Showing posts with label receiver. Show all posts
Showing posts with label receiver. Show all posts

Friday, December 12, 2014

CATV Upstream Fiber Optic Receiver

Fiber-optics-circuit

Upstream fiber links in a community antenna television (CATV) system are usually among the most difficult elements of the network to align properly.Set-top boxes and cable modems employ "long-loop" automatic gain control (AGC) (in other words, far-end power-control), which attempts to normalize the RF path end-to-end.

Alignment is very important because for every decibel of uncorrected optical loss, there's a 2-dB optical-modulation-index (OMI) variance at the transmitting node.
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Wednesday, November 19, 2014

FM Radio Receiver Circuit with IC TDA 7012T

TDA 7012T FM Radio Receiver
FM Radio Receiver IC TDA 7012T is very simple, but it has an FM radio receiver sensitivity and good selectivity. Single Chip FM Receifer cool name of IC TDA7012T 7012T TDA is to build an FM receiver requires a few additional components. 
Feature contained in FM receiver IC TDA 7012T is quite tempting to an FM receiver. Among features an FM receiver TDA 7012T is a low-voltage applications micro affability arrangement (MTS), Frequency Loked Loop (FLL) to 76 KHz range and selectivity of FM receiver with RC Filter. In an article by FM Radio Receiver IC TDA 7012T can be seen in the FM receiver circuit which can be made​​.



FM Radio Receiver with IC TDA 7012T

From the picture above components to make the FM Radio Receiver IC TDA 7012T as follows:

R1 = 8kΩ2
R2 = 10kΩ
R3 = 390Ω
C1, C3 = 10nF
C2, C6, C9, C16 = 100nF
C4 = 33pF
C5 = 25pF trimmer
C7, C10 = 1nF5
C8 = 820pF C11 = 1NF
C12 = 68pF
C13 = 220pF
C14 = 47μF 10V
C15 = 3nF3
L1 = 36nH
L2 = 1μH,
IC1 = TDA7021T

Hopefully useful and become an idea in the manufacture of Mini FM Receiver with IC TDA 7012T
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Wednesday, November 5, 2014

A Discharger for Receiver Battery Packs

You may have read about cycling NiCad batteries. If not, read a little here ( Reds R/C Battery Clinic) for an excellent overview. Overcharging apparently leads to voltage depression, which can be corrected by one or two complete discharges (to 1 to 1.1 volts per cell). On the other hand, over discharging the batteries to a low or zero voltage can damage them, and if the batteries have not been overcharged and have no voltage depression, cycling just uses up regular battery life. I designed and use this discharger occasionally to remove voltage depression and insure battery capacity is still ok for those planes that have no low voltage alarm.

Note that the 100 ohm resistors are 1/2 watt (these are the load resistors), the rest are 1/4 watt. The red LED lights while discharging, buzzer sounds and discharge rate drops to 15-25mA (for the buzzer) when complete. The discharge load is 60mA to 110mA depending on the battery voltage. Since thats about the same current draw as my Hitec receiver and two HS-80s draw while flying handlaunch, I can use discharge time almost directly to indicate flying time. The buzzer uses enough current to keep a 150mA battery down, but when discharging a 600mA battery, the battery recovers quickly when the load is removed--the buzzer/discharger cycles on and off. Threshold voltage of the discharger is set to 4.2 volts. Since the discharger still draws some current when buzzing, try to disconnect the discharger once the alarm sounds--dont leave it going for hours lest the battery be over discharged.

Discharger

There are a couple ways you could modify the circuit to work with a 5-cell 6-volt receiver battery pack. The two 1k resistors are a divider network, so one way would be to change the resistors to change the sampling voltage at the comparator. The formula for a divider network is Vout=Vin(R2/(R1+R2)) or R1=R2*((Vin/Vout)-1). Here, R1 is the resistor connected to the positive lead and pin 7 of the comparator, Vin is 5.25 volts (1.05 volts per cell discharge shutoff threshold), and Vout is the reference 2.1 volts (the voltage produced by the LM317T and the 180 and 270 ohm resistors). You can use R2 as the same 1k value that was there before. So R1=1000*((5.25/2.1)-1)=1500=1.5k. So swap the top 1k resistor in the schematic for a 1.5k, and the new shutoff voltage for your device will be 5.25 volts.

To increase the discharge rate, decrease the resistance of the load resistors. You could use four 100 ohm resistors in parallel instead of two, for example, and it would discharge twice as fast. Resistance of a number of resistors in parallel is the value of the resistor devided by the number of the resistors. Here, 100 ohms/ four resistors is 25 ohms. At five volts, current is (5 volts)/(25 ohms)=0.2 ampere or 200mA. Be careful not to decrease resistance too much however--the small signal transistor used in this particular circuit is probably only rated for maximum 500 mA.

Circuit diagram :
Discharger Discharger
Parts:
273-074 Miniature Piezo Buzzer, 12v, PC board mount
271-312 1/4 watt 5% carbon film resistors, 500 pieces (Just do it!)
276-1778 LM317T adjustable voltage regulator
276-1712 Quad comparator LM339
276-1622 LED assortment (20 count)
276-2009 NPN Silicon transistor MPS2222A (2N2222)

Custom electronics:
 
I post this design not because I think this is a brilliant piece of circuit design but because the design works, and it can give you a start on your own experimentation. The idea is to use the power available from the discharging battery to monitor the voltage of the battery, shut off discharging at a preset voltage (here 1.05 volts/cell), and sound an alarm when discharging is complete. To do so means a voltage reference powered by the changing voltage of the battery, here the LM317T and the 180 with 270 ohm resistors. You could just as easily use a LM336 (see the low voltage warning buzzer page) or a zener with resistor, or something else as a reference. Since the reference voltage must be below the ambient battery voltage, a pair of 1k resistors provides the divided test voltage. The LM339 is a four way comparator.
 
This design uses really three comparators: in addition to the one driving the transistor, a comparator drives the LED and another drives the buzzer. But you could use a single comparator (like the LM311) with the buzzer across the emitter and collector of the transistor, and the LED in series with a 270 ohm resistor across (parallel with) the 100 ohm load resistors. With the transistor conducting, the voltage drop across base and emitter is low, and the buzzer is quiet. The tiny current in a piezo buzzer (7 mA), when the transistor is not conducting, would be divided between the load resistors and the LED, and the LED is dark.
A word about the comparator.

The output of the comparator serves as a meager source of current, but can sink current nicely. In other words, the high logic output of the comparator will not drive the base of a NPN transistor as here. The 560 ohm resistor provides the current here for the transistor base--the comparator takes it away when its output drops to ground. Hmmm . . . . so, maybe use a PNP transistor like a 2N3906 instead with emitter to + and collector to load, remove the 560 resistor and connect the base through a 1k resistor to the output of the comparator, then reverse the logic of the comparator by swapping the reference with the test. . . hmmmmm. Could work. Yep . . . works.


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Monday, September 22, 2014

One Transistor FM Radio Receiver Circuit

Here’s simple FM receiver circuit for a simple superregenerative FM radio. It is sensitive, selective, and has enough audio drive for an earphone. These designs generally have low component counts, however the design or my construction have been far from simple.

FM Radio Receiver Circuit Layout
Because this is a superregenerative design, component layout can be very important. The tuning capacitor, C3, has three leads. Only the outer two leads are used; the middle lead of C3 is not connected. Arrange L1 fairly close to C3, but keep it away from where your hand will be. If your hand is too close to L1 while you tune the radio, it will make tuning very difficult.

Winding L1
L1 sets the frequency of the radio, acts as the antenna, and is the primary adjustment for super-regeneration. Although it has many important jobs, it is easy to construct. Get any cylindrical object that is just under 1/2 inch (13 mm) in diameter. I used a thick pencil from my son’s grade school class, but a magic marker or large drill bit work just fine. #20 bare solid wire works the best, but any wire that holds its shape will do. Wind 6 turns tightly, side-by-side, on the cylinder, then slip the wire off. Spread the windings apart from each other so the whole coil is just under an inch (2.5 cm) long. Find the midpoint and solder a small wire for C2 there. Mount the ends of the wire on your circuit board keeping some clearance between the coil and the circuit board.

A tuning knob for C3

C3 does not come with a knob and I have not found a source. A knob is important to keep your hand away from the capacitor and coil when you tune in stations. The solution is to use a #4 nylon screw. Twist the nylon screw into the threads of the C3 tuning handle. The #4 screw is the wrong thread pitch and will jam (bind) in the threads. This is what you want to happen. Tighten the screw just enough so it stays put as you tune the capacitor. The resulting arrangement works quite well.

FM Radio Receiver Circuit Adjustment
If the radio is wired correctly, there are three possible things you can hear when you turn it on: 1) a radio station, 2) a rushing noise, 3) a squeal, and 4) nothing. If you got a radio station, you are in good shape. Use another FM radio to see where you are on the FM band. You can change the tuning range of C3 by squeezing L1 or change C1. If you hear a rushing noise, you will probably be able to tune in a station.

Try the tuning control and see what you get. If you hear a squeal or hear nothing, then the circuit is oscillating too little or too much. Try spreading or compressing L1. Double check your connections. If you don’t make any progress, then you need to change R4. Replace R4 with a 20K or larger potentiometer (up to 50K). A trimmer potentiometer is best. Adjust R4 until you can reliably tune in stations. Once the circuit is working, you can remove the potentiometer, measure its value, and replace it with a fixed resistor. Some people might want to build the set from the start with a trimmer potentiometer in place (e.g., Mouser 569-72PM-25K).

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Sunday, August 31, 2014

Simple Regenerative Receiver Wiring diagram Schematic 80m or 40m

This is a simple design, can have excellent results, he is a recipient of regeneration, if you have never built any receiver, this is one you will build Easy. The schema described is simple and has many limitations in sensitivity and selectivity, but is able to receive signals from radio amateurs (40m or 80m) in SSB and CW, and as output using a small headset crystal. 

He will have a saturation if there are strong stations available on AM broadcast band of 41m at night.L1 is a small toroid T50-2 (red) with about 18 to 20 times (40m) or 35 to 40 times (80m) in the main winding connected to the FET with a single coupling schema facing the antenna connection. 

The center tap is about 20% of the primary winding. C1 is adjusted to set the radio band to the 40m and C2 then acts as a fine tuning within the band.The supply of 12 to 14V, R2 should be increased 5K6 or 6K8 output will be higher and similar sensitivity to-100dBm (about 2uV).

Regenerative Receiver Circuit Diagram

Regenerative

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Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Power amplifier for FM radio receiver

Schematic  is suitable for use in radio tuner or FM radio receiver when it is assembled and ready for use. Where if the low gear power radio receiver, with the aid of power amplifier is less powerfull voice / hard to better and just right. For use hios  speakers , use a low-power , because power amplifier has only the power output of 2 X 5 Watt stereo power amplifeir with impedance of 4 Ohm. Working on a minimum voltage of 4.5 Volts and maximum of 16Volt. Use the correct voltage supply - really have been filtered out in order to improve the performance of these power amplifiers.
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Component Description :

Resistor
R1________180R
R2________180R
R3________18K
R4________18K

Capacitor
C1________47uF
C2________4.7uF
C4________100uF
C5________100uF
C6________47uF
C7________4.7uF
C8________47uF
C9________100uF
C10_______100uF
C11_______1000uF
C12_______1000uF
C13_______100pF
C14_______100pF
C15_______68n
C16_______68n

IC
IC1_______TA7215P
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