Upgrading spotlights to LED

I’ve got a couple of 12V halogen spot lights on the hallway of my apartment. I rarely turn them on because other lights usually service the area.  This made me think that I could just make them dimmer and leave them on the whole night, so I’ve found a simple method to replace the bulb and [...]

Secret knock detector with 555

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this is another entry for the 555contest.com
Introduction

A certain knock at the door may tell you if the person behind it is the one expected or just somebody else. Each knock on the door itself cannot tell you too much, it can be lighter or stronger and that’s all about it, there’s no information on [...]

LED UV exposure box part 2, the timer

timer mounted

Introduction

Continuing the development of my UV exposure box I have designed and built a countdown timer.

There are a few others out there for the same purpose, but I wanted to add some more features to make things better.

As I have mentioned in the previous post, safety was a big concern for me so I added a [...]