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AF signal injector and tracer

Signal injector and the tracer is a very useful device when troubleshooting electronic audio equipment. We decided to build this signal injector by inspiring the article available in June 2016 - Everyday Practical Electronics (EPE) Magazine ( Audio Signal Injector and Tracer by John Clarke - Page 22 to 29). The signal injector design in EPE magazine is simple but we got few issues while constructing that circuit. The main issue is that LMC6482 is not available to buy in the local market. After few months wait we got a couple of ICs from eBay for LKR 600.00. The second issue is its output is not enough to drive most of the loudspeakers. After prototyping EPE design we decided to build similar sort of signal injector and tracer with commonly available ICs and with more powerful power amplifier stage. For our design, we use the LM358 operational amplifier IC which is commonly available in the local market (for LKR 15 to 20). For the power amplifier, we use LM386 low voltage power...