Photo Flash Circuits
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EPSON PHOTO 830U printer power circuit It shows EPSON PHOT0 830U printer power supply circuit, which belongs to the switching power supply. In normal operation, the power suppl.. -
The circuit is based on operational amplifier IC1 used in the noninverting amplifier mode. Rl and 2 set the gain at about 500. RV1 (sensitivity) biases the noninverting input to the negative supply. Ql provides the relatively high trigger current required by.... -
A negative pulse at the input is fed via capacitor Cl to the input pin (2) of the IC, Pin 2 is held slightly above its triggering voltage of 1/3 Vcc by the voltage divider comprising Rl, R2 and RV1, The negative pulse triggers the IC and the output (pin 3).... -
Circuit at rest (dark) state operation the electromagnet M current flows, once there is sufficient strength so that light shines on the phototransistor is turned on, that is th.. -
This Adjustable Strobe Light is the bigger brother of the plain old strobe light. This one uses a much more powerful "horse shoe" Xenon tube which produces more light. You can also control the flash rate up to about 20Hz. Do not look directly at the flash.... -
This DC-DC converter ("inverter") needs nothing but unmodified Radio Shack parts. You don`t need to build or wind any coils or transformers. This is a cheap-and-dirty experimenter`s circuit. I tested this and it worked for me, but I disclaim all warranties!.... -
Figure 1 shows a complete circuit for an emergency lamp that operates from a 12V automotive battery. The xenon flash tube requires a 250V-dc anode voltage and a 4-kV trigger pulse. To generate the 250V dc, IC1, a switching regulator controller, and T1, a....
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Flash slaves are used when you need to supplement one flash unit with one or several more. This slave trigger simply triggers those other units. It does this by "seeing" the first flash (using a phototransistor) and triggering the other flashes a few.... -
This is a mini strobe light. NE555 is used as a self oscillator. The width of output pulse is changed by the variable resister. 25msec means 40Hz. 6m sec means 166Hz. A LED is connected on the output of this oscillator. Therefore LED twinkles from 40Hz to.... -
This model is very simple and charges as long as you hold the pushbutton:.. -
These photoflash, or strobe, capacitors range in value from a hundred microfarads to over a millifarad, with target output voltages above 300V. Traditional strobe capacitor charging methods are either inefficient or require software overhead. The LT3420....
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This circuit (the Bucciarelli one) is designed to sense a sudden increase in light and does so extremely well. A few of these were actually built and tested and found to not trigger from normal room light. They sometimes malfunctioned if the phototransistors....
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Disco anyone? Actually, this strobe serves a much more useful purpose then making it look cool when you dance in the dark. You can use it to view fast moving objects, look for craks in PC boards (hold the strobe on the trace side of the board and look from.... -
Cell phones and PDAs are approaching the limit for small form factors, but their feature sets are growing with new functions such as built-in cameras and even video cameras. The initial in-phone cameras were basic, low resolution devices with little in the....
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If you have no idea what is a "strobo", "strobe", "stroboscopy" or whatever way it is called, it is simply a flashing light. It is usually used on police cars, 'disco' places and many interesting applications, including scientific ones. This project is.... -
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There is a voltage divider composed of R2 (10M) and R3 (100K) which effectively divides the voltage across C2 by about 100. Also note the ground of C2. It is connected to the inverter ground for reference. I used an LM358 comparator to keep track of the.... -
The circuit uses an IRF740 MOSFET which is rated at a maximum DS V value of 400V. The avalanche voltage is calculated as 3520 1. max DSA VV V. This means that up to about 500V of inductive kickback voltage can develop in the switched coil. More than.... -
Simple few transistors generator and transformer A transforms 1. 5V battery voltage to few hundred of volts. This is quite high voltage. Then this high-voltage current passes through a diode, which rectifies current to DC. This DC current is stored in quite.... -
This circuit is presented as an alternative to the IR beam break detector featured in the June 2009 issue (Silicon Chip). In order to make it relatively insensitive to ambient light, it uses a standard IR receiver IC such as the Jaycar ZD-1942. This has a.... -
The following circuit shows about Slave Flash Light Control Circuit Diagram. Features: 68mH Inductor, give auto trigger for secondary flash light, ... -
Flash slaves are used when you need to supplement one flash unit with one or several more. This slave trigger simply triggers those other units. It does this by "seeing" the first flash (using a phototransistor) and triggering the other flashes a few.... -
The IR detector (IC3) controls an LM 7555 CMOS timer (IC2) which operates in mono stable mode. When the beam is broken, IC2 is triggered and its pin 3 output goes high for about half a second. This extinguishes LED1 and turns on transistor Q1 to drive a 5V.... -
The AAT1265 evaluation board provides a platform for the testing and evaluation of the AAT1265 low voltage 2MHz Step-up Regulator The evaluation board demonstrates suggested size and placement of external components to main- tain output voltage regulation.... -
The M-88L70 is a full DTMF Receiver that integrates both bandsplit Filter and decoder functions into a single 18-pin DIP or SOIC package. Manufactured using CMOS process technology, the M-88L70 offers low power consumption (18 mW max), precise data handling.... -
The NCP5810D is a dual ’output DC/DC converter which CAN generate both a positive and a negative voltage. The device is optimized for powering modules such as AMOLED Display drivers where very good output voltage accuracy and regulation, signal integrity and.... -
This is a fun and non-dangeros project for those people who like to throw projectiles magnetically. It simply works by placing a ferromagnetic projectile at one end of a coil and pulsing some power in it. The trick is to switch off power when the projectile.... -
This acticle describes how to build a simple yet effective sound trigger for cameras or flashes. The circuit allows to experiment with high-speed photography.... -
This circuit is presented as an alternative to the IR beam break detector featured in the June 2009 issue (Silicon Chip). In order to make it relatively i.... -
These two resistors have two functions. One, if I touch the circuit by accident, they limit the current to a lower value. Two, when the flash fires, the main capacitor looks like a short circuit to the power supply. These two resistors limit the short....
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This project fits more for custom made battery casing that can have more space to hide things inside. This switch with few alterations can be used for any other project as well but is designed based on e-bike needs! This project use a clever functionality of.... -
The circuit described here uses ultrasonic oscillations and operates based on the propagation velocity of these oscillations in the air. Thus, we can easily determine the distance of two points if the time within which the wave travels this distance is.... -
Sometimes the precious metals are hidden too deep and are not detected except with complicated devices. In many cases, however, small pieces of precious metal buried near the surface can be detected by relatively simple means. Everyone is very attractive to.... -
Many times for various reasons we forget or can not water the plants that we have in our homes. And many humidity sensors units just notify us with a beeping sound or with a flashing light, that the pot needs watering. But what if we are away from home? This.... -
The principle behind a metal detector is really very simple. Proof of this is the circuit that follows, in which it proves that the construction of a metal detector can be done in the minute, with few components that we find very easily everywhere. With the.... -
The sub-harmonic bass generator is a sound producing unit for guitars. The sound it produces looks very much like that of the bass guitar. The octave generator is sometimes quite unusual since it does not produce any of the usual ways of coloring the sound,.... -
In the past the sounding (sea bottom measurement) was done with the "bullet", that is, with a heavy lead object that the seamen plucked into the sea hung from a calibrated rope. As soon as the "bullet" reached the bottom, the depth appeared directly from the.... -
This Amplifier was designed to have the following specifications: Distortion less than 0.1% at full power of 100W even at 20KHz. Power has to be attributed to an extended bandwidth. The output transistors must be protected against short circuits. The power.... -
A series of LEDs serve to alert the gardener when plants need water. Using two conventional digital integrated LEDs and a series of LEDs, we make a very useful device for gardening. The device detects the amount of water in the pot and alerts the grower.....
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