CIRCUIT

IDEAS
tivity. Transistor T1 amplifies the sig-
nal received from the condenser mic
UMAR through capacitor C1. When transistor
SUNIL K
SECRET BELL T1 conducts, a short negative pulse
triggers the monostable wired around
IC1. The monostable time is decided
by resistor R7
 D. MOHAN KUMAR a switchless musical bell that activates and capacitor
with a single puff of breath. The con- C5. Reset pin 4

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any people move through denser mic fitted inside the existing of IC1 is made
the corridors and steps in door-bell switch box will trigger the stable by R6 and
multistoried buildings. As bell on detecting air-pressure changes C3. Resistor R5
most of them are strangers for the in- following the breath. As only the mem- acts as a pull-up
habitants of the flats, it becomes nec- bers of your family know the secret of Fig. 2: Pin configuration resistor for trig-
essary to verify the identity of the visi- the bell and hence puff out before the of UM66 and BC548/549 ger pin 2 of IC1
tor before opening the door as he can hole for the switch box, the door can to keep the trig-
be a burglar. be opened without fear. ger pin high in the standby mode.
This circuit helps you identify the The front end of the circuit is a con- The high output from IC1 is used
members of your family. It is basically denser mic amplifier with fixed sensi- to power IC UM66 (IC2). IC2 gener-
ates a soft melody on receiv-
ing 3 volts at pin 2. Transis-
tor T2 amplifies the music
notes. A zener diode main-
tains the power for IC2 at a
safer level of 3 volts.
Assemble the circuit on
any general-purpose PCB
and enclose in a suitable
cabinet. The condenser mic
should be connected to the
circuit using a single-core
shielded wire to reduce
noise interference. Drill a
1mm hole in the cover of the
existing bell switch box and
fix the mic inside the box
with adhesive. The front side
of the mic should face the
Fig. 1: Secret bell circuit hole. 

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