FM Receiver Antenna Amplifier

This is the active FM receiver antenna amplifier, used to boost the FM signal catch by the antenna, you may call circuit “FM antenna booster”. By working with only a small handfull of parts you can assembled this kind of reliable FM amplifier circuit. It runs with only 1 UHF/VHF type transistor, MFE201. This amplifier… Read More »

NiCAD Battery Charger with Current and Voltage Limiting

The following diagram is the schematic diagram of Ni-CAD battery charger circuit which featured with current and voltage limiting to keep the battery lifetime. The lamp L1 will be light brightly and the LED will be out when the battery is low and battery charging in progress, but the LED is very bright and the… Read More »

VOX Treble Booster Effect

The following scheme diagram is the circuit diagram of VOX treble booster effect. A treble booster is an effects unit used by guitarists to boost volume and especially the high end of their tonal spectrum, and was popular mostly during the 1960s. VOX made a variety of boosters that were meant to be plugged directly… Read More »

Tube Distortion Pedal

The following circuit is tube distortion pedal for guitar effect. The circuit designed by Ron Black. Circuit Notes: IC1 : 747 dual op-amp, other ICs may be substitued but pinout will different. You should check the datasheet IC2 : LM340K-12V Voltage Regulator All resistors are 1/2 W Bridge Rectifier – Full wave bridge recitifier, 50… Read More »

Lead-Acid Battery Charger

The following scheme diagram is the circuit diagram of Lead-Acid battery charger. This circuit provides an initial voltage of 2.5 V per cell at 25 ℃ to quickly charge the battery. The charging current decreases as the battery is charging, and when the current drops to 180 mA, the charging circuit reduces the output voltage… Read More »

Tube Mic Pre-Amp

The following diagram is the circuit diagram of tube mic pre amplifier 12AX7. This circuit is little hard to built. You must have an intermediate or advanced skills to build this circuit. All capacitors with value of 33uF are 16V, while the all others are 50V unless marked otherwise. Resistors marked with “#” are 1%… Read More »

ACTOR : Active Tone Control

The following diagram is the schematic diagram of Active Tone Control circuit, or we often call this circuit as “ACTOR”. The circuit is quite simple, easy build and inexpensive, you can build this circuit with minimum / low cost. Active Tone Control or ACTOR is an active electronic audio circuit that serves to increase the… Read More »

Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi Effect

The following diagram is the schematic diagram of electric guitar effect: Electro-Harmonix (EH) Big Muff Pi. The EH Big Muff Pi effect circuit would probably be better making the change by a modern input-jack power and a  DPDT bypass switch. The types of transistors and diodes are unknown. It is likely that any high gain… Read More »