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Use an infrared phototransistor

Use an infrared phototransistor
Do you have an old TV lying around? Want to do something fun with it? Are you hanging around radio shack all day and cant find anything to do there? (get a life *ahem*)
Then pull out those screwdrivers, or... wallets, because there is an interesting use for them!
 
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Step 1Parts: the easy part

Parts: the easy part
N-P-N transistor
Infrared phototransistor
9V battery
LED
2 yel,vio,brn resistors

Simple eh!
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Aug 18, 2010. 3:39 PMDIY-Guy says:
Very nice. Simple. Love it! The original schematic has a note that a part is backwards, could you explain please? Or update the drawing please? Thanks AlDude999!

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Author:aldude999(Free doom wads)
Im into electronics and computers so thats the instructables you will find frome me