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Zero Contact Tachometer: Submitted By. Abin Alex Guided By. Asha Mariam Jacob

The document describes a zero contact tachometer that uses infrared transmitting and receiving sensors to measure the speed of a brushless DC motor contactlessly. It works by receiving infrared rays reflected from a spot on the motor shaft. An 8051 microcontroller counts the pulses received by the sensor in a time interval and displays the calculated speed on an LCD screen. The tachometer allows contactless speed measurement which traditional tachometers cannot provide for safety or technical reasons.

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Zero Contact Tachometer: Submitted By. Abin Alex Guided By. Asha Mariam Jacob

The document describes a zero contact tachometer that uses infrared transmitting and receiving sensors to measure the speed of a brushless DC motor contactlessly. It works by receiving infrared rays reflected from a spot on the motor shaft. An 8051 microcontroller counts the pulses received by the sensor in a time interval and displays the calculated speed on an LCD screen. The tachometer allows contactless speed measurement which traditional tachometers cannot provide for safety or technical reasons.

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Zero contact tachometer

Submitted by. Abin Alex


Guided by. Asha Mariam Jacob
INTRODUCTION

• The aim of the project is to design a contactless speed sensing device


(tachometer) for a Brushless DC Motor.
• Traditional tachometers require a physical contact to the shaft of the motor to
measure the speed. In certain applications, where it is not feasible to measure
the speed for safety and technical reasons, it is possible for a contactless
tachometer to take the readings from a certain distance.
WORKING

• The proposed system uses the IR transmitting and receiving technique.This is achieved by
receiving IR rays from a reflecting spot on the shaft of the motor. Such arrangements can
measure the rate at which the IR rays are getting reflected back
• This project uses a 8051 microcontroller and a pair of sensors, one for Transmitting and the
other for receiving IR rays
• The sensor is used to develop a pulse for each reflection that sends an interrupt to the
microcontroller . The timer of the controller calculates the speed by each pulse received In a
particular time interval and displays it
• The microcontroller is connected with an LCD display which displays the calculated speed.
HARDWARES REQUIRED

• 8051 series Microcontroller,


• LCD,
• IR and Photo Diodes,
• Transformer,
• Diodes,
• Resistors,
• Capacitors,
• Voltage Regulator,
• LED,
• BLDC Fan
BLOCK DIAGRAM
ADVANTAGES

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