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CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 2
BLOCK DIAGRAM
Temperature
sensor
Current to
Voltage
converter
amplification
comparator
Load
2.1.3 Amplification
To amplify the change in voltage due to change in temperature, instrumentation amplifier
Formed by op-amps A2, A3 and A4 are used. Resistor R2 and zener diode D1
combination is used for generating reference voltage as we want to amplify only change
in voltage due to the change in temperature.
2.1.4 Comparator
Op-amp A741 (IC2) works as a comparator. One input to the comparator is the output
from the instrumentation amplifier while the other input is the stepped down, rectified
and suitably attenuated sample of AC voltage. This is a negative going pulsating DC
voltage. Comparator compares the two inputs to give output.
2.1.5Load
The output from the comparator is coupled to an optocoupler, which in turn controls the
AC power delivered to fan (load).
CHAPTER 3
AUTOMATIC TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED FAN
3.1 POWER SUPPLY
3.1.1 TRANSFORMER
In brief a transformer is device that
The power supply for this project requires a step-down transformer with 250 V and
output with +12 V&-12V.
3.1.2 RECTIFIER
The rectifier circuit is the heart of a power supply. We use full wave bridge rectifier. The
description is as follows
During the positive half cycles of the secondary voltage diodes D2 and D4 are
conducting and diodes D1 and D3 not conducting. Therefore, current flows through the
secondary winding, diode D2, load resister RL and D4. During the negative half cycles
D1 and D3 are conducting and diodes D2 and D4 are not conducting. Therefore, current
flows through the secondary winding, diode D1, load resistor RL and diode D3.In both
cases, the current passes through the load resistor in the same direction. The rectifier used
in this project is bridge rectifier.
3.1.3 FILTER
The rectifier used in this problem is shunt capacitor filter. A filter circuit is a device
which removes the ac component of rectifiers output but allows the dc component to
reach the load.
The filter circuit should be installed between the rectifier and the load. A filter
circuit is generally a combination of inductor (L) and capacitor (C). The filtering action
of inductor and capacitor depends upon the basic electrical principles. A capacitor passes
ac readily but does not pass dc at all. On the other hand the inductor opposes ac but
allows dc to pass through it. It then becomes clear that suitable network of inductor and
capacitor can effectively remove the ac component to reach the load.
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In this circuit, the temperature sensor used is an NTC thermistor, i.e. one having a
negative temperature coefficient. The value of thermistor resistance at 25C is about 1
kilo-ohm. Op-amp A1 essentially works as I to V (current-to-voltage) converter and
converts temperature variations into voltage variations. To amplify the change in voltage
due to change in temperature, instrumentation amplifier formed by op-amps A2, A3 and
A4 Misused. Resistor R2 and zener diode D1 combination is used for generating
reference voltage as we want to amplify only change in voltage due to the
change in temperature.
Op-amp A741 (IC2) works as a comparator. One input to the comparator is the output
from the instrumentation amplifier while the other input is the stepped down, rectified
and suitably attenuated sample of AC voltage. This is a negative going pulsating DC
voltage. It will be observed that with increase in temperature, pin 2 of IC2 goes more and
more negative and hence the width of the positive going output pulses (at pin 6) increases
linearly with the temperature. Thus IC2 functions as a pulse width modulator in this
circuit. The output from the comparator is coupled to an optocoupler, which in turn
controls the AC power delivered to fan (load).The circuit has a high sensitivity and
The output RMS voltage (across load) can be varied from 120V to 230V (for a
temp.range of 22C to 36C), and hence wide variations in speed are available. Also note
that speed varies linearly and not in steps. Besides, since an optocoupler is used, the
control circuit is fully isolated from power circuit, thus providing added safety. Note that
for any given temperature the speed of fan (i.e. voltage across load) can be adjusted to a
desired value by adjusting potentiometer.
3.3 COMPONENTS
3.3.1 RESISTOR
A resistor is a two-terminal passive electronic component which implements
electrical resistance as a circuit element. When a voltage V is applied across the terminals
of a resistor, a current I will flow through the resistor in direct proportion to that voltage.
The reciprocal of the constant of proportionality is known as the resistance R, since, with
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a given voltage V, a larger value of R further "resists" the flow of current I as given by
Ohm's law
I = V/R
The ohm (symbol: ) is the SI unit of electrical resistance, named after George
Simon Ohm. An ohm is equivalent to a volt per ampere. Since resistors are specified and
manufactured over a very large range of values, the derived units of milliohm (1 m =
103 ), kilohm (1 k = 103 ), and megohm (1 M = 106 ) are also in common usage.
3.3.2 CAPACITORS
A capacitor (formerly known as condenser) is a device for storing electric
charge. The forms of practical capacitors vary widely, but all contain at least two
conductors separated by a non-conductor. Capacitors used as parts of electrical systems,
for example, consist of metal foils separated by a layer of insulating film.
Capacitors are widely used in electronic circuits for blocking direct current while
allowing alternating current to pass, in filter networks, for smoothing the output of power
supplies, in the resonant circuits that tune radios to particular frequencies and for many
other purposes.
A capacitor is a passive electronic component consisting of a pair of conductors
separated by a dielectric (insulator). When there is a potential difference (voltage) across
the conductors, a static electric field develops in the dielectric that stores energy and
produces a mechanical force between the conductors. An ideal capacitor is characterized
by a single constant value, capacitance, measured in farads. This is the ratio of the
electric charge on each conductor to the potential difference between them.
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An opto-isolator contains a source (emitter) of light, almost always a near infrared lightemitting diode (LED), that converts electrical input signal into light, a closed optical
channel (also called dielectrical channel), and a photosensor, which detects incoming
light and either generates electric energy directly, ormodulates electric current flowing
from an external power supply. The sensor can be a photoresistor, a photodiode,
a phototransistor, a silicon-controlled rectifier (SCR) or a triac. Because LEDs can sense
light in addition to emitting it, construction of symmetrical, bidirectional opto-isolators is
possible. An optocoupled solid state relay contains a photodiode opto-isolator which
drives a power switch, usually a complementary pair of MOSFET transistors. Aslotted
optical switch contains a source of light and a sensor, but its optical channel is open,
allowing modulation of light by external objects obstructing the path of light or reflecting
light into the sensor.
3.3.6Triac BT136
TRIAC, from Triode for Alternating Current, is a genericized tradename for an electronic
component which can conduct current in either direction when it is triggered (turned on),
and is formally called a bidirectional triode thyristor or bilateral triode thyristor.
A TRIAC is approximately equivalent to two complementary unilateral thyristors (one is
anode triggered and another is cathode triggered SCR) joined inantiparallel (paralleled
but with the polarity reversed) and with their gates connected together. It can be triggered
by either a positive or a negative voltage being applied to its gate electrode (with respect
to A1, otherwise known as MT1). Once triggered, the device continues to conduct until
the current through it drops below a certain threshold value, the holding current, such as
at the end of a half-cycle of alternating current (AC) mains power. This makes the
TRIAC a very convenient switch for AC circuits, allowing the control of very large
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power flows with mill ampere-scale control currents. In addition, applying a trigger pulse
at a controllable point in an AC cycle allows one to control the percentage of current that
flows through the TRIAC to the load (phase control).
3.3.4Operational amplifiers
An op amp is a DC-coupled high-gain electronic voltage amplifier with a differential
input and, usually, a single-ended output. An op-amp produces an output voltage that is
typically hundreds of thousands times larger than the voltage difference between its input
terminals.
Operational amplifiers are important building blocks for a wide range of electronic
circuits. They had their origins in analog computers where they were used in many
linear, non-linear and frequency-dependent circuits. Their popularity in circuit design
largely stems from the fact that characteristics of the final op-amp circuits with negative
feedback (such as their gain) are set by external components with little dependence on
temperature changes and manufacturing variations in the op-amp itself.
Op-amps are among the most widely used electronic devices today, being used in a vast
array of consumer, industrial, and scientific devices. Many standard IC op-amps cost only
a few cents in moderate production volume; however some integrated or hybrid
operational amplifiers with special performance specifications may cost over $100 US in
small quantities. Op-amps may be packaged as components, or used as elements of more
complex integrated circuits. The op-amp is one type of differential amplifier.
: non-inverting input
: inverting input
: output
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Operation
The amplifier's differential inputs consist of a
input and a
amp amplifies only the difference in voltage between the two, which is called the differential
input voltage. The output voltage of the op-amp is given by the equation,
where
terminal and AOL is the open-loop gain of the amplifier (the term "open-loop" refers to the
absence of a feedback loop from the output to the input).
The magnitude of AOL is typically very large10,000 or more for integrated circuit opampsand therefore even a quite small difference between
and
output nearly to the supply voltage. This is called saturation of the amplifier.
Without negative feedback, and perhaps with positive feedback for regeneration, an op-amp
acts as a comparator. If the inverting input is held at ground (0 V) directly or by a resistor,
and the input voltage Vin applied to the non-inverting input is positive, the output will be
maximum positive; if Vin is negative, the output will be maximum negative. Since there is
no feedback from the output to either input, this is an open loop circuit acting as
a comparator.
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Op-amp characteristics
Ideal op-amps
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An ideal op-amp is usually considered to have the following properties, and they are
considered to hold for all input voltages:
Infinite open-loop gain (when doing theoretical analysis, a limit may be taken as open
and
from
to
).
Zero input offset voltage (i.e., when the input terminals are shorted so that
, the
current).
Infinite Common-mode rejection ratio (CMRR).
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The rightmost amplifier, along with the resistors labeled R2 and R3 is just the
standard differential amplifier circuit, with gain =R3 / R2 and differential input
resistance = 2R2. The two amplifiers on the left are the buffers. With Rgain removed
(open circuited), they are simple unity gain buffers; the circuit will work in that
state, with gain simply equal to R3 / R2 and high input impedance because of the
buffers. The buffer gain could be increased by putting resistors between the buffer
inverting inputs and ground to shunt away some of the negative feedback; however,
the single resistor Rgain between the two inverting inputs is a much more elegant
method: it increases the differential-mode gain of the buffer pair while leaving the
Dept. ECE, CEMP
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output signal. Three kinds of devices are used in electronics: generators (having only
outputs), converters (having inputs and outputs) and loads (having only inputs). Most
frequently, electronic devices use voltage as input/output quantity, as it generally requires
less power consumption than using current.
In some cases, there is a need for converters having current as the input and voltage as the
output. A typical situation is the measuring of current using instruments having voltage
inputs.
A current-to-voltage
converter is
a circuit that
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CHAPTER 4
PCB DESIGN
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30.5 grams of FeCl3 added to it, the mixture should be thoroughly stirred and a few drops
of HCl may be added to speed up the process.
The board with its copper side facing upward should be placed in a flat bottomed
plastic tray and the aqueous solution of FeCl2 poured in the etching process would take
40 to 60 min to complete.
After etching the board it should be washed under running water and then held
against light .the printed pattern should be cleanly visible. The paint should be removed
with the help of thinner.
d. Finishing Touches
After the etching is completed, hole of suitable diameter should be drilled, then the
PCB may be tin plated using an ordinary 35 Watts soldering rod along with the solder
core, the copper side may be given a coat of varnish to prevent oxidation.
Drilling
Drills for PCB use usually come with either a set of collects of various sizes or a
3-Jaw chuck. For accuracy however 3-jaw chunks arent brilliant and small drill below 1
mm from grooves in the jaws preventing good grips.
Soldering
Begin the construction by soldering the resistors followed by the capacitors and
the LEDs diodes and IC sockets. Dont try soldering an IC directly unless you trust your
skill in soldering. All components should be soldered as shown in the figure. Now
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connect the switch and then solder/screw if on the PCB using multiple washers or spaces.
Soldering it directly will only reduce its height above other components and hamper in its
easy fixation in the cabinet. Now connect the battery lead.
Assembling
The circuit can be enclosed in any kind of cabinet. Before fitting the PCB
suitable holes must be drilled in the cabinet for the switch, LED and buzzer. Note that a
rotary switch can be used instead of a slide type.
Switch on the circuit to be desired range. It will automatically start its timing
cycles. To be sure that it is working properly watch the LED flash. The components are
selected to trigger the alarm a few minutes before the set limit.
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CHAPTER 5
CONCLUSION
Technology makes life simpler and easier. Our aim was to control the temperature of
a machine or room automatically according to the temperature changes. Our mini project
AUTOMATIC TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED FAN was an interesting subject for
us. This provided us the opportunity for familiarizing and learning various fields of
electronics. As a team, each of us has dedicated our time and effort for the success of this
project. We are extremely satisfied with the result o this project and we would like to
develop this mini project into higher levels in future. Through this project various fields
of electronics is understood, thus electronics is imbibed through this project.
This circuit allows us to control the temperature automatically. since all the
components used in our project are low cost and readily available our product costs very
low
BIBILIOGRAPHY
1. www.microchip.com
2. www.nationalsemiconductors.com
3. http://datasheetreference.com
4. www.electronicsforu.com
5. www.wikipedia.org
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