Simple Fire alarm circuit using LDR


Posted on Feb 7, 2014

Here is a simple fire alarm circuit based on a Light Dependent Resistor (LDR) and lamp pair for sensing the fire. The alarm works by sensing the smoke produced during fire. The circuit produces an audible alarm when the fire breaks out with smoke. When there is no smoke the light from the bulb will be directly falling on the LDR. The LDR resistanc


Simple Fire alarm circuit using LDR
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e will be low and so the voltage across it (below 0. 6V). The transistor will be OFF and nothing happens. When there is sufficient smoke to mask the light from falling on LDR, the LDR resistance increases and so do the voltage across it. Now the transistor will switch to ON. This gives power to the IC1 and it outputs 5V. This powers the tone generator IC UM66 (IC2) to play a music. This music will be amplified by IC3 (TDA 2002) to drive the speaker. Resistor R6 is meant for protecting the transistor when R4 is turned towards low resistance values. Resistor R2 and R1 forms a feedback network for the TDA2002 and C1 couples the feed back signal from the junction of R1 & R2 to the inverting input of the same IC. CircuitsToday has a list of 4 books for electronics enthusiasts who are looking for a better chance to learn the basics and getter a better practical insight of the subject. These books are written by authentic authors like Forrest M Mims, Charles Platt and so on. You can read their reviews and buy them online here:- 4 GREAT BOOKS TO LEARN BASIC ELECTRONICS. A well regulated power supply is essential for this circuit because even slight variations in the supply voltage could alter the biasing of the transistor used in the fire sensing section and this could seriously affect the circuit`s performance. A regulated 9V/500mA power supply that can be used for powering the basic fire alarm circuit and its modified versions is...




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