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THE PROJECT ON

DAREKNESS DETECTOR CIRCUIT

Submitted in partial fulfillment of requitements
for the award

Diploma in COMPUTER ENGINEERING

Submitted to

MAHARASHTRA STATE BOARD OF TECHNICAL

EDUCATION MUMBAI

Submitted by

STUDENT NAME ROLL NO

1 PRANAV LOHAR 1233

2 DISHA PATIL 1248

GUIDED BY:
VAIJAYANTI YEOLE
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Y.B. PATIL POLYTECHNIC PUNE

2023-202

-CERTIFICATE-
IT IS CERTIFY THAT THE PROJECT ON A
SUBJECT EEC ENTITIED “DRAKNESS DETECTOR
CIRCUIT” WAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED BY
STUDENTS OF SECOND SEMESTER DIPLOMA IN
COMPUTER ENGINEERING.
STUDENT NAME ROLL NO
1 PRANAV LOHAR 1233

2 DISHA PATIL 1248

PARTIEL FULLFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT

FOR THE AWARD OF DIPLOMA IN COMPUTER
ENGINEERING SUBNITED TO DEPARTMENT
Y.B.PATIL POLYTECHNIC WORK CARRIED OUT
DURING PERIOD FOR ACADEMMIC YEAR 2023-
2024 AS PER CURRICULUM.

MR.M.D WALEKAR VaIJAYANTI YEYOLE

(H.O.D.) (subject teacher)
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT-

WE WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS OUR SPECIAL

THANKS OF GRATITUDE TO OUR TEACHER :-
VAIJAYANTI YEOLE WHO GAVE US THE GOLDEN
OPPORTUNITY TO DO THIS WONDERFUL PROJECT
ON THE TOPIC “DARKNESS DETECTOR
CIRCUIT” WHICH ALSO HELPED US IN DOING A
LOT OF RESEARCH AND WE CAME TO KNOW
ABOUT SO MANY NEW THINGS AND EXAMPLES
WE AREREALLY THANKFUL TO THEM. SECONDLY
WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK OUR FRIENDS
WHO HELPED US A LOT IN FINALIZING THIS
PROJECT WITHIN THE LIMITED TIME FRAME.

GROUP
MEMBER
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DETECTOR CIRCUIT*
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SR. TOPICS
NO
1 IMFORMATION
ABOUT DARKNESS DETECTOR

2 COMPONESNTS REQUIRED TO
BUILD DARKNESS SETECTORE

3 CIRCUIT DIAGRAM AND WORKING

PROCESS

4 CONCLUSION
Absence of light is what causes darkness, and we
can automatically detect darkness or intensity of
light using a Light Dependent Resistor (LDR). The
circuit can be integrated with other electronics
circuits or projects to control lights of a small bulb
for automating lighting of something as large as
whole city’s street lights. In this project, we will be
making a simple Darkness Detector circuit. We
have previously built few awesome projects
using LDR and also made a light detector using
LDR and Arduino Uno.
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Components Required to build Darkness

Detector
The darkness detection circuit is a very simple
circuit and requires very few components, the
complete list of components is mentioned below:
•LDR
•LED
•1K ohm - Resistor
•50k ohm - Resistor
•BC547 – BJT
•9V battery
•Breadboard

Working Principle
The circuit is based around LDR which is also
called a photoresistor. The resistance of LDR is
dependent on the intensity of light. The 50k
resistor and the LDR makes a voltage divider
circuit. When the intensity of light falling on the
LDR is high, it will have a higher resistance and
hence the voltage divider will give a low output
to the base pin of the BC547 BJT. BC547 is a
NPN transistor, and when the BJT is in on-state,
i.e. the emitter-base junction is in forward
biased condition. The electronic path for our
LED is completed and hence the LED
illuminates.
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Circuit Diagram
For making the circuit, we connect a battery parallel to
an LED with a 1K ohm resistor, the positive terminal or
longer leg of LED is connected to the end of resistor and
the negative terminal or shorter leg of LED is connected
to the collector of our BJT. The emitter of BJT is
connected to the negative terminal of the battery and the
base of the BJT is connected to the junction connecting
the LDR and a 50K ohm resistor. The other end of 50k
resistor is connected to the positive rail of battery and the
other end of the LDR is connected to the negative rail of
the battery. For simplifying the connections, we have
connected everything in a breadboard. The circuit
diagram of the darkness detector is given below:

BC547

LDR
BATTERY
R1

LED
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After connecting the components in a breadboard,

we tested it by blocking the light falling on the
LDR and the circuit worked perfectly. To see it in
action, you can check the video at the bottom of the
page.
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Conclusion
A darkness detector circuit using LDR is a very
simple circuit which can have many applications in
the real world. This project requires very few
components and is a cool system for your first
electronics project. You can use this circuit as a
subsystem and integrate it in your future projects. I
hoped you enjoyed reading about this project and are
ready to build your own darkness detector.
If you have any query, you can leave a comment in
the section provided below or ask us in the Youtube
video’s comment section.
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*THANK YOU*