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Unit-2 - L-9 - Touch Control Switch and LDR Based Relay Circuit

This touch switch circuit uses two BC547 transistors to create a touch-sensitive switch that can turn on an LED or buzzer. When a human touches the probes, their skin resistance allows a small current to flow through the first transistor, triggering it. This causes the second transistor to conduct as well, making the LED glow brighter. The circuit amplifies the tiny current from a touch to improve sensitivity. It has applications in touch-activated lights, electrostatic detection, doorbells, and buzzers.

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Unit-2 - L-9 - Touch Control Switch and LDR Based Relay Circuit

This touch switch circuit uses two BC547 transistors to create a touch-sensitive switch that can turn on an LED or buzzer. When a human touches the probes, their skin resistance allows a small current to flow through the first transistor, triggering it. This causes the second transistor to conduct as well, making the LED glow brighter. The circuit amplifies the tiny current from a touch to improve sensitivity. It has applications in touch-activated lights, electrostatic detection, doorbells, and buzzers.

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Unit-2_Transistorized touch control switch

A touch switch is an electronic device that enables us to control a circuit by


simply touching a sensor.
This touch sensitive switch circuit we are going to discuss now is designed using BC
547 transistor. BC547 is used for amplifying the received input signal. In result, the output
obtained has extra sensitivity to the input signal.

Required Component
 BC547 Transistors
 Resistors
 9V battery power supply
 Connectors
 LED/buzzer

The touch probes are connected with 100 K ohm resistor and base pin of 2nd transistor
respectively. Connect the base pin of the 2nd transistor to the emitter pin of the
1st transistor. Here, resistor R1 (220 ohm) is the current limiting resistor.

Working
Here, we have used the basic principle of touch-sensitive devices. The skin resistance
of the human body is about 600K- 1M. So, whenever the touch conductors sense a
touch of the human body, a tiny electric current reach to the base of the transistor
through the skin. Therefore, this tiny current triggers the transistor Q1 and current
starts conducting from its collector to emitter. As the emitter of Q1 is connected with
the base of Q2, Q2 starts conducting and the LED turns ON.
You can even use a single transistor, but the LED will not glow brighter. Therefore,
two BC 547 transistors are connected to glow the LED brighter.

Applications
 It can be used in touch-based blinking lights.
 It can be used to detect the electrostatic build up in a room.
 Touch switches for doorbells.
 It can be used to make touch-based buzzers.
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Light Operated Relay


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Working:
This light sensitive circuit can operate a relay to switch on lamps or any AC loads when it senses
darkness. It is ideal to use as switch less night lamps driver.

LDR is used as the light sensor. Its resistance is low about 100 ohms in bright light but increases
to 10 meg or more in dark. Preset VR1 set the sensitivity of the LDR. During day time LDR
conducts so that the gate of T1 will not get base bias. So that relay remains de energized. When
the intensity of light reduces, LDR offers more resistance and more current passes to the base of
T1 and it conducts. Relay then switch on the load. Adjust VR1 to trigger relay at the particular
light level. LED indicates the activation of relay.

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