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Sunday, December 22, 2013

Electronic Water Alarm

Aburst water-supply hose of the washing machine, a bathroom tap that you forgot to close, or a broken aquarium wall may turn your house into a pond. You can avoid this mess by using an electronic water alarm that warns you of the water leakage as soon as possible. The acoustic water alarm circuit presented here takes advantage of the fact that the tap water is always slightly contaminated (or has salts and minerals) and thus conducts electricity to a certain extent.

It is built around IC LMC555 (IC1), which is a CMOS version of the bipolar 555 timer chip. IC1 is followed by a complementary pair of emitter followers (T1 and T2) to drive a standard 8-ohm speaker (LS1). Power is supplied by a compact 9V PP3 battery. Power is applied when power switch S1 is closed. The reset input (pin 4) of IC1 is held low by resistor R1 (2.2-kilo-ohm).

The astable oscillator wired around IC1 is in disabled mode. When probes P1 and P2 become wet, these conduct to reverse the state of IC1’s reset terminal. As a result, the astable multivibrator starts oscillating at a frequency determined by resistor R2 and capacitor C3. The output of IC1 drives the complementary pair of transistors T1 and T2.

Electronic Water Alarm Circuit Diagram

Although this combination causes significant crossover distortion, it doesn’t have any adverse effect on the square-wave audio signal processing. A 10-kilo-ohm potentiometer (VRI) is inserted between output pin 3 of IC1 and the bases of transistors T1 and T2 for volume control. The probes can be made using two suitable copper needles or small pieces of circuit board with the copper surface coated with solder.

Fit these at the lowest point where water will accumulate. After construction, place the alarm circuit well away from the point of possible leakage. Use a pair of thin twisted flexible wires to connect the probes to the circuit. Capacitor C1 connected across IC1 input (pin 4 and GND) keeps the alarm circuit from responding to stray electrostatic fields.

Similarly, twisting the wires together makes the relatively long connection between the probes and the circuit less sensitive to false alarms due to external electromagnetic interference. Finally, if you want to lower the probe sensitivity, reduce the value of grounding resistor R1.

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Saturday, September 28, 2013

BURGLAR ALARM USING IC TIMER 555 556 ELECTRONIC DIAGRAM

BURGLAR ALARM USING IC TIMER 555/556 ELECTRONIC DIAGRAM

circuit diagram of burglar alarm using IC timer 555/556 is functioned as an alarm to prevent thief entering your house. The alarm would produce loud sound when a thin wire connecting resistor R1 with IC pin no 4 is broken. Thin fiber is used as the wire. The thinner the wire, the more responsive the alarm. This circuit needs 5-15V power supply, buzzer is used as a speaker. Here is the circuit schematic :

Parts list :

Resistor R1 : 10k
Resistor R2 : 68k
Resistor R3 : 1k
Polar capacitor C1 : 1uF/15 B
Capacitor C2-C3 : 0.01uF
IC Timer : NE555

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Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Mini Alarm

This circuit, enclosed in a small plastic box, can be placed into a bag or handbag. A small magnet is placed close to the reed switch and connected to the hand or the clothes of the person carrying the bag by means of a tiny cord. If the bag is snatched abruptly, the magnet looses its contact with the reed switch, SW1 opens, the circuit starts oscillating and the loudspeaker emits a loud alarm sound. A complementary transistor-pair is wired as a high efficiency oscillator, directly driving a small loudspeaker. Low part-count and 3V battery supply allow a very compact construction.

Parts:

R1 = 330K
R2 = 100R
C1 = 10nF-63V
C2 = 100uF-25V
Q1 = BC547
Q2 = BC327
B1 = 3V Battery or Two AA Cells in Series
SW1 = Read Switch & Small Magnet
SPKR = 8R Loudspeaker (See Notes)

Notes:

* The loudspeaker can be any type; its dimensions are limited only by the box that will enclose it.
* An on-off switch is unnecessary because the stand-by current drawing is less than 20µA.
* Current consumption when the alarm is sounding is about 100mA.
* If the circuit is used as anti-bag-snatching, SW1 can be replaced by a 3.5mm mono Jack socket and the magnet by a 3.5mm. Mono Jack plugs having its internal leads shorted. The Jack plug will be connected to the tiny cord etc.
* Do not supply this circuit at voltages exceeding 4.5V: it will not work and Q2 could be damaged. In any case a 3V supply is the best compromise.

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Monday, May 13, 2013

Fridge door Alarm

This circuit, enclosed into a small box, is placed in the fridge near the lamp (if any) or the opening. With the door closed the interior of the fridge is in the dark, the photo resistor R2 presents a high resistance (>200K) thus clamping IC1 by holding pin 12 high. When a beam of light enters from the opening, or the fridge lamp illuminates, the photo resistor lowers its resistance (<2k),>

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Friday, April 12, 2013

Simple Rain Alarm or Water Detector Circuit with SCR 106CY

Rain detector circuit may also be utilized to the challenge or any other pastime, rnwhich is so easy principles.When it rains plate (sensor) will receive rnrain. And a faithful work has paid to SCR1 and go with the flow preserve watch over Buzzer rnnoise.
Electronic Part List

R1 1K 1/4 W Resistor
R2 680 Ohm 1/4 W Resistor
D1 1N4001 Silicon Diode
BZ1 12V Buzzer
S1 SPST Switch
SCR1 C106B1 SCR 106CY
SENSOR See

Notes

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Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Power Supply Failure Alarm

Most of the circuit power supply failure alarm circuits require additional or external power supply. However, this circuit requires no additional power supply. The circuit uses a voltage of 5 volts to 15 volts. To adjust the voltage of this circuit, first connect the power source (5 to 15V) and change the position of potentiometer VR1 until the buzzer buzzer On to Off position.

If the power supply fails, resistor R2 will bias the transistor and the base will turn on the buzzer. Here is a picture series of power supply failure alarm :

Power Supply Failure Alarm Circuit

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Friday, April 5, 2013

VFD Talking Alarm Clock

Are you having a hard time waking your hubby from sleeping? And when you leave the house for work, are you in doubt that he has not gotten out of bed? One thing that will stop your worries is to use this clock that does not just tell time but also “swears”.

This is an All-in-one alarm clock. It shows an alphanumeric character, it has a calendar, temperature, and a light sensor to control its brightness. You can plug it on to your power source or use a battery. Although this is cool, It’s not ok being around kids. We don’t want young kids to learn to swear or say bad things, right?

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