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How to Build a Touch On-Off Circuit with a

7414 Inverter Gate Chip
In this circuit, we will build a touch on-off switch circuit
using a 7414 inverter chip.

This inverter gate chip circuit will function as a flip flop.

When we touch the touch wire, the LED turns on. And if we
touch it again, the LED turns off.

This circuit truly functions as an on-off touch sensor circuit.

This is the same type of circuit we would see in a touch

lamp, where you touch it on or off.

The main reason how this circuit can do this is through the
use of a capacitor. In this circuit, we use 2 capacitors. When
we touch the wire, we either charge up the capacitor or
discharge the capacitor. Charging it up turns the LED off.
And discharging the capacitor turns the LED on. We'll go
over this in much more depth below.

We exploit NAND gate logic in order to make this circuit

possible.

In this circuit, our output device will be an LED, which will

turn on and off, as we touch the touch plate or touch wire.

Components

7414 Inverter Chip

4.7MΩ resistor
1MΩ resistor
470Ω resistor
1μF electrolytic capacitor
100nF ceramic capacitor
Touch Plate

The 7414 hex inveter gate chip can be obtained very cheaply
from a number of online retailers for just a few cents. One
place it can be obtained from is Tayda Electronics at the
following link: Tayda Electronics- 7414 Hex Inveter Gate IC.
However, it is a very popular chip and many electronics
parts suppliers have them.

The pinout of the 7414 is shown below, so that you can see
how to connect it in the circuit.
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This inverter has 6 independent

inverter gates.

The pins marked with A's are the

inputs to the inverter gates and the
pins marked with Y's are the outputs
of the inverter gates.

The following chart shows inverter gate logic, which shows

what output a inverter gate chip will produce for a given
input.

Inverter Truth Table

Input Output
L H
H L
This means that if the input is 0, the output will be 1 or
HIGH. If the input is 1 or HIGH, the output will be 1 or LOW.

We will use this inverter logic as the basis for the function of
our circuit.

Touch On-Off Circuit Using a 7414 Inverter Gate Chip

The touch on-off circuit we will build with a 7414 inverter

gate chip is shown below.

To see this circuit diagram connection from the view of the

integrated circuit (IC), see the following: Touch On-Off
Circuit with a 4011 NAND Gate Chip shown from the IC

The breadboard schematic of the circuit above is shown

below.
First, we must connect power to the 7414 inverter gate chip.
We do this by connecting VCC, pin 14, to 5V and by
connecting GND, pin 7, to power ground. This establishes
power to the 7414 inveter gate chip.

We connect a 4.7MΩ resistor from pin 1 to pin 4.

We connect a 1MΩ resistor from pin 2 to pin 3.

In between pins 2 and 3, we connect a 1μF capacitor.

To pin 1, we connect a 100nF
capacitor. In between these 2
capacitors, we place our touch plate
or touch sensor wires. When
touched, these wires allow for the
output to switch either from HIGH to
LOW or LOW to HIGH.

Lastly, we connect the output device 10pcs only $10

that we want to turn on and off to pin
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gate, which is the total output of the
circuit, since we're using 2 gates. The
LED has a 470Ω current-limiting
resistor to prevent the LED from
blowing out due to excess current.

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connections.

How the Circuit Works

This circuit is somewhat complex but still follows the simple

principle of inverter gate logic. When the input to gate 1 is
LOW, the output will be HIGH. So when the input to the first
inverter gate is LOW, our output device, the LED, will be ON.
When the 2 inputs are HIGH, the output will be LOW. So, in
this case, the LED will be off.

The heart of our circuit which allows the flip flop ability is
the 1MΩ resistor and the 1μF capacitor.
When the touch wires are touched, the 1μF capacitor either
charges up to a voltage close in value to VCC or it discharges
to near 0V.

When we charge up the capacitor, we charge up to near VCC.

With the 1MΩ resistor, it pulls up the output of the output of
gate 1 to VCC. This pulls the value of the output HIGH. Since
the output of gate 1 is connected to the input of gate 2, this
means that gate 2 receives a HIGH input. This makes the
output LOW. Therefore, the LED will be off when the
capacitor is charged.

Now when we touch the touch plate again, we discharge the

capacitor. The capacitor's voltage plummets from near VCC
almost to 0V. Now the output of gate 1 is 0V or LOW. This
LOW signal is now fed into the input of gate 2, which will
turn on the output, the LED.

The 100nF capacitor acts a second reserve to prevent the

circuit from going on and off, on and off, repeatedly if we
keep our hold on the touch plate. It keeps the signal either
on or off once the touch plate is held. This prevents constant
fluctuations of on and off.

And this is how this circuit works to mimic a flip flop, to

function as a touch on-off circuit.

Related Resources

How to Build a Touch On-Off Circuit with a 4011 NAND Gate

Chip
How to Build a Touch On-Off Circuit with a 4001 NOR Gate
Chip

How to Build a Touch On-Off Circuit with a 4049 Inverter

Gate Chip

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(July 4, 2016) anjila said: 1

This is amazing...
but for what we con use it??
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