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USB Morse Keyer is a microcontroller-based auto keyer project with following features: USB / straight key / iambic key inputs. Support for both standalone and USB operating modes. 64-character USB typeahead buffer and 6-character Morse key typeahead buffer. Support 5, 10, 15 WPM. 6-page message memory. 1W Audio output. Audio and PTT output interfaces. 32 character display  Final view of the USB auto keyer. The USB interface of this unit is designed to work with most of the operating systems. It emulates a virtual serial terminal to transfer keystrokes to the keyer. In most of the operating systems, this interface works without installing any additional device drivers. To submit keystrokes user can use any serial terminal software such as PuTTY , Hyper Terminal , Minicom , etc. This keyer is designed to work with 7V to 16V DC input voltage. The most recommended working voltage is 9V. The bottom side of the USB auto keyer. To reduce the dimension of the P...

TFA9842AJ is quiet old 7.5W audio power amplifier introduced by NXP . This amplifier IC is no longer produced by NXP, but still, it's available to purchase in many places, which including eBay , AliExpress , Amazon , etc. NXP TFA9842AJ Power amplifier IC. I tested a couple of TFA9842AJ based amplifiers in the last couple of years. The main reason I liked TFA9842AJ is its simple, clean design, wide operating voltage, and high-quality bass-rich audio output. Thanks to it's built-in DC volume control circuit this audio amplifier can easily interface with MCU. In this article, we provide a generic TFA9842AJ module which works with most of Arduino boards, MCUs and SOCs. Schematic of the TFA9842AJ module. As illustrated above, this system consists of LM321 operational amplifier and TFA9842AJ IC. To support both 5V and 3.3V logic inputs we introduce logical level selection jumper ( J2 ) into this design. To control the volume PWM input must apply to the J1 . In this...

This is contactless DTMF ( Dual Tone - Multi Frequency ) switch to control 16 channel relay boards. This module can turn ON/OFF relays based on DTMF singles which captured from its microphones. This project is building using 4 commonly available ICs which including TL084, TL081, CM8870, and 74LS154. TL084 is used as microphone preamplifier and LPF. TL081 act as combiner and CM8870 is used to decode the DTMF inputs. 74LS154, the demultiplexer is used as line selector. In this circuit TL084 and TL081 and replace with any compatible operational amplifier IC. During our prototyping, we replace TL084 with LM324, TL074, and TL081 with TL071 and got identical results. For the microphones, it is highly recommended to use omnidirectional condenser microphones. In our tests, we get good results when both the microphones are in the 90⁰ plane. This circuit is design to work with single rail 5V DC power source and its output terminal ( SV1 ) is compatible with most of the 16 channel relay bo...