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This document describes an insect repellent circuit that generates continuous sounds. It uses a 7555 timer IC wired as an audio oscillator driving a piezoelectric transducer to produce sounds that can repel some types of insects. The circuit can be powered by batteries and has low current requirements for extended battery life. It provides a schematic, component list, and suggestions for experiments involving altering the sounds to better repel different insects or exploring other applications of the technology.

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Fun Projects 10 Chapter

This document describes an insect repellent circuit that generates continuous sounds. It uses a 7555 timer IC wired as an audio oscillator driving a piezoelectric transducer to produce sounds that can repel some types of insects. The circuit can be powered by batteries and has low current requirements for extended battery life. It provides a schematic, component list, and suggestions for experiments involving altering the sounds to better repel different insects or exploring other applications of the technology.

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rNsEcTREPELLENT
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Somecontinuous soundscanrepelinsects(andalsoattract).
Thefrequency
andintensitydependsuponthe application
andtypeof insectandcan be
foundthroughexperimentation.
Thecircuitshownheregenerates a continuous soundthatcan be usedto
repel(orattract)sometypesof insects,
or in scientific
experiments
involving
animals.
canbe powered
Ourinsectrepellent by9Vbatteries,twoM cellsor fourAA
cells,andits lowcurrentrequirements
will extendthe lifeof thosecellsor
batteries.
FigureI showstheschematic diagramof the lnsectRepellent.
Theheartof
thecircuitis a 7555lC,a CMOStimerwiredasanaudiooscillatoranddriving
a piezoelectric transducer.
Thecomponents placementona homemade printed-circuit
boardis shownin
Figure2. Exactplacement
is notthatcritical.
Allthecomponentsandthepowersupplycanbehoused ina smallplasticbox.
Transducer
BZis a crystalearpiece
or a piezoelectric
transducer,
suchasthe
RadioShack273-073.
of the polarized
Position pieces,suchas c2 andthe powersupply,mustbe
carefully
observed.
Usingthe insectrepellent is veryeasy.Youonlyneedto adjustthe trimmer
potentiometerP1to producea soundwiththesamepitchas the insectyou
intendto repel.Experimentation shouldbemadeuntilyoufindthebestsound
to repela specificinsect.

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PartsList - InsectRepellent
c1 - TLC7555 CMOSintegrated-circuit
timer
BZ - Crystalor piezoelectric
transducer
RadioShack273-073 or equivalent
R1 - 10,000ohm,114W,5% resistor
R2 - 4,700ohm,114W,5%
resistor
P1 - 100,000ohmtrimmerpotentiometer

c1 - 0.047uF metalfilmor ceramiccapacitor

c2 - 10uF,12WVDCelectrolytic
capacitor
S1 - SPSTslideor tdggleswitch

B1 - 3V (2 AA cells),6V (4 M cells),9V (battery)

ldeasto Explore
Tolearnmoreaboutthecircuitor getbetterperformance:
. Powerful outputcanbeobtained witha transistorized
outputstage
as shownin Figure3.Thepowertransistor shouldbe mounted on a
heatsink.Thetransducer
isa low-impedance loudspeakerr:anging
from
4 to 8 ohms.
o Experiments withultrasoundcahbe madewiththiscircuit:reduce
Cl to 1200pFandusea piezoelectric tweeterastransducer.
Remove
thesmalltransformer usedin thesetweeters andplugthetransducer
directlyto thecircuitoutput.outputsin frequencies
as highas40,000
Hzcanbe produced bythiscircuit.
o Explainhowsoundscan be producedby electronic
transducers
suchas theoneusedin thisproject.
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o Whatareultrasounds?
applications:
andditferent
Science
a Of course,you can testthe realetfectsof this deviceon several
kindsof insects. biological
An attractive experiment canbeconducted
basedon thiscircuit.
o Etfectsof soundson plantgrowthor development can be con-
ductedusingthiscircuit.Cansounds(qrultrasounds)
alterthecirca-
dianrhythmsof plantsandinsects?
o Thecontinuoustoneproduced
bythiscircuitcanbeusedinalarms
Miceandothersmallanimalsare repelled
or warningsystems. by
powerful
ultrasounds.
o Replace R2byanLDR.The a light-dependent
circuitnowbecomes
withlightandsoundscannowbe conducted
Experiments
oscillator.
usingthedevice.

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Figure3

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