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Infra-Red Toggle Switch: Following Is The List of Components Required

The infra-red (IR) toggle switch allows electrical appliances to be controlled remotely using an IR remote control. It works by using an IR receiver module to detect pulses from the remote and generate a single pulse each time a button is pressed. This pulse is fed to a decade counter which toggles a relay switch connected to the appliance. When a button is pressed the relay and an indicator LED switch on or off, allowing two-state remote control of the appliance. The design was tested successfully with various IR remote controls.

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Infra-Red Toggle Switch: Following Is The List of Components Required

The infra-red (IR) toggle switch allows electrical appliances to be controlled remotely using an IR remote control. It works by using an IR receiver module to detect pulses from the remote and generate a single pulse each time a button is pressed. This pulse is fed to a decade counter which toggles a relay switch connected to the appliance. When a button is pressed the relay and an indicator LED switch on or off, allowing two-state remote control of the appliance. The design was tested successfully with various IR remote controls.

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INFRA-RED TOGGLE SWITCH

The infra-red (IR) toggle switch aims to provide control mechanism for electrical appliances that do not
have remote operation features. The goal is to construct a black box where you can plug-in your 120V
AC appliance and control ON and OFF operations with any modern IR remote control devices.

Modern IR remote controls generate modulated pulse train of 38 KHz frequency when any key on the
remote is pressed. With the use of capacitive filtering the stream of pulses will be converted into one
pulse regardless of the key entered. This way, we will be able to toggle a relay switch with any key
pressed on the remote. This project has been tested with varieties of IR remote control devices like TV,
DVD, digital camera, etc., and it worked well.

LIST OF COMPONENTS:
Following is the list of components required:
PART NAME SPECIFICATIO QUANTITY
N
CD 4017+Base 1

Relay 6V 1

Diode 1N4148 1

TSOP 1738 1

Resistors 1K 1

4.7K 2

BC547 1

BC557 1

LED 1

Capacitor 10uF 1
SCHEMATIC

WORKING
The TSOP 1738 IR receiver module detects the 38KHz input pulses received from the IR remote control
device. Under stand-by condition, the output pin of the IR module is at logic High, and when it detects
the train of pulses, they appear at its output. The output from IR receiver is fed to a PNP transistor
(BC557) with a series base resistor of 4.7K. At the collector of the NPN transistor, the train of pulses will
be inverted. There is a 10uF capacitor and 100K resistor connected from the collector to ground. The
function of capacitor is to convert the train of pulses into a single pulse, and the resistor is to provide the
discharge path for the capacitor. During standby, the output of IR receiver module is High, so BC557 is
cut off. The capacitor is fully discharged, and the collector of BC557 is at ground. When a key is pressed
on the remote, the train of pulses arrived at the base of BC557 turns it ON and OFF very fast. When it is
ON, the capacitor gets charged through the collector current of BC557, and when it is OFF, the capacitor
starts to discharge through 100K resistor. But the train of pulses is so fast (38000 pulses per second) that
the capacitor doesn't get chance to discharge. So, the bottom line is, every time a key is pressed from
the IR remote, a positive going clock pulse is generated at the collector of BC557 transistor.

Next comes CD4017, a decade counter. It counts low-to-high going pulses up to 10 that are arrived at its
CLK pin (14) and pulls the corresponding output (Q0-Q9) High. When it is just turned on, Q0 goes High,
and when it gets a first low-to-high pulse (when a key is pressed from the IR remote) at CLK i/p, Q0 goes
Low and Q1 goes high. Q1 output is connected to a LED through a current limiting resistor to indicate
the ON/OFF status. The Q1 output is also used to drive a relay switch through a NPN transistor (BC547). I
used 5V DC relay that requires about 70mA current from 5V source to turn ON. This current is provided
by BC547 and when a key is pressed again, the counter advances by 1, Q1 goes Low (relay is OFF), and
Q2 goes High. If we connect Q2 to Reset input of CD4017, the counter is going back to the initial
condition (Q0 High, Q1 and all others Low), and is ready to get another key press signal to turn the relay
ON. This way the switch is toggled every time a key is pressed from the remote.

CONCLUSION:
Through the functioning of this device, our home appliances can easily be controlled remotely. We can
switch on/off the device comfortably without powering on/off its main switch.

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