MCBSD Lab Synopsis

The document describes a contactless digital tachometer circuit using an 8051 microcontroller. The circuit uses an infrared transmitter-receiver pair as a sensor to sense the speed of a motor without contact by measuring light transmission and reflection. The sensor signal is converted to electrical signals and fed to the 8051 microcontroller programmed to calculate speed in revolutions per minute. The calculated speed is displayed on a 4-digit 7-segment display. The circuit components include an 8051 microcontroller, development board, IR sensor module, 7-segment display, transistors, resistors, quartz crystal and capacitors. The contactless tachometer can measure wheel, disc and motor shaft speeds where direct contact is not possible and has applications for vehicles

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MCBSD LAB SYNOPSIS

NAME Registration. No Roll. No

SUJAY 170906464 60
SANJAY 170906461 59
AKHIL 170906282 35

CONTACTLESS DIGITAL TACHO METER USING 8051

MICROCONTROLLER
The basic principle behind the Contactless Digital Tachometer involves a simple
embedded system with a sensor, a controller and an actuator. The sensor used here
is Infrared (IR) transmitter – receiver pair, the controller used is the 8051
Microcontroller loaded with a compiled code and the actuator is a display device,
for displaying the speed of the motor.

The sensor senses the speed of the motor without actually being in contact with it
by the principle of light transmission and reflection and generates a signal. This
signal is converted into an electric signal and fed to the microcontroller, which is
programmed to calculate the speed in terms of number of motor revolutions in one
minute. This speed is displayed on the 7-segment display.
CIRCUIT DIAGRAM:
COMPONENT USED:

 8051 Microcontroller
 8051 Development Board
 8051 Microcontroller Programmer
 IR Sensor Module (Reflective Type)
 4 – Digit 7 – Segment Display
 4 x 2N2222 NPN Transistors
 4 x 470Ω Resistors (1/4 Watt)
 8 x 100Ω Resistors (1/4 Watt)
 If Development Board is not used, then you need
 11.0592 MHz Quartz Crystal
 2 x 33pF Ceramic Capacitors
 2 x 10 KΩ Resistor (1/4 Watt)
 10 µF Capacitor (Polarized)
 Push Button
 1 KΩ x 8 Resistor Pack

APPLICATIONS:
1. The Contactless Digital Tachometer circuit can be used to calculate speed of
rotating wheels, discs and motor shafts.
2. This circuit can be used at places where direct contact with motor shafts or
wheels is not possible to be made, as in case of vehicles and also in industrial
machines.
3. This circuit can be used at homes to check speed of small battery operated
fans and other motor based devices.

LIMITATIONS:
1. The ICs used in this circuit are CMOS devices and are highly static, making it
impossible to touch them with bare hands.
2. It has limited life time due to use of battery for powering the circuit.
3. Speed calculation may be affected by the varying duty cycle of the timer.