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Battery Powered Night Lamp by 555 Timer

Submitted by

1.B.Ketan-09227

2.P.Sethu-09228

3.C.Haritej-09229
Objective:

To provide a night lamp with an ultra low current

consumption from a battery source in case of the
absence of wall mains socket.

Components used for the circuit design:

Four resistors-R1 and R2 of 1megaohm,1/4 w
R3 of 47kilo-ohms,1/4 w
R4- photo resistor
Two capacitors-C1 100nf 63v polyester capacitor
C2 220µf 25v electrolytic capacitor
Two diodes –D1 LED red 10 mm ultrabright
D2 IN5819 40v,1amp schottky barrier diode
One IC - IC555timer
Two batterys - 1.5v each

IC555 – a single CMOS timer which offers very low

power consumption and high frequency where the timing
remains very accurate in monostable or astable mode
while providing reduced supply current spikes during
output transitions, which enables the use of lower
decoupling capacitors and with added features of high
output current capability, high input impedance, wide
voltage range, and output compatible with TTL, CMOS &
Logic MOS.
CIRCUIT DIAGRAM:

CIRCUIT DESCRIPTION:
The circuit is drawing a current less than 500 uA due to the
voltage doubler that drives a pulsating ultra bright LED and
since only 1.5 V cell is used. This makes the night lamp
ensure minimum battery consumption. From an ordinary AA
sized battery, the device can operate for approximately 3
months continuously while from an alkaline type of battery, it
can operate for about 6 months.

To be able to switch OFF the circuit during daylight or upon

the illumination of lights in the room, a phototransistor can be
added optionally which will allow further current economy.
This photoresistor circuitry will also allow the running time to
be doubled or longer. The resistors R3 & R4 can be excluded
if the option for additional photoresistor is not needed. By
doing this, the Pin 4 of IC1 should be connected to the
positive supply.

An approximately 4 Hz frequency square wave is being

generated by 555 timer IC1. The integrated circuit can safely
operate at 1.5 V supply or less if IC1 is a CMOS type. The
voltage of the battery is raised to a peak due to the
combination of D2 & C2 that forms a voltage doubler. The
peak value is responsible for driving the LED.

An ordinary LED may be used but will result to poor intensity

of light. For as long as the rating is at 100 V and 150 mA, a
Schottky-barrier type of diode like 1N5819 and any model
can also be used in place with an ordinary type 1N4148 diode
but will also result to reduced intensity of LED because of
higher voltage drop.
Advantages:
1.This circuit draws a minimum amount of current and the
power consumption is minimum.
2.This device can continuously operate for 6 months with a
alkaline type of battery.