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Ultrasonic Motion Detector PDF
Ultrasonic Motion Detector PDF
Ultrasonic
Motion
Detector
A simple
circuit that
lets you keep
tabs on
anything
that moves.
BY RONALD A. REIS
Something's out thereon the porch, because you just installed the Ultrasonic
in the driveway, or behind the shed. Or Motion Detector described in this article.
maybe it's insidein the garage, Depending on what parts you have
basement, or den. Whatever it is, human or available, or if you buy the complete kit
beast, it is moving. Perhaps it's just your from the source mentioned in the Parts
teenager sneaking in from a late night out. List, the Ultrasonic Motion Detector can be
Possibly it is only the neighborhood cat. built for less than $30. It contains a
Or, more ominously, it could be a prowler complete ultrasonic (40-kHz) crystal-
bent on theft or physical harm. Whatever controlled transmitter and a supersensitive
is going on, you know something is up receiver on a printed-circuit board that
R14
D2 R11 1 MEG
1.2 MEG C6 9 R19
1N4148 .01 13 LED1
8 10K
IC1-c 14 Q1
10 IC1-d BC639
+ R13 12
10K +
1/4 LM324 1/4 LM324
D3 R12 R18
C7 C8 D4
1N4148 1.2 MEG 10 MEG
.01 .47 1N4148
R10 5 4
1 MEG
IC2-b
1/6 4049
C2 R4 R5
.01 2.2K 220K C5 1 +9V
100pF
7 6 3 2 11 12
+5V
IC2-c IC2-a IC2-e
BZ1* R7
+5V 1/6 4049 8 1/6 4049 1/6 4049
10 MEG
R8
1 MEG R6 9 10
R1 2 4 R21
1K
100K R3 1 6 10 MEG R22 IC2-d
10 MEG IC1-a 150K 1/6 4049
3 7
+ D1 C4 R23 IC1-b
11 1N4148 1 MEG 5 + 14 15
.47
R2 C1 1/4 LM324 C3 SENSITIVITY XTAL1
100K .1 .47 1/4 LM324 40kHz IC2-f
C12
33pF 1/6 4049
C11
33pF
BZ2*
R17 IC3
47 78L05
+9V I O +5V
+ G
C9 C10
B1 100 .1
* SEE TEXT + 9V
RESISTORS
(All fixed resistors are 1/4-watt, 5% units .)
R1, R2, R15100,000-ohm
R3, R7, R18, R21l0-Megohm
R42200-ohm
R5220,000-ohm
R6, R201000-ohm
R8-R10, R141-Megohm
R11, R121.2-Megohm
R13, R16. R1910,000-ohm
R1747-ohm
R22150,000-ohm
R231-Megohm potentiometer
CAPACITORS
C1, C100.1-F, ceramic-disc
C2, C6, C70.01-F ceramic-disc
C3, C4, C80.47-F ceramic-disc
C5100-pF, ceramic-disc
C9100-F, 16-WVDC, electrolytic
C11, C1233-pF, ceramic-disc