Hi there!
I would like to say hello to everyone here. I treat electronics and all this stuff as one of my hobbys, learning by my mistakes and knowoledge based from the internet. It gives me huge satisfaction, however, I'm newbie so maybe this is one of the reasons why I decided to post here? Nevermind, let's go
I Recently decided to built my first
project with Arduino Uno - it's CD changer emulator, which connected to car's head unit, unlocks hidden AUX port. It works just flawlessly, however contains one disadvantage - this emulator uses constant 12V from headunit'd connector and even with radio turned off, voltage is still alive. In the same connector, there is another pin with about 8.8V which is only active when radio is turned on.
I found simple solution, just something like a gate which opens, when 8.8V appears, here's schematic:
Left, upper side with mosfet, transistor and two resistors. This solution was used with similar emulator but built using ATMega and confirmed to be ok.
Decided to built it, gathered all components and suprisingly, it doesn't want to work. I connected everything like
this, hope it's proper connection.
Checked Mosfet with it's resistor and after giving 12V to G and S, it opens at D. Second transistor is "ok" too I think, from B to C or E, gives me 0.7V and in another cases, my multimeter shows gape.
Anyone sees something wrong with this simple circuit? I would be very thankful for the solution.
Best regards!
EDIT: Gosh, I forgot to say what's the main problem: when I give 12V, as schematic shows, I get 12V on D. It should open after 8.8V is given, not needed 12V.