Practice Relays
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E. Zazocoteco, O. Ramírez, and R. Rodriguez
Abstract— In the following work was carried out the III. DEVELOPMENT
control of a 12V bulb, making use of a photo-resistor
and a relay with which the automatic switching on Practice 1: Relays
and off of the bulb is controlled depending on the
level of light in the environment.
Part 1: Circuit Simulation
Keywords—Relevadores, foto-resistor, divisor de
voltage. For the first part of this practice, the objective was
make a simulation about the behavior that
I. INTRODUCTION I would have the circuit under the desired circumstances.
The relay is an electromechanical device, with the
which through a coil and an electromagnet is Image 1. Simulated circuit
they can open and close contacts in circuits that make
use of medium or large powers. That said
The device was invented by Joseph Henry in 1835.
One of the most relevant parts of this type of
actuators are the beings capable of switching circuits of
large powers, using circuits with
small powers (5V-12V). Currently, this type
actuators are essential in the field of
industry as in daily life, since they have
a wide variety of applications such as:
● Car headlights turned on.
● Car march. This simulation was conducted in the Proteus program.
● Engine start.
to verify that in the absence of light, our
● Light bulb switch on, etc.
a 12 V light bulb will turn on. In other words, it's like
In addition, it is possible to control through relays. develop a circuit with an automatic dimmer.
a remote device using
small control signals. It should be emphasized that a
Image 2. Simulation running in Proteus
Relay is a safe way to work with
larger power circuits, as these protect
to the low circuit and to the medium or high power one, already
that are separating the control part and the stage of
power in case of a short circuit or
an overload in one of the circuits.
II OBJECTIVE
Implement a circuit what activator
automatically the turning on and off of a
lamp through a relay.
Part 2: Implementation of the circuit
In this part, the wiring began.
circuit, to facilitate its implementation we were given
the opportunity to use a microcontroller
PIC18F4550 or an Arduino to control it more easily.
on and off of our 12 V lamp, but
we opted not to use them.
IV. Resultados
We obtained multiple results at the time of
to be working with the photoresistor:
The first result was a poor performance
I need the relay, because of the
the photoresistor was not working with
an optimal lighting. In this case, it is required
of a microcontroller, which will be responsible for
read the resistance of the photoresistor and determine if
the light should be turned on or not. This allows to give
a calibration to the reading of it,
resulting in optimal operation.
In a second experiment, the photoresistor
replaced with a 5K potentiometer, giving
as a result an adequate activation of the
relay within a certain range of the potentiometer.
V. CONCLUSIONS
In conclusion, with these exercises we were able to observe the
operation of a relay to power loads
much larger electric ones with just one input of
control, in addition to realizing that a microcontroller is
necessary to increase the accuracy of data reading
(and in this case, properly activate the lamp).
VI. REFERENCES
Fundamentals in application
of protection relays in electrical systems
power Online. Available at:
http://eprints.uanl.mx/6254/1/1020070675.PDF/
[Accessed 12 Sept. 2018].
