Telephone Circuit: Music On Hold

Some costly efforts have been made to shorten the waiting time for all kind of services in the call center or other business, but many customers still complaining about the long waiting time, so other solution should be taken to handle this situation. Waiting a call hold can be boring if there is only silence on the line, that’s the […]

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Power Saver for Relays

Relays are normally operated at current level where it can initiate the mechanical metal contactors movement. After contacts has been established, the current level needed to keep the conductor plates stay attached is actually smaller than the current to initiate it. This power saver circuit seems to have opposite mechanism of surge protector. This circuit provide surge current to initiate […]

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Sound-Controlled Relay

This is a relay circuit that detect the presence of sound to activate the relay. You can use this sound-controlled relay as voice operated switch, light control, toys, or any other application that can be controlled by a switch. Just replace the switch with  this relay and now you have a sound-controlled device. This circuit uses a 741 operational amplifier […]

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TRIAC Basic Operation

Triode for alternating current,TRIAC, is an electronic component that can control power in two direction in an AC circuit. The figure (a) shows the block construction and schematic symbol of TRIAC. The TRIAC is operated like two SCRs in parallel connection in opposite direction like shown in figure (b). Here is the figure of TRIAC: A TRIAC can be triggered […]

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SIDAC Basic Operation

Silicon Diode for Alternating Current, SIDAC, is a multilayer silicon semiconductor switch. This component is triggered by voltage and can be operated as bidirectional swtch. Usually, this SIDAC is used in cheap high voltage power supply or ignition circuits. Figure below shows SIDAC block construction, schematic symbol and geometric construction : The SIDAC has leakage current(Idrm) less than 5 µA […]

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