ULTRASONIC EM

PEST REPELLER N. SHARMA

TESTED

Devinder Krishan

H ere is a circuit of an electronic pest

repeller. It is effective over a radius
of about 8 meters.
NE555 timer (IC1) clocks this decade
counter. The ultrasonic oscillator is built
around another NE555 timer (IC2). The
Adjust
VR1
Output of IC3
30KHz
A wide variety of electric mosquito frequency of the IC3 changes accord- VR2 33KHz
repellers are available in market. These ing to the table1. VR3 35KHz
basically consist of a small hot plate and The output frequency is not kept con-
a chemical mat to produce fumes. stant firstly because a certain frequency VR4 37KHz
These fumes not only affect the mosqui- has maximum effect only on a certain VR5 39KHz
toes but also have an adverse effect on category of pests. Hence, by varying the VR6 41KHz
human beings. These devices are costly frequency a wide variety of pests are
in operation. efficiently covered. Secondly it was VR7 43KHz
Insects are repelled by ultrasonic fre- found that the pests become immune to VR8 45KHz
quencies. This circuit uses ultrasonic one frequency. The circuit is given in
waves rather than chemical fumes. This VR9 47KHz
Fig. 2. Use IC socket for IC1.
circuit generates an output from 30 kHz VR10 50KHz
to 50 kHz, which is not audible and Adjustment Table 1
hence is harmless to human beings. Take the IC1 out from the circuit.
The block diagram of the circuit is given The frequency at the output of IC3 can
Provide clock pulses to pin 14 of IC2 by
in Fig. 1. The circuit is based on a be measured by connecting a Digital
Frequency Meter between the pin 3 of
Speaker

Clock Decade Ultrasonic the IC and the ground. The frequencies

Amplifier listed in the table are not critical. A point
Oscillator counter Oscillator
to note here is that ultrasonic waves are
Fig. 1: Block Diagram highly directional. So, the speaker
connecting it to the +ve supply rail. should be placed in a position where
CD4017 decade counter having ten Adjust the presets VR1 to VR10 to obtain maximum efficiency is obtained.
outputs, and each output goes high frequencies as shown in the table The device should be kept far away from
sequentially. The oscillator built around below. pets such as dog.

VR1 D3
16 3 LS
2 R4
R1 R2
4
D1
X1 8 4 8 4
7
7 10 7
R6
230V AC R3 6 IC1 3 14 IC2 1 R5 6 IC3 3 Q1
50Hz
C1 5
2 2
6
1 5 1 5
D2 9

LED 11 C5 C6
C3 C4
C2
13 8 15
VR10 D12

Fig. 2: Circuit diagram of the Ultrasonic Pest Repeller.

 COMPNETSLI
LS

C
SEMICONDUCTORS

B
E

VR10

D12
R6
IC1,IC3 NE555
IC2 CD4017

C6
Q1 2N5294

R5

VR5

D7
C4
D1-D2 1N4001
D3-D12 1N4148

R4
LED RED

D11
VR9
C5
RESISTORS
IC3

R1 1KW

VR4

D6
R2 120W
R3 470KW
R4 39KW (METAL FILM)

D10
VR8
R5 10KW (METAL FILM)
R6 470KW
VR1-VR10 47K Preset

VR7

D9
CAPACITORS
C1 1000µF/25V

VR3

D5
C2 1µF/25V
IC2
Fig.3: Actual - size, solder-side PCB layout.

C3,C5 0.01µF
C4 470pF

VR1

Fig. 4: Component layout for the PCB.

D3
C6 3.3pF

VR2 MISCELLANEOUS

D4
X1 230V AC Primary to 12V- 0-12V,
C2
+

500mA Secondary Transformer

R3

LS 8 Ohms Tweeter
C3
R2

VR6

IC1 D8
LED
D2

R1
C1
+
D1

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