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How To Make A
Drone Using An 2n3904

IR Sensor & 555 timer

 Transistors – DIY Adjustable
Regulator

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A Drone or in more technical terms
battery
unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)
charger
or unmanned aircraft systems
bc547
(UASs) are an integral part of
today’s various businesses and bridge
governmental organizations rectifier

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and have managed to pierce
through areas where certain
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219 Alarm … industries were either stagnant or
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214 Audio A…
we will go through a step by darlington

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118 Battery … procedure on How to make a basic transisor

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drone using a small number of EEPROM
15 Battery …
components.

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EPROM
150 Electro… An electronic drone or a UAV is
Fast

32 Electro…
essentially a flying robot that can
be remotely controlled or fly
Recovery

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Diode
38 FM Tra… autonomously through software-

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fm

6 Home …
controlled flight plans in
their embedded systems, working
transmitter

29 Inverter… in conjunction with

high
voltage

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onboard sensors and GPS.
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13 Mobile … Hardware LDR

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41 Motor … Components
LED

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led flasher
14 Power … You will need the following parts to
light

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build this project.
112 Power …
lm317

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175 Printed …
S.no Component Value
lm358

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69 Radio a…
1. IR Receiver TSOP17 lm741

 Coreless N Channel
58 Safety … 2. 27mA/44300r
DC Motor MOSFET

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149 Sensor…
3. Super Glue –
NE555

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536 Simple …
PNP
npn
transistor

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4. BC557, BD
151 Test an… Transistor
operational

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96 Top Ele… 5.
Soldering
Iron
45W – 6
amplifier

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pcb
24 Water L…
6. Capacitor 22uF/16 pnp
transistor
Soldering
7. – power
wire & flux
amplifier

Li-ion power
8. 3.7V/500m
Battery MOSFET

9. Headers Male power

Propeller
supply
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10. 3″ power
Fan Blades
transistor

11. Filer –
S.no Component Value printed
circuit
DC hand board
12. drill with –
relay
drill bits
switch
13. Veroboard –
temperature
sensor
Connecting
14. – triac
Wires
Ultrafast
Diode
15. TV remote –
voltage
regulator

Coreless DC Motor zener

diode

TSOP1738 Pinout
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Useful Steps For
Making a Drone
The following are the steps on
‘How To make a drone’

1) Drill & file down holes on the 4

corner of the Vero board, after this
mark & cut the initial layout for
your drone.

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2) Set the 4 coreless DC motors in
their respective positions using
super glue.

3) Solder the IR sensor. After this,

Solder the +ve terminal of the
capacitor to the output of the IR
sensor & the -ve terminal to GND.
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4) Solder the base of the BC557
transistor to the output of the IR
sensor & the emitter to Vcc.

5) Solder the base of the BD140

transistor to the collector of BC557
& the emitter to the IR sensor.

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4) Solder the +ve terminal of all 4
motors to Vcc & the -ve terminal to
the collector of BD140.

5) Connect a 3.7V Li-ion Battery to

the Vcc & GND of the drone circuit.

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6) Attach headers for powering up
the circuit & charging the battery.

7) Now attach all propeller blades

to the motor shaft.

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8) Test the circuit, make weight
adjustments where necessary.

Working
Explanation
The working of this circuit is pretty
simple. On receiving an IR signal
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from a device such as a TV
remote. The IR sensor sends a
control signal to the base of the
BC557 PNP transistor. A 22uF
capacitor filters out any residual
noise that might be occurring from
the IR receiver. The collector
output from transistor Q1 acts as
control signal to the base of the
BD140 transistor.

The collector output

simultaneously triggers the power
of all 4 DC motors, prompting them
to spin at equal time & RPM.

Applications of
Drones
Drones are used for
purposes such as to spot
wildfires & track their
movement.

Drones can also survey

landscapes with thousands
of images that can be
stitched together into 3D
maps.

They can also be used by

law enforcement agencies
for surveillance purposes.
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