This circuit triggers an LED when the input signal exceeds the peak, or the value set in RV1. The transistors can be the modern equivalents BC549.
This Rytron transmitter was published in a 1953 book. The circuit can be implemented with a BC558...
Foto-Darlington for applications such as light sensor. In normal applications only the collector and...
This circuit was found in a 90s Popular Electronics. It generates tones given by the oscillators and...