How to make an Entry Detector using IR Sensor?
Entry Detector Project Description
IR primarily based protection alarm circuit can hit upon any movement and cause the alarm when a person enters a room. This circuit is very useful in homes, banks, shops, restricted regions in which an alert alarm is needed on any motion. This circuit is primarily based on IR sensor where an IR beam is continuously falling on a photodiode, and whenever this Infrared beam breaks, by means of any type of movement or if anyone enters the room, a buzzer is triggered.
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How IR Entry Detector Works?
While the IR radiation is falling on Photodiode, the voltage at the output pin of the IR Sensor is HIGH which will ring the buzzer. While the IR radiation is not falling on Photodiode, the voltage at the output pin of the IR Sensor is LOW which will turn off the buzzer.
Now How will you Turn ON and OFF the buzzer when you open or close the door? Lets Check it Out…
Components
- IR pair (IR LED and Photodiode)
- Buzzer
- BreadBoard
- Double Sided Tape
IR Sensor Explained
IR sensor is composed of an IR LED and photodiode, in which IR LED emits IR radiation and photodiode detects the radiation. Photodiode conducts current inside the opposite direction, on every occasion, IR falls on it, and the voltage across it changes, this voltage alternate is sensed by photodiode and generates output accordingly.
IR Entry Detector Project Tutorial
Steps to Make an IR Entry Detector
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Step 2 – Connections
IR Sensor Pinout
- VCC (5V) – VCC will power up the sensor circuit
- GND (0V) – Negative Terminal of the battery
- Vout (Output Voltage) – Output voltage is taken through Vout pin when IR rays are reflected back to the photo diode.
Here I will bend the legs of LED and photo diode so that they are facing each other. I will show you in the procedure.
Circuit is pretty simple. All you have to do is fix all the components like shown below on the breadboard.
IR Sensor
Vcc – 5V
Gnd – Gnd
Vout – +ve of Buzzer
Buzzer
+ve – Vout of IR Sensor
-ve – Gnd
Step 3 – Setting up the Detector
Clean all the connection using a zip tie and this is what it looks like.
Now we can fix this on the door frame and power it up.
Now we need something to block the IR rays from LED from reaching the photodiode. For that you can use a black cardboard or a tape.
We can fix this on the door in such a way that when the door is closed, it will be placed in between the photodiode and the IR LED.
Step 4 – Test
Now power on the circuit and try opening and closing the door.
When the door is closed, the photo diode will be facing the black surface and no IR rays will be reaching the photo diode. Hence the output of the IR sensor will be Zero.
When the door is opened, the photo diode will be facing the IR LED and the IR rays will be directly hitting the photo diode. This will cause the output voltage go high and the buzzer connected to the output of IR sensor will start to beep.
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