IR LED - photodiode project challenges

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cce1911

Joined Jun 11, 2013
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Is there 5VDC between pins 4 and 11 on the LM224?
Yes. In the photo breadboard1a.jpg you can see the blue wire running from pin 4 to the +5vdc rail and in bradboard2a.jpg you can see a green wire running from pin 11 to the ground rail.

Is there a current limiting resistor built into the LED on pin 14; if not, you have to add a series resistor of about 560 ohms.
No, I do not think so. I'll add one.

The 220k resistor that is supposed to be going from pin 12 to ground doesn't look to my like it's connected to pin 12.
That's a good catch. I probably missed that when I pulled all the resistors to test them.

The 470pF cap that is supposed to go from pin 12 to 8 looks like it's going from 13 to 8.
Yep, from the photo I would say you are correct again. I'll go verify these when I get home from work this evening.
 

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cce1911

Joined Jun 11, 2013
41
Upon closer examination of the circuit, it does appear that the 470pF cap is supposed to go between pins 13 and 8. The LM224 datasheet is here. Granted my pictures are a little fuzzy.
 
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