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Solar Battery Charger
Presented by:
G1F18BSCS0083 Muhammad Usama
G1F18BSCS0092 Muhammad Shahzaib
G1F18BSCS0107 Muhammad Nadeem
G1F18BSCS0084 Muhammad Waleed
Introduction
Sometimes, unfortunately, we may forget to switch off the appliances like fans and lights
while going outside and as a result we end up paying the price for it. To solve these types of
problems, this article explains you how to design a simple circuit, which will on the devices
remotely and devices will off automatically after the specified time interval.
Till now we have seen so many home automation projects that control the devices or
appliances from the remote place but the main advantage of this circuit is simple because
we are not using any microcontroller in this circuit and it uses the components which are
easily available in the market.
Mobile Controlled Home Appliances Circuit Principle
The main principle used in this circuit is DTMF communication. DTMF is an acronym for
Dual-Tone Multi-Frequency. When you make a call to customer care service they will ask
you to press the numbers to provide the appropriate services. If you think about how they
are recognizing the pressed number then DTMF comes into picture.
If you press the button in your mobile phone, a tone is generated with 2 frequencies. These
2 frequencies of the tone are row and column frequencies of that particular button. For
example if you press the button 1 then a tone generated with the sum of 697 Hz and 1209
Hz. The below table show you the row and column frequencies of a DTMF keypad.
These generated tones are decoded at switching centre to determine which button is
pressed. Now we have to use this DTMF tones to control the devices from remote area. To
decode these DTMF tones at receiver we need to use a DTMF decoder. Decoder IC converts
these tones into the digital form. For example if you press number ‘5’ in mobile keypad
then the output of DTMF decoder is ‘0101’.
Cellphone Controlled Home Appliances Circuit Diagram
without Microcontroller
Circuit Components
MT8870 DTMF decoder
5V relay Module
230V, 50 Hz AC motor (optional)
BC547 Transistor
3.579545 MHz crystal
3.5mm audio jack
LED
1N4007 Diode
0.1uF Ceramic capacitors – 2
20pF Ceramic Capacitors – 2
Resistors (1/4 watt) – 1KΩ, 100KΩ x 2, 300KΩ
Connecting wires
Bread board
Working
The main components in this circuit are MT8870 DTMF decoder (a variant called CM8870
IC is used here). When you make a call to the mobile which is connected at the receiver end,
the MT8870 IC provides high pulse at 15th pin after receiving a valid signal. Now if you
press 1 from the mobile the output of the decoder IC at pins Q1, Q2, Q3 and Q4 will be 1, 0,
0 and 0 respectively.
As the Q1 pin is connected to the input of the relay, it will be activated and as a result, the
load will be turned ON. To turn off the load, press any number that makes Q1 as 0 i.e. 2 for
example.
The following tables shows the Binary outputs corresponding to the buttons pressed on the
mobile phone.
Circuit Advantages
We can avoid the wastage of power
We can control the devices from long distances also
Circuit Limitations
Security is not provided, anyone can control by making a call to the receiver mobile
Number of devices which we can connect to the circuit is limited.