Circuito original em: www.mitedu.freeserve.co.uk/Circuits
This simple circuit is
sure to have the police beating a path to your door - however, it has the added
advantage of alerting you to their presence even before their footsteps fall on
the doormat.
The circuit transmits on Medium Wave (this is the small
problem with the police). IC1a, together with a sensor (try a 20cm x 20cm sheet
of tin foil) oscillates at just over 1MHz. This is modulated by an audio
frequency (a continuous beep) produced by IC1b. When a hand or a foot approaches
the sensor, the frequency of the transmitter (IC1a) drops appreciably.
Suppose now that the circuit transmits at 1MHz. Suppose also that your
radio is tuned to a frequency just below this. The 1MHz transmission will
therefore not be heard by the radio. But bring a hand or a foot near to the
sensor, and the transmitter's frequency will drop, and a beep will be heard from
the radio.
Attach the antenna to a multiplug adapter that is plugged
into the mains, and you will find that the Medium Wave transmission radiates
from every wire in your house. Now place a suitably tuned Medium Wave radio near
some wires or a plug point in your house, and an early-warning system is set up.
Instead of using the sheet of tin foil as the sensor, you could use a
doorknob, or burglar bars. Or you could use a pushbutton and series resistor
(wired in series with the 33K resistor - the pushbutton would short it out) to
decrease the frequency of IC1a, so activating the system by means of a
pushbutton switch. In this case, the radio would be tuned to a frequency just
below that of the transmitter.