Vacuum-Tube Valves Circuits
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The nixie tube clock consists of a high voltage power supply, seven rings counters and an Atmel AVR processor. The power supply is shown in schematic Schematic 1. It takes 12 volts AC and converts it to DC which drives the Maxim 1771 switching power supply.... -
As my principal hobby interest is now photography and I work crazy long hours at Imatest, I won`t have much time to update this article or answer difficult questions. James E. Lanier`s PSPICE Triode Calculator is a promising program for finding tube model.... -
A discussion of the Williamson Amplifier should be first preceded by an overview of its context in the evolution of the vacuum tube and its application to high fidelity audio reproduction. Transformer coupling was widely used pre-war because it was simple.... -
Virtually all AM radio manufacturers used this exact circuit from about 1948 to 1963 or so. People are starting to collect these radios as antiques of sorts. I would be happy to credit the creator of this figure and caption, but I don`t recall from where I.... -
A nice and compact setup, that works off-line, directly at 220V, with only a voltage doubler to get the plate voltage up to 560V DC. I don`t need to go into details explaining this circuit, it is a simple Armstrong oscillator, using the feedback coil L4..... -
The coil has been added a few extra turns, so I had to find a way to improve the insulation. I opted for epoxy, with some extra quantity added over the soldering:.. -
Vacuum tube tesla coils operate in a continuous wave mode of operation, continuously providing energy to the tesla coil secondary. As a result, the output is primarily determined by how much power the vacuum tube can process. The spark discharge and.... -
A copy from an old italian magazine of amatorial electronics, proposing an add-on for tube receivers. The add-on was a simple one-tube short-wave transmitter leveraging the same power supply already available in the receiver. This circuit fascinated me when.... -
Basic Regen design is pretty common, so BEFORE the schematic comes the "concept stage", the "what`s available in the junkbox stage", back to the "concept stage", followed by the "mechanical/electrical layout stage", then sketch a rough schematic. and do it.... -
This little project arose from a desire to experiment with some of the more "traditional" methods of radioconstruction which enjoyed popularity some 70 years ago. I wanted to find out for myself what kind of performance could be achieved using simple.... -
The congestion of the ether is becoming so great that efforts are continually being made to extend the channels of communication to higher frequencies. Wavelengths as low as 12 metres are now commonplace, but attempts to work below this are fraught with many.... -
Build a library of circuits and service data for old valve and transistor radios. There are many available on the internet, but at a price. I would rather share my circuits and manuals with others than try to make money out of them. Thanks to all those who.... -
The AVO VCM 163 is one of the few tube testers (British: valve tester) being able to measure tube electrode currents, e. g. plate and screen current (fig. 1, left-hand meter movement) as well as mutual conductance (fig. 1, right-hand meter movement).... -
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Here are design data for a 3TF7 replacement. Design was based upon the information found in The Ballast Tube Handbook` by Jacobi and on the descriptive field of the R-390x part list: Actually, according to the voltage charts of R-390x receivers, the 3TF7.... -
The following two photos show the I/V charactereristics of the main Anode/Cathode current for the Tune-a-lite 4 element neon tube used as signal strength meter in some Fada Radios as the Tune-o-graph. The 4 terminal Tuneon tube used in some Cossor radios.... -
Many areas of scientific research and industrial production require vacuum conditions - where most (or as much as possible) of the air has been removed leaving little or nothing behind. While written specifically for the needs of home-built gas lasers, much.... -
Tthe circuit has enjoyed popularity as a standalone booster and as a building block in larger circuits. While the circuit has its merits, we decided to further explore it to determine if it was a truly faithful solid-state version of the familiar input stage.... -
A Burrough`s B-7971 Nixie Tube clock that I built back in 1979 when I was a senior in High School. The digits are 2 ½ inches high which allowed me to read the clock from anywhere in my bedroom without needing to wear my glasses. The clock circuit is based on.... -
The drive circuit of electromotor includes a FET bridge circuit, FET base drive circuit,current sensor of motor drive circuit and the relay. FET bridge circuit mainly consists of four high-power MOSFET power tubes,it requires that the power tubes have good.... -
This is a driver circuit for nixie tube. This circuit uses 2N3684 as nixie tube drivers because its Vp is 2-5 volts which is ideally matches TTL-DTL logic.... -
We can use UBA2021 for 600 V lamp controller and half-bridge driver IC for high-power. The UBA2021 is a long-life CFL/TL applications. It`s equipped with.... -
The size of the photoflash charger circuit is greatly simplified and reduced by Texas Instrument (TI) TPS65552A. A photoflash capacitor charger based on this.... -
A 40 watt fluorescent (tube lamp, TL) or two 20-watt tubes in series will be driven by this circuit. The transformer is wound on a ferrite rod 10mm dia and 8cm.... -
A 40 watt fluorescent tube lamp or two 20-watt tubes in series will be driven by this circuit but this circuit will produce less brightness than usual, since.... -
If you look into the bottom of a valve you will see the wires from each electrode and you can see the valve base pins to which they are connected. For this reason I will not give any valve data or pin-outs. These are widely available from other sources and.... -
This transmitter is very stable and will deliver up to seven watts of power with the components and tubes shown. Do not be put-off by valves as they are VERY easy to work with and it seems that there are quite a few valves around. Because no-one wants these.... -
A stereo valve phono pre built for me by a techie mate. He has the power transformer and all components needed besides the valves which he advised me to source myself based on what would be most suitable to my needs. So, all you experienced DIYers, if you.... -
V1 and V2 are 12AX7 dual triodes. Each half of V1 is wired as a Class A voltage amplifier in a configuration known as Common Cathode. By comparison, both halves of V2 are wired together in the Cathode Follower configuration for current gain. Don ’t freak.... -
That circuit is similar in concept to the BK Butler/Tubeworks Tube Driver. Since there is only a 9v supply, the tubes operate in "starved plate" mode. Preamp tubes normally operate on 100v-300v. It`s similar to using a Variac on a tube amp. When there is.... -
The circuit uses AC mains voltage and otherhigh voltages that can cause injury or death. The 125 is a basic heterodyne configuration, in which the outputs of two similar radio-frequency Colpitts oscillators are fed to a mixer, producing their difference.... -
This was one of those reviews where time and circumstances conspired to allow a dual-test. I made the first contacts with Vacuum State, and Allen was eager to oblige. Combine this with a planned trip to Brittany and it was obvious that Geoff too would have a....
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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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