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Saturday, July 10, 2010

Weekly Reminder

This circuit reminds you of all the important tasks that are
due on a specific day every week. So be it returning your library
book, switching on your favourite TV programme, putting the dustbin out
or cleaning the car, it automatically flashes an LED that very day to alert
you of something to be done. The LED keeps flashing until you press the reset
button. The circuit consumes very little power.

Circuitry
The circuit can count the days. The rising of the Sun is detected by
a light-dependent resistor (LDR1). When the sun rises, the ambient
light level reduces the resistance of LDR1. The voltage level at pin 13
of gate N4 goes low. Since the other input (pin 12) of gate N4 is high, its
output also goes high. This is inverted by gate N10 whose output goes
low to make counter IC3 advance by one count. This way each day is
counted. Similarly, the counter advances by one every morning until it
counts seven days.
In the morning of the seventh day, all the inputs of gate N9 become
high, making its output low. The low output of gate N9 is inverted by gate
N11 to trigger the pulse generator built around gates N5 and N7, and
it produces a short-duration pulse to trigger the flip-flop built around
gates N6 and N8. As a result, the output of the flip-flop goes high to
enable the astable multivibrator built around gate N3. The astable multivibrator
produces 2Hz frequency to flash LED1 as a reminder. LED1
flashes until you press reset switch S2 momentarily.
When the enable input (pin 8) of gate N3 is low, the output of the astable
multivibrator remains high. Gate N2 inverts this high level into low and
the transistor does not conduct. So LED1 doesn’t flash when the astable
multivibrator is disabled. counter IC3 also resets when the
pulse generator triggers because its reset pin 11 is connected to the output
of gate N11.
When the counter IC3 resets, its output becomes low and it’s ready
to begin day counting for the next week. Suppose you require a reminder for four days.
Then first cover the sensor and press increment switch S1 thrice
momentarily and leave it. Now your reminder (flashing of LED1) starts after
four days.
Assemble the circuit on a general-purpose PCB and enclose in a
suitable cabinet. After assembling the circuit, proper setting is required.
First of all, switch on the power. LED1 flashes. Press switch S2 to stop
it from flashing. Cover LDR1 and press S1 several times until LED1
flashes again. The counter is now set at a count of 0 and is ready to start
weekdays counting. Press S2 to stop flashing.
Do not uncover the sensor immediately after pressing S2. Else, the
counter will register arrival of the next day and LED1 will flash after six
days. To make it flash weekly on a particular day, keep the LDR1 in dark
until night
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