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Poor man’s 433MHz RF Sniffer

Nowadays minuscule 433MHz RF modules are used in a wide variety of applications that require wireless control, and are very popular among the tinkerers because these modules are very cheap and can be interfaced easily […]

Safe Bathroom Lamp Controller

As you may know, bathroom is possibly the most dangerous area in your house when it comes to electrical safety because water is a sound electrical conductor. The consequence of an electric shock is far […]

Electronic Magnet Evaluator

Electronic Magnet Evaluator is a simple device incredibly useful for experimenters and students. With this little gadget one can not only detect the presence of a permanent magnet but also find out its south (S) […]

Simple Flood Alarm

The electronic flood alarm circuit presented here is wired around an LMC555N (IC1) – CMOS version of the bipolar 555 timer chip. IC1 is followed by a complimentary pair of emitter followers (T1 and T2) […]

White LED Bulb AC230V

Presented here is a simple yet useful AC230V White LED light bulb with an isolated digital interface to control its on/off switching actions through a microcontroller or an external electronic circuitry. The design is based […]

Automatic LED Night Light

Inspired by a Chinese design, recently I built a small automatic LED night light with the help of a few generally available inexpensive components. Shown below is the base schematic of that automatic White LED […]

Microwave Radar Motion Sensor Switch

Presented here is an automatic motion sensor switch built around a cheap ‘Doppler Microwave Radar Sensor’ that can be easily used as standalone detection sensor. The circuit, designed as an alternative to the common PIR […]