12V Flourescent Lamp Inverter

Drive a standard 36/40W fluoro tube to fll brightness from a 12V DC. Ideal for camping, a trouble light or even emergency home lighting.

For these reasons, fluorescent lighting is the natural choice in commercial and retail buildings, workshops and factories. For battery-powered lighting, fluorescent lights are also the first choice because of their high efficiency.

The main drawback with running fluorescent lights from battery power is that an inverter is required to drive the tubes. Inverter efficiency then becomes the major issue.

There are many commercial 12V-operated fluorescent lamps available which use 15W and 20W tubes. However, it is rare to see one which drives them to full brilliance. For example, a typical commercial dual 20W fluorescent lamp operating from 12V draws 980mA or 11.8W. Ignoring losses in the fluorescent tube driver itself, it means that each tube is only supplied with 5.9W of power which is considerably less than their 20W rating. So while the lamps do use 20W tubes, the light output is well below par.

Warning: This circuit generates in excess of 300V DC which could be lethal. Construction should only be attempted by those experimenced with mains-level voltages and safety procedures.

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10-Channel IR Remote Control Receiver

Where would we be without our infrared remote controls? Stuck back in the dinosaur era, that's where. IR remote controls are now built into lots of appliances, ranging from TV sets and VCRs to audio equipment, robots and lights.
This relatively simple design makes it easy for you to add infrared remote control to your latest project or to existing equipment. What's more, it can control up to 10 different functions, which should be more than enough for most applications (usually, you'll only need one or two channels). Each output uses an open-collector transistor and this can be used to switch a relay or even to directly switch other 12V equipment.
The outputs can also be used to drive LEDs via current limiting resistors or to drive optocouplers (eg, to provide isolation from high-voltage circuitry). Heavy current items such as motors and light bulbs will have to be driven by relays. We've made the job easy for you by including diagrams that show all the various options - see Figs.5(a)-5(d).

MAIN FEATURES
Uses a commercial handheld IR remote
10 separate outputs
Outputs can be independently set for momentary or toggle operation
Acknowledge LED
LED indicator on each channel
Transistor output for relay connection
Operates on two different remote codes
12V DC operation
Commercial remote

As already indicated, the 10-channel remote receiver is operated using a commercial handheld remote which can also be used to control your TV, VCR or satellite receiver. Using a commercial IR transmitter vastly simplifies the construction and you also get a professional looking controller as well.
Operation is simple - just press one of the 0-9 buttons on the transmitter to control the 0-9 outputs on the receiver. A momentary output stays on for as long as its transmitter button is held down, while a toggle output alternates between ON and OFF on each subsequent press of the button. An acknowledge LED flashes whenever an IR signal is being received, while 10 more LEDs are used to indicate the status of the outputs.
There, we told you it was simple to operate!
All the parts for the circuit are mounted on a small PC board and this can either be housed in a separate plastic box or built right into existing equipment. The operational range is up to about 12 metres.

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4-Minute Shower Timer

Gone are the days when we can afford to luxuriate under a hot shower for hours on end. Well, maybe the showers weren’t quite that long but most people are used to taking showers in the tens of minutes.
It’s easy to lose track of time in the shower. And it does feel nice.
That’s a luxury that’s no longer economically nor ecologically sustainable. First of all, we’re short of water. In most areas of Australia the powers-that-be keep telling us if we don’t be good boys and girls and cut our water usage then we are going to run out.

(Those same powers [read politicians] that keep blaming us wasteful consumers don’t mention that for the most part water shortages are their fault, because they haven’t invested the necessary dollars in water infrastructure while population has steadily increased for much of the last half century. But let’s not get into that argument. At least not right now . . .)
Second, we’re short of electric power. The power that goes to heat the water is also in very short supply. Load shedding (ie, blackouts!) is becoming more and more common as supply authorities attempt to cut peak loads. Those same powers-that-be keep telling us that if we don’t reduce our consumption of power, it’s going to get worse.
(Those same powers [read politicians] that keep blaming us wasteful consumers, etc etc etc . . .) Putting aside all the scare-mongering that’s going on in political circles (my spell checker wanted to change that to circuses, which would be perhaps more apt) it really does make sense for us, as consumers, to try to save both water and power – if only because that means less of our hard-earned dollars will end up in Government coffers.
One way to do both, of course, is to take shorter showers. How short?

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4 Digit Crystal-Controlled Timing Module

As already stated, the design features a 4-digit 7-segment LED display (with decimal points) plus an open-collector output. Depending on your application, this output can be used to operate a relay or sound a buzzer at the end of the timing period.
In addition, there are three inputs to the circuit: Reset, Start & Stop. The Reset input is a hardware reset to the microcontroller, while the Start & Stop input functions vary according to the firmware used.
All inputs are normally pulled high and may be pulled low by switches or relays, or by an open collector output (ie, when the transistor turns on).
Two on-board pushbutton switches are also connected across the Start & Stop inputs. These enable you to test the basic operation of the timer module without hooking up external hardware (apart from a power supply). Basically, they are there to help you get the unit "up and running".
To make the module easy to use, all the inputs and outputs are brought out to a single 10-way header pin. What's more, each input or output "pair" includes its own ground pin (see Fig.2).
Note that when using the output to switch a load, this load must be connected between the output pin on the PC board and a positive DC voltage. For example, to switch a 12V relay, connect the relay between the output pin and +12V.

Specifications :

Timing Range (Down Timer)-- 0-10,000 seconds; or 0-10,000 minutes;
or 0-10,000 hours
Timing Ranges (Photographic Timer)-- 60, 90, 120, 300, 600 & 900 seconds
Frequency Ranges (Frequency Meter)-- 0-10kHz & 10-40kHz (TTL logic)
Inputs-- Start, Stop and Reset (active low)
Output-- open collector NPN transistor, 100mA @ 30V
Power Supply-- 9-12V DC @ 50mA
Display-- 4-digit 7-segment LED with decimal point
Dimensions-- 51 x 66mm
External Connector-- 10-way right-angle SIL header (male or female)

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PIC Programer (Parallel Port)

I designed it with following

• WinPIC-800 (V3.64)
• Hardware (PG3b)
• PC Parallel Port
• 12-20V/DC Power Supply

In this programmer i modify the (PG3b) with my own techniques,First i modify the Parallel port cable that's one side is DB-25 (Male) connector and other side is DB-9 (Female) connector and this DB-9 (Female) Connector is plugin in DB-9 (Male) connector which is on the Programmer Board.This process that i do just only for the reducing the extra space of Programmer Board and make it much more efficient in working mode.All pictures and Fully operationally Working Video are attached.

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Devices Controlling Through Voice commands in VB6

I designed this project with following Tools:

• Microsoft Voice Recognition SDK tool Kit
• Microsoft Visual Basic 6
• Some sort of components for Control the Appliances

In this Project i control Only 4 Devices which are depends on Human Voice Commands. e g if i want to turn on Fan Simply Say "FAN ON" and if you want to turn it off Simply Say "FAN OFF".Basically its totally depends on Voice Recognition ,When we say any thing the Microsoft Voice Recognition SDK tool kit convert it into TEXT and compare it with Predefined Voice Command List and the Output will be change according yo Over Voice. I Designed it to control the Devices which are connected to the PCs Parallel port later on i will use Serial or USB port for further.....

Top Components Side View

Top Components Side view with DB-25 Connector

Bottom Solder Side View

DB-25 Connector

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