It started when I purchased a Garage Parking Sensor so that my wife could park the car without hitting the wall unit and still have room to close the garage door.
One day I went to a Hobby come raceways shop that had a life size Traffic light on display and when I asked where they got it from they offered me a secondhand one.
After cleaning it up I tested it and it all worked.
I then removed all 240v wires.
I then began to rewire the old 6" traffic light to allow it to work on the larger traffic light.
When you open the 6" traffic light you will find a few transistors that operates the Red, Amber and the Green lights. (See attached diagram)
The centre leg of those three transistors feed three relays which then provide 12volts to the X 2150 Led 6watt globes. (Altronics)
To make the globes, I took the 240Volt Edison globes and broke the globe, that left me with three 240v sockets. (Be careful when taking out the glass from the socket, the strong glue which you will need to break away from the socket without damaging the socket is hard to remove).
I then got a halogen socket X 2142 from Altronics, soldered one end of the Halogen socket wire to the middle of the 240v socket and the other end of the wire to the chassis of the 240v socket.
I then filled the 240v empty socket (now with a halogen socket mounted inside) with hot glue.
You will need to hold this in place for 3 minutes or so till cool.
You now need to screw this socket into the traffic lights and then insert the Led globes.
(Take note of the orientation of the globes, they will only work in the one direction)
The rest of the wiring you will need to follow the attached diagram.
To help I will briefly explain.
I connected a 12v 2 amp plug pack (power supply) to a 9volt 7805 regulator.
The 12v was fed to the regulator and to the three relays.
The other end of the regulator will give you a fixed 9 v output which is used to power the Garage Parking Sensor as well as provide 9v switching voltage to the three led traffic lights.
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0BwjqRgkVKt1IZlBKNHNDXzlXenc
Video : https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BwjqRgkVKt1IZG50bDZTMzVPYmM/edit
Showing posts with label Electronics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Electronics. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Electronics - Calculators
Parallel Resistance Calculator - http://www.1728.org/resistrs.htm
Series resistor calculator http://www.csgnetwork.com/seriesresistcalc.html
Resistor value calculator http://www.csgnetwork.com/resistcolcalc.html
Ohms Law Calculator http://www.electronics2000.co.uk/calc/ohms-law-calculator.php
Resistor Colour Code Calculator http://www.electronics2000.co.uk/calc/resistor-code-calculator.php
Series capacitor calculator http://www.kusashi.com/series-capacitors.php
Capacitor Charge / Energy Calculator http://www.electronics2000.co.uk/calc/capacitor-charge-calculator.php
Capacitor Code Calculator http://www.electronics2000.co.uk/calc/capacitor-code-calculator.php
Inductance calculator http://www.qsl.net/in3otd/indcalc.html
Inductor Code Calculator - Colours to Value http://www.electronics2000.co.uk/calc/inductor-code-calculator.php
L / C Reactance Calculator http://www.electronics2000.co.uk/calc/reactance-calculator.php
Inductor Code Calculator - Value to Colours http://www.electronics2000.co.uk/calc/calcind1.php
Capacitor Value calculator http://www.muzique.com/schem/caps.htm
Capacitance Unit Converter http://www.electronics2000.co.uk/calc/capacitance-unit-converter.php
LED Resistor value calculator http://ledz.com/?p=zz.led.resistor.calculator
LED Series Resistor Calculator http://www.electronics2000.co.uk/calc/led-series-resistor-calculator.php
Ohms law calculator http://www.the12volt.com/ohm/ohmslawcalculators.asp
Parallel capacitor calculator http://www.csgnetwork.com/parallelcapacicalc.html
Potential divider calculator http://www.random-science-tools.com/electronics/divider.htm
Power (Wattage) Calculator http://www.electronics2000.co.uk/calc/power-calculator.php
IC 555 Astable calculator http://www.csgnetwork.com/ne555timer2calc.html
IC 555 Timing Calculator http://www.calculatoredge.com/electronics/555timer.htm
IC 555 Frequency calculator http://www.daycounter.com/Calculators/NE555-Calculator.phtml
Wheatstone Bridge Calculator Wheatstone Bridge Calculator
Current calculator http://www.sengpielaudio.com/calculator-ohm.htm
LC Tank circuit frequency calculator http://www.whatcircuits.com/lc-resonance-frequency-calculator/
Power (Wattage) Calculator http://www.electronics2000.co.uk/calc/power-calculator.php
Series resistor calculator http://www.csgnetwork.com/seriesresistcalc.html
Resistor value calculator http://www.csgnetwork.com/resistcolcalc.html
Ohms Law Calculator http://www.electronics2000.co.uk/calc/ohms-law-calculator.php
Resistor Colour Code Calculator http://www.electronics2000.co.uk/calc/resistor-code-calculator.php
Series capacitor calculator http://www.kusashi.com/series-capacitors.php
Capacitor Charge / Energy Calculator http://www.electronics2000.co.uk/calc/capacitor-charge-calculator.php
Capacitor Code Calculator http://www.electronics2000.co.uk/calc/capacitor-code-calculator.php
Inductance calculator http://www.qsl.net/in3otd/indcalc.html
Inductor Code Calculator - Colours to Value http://www.electronics2000.co.uk/calc/inductor-code-calculator.php
L / C Reactance Calculator http://www.electronics2000.co.uk/calc/reactance-calculator.php
Inductor Code Calculator - Value to Colours http://www.electronics2000.co.uk/calc/calcind1.php
Capacitor Value calculator http://www.muzique.com/schem/caps.htm
Capacitance Unit Converter http://www.electronics2000.co.uk/calc/capacitance-unit-converter.php
LED Resistor value calculator http://ledz.com/?p=zz.led.resistor.calculator
LED Series Resistor Calculator http://www.electronics2000.co.uk/calc/led-series-resistor-calculator.php
Ohms law calculator http://www.the12volt.com/ohm/ohmslawcalculators.asp
Parallel capacitor calculator http://www.csgnetwork.com/parallelcapacicalc.html
Potential divider calculator http://www.random-science-tools.com/electronics/divider.htm
Power (Wattage) Calculator http://www.electronics2000.co.uk/calc/power-calculator.php
IC 555 Astable calculator http://www.csgnetwork.com/ne555timer2calc.html
IC 555 Timing Calculator http://www.calculatoredge.com/electronics/555timer.htm
IC 555 Frequency calculator http://www.daycounter.com/Calculators/NE555-Calculator.phtml
Wheatstone Bridge Calculator Wheatstone Bridge Calculator
Current calculator http://www.sengpielaudio.com/calculator-ohm.htm
LC Tank circuit frequency calculator http://www.whatcircuits.com/lc-resonance-frequency-calculator/
Power (Wattage) Calculator http://www.electronics2000.co.uk/calc/power-calculator.php
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Lead Acid Batteries
How batteries work, well explained : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhIRD5YVNbs
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Hdmi Cable Length
Do I need a higher quality Hdmi cable for longer runs say over 10 meters.
This website has all the answers
http://www.hdmi.org/learningcenter/installer_training.aspx#
This website has all the answers
http://www.hdmi.org/learningcenter/installer_training.aspx#
Monday, October 31, 2011
Antenna Bands I to 5 Australia
VHF - Very High Frequency
Band I antennas = channels 0 to 2
Band II antennas = channels 3 to 5 - Fm radio
Band III antennas for channel 5A to 11
UHF - Ultra High Frequency
Band IV antennas for channels 28 to 35 - Digital Tv - Certain Areas Of Australia
Band V antennas for channels 39 to 69 - Digital Tv - Certain Areas Of Australia
http://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=digital%20band%20antennas&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CE0QFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.digitalready.gov.au%2FContent%2FDocuments%2FGeneral%2FPDF%2FQld-factsheets%2FStandard-antenna--factsheet.aspx&ei=4B6nTteiO6yWiQe6k_ySDg&usg=AFQjCNH5yniJyZnKU9MXjBt5qS9X-XVt0g&sig2=rOb7nax7TapODOPLFQqzYw
Band I antennas = channels 0 to 2
Band II antennas = channels 3 to 5 - Fm radio
Band III antennas for channel 5A to 11
UHF - Ultra High Frequency
Band IV antennas for channels 28 to 35 - Digital Tv - Certain Areas Of Australia
Band V antennas for channels 39 to 69 - Digital Tv - Certain Areas Of Australia
http://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=digital%20band%20antennas&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CE0QFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.digitalready.gov.au%2FContent%2FDocuments%2FGeneral%2FPDF%2FQld-factsheets%2FStandard-antenna--factsheet.aspx&ei=4B6nTteiO6yWiQe6k_ySDg&usg=AFQjCNH5yniJyZnKU9MXjBt5qS9X-XVt0g&sig2=rOb7nax7TapODOPLFQqzYw
Monday, February 21, 2011
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