Found in an EDN from the 90s, this circuit uses an electret microphone. The output can be used to activate a relay. Integrated circuits are from that time, uncommon today.
This circuit is from a 1980s Motorola documentation. The circuit can be made with modern...
This well-known circuit triggers a relay when light striking the phototransistor is cut off. The...
This circuit generates a pulsed tone whose frequency depends on C2 and whose flashing depends on...