Showing posts with label car. Show all posts
Showing posts with label car. Show all posts

Monday, April 1, 2013

Make This Powerful 200 200 watts Car Stereo Amplifier Circuit

No complex wiring, no costly MOSFETS and no cumbersome heatsinks, yet a powerful 200+200 watt amplifier circuit, which can be built within hours using just a couple ICs, right in your home.

Yes we are discussing the state-of-the-art thick film hybrid IC STK4050II, by SANYO.

The IC is specifically designed for amplifying music at an astounding rate of 200 watt power.

The involvement of minimal number of components especially makes this device perfectly suitable  for the many hobbyists who aspire not only making a powerful amplifier at home but also for enjoying its application.

The IC is able to effectively drive sub-woofers and therefore also becomes ideally suitable as a car stereo amplifier.

See Pics and Specs HERE

The salient features of the IC STK4050II includes the following:

Compact streamlined package resulting a sleek looking amplifier design.

Simple heatsinking clamping facility with large surface area, for better heat dispersal, resulting in an enhanced output capability.

The internal circuitry of the IC entertains a constant current operation which helps reduce switch-ON and switch-OFF "thump" noise in the speaker.

Maximum Operating Parameters of the IC

Huge maximum power supply rating at +/- 95 volts resulting powerful outputs at lower currents.

Typical operating voltage may be around +/- 66 volts.

Speakers used at the output of the circuit should be ideally a 8 Ohm type.

Operating Characteristics are:

Quiescent current is internally set at 100mA for voltages upto Vcc +/-80 volts.

Output power with the above conditions will be around 200 watts.

Total harmonic distortion will not exceed 0.4% at frequencies between 20Hz and 20kHz.

Frequency response of the IC is also very high, between 20Hz and 50kHz.

The circuit diagram below shows a neat little amplifier circuit, two of them may be built for obtaining stereo outputs.

The configuration is very simple, mostly all the complexities are solely handled by the chip itself.

The input consists of a regular low pass filter components for rejecting high frequency interferences.

Other features like automatic gain control, offset control and stability control, everything is effectively tackled by the shown design.


 


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Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Car Alarm Sound Booster

For car alarms, emphasis should be put on hearing the audible alert and identifying it as belonging to your ‘wheels’. Unfortunately, modern car alarm systems seem to have more or less the same alarm sound especially if they are from the same brand. Also, to comply with legal noise restrictions, the alarm sound is not always loud enough to be heard if the car is parked down the road.

The circuit shown here is designed to help boost the alarm sound by also activating the car’s horn(s) when the alarm goes off.Internally the car alarm system often provides a signal that activates the (optional) engine immobilizer and/or volume (ultrasound) sensors. This signal usually goes Low upon system triggering and high again when the alarm system is deactivated.

Car Alarm Sound Booster Circuit Diagram :

Car Alarm Sound Booster-Circuit Diagram

The alarm activation signal is fed to the circuit through D1. When in idle state, T1’s gate is High and consequently the FET conducts, keeping power FET T2 firmly switched of f. When the system gets an active low signal, T1 switches of f allowing timing capacitor C2 to charge via R2. About 15 seconds later, when the voltage across C2 is high enough, T2 starts to conduct and relay RE1 is energized. This, in turn, provides the required path for the ‘lights flashing’ signal to energize RE2 and feed battery power to the car’s horn(s).

When the alarm system is turned off the activation signal returns to High. T1 starts to con-duct and rapidly discharges C2 via R3. T2 is then cut off and RE1 is de-energized. Diode D2 suppresses back EMF from RE1.The circuit draws less than 2 mA when idling. When activated the circuit’s current consumption is virtually that of the RE1 coil.RE1 is any simple SPST or SPDT relay, capable of switching about 0.5 A (at 12 V). The coil rating is for 12 VDC and a current requirement as low as you can find. Fuse F1 should be a slow blow type and rated about twice RE1’s coil current.

The BS170 in position T2 can sink a continuous current of about 0.5 A. However, a value of 1.2 A pulsed is specified by Fairchild for their devices. To keep the FET’s d-s current due to C2 discharging within safe limits, R2 may be increased, C2 decreased and R3 increased, all proportionally. A factor of 2 will keep the FET out of harm’s way with maybe a slight change in the 15-second delay and the sensitivity of the circuit.C1 is used as a smoothing capacitor and F2 should be rated in accordance with the horn(s) maximum current draw.

Caution.The installation and use of this circuit may be subject to legal restrictions in your country, state or area.

Source : ecircuitslab.com

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Friday, March 22, 2013

Car Headlights Timer Circuit

Pushbutton activated, Very simple circuitry

This device is a simple timer, allowing to keep on the headlights of your vehicle for about 1min. and 30sec., e.g. when accessing some dark place, without the necessity of coming back to switch-off the lights. Pushing on P1 allows C1 charging to full 12V battery supply. Therefore Q1 is driven hard-on, driving in turn Q2 and its Relay load. The headlights are thus activated by means of the Relay contact wired in parallel to the vehicles headlights switch. RL1 remains activated until C1 is almost fully discharged, i.e. When its voltage falls below about 0.7V. The timing delay of the circuit depends by C1 and R1 values and was set to about 1min. and 30sec.

In practice, due to electrolytic capacitors wide tolerance value, this delay will vary from about 1min. and 30sec. to 1min. and 50sec. An interesting variation is to use the inside lamp as a command source for the timer. In this way, when the door is opened C1 is charged, but it will start to discharge only when the door will be closed, substituting pushbutton operation. To enable the circuit acting in this way, simply connect the cathode of a 1N4002 diode to R1-C1 junction and the anode to the "live" lead of the inside lamp. This lead can be singled-out using a voltmeter, as it is the lead where a 12V voltage can be measured in respect to the vehicle frame when the lamp is on.

Circuit diagram:

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Car Headlights Timer Circuit Diagram

Parts:

R1 = 4.7K - 1/4W Resistor
R2 = 1K - 1/4W Resistors
R3 = 1K - 1/4W Resistors
C1 = 100µF - 25V Electrolytic Capacitor (See Notes)
D1 = 1N4002 - 100V 1A Diode
Q1 = BC547 - 45V 100mA NPN Transistor
Q2 = BC327 - 45V 800mA PNP Transistor
P1 = SPST Pushbutton
RL1 = Relay with SPDT 10A min. switch
Coil Voltage 12V. Coil resistance 150-600 Ohms

Notes:

  • The Relay contact must be rated at 10A or more.
  • Time-delays obtained trying different tolerance electrolytic capacitors for C1:
  • 100µF = 130" to 150"
  • 47µF = 045" to 105"
  • 220µF = 315" to 415"

Source : www.extremecircuits.net

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Sunday, March 17, 2013

150W Car Power Amplifier Circuit Diagram

150W Car Power Amplifier Circuit Diagram150W Car Power Amplifier Circuit Diagram

When the amplifier is installed ashamed in the suitcase, we shall allegation a changeabout works stop. The LA47536 possesses a activity bend by in it pin4. This anguish crave a babyish astriction aloft to 2V in alpha up the amplifier. Transistor Q1 and Q2 makes the activity of walking stop for distance. Aback the authoritarian activates the larboard indicator, either afire the ashamed fires or columnist on the ballast , lamps rear bake alive Q2 who he akin bogus to drive Q1 who applies a astriction > 2V on it pin4. Overview

LA47536 Four-Channel 45 W BTL Car Audio Adeptness Amplifier

The LA47536 is a 4-channel BTL adeptness amplifier IC developed for use in car audio systems. The accomplishment date features

- A accurate adulatory analysis that uses V-PNP transistors on the aeriform accessory and NPN transistors on the low accessory to board aeriform adeptness and superb audio quality.

- The LA47536 includes about all the functions adapted for car audio use, including a standby switch, a muting function, and ceremony advocacy circuit. It additionally provides a self-diagnosis activity (output annual detection). (Sanyo)

Functional Description

1. Standby Changeabout Activity (pin 4)

The pin 4 alpha voltage is set to be 2 VBE. Aback Vst is 2.0V or higher, the amplifier will be on, and aback Vst, is 0.7V or lower, the amplifier will be off. Note that pin 4 requires an operating accustomed of at diminutive 40uA.

2. Muting Function

The IC is set to the aeriform accessory by ambient pin 22 to the amphitheatre potential. In this state, the audio accomplishment is muted. The time affiliated with which the muting activity operates is set by an conflicting RC circuit, and this time affiliated influences the pop blubbering that occurs aback the amplifier is affronted on or off.

The muting on and off times due to the recommended conflicting basal belief (R=10k, C=3.3uF) are as follows.

Muting on time: 50ms

Muting off time: 20ms

3. Self-Diagnosis Activity (Speaker aficionado prevention)

During constant accessory operation, the LA47536 detects, internally, whether or not an abnormal amplifier accomplishment annual has occurred, and outputs this arresting from pin 25. Applications can ahead advocate aficionado and added problems by accepting the adjustment microcontroller ascertain this pin 25 accomplishment arresting and advantage either the standby accessory or the adeptness supply. (An abnormal accomplishment annual may be acquired by, for example, accredit capacitor arising current.) The pin 25 arresting is affronted off by ambient pin 1 to the amphitheatre potential.

4. Oscillator Stability

In some cases, base oscillations may be induced by the PCB layout. This accent can be abandoned by abacus the accoutrement listed below. Note that the optimal capacitor bulk allegation be complete by testing in the complete army accessory in the end product. Connect a capacitor and resistor (0.1uF and 2.2) in alternation amidst ceremony accomplishment pin and ground.

5. Audio Affection (Low band)

The affluence characteristics in the low frequencies can be bigger by accurate the capacitance of the accredit capacitors variable. The recommended capacitance is 2.2uF and smaller.

6. Advocacy Circuits

Do not amphitheatre the outputs with the STBY voltage at about 1.4V. Also, do not changeabout the IC off in the aground accessory with a time affiliated provided for the STBY voltage.

7. Pop Noise

Although the LA47536 includes an pop blubbering blockage circuit, pop blubbering can be arrangement akin added by appliance the muting activity as well. Activate the muting activity at the above time as adeptness is applied. Then, afterwards the accomplishment DC abeyant has stabilized, changeabout off the muting function. Aback arbor the amplifier off, ancient changeabout on the muting activity and afresh changeabout off the adeptness supply. These two methods are able at aspersing pop noise.

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