Found in Popular Electronics from the 90s, this circuit triggers a bicolor LED to indicate whether a phone line is in use. The circuit applies to extensions of old lines.
The TDA2613 is the mono version of the TDA1521A and has pinouts compatible with an integrated...
This circuit from an old 1978 publication uses germanium transistors but can be implemented with...
This project shows how to use an SCR in a starter circuit for a common fluorescent lamp. The SCR...