•Controlling ON/OFF switching operation of a single

application is possible using this Infrared Remote

Control Timer.
•By Momentarily Pressing a push-to-on switch of
remote, one can turn ON the application from a
maximum distance of about 3 meters.
•Another appliance can simultaneously be turned OFF
or this specific time period as 2 change over relay is
used here.
•This time duration can be varied in the range of 0.11
second to 110.0 seconds for given set of components
values.
•Slight modifications can vary the time duration
beyond this specific range.
•The provision of turning OFF the appliance in
between, before expiry of stipulated time s also
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•The Principle behind circuit’s working is to remotely
turn ON the timer by Triggering through Infra Red (IR)
Transmission.
•The IR are Electromagnetic rays lying beyond the range
of visible spectrum having much lower frequency than
light rays.
•The Last color in visible spectrum VIBGYOR is Red so
these rays beyond Red color are named as Infra Red.
•As is the case with most of IR Remote Control Circuits,
this circuit is also divided as IR Transmitter section and
IR receiver section.
•The modulated Infra Red Signals transmitted by
Transmitter section are detected by photodiodes of
receiver section and then amplified to trigger
monostable timer which finally activates the relay for a
present time.

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 1.) IR Transmitter Section :

•Here 10 KHz modulated IR signals are generated by

timer IC NE555 (IC1) and transmitted using IR LEDs IR1
and IR2.
•To generate the pulses IC1 is working here as astable
multivibrator with a frequency decided by values of
connected passive components like Capacitor C1,
resistor R1 and present VR1.

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•This frequency can be varied for optimum
performance with the help of VR1.
•The supply to circuit is given through switch S1 and
output pulses are generated at pin no. 3 of IC1 only
for instance when switch S1 is pressed.
•These pulses are modulated by PNP transistor T1
and transmitted by two IR LEDs; IR1 and IR2
connected in series via resistor R3.
•Capacitor C2 provides immunity to noise at control
pin 5 of IC1 and avoids any false triggering.
•Both R2 and R3 act as current limiting resistance. 4
 2.) IR RECEIVER Section :

•The IR signals coming from transmitter are received by

photodiodes IR3 and IR4 and amplified by transistors T2
and T3.
•Passive components maintain proper biasing
components maintain proper biasing conditions.
•After filtering by capacitors C6 and C7 the amplified
signals are converted to small pulses by diode detectors
D1 and D2 which act as inverting input to op-amp IC741
(IC2).
• Configured here as a comparator, IC2 continuously
compare voltages between its inverting (Pin No. 2) and
Non – Inverting (pin no. 3) inputs.
•The output available at its pin no.6 goes low when input
voltage at pin no. 2 is higher than the reference voltage
at pin no. 3.
•The trigger input (pin no. 2) of timer IC NE555 (IC3) is
normally held high by resistor R13 but is grounded when
low going pulses at output (pin no. 6) of IC2 is detected.
•This triggers the timer to generate monostable output
pulse at its output (pin no. 3). 5
•The Time period of this pulse is decided by values of C10
and VR3.
•For this period, transistor T4 remains turned ON to
provide ground path at one VR3.
•For this period, transistor T4 remains turned ON to
provide ground path at one of the terminal of relay RL1.
•Thus relay remains activated for this period and
automatically deactivates after that.
•IC3 can be reset in-between by pressing switch S2 as it
will momentarily ground the active-low Reset (pin no. 4)
input.
•Capacitor C9 avoids any false triggering.

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 TESTING THE KIT

1. Common PCB is provided for both Transmitter and

Receiver section but these are separated by a
straight vertical line on PCB. Before mounting and
soldering of components separate two sections by
breaking PCB along that vertical line.
2. After soldering, connect external DC power supply
to both sections. Using 2 power supply change over
relay RL1 connect appliance you want turned ON for
present time at RL(a) terminal and another
appliance that you want turned OFF at RL(b)
terminals as shown in figure.
3. IR Transmission works only along line of sight.
Keeping this in mind, install two sections with IR
photodiodes placed at some distance but along line
of IR LEDs.
4. Press S1. The relay will activate for some time (ON
time) and automatically turns OFF after that.
5. To vary ON time duration, rotate pot meter VR3. To
reset the circuit in-between press switch S2. 7
6. As power on reset is not available in the circuit, it
may happen that whenever you power ON the
supply the relay activates on its own. Then you
should first Reset the circuit by pressing S2 and
then press S1.
7. If relay remains activated beyond stipulated time
then false triggering may be causing this specific
problem. To avoid this, cover the photodiodes with
some paper or tape so that normal light doesn’t
falls on them and they respond only to IR
transmission.

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•This 8 PIN IC is a popular and commonly used IC.
•It basically operates in two modes as monostable
and astable.
•In monostable operation it generates output pulse of
duration ‘Tm’ as defined by formula,
Tm = 1.1 x R x C (second)
•In astable operation, the time period for ON portion
of output pulse is
Ton = 0.693 x (R1 + R2) x C (second)
•And, Off portion of output pulse is of duration,
Toff = 0.693 x R2 x C (second)

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•UA 741 is an operational amplifier intended for use in
number of analog applications like summer amplifier,
integrator generator, voltage follower, active filter or
functional generator.
•The high gain and wide range of operating voltages
provide superior performances in integrator, summing
amplifier and general feedback applications.

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•IC1, IC2 Timer NE555
•IC3 Op-Amp UA741
•T1 Transistor CK100
•T2-T4 Transistor BC548
•D1, D2 1N4148 Switching Diode
•D3 IN4007 Switching Diode
•IR1, IR2 Infrared LEDs
•IR3, IR4 Photodiodes

Resistors (all ¼ watt, +/- 5% carbon, unless

stated otherwise) :

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•R1 2.2 kilo-ohm
•R2 220-ohm
•R3 10-ohm/2 watt
•R4 33 kilo-ohm
•R5, R11, R14 68 kilo-ohm
•R6 4.7 kilo-ohm
•R7 1 Mega-ohm
•R8 10-ohm
•R9 2.2 Mega-ohm
•R10 1.8 kilo-ohm
•R12 100-ohm
•R13 22 kilo-ohm
•R15 1 kilo-ohm
•VR1, VR3 1 mega-ohm Present
•VR2 220 kilo-ohm Present

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•C1-C3, C9 0.01 microfarad , Ceramic
•C4 560 picofarad , ceramic
•C5 0.1 microfarad , ceramic
•C6 3.3 microfarad , 16V electrolytic
•C7 0.02 microfarad , ceramic
•C8, C10 100 microfarad , 16 V electrolytic

•S1, S2 Push-to-on switch

•RL1 12V, 200 ohm 2 changeover
PCB mounted Relay
•PCB

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