Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Luggage Protector Circuit Using 555 Timer IC

The circuit is called protector alarm circuit to protect from the theft of your luggage or bags. This circuit is built electronically using 555 timer IC. The alarm will rise highly when the thin wire is cut off by the thief.  The circuit configuration using 555 timer IC acts as a astable multivibrator which produce signal tone of frequency of about 1 KHz and produce sound like a shrill noise away the output speaker.

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IC’s 5number pin is directly connected to the power supply. 10k, 68k resistor and 0.01uf capacitor are connected to generate specific range of frequency like as 1KHz. You can change output frequency by changing the value of  resistor and capacitor.  Pin 1 is directly connected to the ground. Output is taken from pin 3. A 8Ohms speaker is connected to the output for alarm sound. Thin wire is connected as shown in figure.
The wire would be very thin copper like 36 SWG or higher. You can use one gage of normal wire. The driving voltage of the circuit is 5 Volt to 12 Volt.

3 comments:

  1. how long the alarm(sound) will produce?

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  2. This circuit does not work. The 1k is connected to the wrong end of the copper wire!
    The 555 IC takes 10mA ALL THE TIME !!! and the battery will be flat after a few weeks !!!

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