Following some LED experiments I wanted to try some light comunication, so decided to do one of the basic forms of modulated light communications, AM, for good or for worst the idea was just to have some fun....
Here's the transmission part, when time permits (I still have a huge backlog on lower frequencies projects) will make some companion receiver and put a mic on this "transmitter".
As you can understand, first I did the schematic and then the final draw on paper...Any NPN transistor should work but more led's (more power!) will require a more robust transistor, the speaker was just to ear the modulation noise (touching the LM386 input pin), I had no mic at hand.
The pot set's the bias point, and the led should be always on (a steady carrier!?), changing bright by modulation.
LM386 gain was set by an 10uF cap between pin 1 and 8 as standard design.
You can ear noise and see some modulated light in this lousy video:
Have fun!
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