Part of Made in India,

Design Innovation Workshop,

2015

AUTOMATIC NIGHT LAMP

Have  you  ever  imagined  how  the   the  resistance  of  LDR  decreases  due  
street  lights  are  turned  on  in  the   to  which  the  base  voltage  decreases.  
evening  and  they  automa4cally  go  off   The  voltage  becomes  so  low  that  the  
in  the  morning?  Is  there  someone   base  emiGer  junc4on  is  not  forward  
who  comes  early  in  the  morning  to   biased  due  to  which  the  transistor  
turn  off  these  lights?  Or  imagine  a   turns  OFF.  Hence,  the  LED  doesn’t  
situa4on  when  there  is  a  power  cut   glow.  On  the  contrary,  when  the  
and  you  are  searching  for  candles  and   circuit  is  taken  into  dark,  the  
match  s4cks  and  another  situa4on   resistance  of  LDR  decreases,  due  to  
when  a=er  a  power  cut  your  lamp   which  the  base  voltage  increases  and  
glows  automa4cally.  The  following   a  point  comes  when  the  base  emiGer  
circuit  based  project  can  help  to  make   junc4on  gets  forward  biased.  As  a  
Follow  us  on:
your  own  automa4c  night  lamp.   result,  the  transistor  turns  ON  making  
When  the  circuit  is  taken  into  light,   the  LED  glow.  

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You  may  refer  to  this  video:  Automa3c  Night  Lamp
For  more  projects  visit  our  website:  CoolJunk

CoolJunk   is   an   innova4ve   educa4onal   products   company   with   focus   on   project-­‐based   learning   in   science,  
engineering  and  technology.  Having  20,000   customers   in  India,  US,  Singapore,  MiddleEast   and  New  Zealand,  the  
CoolJunk  kits  are  known  for   quality  and  high  produc4on  value.  The   company’s  flagship  product  (KIT-­‐1)  is  loved  by  
veterans  from  MIT  Media  Lab,  and  Maker  Media  (USA).
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