INTRODUCTION

The past 5 decades have seen the introduction of technologies that have radically changed the
way in which we analyze and control the world around us. Starting from the vacuum tubes to the
latest microcontrollers, electronics has taken its place in almost all areas of application. Here we
take a very low ended application of electronics and we have named it “intelligent bell”.
Intelligent bell is project work fabricated around an ic called apr9600.this chip is having inbuilt
flash memory.

SCOPE OF THE PROJECT.

In this project the IC used is APR 9600 which is having a recording capability of maximum
60seconds.But this can be efficiently enhanced using microprocessor controlled message
management. Microprocessor control can be used to link several APR 9600 devices together in
order to increase total available recording time.

A continuous message cannot be recorded in multiple devices, however because the transition
from one device to the next will incur a delay that is noticeable upon playback. For this reason it
is recommended that message boundaries and device boundaries always coincide.

CIRCUIT DESCRIPTION
 The circuit schematic of the project consists of the following units:
 5.1 Power supply unit
 5.2555 timer circuit
 5.3 TSOP1738 circuit
 5.4 Circuit for prerecorded chip
 5.5 Circuit for recording chip

5.1 POWER SUPPLY UNIT:

The power supply unit is the one which supplies power required by the whole circuit.
This power supply is derived from AC through a step-down transformer, regulator and filter
circuit as shown in the figure.
 Fig: 5.1.1

When mains is available, the rectifier feeds the circuit. If a battery is connected, the mains
charges the battery and in case of failure of mains, the battery provides the necessary voltage for
the whole system to function.
The circuit mainly consists of a step-down transformer with secondary tapings. These supplies
are obtained by means of a centre tap rectifier with 2 diodes which gives an unregulated output.
This unregulated voltage is used to drive the outputs. Also a +5V series regulator circuit converts
this unregulated supply into +5V regulated supply.
The regulator used is a 3 terminal series regulator IC LM7805 to get +5V regulated output.

5.2 555 TIMER CIRCUIT:

Fig: 5.2.1

The above figure shows the 555 timer circuit. The 555 timer is working as an astable
multivibrator.The IR LED emits Infrared radiations.
5.3 TSOP1738 CIRCUIT:

Fig: 5.3.1

The TSOP 1738 circuit receives the IR radiation from the 555 timer ciruit.Thus an IR beam is
established between timer circuit and the TSOP circuit. Whenever a person breaks this IR beam,
a logic low output is produced from this circuit and is fed into the SPDT switch which is
connected the pre-recorded chip.

5.4 CIRCUIT FOR PRERECORDED CHIP

The circuit consists of the pre recorded chip. This chip contains the bell sound and the voice
message that is to be played by the intelligent bell to the visitor when the owner has gone out.
When the owner is inside, the SPDT switch is at IN position and when the visitor comes and
causes the breakage of the IR beam, the bell sound is heard.
 Fig: 5.4.1
When the owner goes outside and when the visitor comes and causes the breakage of the IR
beam, the voice message instructing the visitor to leave a voice message for the owner is
delivered by the intelligent bell. This portion of the job is the responsibility of the pre-recorded
chip.

5.5 CIRCUIT FOR RECORDING CHIP

Recording chip can otherwise be referred to as the visitor’s chip. When the house owner goes out
he keeps the SPDT switch at the OUT position. So when a visitor comes, due to the breakage of
IR beam, the voice message is played by the intelligent bell. The voice message actually asks the
visitor to leave a voice message by pressing and holding the record button. Till the record button
is released, whatever the visitor has told will be recorded. The IC is having a maximum capacity
of 60 seconds. If the visitor keeps on holding the record button even after this 60 seconds, then
beeps are produced which indicate that its memory is full indicating no further recording can be
possible.
Via a DPDT switch, both the chips, the recording as well as the pre recorded chips are connected
to the speaker.
Fig: 5.5.1

Block Diagram