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Although what you have presented above uses fewer components and even has the added benefit of mains isolation, another detection circuit that I know of is presented below. Perhaps with added mains isolation between the second stage amp and the peak detector then this circuit could be of use.

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This circuit is generally used as a small signal detector by using an ideal diode op-amp configuration, amplification stage, and a peak detector fed into a buffer. You could possibly make the second stage an attenuator instead.


Or something as simple as a comparator, assuming you have appropriately conditioned the mains signal (AC-DC conversion, for example), and a PNP transistor to convert the positive and negative rail voltages that you would get at the output of an op-amp comparator:

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In this case, when the conditioned signal is greater than the reference the Op-Amp will rail high and turn the PNP off. In the off state, the TTL_OUT node will be pulled-high through Rc. Likewise, when the signal is less than the reference the Op-Amp will rail low and turn the PNP on. You must design Rb and Rc such that in this situation the transistor will saturate and thereby drive the TTL_OUT node to saturation (~200mV).

Although what you have presented above uses fewer components and even has the added benefit of mains isolation, another detection circuit that I know of is presented below. Perhaps with added mains isolation between the second stage amp and the peak detector then this circuit could be of use.

schematic

simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab

This circuit is generally used as a small signal detector by using an ideal diode op-amp configuration, amplification stage, and a peak detector fed into a buffer. You could possibly make the second stage an attenuator instead.

Although what you have presented above uses fewer components and even has the added benefit of mains isolation, another detection circuit that I know of is presented below. Perhaps with added mains isolation between the second stage amp and the peak detector then this circuit could be of use.

schematic

simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab

This circuit is generally used as a small signal detector by using an ideal diode op-amp configuration, amplification stage, and a peak detector fed into a buffer. You could possibly make the second stage an attenuator instead.


Or something as simple as a comparator, assuming you have appropriately conditioned the mains signal (AC-DC conversion, for example), and a PNP transistor to convert the positive and negative rail voltages that you would get at the output of an op-amp comparator:

schematic

simulate this circuit

In this case, when the conditioned signal is greater than the reference the Op-Amp will rail high and turn the PNP off. In the off state, the TTL_OUT node will be pulled-high through Rc. Likewise, when the signal is less than the reference the Op-Amp will rail low and turn the PNP on. You must design Rb and Rc such that in this situation the transistor will saturate and thereby drive the TTL_OUT node to saturation (~200mV).

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Although what you have presented above uses fewer components and even has the added benefit of mains isolation, another detection circuit that I know of is presented below. Perhaps with added mains isolation between the second stage amp and the peak detector then this circuit could be of use.

schematic

simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab

This circuit is generally used as a small signal detector by using an ideal diode op-amp configuration, amplification stage, and a peak detector fed into a buffer. You could possibly make the second stage an attenuator instead.