Active DC Voltage Doubler

Here is the circuit diagram of active DC voltage doubler which used to increase the DC voltage. This circuit drives relays of 24 and 18VDC from a 12V power supply. Use this circuit can be work with almost any PNP or NPN power transistor, of course the transistor with specific characteristic similar to the transistor… Read More »

Basic Theory of DC to AC Inverters

This document explains about Basic Theory of DC to AC Inverters. Title: “The ABC’s of DC to AC Inverters”, arranged “by Electronic’s Department of Northen Alberta Institure of Technology. This document will show you the basic theory of DC to AC inverters, about the circuit’s works, the calculation to build DC to AC inverter and… Read More »

100 Watt Inverter 12VDC to 220VAC with Mosfet

This is another 100 watt inverter circuit diagram. Built based on IC CD4047 and Mosfet IRF540, this inverter have ability to supply electronic device -which require 220VAC-  up to 100w from 2-3A transformer from 12V lead acid battery. In the circuit diagram we can observe that 12V battery is connecter to the diode LED and… Read More »

50W Inverter 12VDC to 220VAC

This is the inverter circuit which capable to convert 12V DC to 220V AC dan handle about 50 Watts small electronic appliances. With this circuit, you can use a 12V accumulator / lead acid battery to operate some of your electronic appliances which not exceed 50W of total power consumption. Components List: R1=10Mohms R2=100ohms R3=1.2Kohms… Read More »

6V to 12V DC to DC Voltage Converter

This is the circuit diagram of 6V to 12V DC to DC voltage converter (6V to 12V DC voltage doubler). This is the active circuit for voltage doubling from 6 volt to 12 volt DC with 1A maximum current. The IC is used as switcher device. Schematic diagram: Components and its usage: IC Switcher/regulator LM2577T-ADJ… Read More »

Basic UPS Circuit 5V and 12V DC

The above diagram is a basic Uninterupted Power Supply (UPS) circuit. This basic UPS circuit is a very simple and inexpensive. This circuit can be adapted/modified for other regulated and unregulated voltages by using different regulators and batteries. For a 15 Volt regulated supply, you may apply two 12V batteries connected in series (it will… Read More »

Power Inverter 60W 12V DC to 230V AC Using 2N3055

This is low cost fully transistorised power inverter 60W circuit capable of driving medium loads of the order of 40 to 60 watts using battery of 12V, 15 Ah or higher capacity. Transistors T1 and T2 (BC548) form a 50Hz multivibrator. For obtaining correct frequency, the values of resistors R3 and R4 may have to… Read More »