and the new transistors should be
used.
The output devices are MJL4281A (NPN) and MJL4302A (PNP), and
feature high bandwidth, excellent SOA (safe operating area), high
linearity and high gain. Driver transistors are MJE15034 (NPN) and
MJE15035 (PNP). All devices are rated at 350V, with the power
transistors having a 230W dissipation and the drivers are 50W.
23 Sept 2003 - The new driver transistors (MJE15034/35) seem to
be virtually impossible to obtain - ON Semi still has no listing
for them on the website. The existing devices (well known and more
than adequate) are MJE15032 (NPN) and MJE15033 (PNP), and these
will substitute with no problems at all. It is also possible to use
MJE340 and MJE350 as originally specified (note that the pinouts
are reversed between the TO-126 and TO-220 devices).
Note that some component values have been changed! The layout is
the same, but the changes shown will reduce dissipation in Q7 and
Q8 under light load conditions.
Having built a couple of P68 amps using these transistors, I
recommend them highly - the amplifier is most certainly at its very
best with the high gain and linearity afforded by these devices.
Note that there are a few minor changes to the circuit (shown
below).
With 70V supplies, the input and current source transistors must
be MPSA42 or similar - the original d age! Note that the MPSA42
pinout is differ ecified. Full details of transistor pinouts are
shown in the construction article (available to PCB purchasers
only).
evices shown will fail at that voltent from the BC546s
originally sp
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High power amps are not too common as projects, since they are
by their nature normally difficult to build, and are expensive. A
small error during assembly means that you start again - this can
get very costly. I recommend that you use the PCB for this
amplifier, as it will save you much grief. This is not an amp for
beginners working with Veroboard!
The amplifier can be assembled by a reasonably experienced
hobbyist in about three hours. The metalwork will take somewhat
longer, and this is especially true for the high continuous power
variant. Even so, it is simple to build, compact, relatively
inexpensive, and provides a level of performance that will satisfy
most requirements.
WARNINGS:
This amplifier is not trivial, despite its small size and
apparent simplicity. The total DC is over 110V (or as much as 140V
DC!), and can kill you.
The power dissipated is such that great care is needed with
transistor mounting.
The single board P68 is capable of full power duty into 4 Ohm
loads, but only at the lower supply voltage.
For operation at the higher supply voltage, you must use the
dual board version.
There is NO SHORT CIRCUIT PROTECTION. The amp is designed to be
used w s not been included. A short on the output
DO NOT ATTEMPT THIS AMPLIFIER AS YOUR FIRST PROJECT
e ELF principle - see the Project Page or the info on this
circuit). Where continuous high power is required, another 4
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ithin a subwoofer or other speaker enclosure, so this ha will
destroy the amplifier.
Description
Please note that the specification for this amp has been
upgraded, and it is now recommended for continuous high power into
4 Ohms, but You will need to go to extremes with the heatsink (fan
cooling is highly recommended). It was originally intended for
"light" intermittent duty, suitable for an equalised subwoofer
system (for example using thfoutput transistors are recommended,
wired in the same way as Q9, Q10, Q11 aQ12, and using 0.33 ohm
emitter resistors.
Continuous power into 8 ohms is typically over 150W (250W for
70V supplieand it can be used without additional transistors at
full power into an 8 ohm load all day, every day. The additional
transistors are only needed if you want to dothe same thing into 4
ohms at maximum supply voltage! Do not even think about using
supplies over 70V, and don't bother asking me if it is ok - it
isn't!
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The circuit is shown in Figure 1, and it is a reasonably
conventional design. Connections are provided for the Internal SIM
(published elsewhere on the Project Pages), and filtering is
provided for RF protection (R1, C2). The input is
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via a 4.7uF bipolar cap, as this provides lots of capacitance in
a small size. Because of the impedance, little or no degradation of
sound will be apparent. A polyester cap may be used if you prefer -
1uF with the nominal 22k input impedance will give a -3dB frequency
of 7.2Hz, which is quite low enough for asub.
The input stage is a conventional long-tailed pair, and uses a
current sink (Q1the emitter circuit. I elected to use a current
sink here to ensure that the amp would stabilise quickly upon
application (and removal) of power, to eliminate the dreaded turn
on "thump". The amp is
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actually at reasonably stable operating conditions with as
little as +/-5 volts! Note also that there are connections for
15.
iver is again conventional, and uses a Miller stabilisation cap.
This component should be either a 500V ceramic or a polystyrene
device for best
ollector load uses the bootstrap principle rather than an active
current sink, as this is cheaper and very pri ip
All rshould be in good thermal contact with the driver heatsink.
Neglect to do this and the result will be thermal runaway, and the
amp will fail. For some reason,
the SIM (Sound Impairment Monitor), which will indicate clipping
better than any conventional clipping indicator circuit. See the
Project Pages for details on making a SIM circuit. If you feel that
you don't need the SIM, omit R4 and R
The Class-A dr
linearity. The creliable (besides, I like the bootstrap
nc le :-)
th ee driver transistors (Q4, 5 & 6)must be on a heatsink,
and D2 and D3
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thebelow, k, 3 driver transistors, and a white "bl "presse the
heatsink with thermal grease. C11 do"misla til someone asked me
where and what it was supposed to be. Sorry about that.
tput stage that the power capability of this amp is revealed.
The main output is similar to many of my other designs, but with a
higher value than
rsion of d in
302A output transistors, because they are new most constructors
will find that these are not as easy to get as
2SC3281 are now obsolete - if you do find them, they are almost
certainly 2000.
ent
carbon
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Because this amp operates in "pure" Class-B (something of a
contradiction of terms, I think), the high frequency distortion
will be relatively high, and is probably unsuited to high power
hi-fi. At the low frequency end of the spectrum, there is lots of
negative feedback, and distortion is actually rather good, at about
0.04% up to 1kHz. My initial tests and reports from others indicate
that there are no audible artefacts at high frequencies, but the
recommendation remains.
last statement seems to cause some people confusion - look at
the photo and you will see the small heatsin
ob (just to the left of the electrolytic capacitor), which is
the two diodes d against
es not exist on this schematic, so don't bother looking for it.
It was id" when the schematic was prepared, and I didn't notice
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It is in the ou
normal for the "emitter" resistors (R16, R17). The voltage
across these resistors is then used to provide base current for the
main output devices, which operate in full Class-B. In some
respects, this is a "poor-man's" vethe famous Quad current dumping
circuit, but without the refinements, anprinciple is the same as
was used in the equally famous Crown DC300A power amps.
Although I have shown MJL4281A and MJL4
they should be. The alternatives are MJL3281/ MJL1302 or
MJL21193/ MJL21194.
Note: It is no longer possible to recommend any Toshiba
transistors, sincethey are the most commonly counterfeited of all.
The 2SA1302 and
fakes, since Toshiba has not made these devices since around
1999~
Use a standard green LED. Do not use high brightness or other
colours, as they may have a slighty different forward voltage, and
this will change the currsink's operation - this may be a miniature
type if desired. The resistors are all 1/4W (preferably metal
film), except for R10, R11 and R22, which are 1Wfilm types. All low
value resistors (3.3 ohm and 0.33 ohm) are 5W wirewound types
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Power Dissipation Considerations I have made a lot of noise
about not using this amp at 70V into 4 ohms without the extra
transistors. A quick calculation reveals that when operated like
this, the worst case peak dissipation into a resistive load is 306W
(4&Omega/ 70V supplies). The four final transistors do most of
the work, with Q7 and Q8 having a relatively restful time (this was
the design goal originally). Peak dissipation in the 8 output
devices is around 70W each.
Since I like to be conservative, I will assume that Q7 and Q8 in
the updated schematic shown contribute a little under 1A peak
(which is about right). This means that their peak dissipation is
around 18W, with the main O/P devices dissipating a peak of 70W
each. The specified transistors are 230W, and the alternatives are
200W, so why are the extra transistors needed?
The problem is simple - the rated dissipation for a transistor
is with a case temperature of 25C. As the amp is used, each
internal transistor die gets hot, as does the transistor case - the
standard derating curves must be applied. Add
to this the reactive component as the loudspeaker drives current
back into the amp (doubling the peak dissipation), and it becomes
all too easy to exceed the device limits. The only way that this
amp can be used for continuous high power duty with 70V supplies
and a 4 loudspeaker load is to keep the working temperature down to
the absolute minimum - that means four output devices perside, a
big heatsink and a fan
Figure 1A shows the doubled output stage, with Q9, Q10, Q11 and
Q12 simply repeated - along with the emitter resistors. Each 1/2
stage has its network and bypass caps as shown, as this is the
arrangement if the dual PCB
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version is built. When you have this many power transistors, the
amp will happilydrive a 4 ohm load all day from 70V - with a big
enough heatsink, and forced cooling. Over 500W is available, more
than enough to cause meltdown in maspeakers!
A Few Specs and Measurements
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The following figures are all relative to an output power of
225W into 4 ohms, o30V RMS at 1kHz, unless otherwise stated. Noise
and distortion figures are unweig
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hted, and are measured at full bandwidth. Measurements were
taken using
t ge. Figures shown are measured with 56V nominal, with the
figure
in (bra
istortion 0.4% 0.4% Distortion (@ 4W) 0.04% (1 Khz) 0.04% (1
Khz)
ere
tful that any deficiencies would be readily apparent, except
perhaps at frequencies above 10kHz. While the amp is certainly fast
enough (and yes, 3V/us
is available up to 30kHz), the distortion may
pply voltage with zero power
measured exactly 56V, and collapsed to 50.7V at full power into
8 ohms, and
a 300VA transformer, with 6,800uF filter caps.
Mains voltage was about 4% low when I did the tests, so power
output will normally be slightly higher than shown here if the
mains are at the correcnominal volta
ckets) estimated for 70V supplies.
8 4 Voltage Gain 27dB 27dB Power (Continuous) 153W (240W) 240W
(470W) Peak Power - 10 ms 185W (250W) 344W (512W) Peak Power - 5 ms
185W (272W) 370W (540W) Input Voltage 1.3V (2.0V) RMS 1.3V (2.0V)
RMSNoise * -63dBV (ref. 1V) -63dBV (ref. 1V)S/N Ratio * 92dB 92dB
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Distortion (@ 4W) 0.07% (10 kHz) 0.07% (10 kHz) Slew Rate >
3V/us > 3V/us Power Bandwidth 30 kHz 30 kHz
These figures are quite respectable, especially considering the
design intent forthis amp. While (IMO) it would not be really
suitable for normal hi-fi, even thit is doub
actually is fast enough - full powerbe a bit too high.
Note that the "peak power" ratings represent the maximum power
before the filter caps discharge and the supply voltage collapses.
I measured these at 5 milliseconds and 10 milliseconds. Performance
into 4 ohm loads is not be quite asgood, as the caps discharge
faster. The su
47.5V at full power into 4 ohms.
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I hope to be able to publish the full test results of the 70V
version soon
Photo of Completed Prototype
The photo does not show the silk screened component overlay,
since this is the prototype board. The final boards have the
overlay (as do all my other boards). The observant reader will also
see that the 5W resistor values are different from those
recommended - this was an early prototype using 130W
transistors.
As can be seen, this is the single board version. The driver
transistors are in a row, so that a single sheet aluminium heatsink
can be used for all three. Holes are provided on the board so the
driver heatsink can be mounted firmly, to prevent the transistor
leads breaking due to vibration. This is especially important if
the amp is used for a powered subwoofer, but will probably not
be
rd
ply
needed for a chassis mounted system.
The driver and main heatsinks shown are adequate for up to 200W
into 4 ohmswith normal program material. The power transistors are
all mounted underneath the board, and the mounting screw heads can
be seen on the top of the boa
Power Sup
WARNING: Mains wiring must be performed by a qualified
electrician - Do not attempt the power supply unless suitably
qualified. Faulty or incorrect mains wiring may result in death or
serious injury