IMPROVED CLAP EM

N. SHARMA

SWITCH TESTED
T.K. Hareendran

+12V
RL1 N/O 0.5A
+ C4 D1
R1 VR1 R4 R5 C3
0.1µ 1N4148
10K 1K 10K 1M 1µF
25V N/C

4 8 14
R2
470W
3 7 R7
+ 2.2K
6 IC2 IC3 T1
IC1 2 LM555 3 3 1 BC548
CD4013
- 6 2
2 4
7 4
5
1 5 11 10 9 8 7 6
+
COND.
MIC

R3
1K +
- R6
C1 C2 1M
1µ 0.1µ
25V GND

IC1 = CA3140

Described here is an interesting circuit
of a clap operated toggle switch, real-
ized using readily available inexpensive
components. The whole circuit may be
easily assembled on a medium size
veroboard. For powering the gadget,
an ac adaptor with an output of 12V dc
(500mA) is sufficient. For safe construc-
tion and easy trouble shooting, use of
IC sockets are recommended.
Working of the circuit is simple,
straight forword and self explanatory to
some extent.
When power is applied to the circuit,
the CMOS IC3(consists of two inde-
pendent flip-flops) is immediately re
setted by the power on reset (P.O.R)
components C3 and R6. Now the relay
is in idle state and the load (not indi-
cated) connected through the relay
contacts is in off state.
In the absence of a clap, the voltage at
the input pin 3 of IC 1 is almost equal to
the positive rail voltage and hence the
output of IC1(at pin 6) remains high.
Now output of the monostable IC 2 is in
low state.
In case of a valid clap (sensitivity set by
preset pot VR1), voltage at pin 3 of IC1
falls to make the output at pin6 low.
Now IC2 gets triggered and IC3 is
clocked by the monostable output.
Consequently IC3 output (pin 1) goes
high to forward bias the relay driver
transistor T1 (via base bias resistor R7)
and the relay is energized.
At the time of a second clap, again IC3
is clocked as mentioned earlier. Note
that the flip-flop is wired in toggle mode
with data input (Pin5) connected to Q
output (Pin 2). On receipt of this second
clock pulse, the relay is switched off by
IC3.
For compactness, one PCB mounting
relay is used in the circuit. Part numbers
of this 12V DC-285W-Single contact
relay (from O/E/N) is 58-12-IC.
Operating current of this relay is only
around 42 mA and thus a low power
transistor BC548(T1) is enough for the
relay driver.
Finally, note that the CMOS IC (IC3)
consists of two independent D-type
Flip-Flops. Here only one is used for
our circuit.