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Parts:
R1_______________1K
R2,R4____________1K8
R3______________68K
R5_______________4K7
R6______________10K
R7_____________680R
C1______________47F
C2,C3__________100nF
D1__________Red LED
D2___________1N4148
D3 to D7________LED
Q1____________BC550C
Q2____________BC560C
1/2W
1/4W
1/4W
1/4W
1/4W
1/4W
Resistor
Resistors
Resistor
Resistor
Resistor
Resistor
IC1____________4017
SW1____________SPST
B1_______________9V
PP3 Battery
Comments:
This project can be used in a wide range of applications, limited only by the
imagination of the home constructor.
In practice, the circuit consists of a small LED mounted in some accessible
place, having part of the cathode terminal exposed (see Figure at right) so that
tapping the small LED with one finger, you come into contact with the cathode
terminal: this action will turn the LED on.
The LED will stay lit for about two seconds and then shut off. Meanwhile, the IC
counter will advance one position and this is repeated every time you touched LED1
with a finger.
Circuit operation:
Q1 and Q2 form a complementary monostable having a time delay of about 2 seconds.
Its sensitivity is so high that it can be triggered simply by touching the Cathode wire of
the LED D1 by a finger. The monostable output, present at Q2 Collector, clocks the
Decade counter IC1 which, in turn, drives one at a time the LEDs D3 through D7.
In the circuit diagram 5 LEDs are shown, but since the IC has ten outputs, any number
of LEDs up to 9 can be used. The 0 output (pin #3 of IC1) should have no LED
connected, to signal that no counting occurred.
The counter is reset at pin #15 by C2 and R6. This will occur every time you restart the
circuit through SW1.
Notes:
D1 should be mounted close to the rest of the circuit to avoid false triggering
signals pick-up.