Cordless phone detector.

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nerdegutta

Joined Dec 15, 2009
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Hi.

Which of these circuits would be best for detecting a cordless phone ringing?

The phones are Siemens Gigaset, I think... It's at my parents house.

I only need a circuit to detect the RF signal, the LED bit I hope I can manage to put in myself.
The volume on the cordless phone is not high enough, so I thought some flashing LEDs or something would draw the attention to the phone.

Also, I guess it is not recommended to breadboard this type of circuit for testing, due to all the stray capacitance and long legged components...

I've googled and youtubed a lot, and these circuits gets hit all the time.
 

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radiohead

Joined May 28, 2009
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On the first circuit, do you have a component list? The IC is probably a 555.

The second circuit looks simple enough to breadboard, just to see roughly how it will perform.

The third circuit uses an op amp to amplify a weak signal and feed it to a 555 that drives an audio indicator. If all you require is a visual indication, you can omit the entire 555 circuit (C7 and everything to the right, except for the battery and switch).

If you want to build a prototype and don't want to breadboard it, you can use the dead bug (air circuit) or Manhattan style of circuit construction.
 

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nerdegutta

Joined Dec 15, 2009
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On the first circuit, do you have a component list? The IC is probably a 555.
Yes it's a 555

The second circuit looks simple enough to breadboard, just to see roughly how it will perform.
Tried it, but it didn't do anything. :(


The third circuit uses an op amp to amplify a weak signal and feed it to a 555 that drives an audio indicator. If all you require is a visual indication, you can omit the entire 555 circuit (C7 and everything to the right, except for the battery and switch).
I only need visual indication. So this I might try.

If you want to build a prototype and don't want to breadboard it, you can use the dead bug (air circuit) or Manhattan style of circuit construction.
Now why didn't I think of that! :rolleyes:

But which of them would be best?
 
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