This 1 A circuit was found in a Philips documentation from 1966. The transistor is of the time, but a modern transistor of equivalent power can be used.
Found in American documentation from the 90s, this configuration detects the direction of rotation...
Circuits similar to this can be found in this section. This is from 1967 General Electric...
This circuit uses two transistors and can be powered by just two small batteries. The frequency is given...