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Low cost fire alarm system

Fire Alarms are prime necessities in present-day structures and models, be it high-rises, homes, offices, public places or even automobiles. They recognize any fire in the room by detecting smoke or/and warmth and raise an alert which cautions individuals about the fire and gives adequate time to take preventive measures. Here we are building one straightforward alarm framework with the assistance of 555 Timer IC, which will detect the fire (by monitoring temperature changes), and trigger the alarm. The key part of the circuit is the Thermistor, which has been utilized as a fire locator or fire sensor. A thermistor is a temperature delicate resistor, whose resistance changes as per the temperature.

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Pre-requisites

We have assembled the circuit utilizing, basically three parts that are, Thermistor, NPN transistor, and 555 Timer IC


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Components Required

  • 555 Timer IC
  • NPN Transistor BC547
  • Thermistor (10K)
  • Resistors (1K, 100K, 4.7K)
  • Variable resistor (1M)
  • Capacitor (10uF)
  • Ringer and Battery (9v)

Project Implementation

Here the 555 clock IC has been designed in Astable mode so Alarm (Buzzer) can create a wavering sound. In Astable mode, capacitor C charges through R1 and R2, till 2/3 Vcc and releases through R2 till it compasses to 1/3Vcc. During charging, OUT PIN 3 of 555 IC stays HIGH and during discharging it stays LOW, this is how it sways. We have associated a Buzzer to the OUT pin, with the goal that it produces a signal to indicate when the 555 is high. We can control the oscillatory frequency of the device by modifying the estimation of R2 as well as capacitor C.

Low cost fire alarm system

You can see the circuit chart of alarm in the above figure. When there is no FIRE, the thermistor stays at 10k ohm. The transistor stays at ON state because there is adequate voltage over the base-emitter of the transistor. At the point when the Transistor is ON, Pin 4 (RESET) is associated with the Ground, and when the Reset pin is Grounded, 555 IC doesn't work.

Now when the Thermistor gets heated through Fire, its resistance begins to diminish, and when its resistance diminishes completely, the voltage at the base of Transistor begins to diminish and when the voltage turns out to be not exactly equal to the working voltage (base-producer voltage VBE) of the transistor, at that point the transistor gets OFF. Furthermore, when the transistor gets OFF, the Reset pin of the 555 clock IC, gets positive voltage through R3, and 555 IC begins to work and signal blares.

In the transistor, typically 0.7v voltage is required over the Base and Emitter, to turn it ON. So we need to deliberately alter the estimation of Variable resistance RV1 and Thermistor, to make the circuit work appropriately. To do this remove the thermistor and let RV1 be the grounded, and alter the estimation of RV1 to that point, where even slight turning of the RV1 begins the Buzzer. Meaning that now, on the off chance that we decrease the resistance, even by a fraction, Buzzer begins to blare.  Now, connect the thermistor once more.

We ought to likewise take note that we can fabricate a Fire caution circuit, utilizing a DR25 germanium diode as well, as it fills in as a warmth sensor.


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Skyfi Labs Last Updated: 2021-07-02





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