PROJECT

BIOINSTRUMENTATION AND MEASUREMENT-II

TITLE: MOSQUITO REPELLENT CIRCUIT

SUBMITTED TO: MA’AM SAIMA KASHIF

SUBMITTED FROM: SYEDA MARYAM FATIMA

OCT. 5, 2015

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INDEX

S.NO. CONTENT PAGE

NO.

1 Abstract 3

2 Introduction 3-4

3 Materials and method 4-9

4 Result 9-10

5 Discussion 11

6 Conclusion 11-12

7 References 13

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ABSTRACT:

Control of mosquitoes is something of utmost importance in the present day

with rising number of mosquito borne illnesses. Specialty products like mosquito repellent used

to combat mosquitoes are required. This project proposal presents the design and testing of an

electronic mosquito repellent. The project is aimed at developing a device that is capable of

emitting ultrasonic energy of varied frequencies. These frequencies do affect the auditory senses

of pests such as mosquitoes, rodents, avian and nocturnal insects by making them uncomfortable

in their abode. However these frequencies do not affect the hearing ability of humans. This

electronic mosquito repellent is based on the 555 timer IC is a simple and useful mosquito

repellent .The mosquito repellent circuit generates an ultrasonic sound with a high output

frequency that allows spreading mosquitoes within a wide radius . The circuit is quite simple and

require few external components . The oscillation frequency is given by the value of the resistors

and a capacitor components and can be modified changing the value of components or replacing

the fixed resistor with a variable resistor ( potentiometer ) . The actual oscillation frequency of

this electronic mosquito repellent is above 20 KHz so what is needed is a good high frequency

speaker , example being a piezo speaker. The electronic mosquito repellent circuit can be

supplied from a 9 V DC power supply.

INTRODUCTION:

Mosquitoes can prove to be quite a nuisance, especially while you are

sleeping. Definitely there are many ways to tackle them, but not without a few disadvantages.

The simple electronic mosquito repeller presented here is worth giving a go. These tiny blood

sucking vampires will be back again leaving behind lot of itches and swellings. Mosquitoes can

be considered as one of the most irritating bugs that not only trouble us a lot but have the

potentials of spreading deadly diseases. Using mosquito nets to guard yourself from mosquitos

looks pretty sensible and is an easy way to evade them, however some of you may complain of

suffocation- being stuffed inside a netted cage. Chemical and fume based alternatives are

effective, but the emissions that are intended to be harmful for these insects can also prove toxic

to our health in the long run. Various mosquito repellent solutions like coils, liquid vaporizers,

and creams, all have possible adverse effects to health. Large number of things like coils,

creams, oils is available in the market to repel mosquito. At the same time all these replant is also

harmful for the humans too. Oils and creams can led to skin disease, while coils or mats

produces toxic fumes which can lead to breathing problem. While in this circuit there is no harm

for human being as it produces frequency which human being cannot hear.

The concept that we are going to use in our circuit is related to ultrasound.

A sound with frequency higher than 20 kHz is termed as “Ultrasound”. For we, humans a sound

only ranging between 20 Hz to 20 kHz frequency is audible, and any sound with

frequency below or higher than this range wouldn’t be audible for us.

Several animals like cats, dogs, insects, mosquitoes have the feature of

being able to hear this ultrasonic sound. In mosquitoes, this feature is attributed to the presence

of sensory structures in their antennae. Usually ultrasound is transmitted by male mosquitoes and

received by female mosquitoes. However after breeding, female mosquitoes generally avoid the

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ultrasound and this fact can be used to produce ultrasound in a range similar to that produced by

male mosquitoes and repel away the mosquitoes. The ultrasound produces a stress on the

antennae of the mosquitoes and repels them away. In other words, a simple circuit is designed

which can produce ultrasound in the frequency range of 20 kHz to 38 kHz, which can scare away

mosquitoes.

Generally ultrasound in a range of 20 kHz to 40kHz is transmitted by

male mosquitoes and received by female mosquitoes, however after breeding female mosquitoes

tend to avoid male mosquitoes and so they tend to avoid ultrasound in that range. As we know

that only female breeding mosquitoes bites humans, we can use this concept and can design a

circuit which produces the ultrasound in frequency range specified above.

MATERIALS AND METHODS:

Materials or components that are used in Electronic Mosquito Repellent circuit are;

555 TIMER IC:

555 is a very commonly used IC for generating accurate timing pulses. It is an 8pin timer IC and

has mainly two modes of operation: monostable and astable. In monostable mode time delay of

the pulses can be precisely controlled by an external resistor and a capacitor whereas in astable

mode the frequency & duty cycle are controlled by two external resistors and a capacitor. 555 is

very commonly used for generating time delays and pulses.

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Pin No

Function Name

1 Ground (0V) Ground

2 Voltage below 1/3 Vcc to trigger the pulse Trigger

3 Pulsating output Output

4 Active low; interrupts the timing interval at Output Reset

5 Provides access to the internal voltage divider; default 2/3

Vcc Control Voltage

6 The pulse ends when the voltage is greater than Control Threshold

7 Open collector output; to discharge the capacitor Discharge

8 Supply voltage; 5V (4.5V - 16 V) Vcc

PIEZO BUZZER;

Piezo buzzer is an electronic device commonly used to produce sound. Light weight, simple

construction and low price make it usable in various applications like car/truck reversing

indicator, computers, call bells etc. Piezo buzzer is based on the inverse principle of piezo

electricity discovered in 1880 by Jacques and Pierre Curie. It is the phenomena of generating

electricity when mechanical pressure is applied to certain materials and the vice versa is also

true. Such materials are called piezo electric materials. Piezo electric materials are either

naturally available or manmade. Piezoceramic is class of manmade material, which poses piezo

electric effect and is widely used to make disc, the heart of piezo buzzer. When subjected to an

alternating electric field they stretch or compress, in accordance with the frequency of the signal

thereby producing sound.

Opposite side of the PCB are having the necessary

electronic components: a resistor, a transistor and an

inductor. The input to the transducer is a low voltage DC

signal, however in order to produce sound the

piezoceramic disc needs oscillations of high voltage. The

transistor and resistor combination works as an oscillator

circuit to produce low amplitude oscillations from the DC

voltage. The magnitude of these oscillations is amplified

by the inductor.

The piezoceramic disc is coated by

electrodes on both sides. There are three wires connected

to the diaphragm: one to the metal plate and one each to

the electrodes of the ceramic material. The wire connected

Piezo buzzer

Piezo buzzer

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to the metal plate is grounded. One electrode is used to provide the high amplitude oscillation

signals to the ceramic disc and the second is used to provide a feedback to the oscillating circuit.

When a small DC voltage is applied to the input pins, it is first converted to

an oscillating signal using the combination of resistor and transistor. These oscillating signals are

amplified using the inductor coil. When high voltage alternating signals are applied to the piezo

ceramic disc, it causes mechanical expansion and contraction in radial direction. This causes the

metal plate to bend in opposite direction. When metal plate bends and shrinks in opposite

direction continuously it produces sound waves in the air.

CAPACITOR;

Capacitor is a widely used electronic component. It stores electric charge

and then discharges it into the circuit. It blocks the direct current and allows the alternating

current to pass through it. A capacitor contains two conductor plates which are generally made of

metal and an insulator between them. This insulator also known as dielectric is made up of

material like paper, plastic, ceramic or glass. The two plates are electrically connected to the

external circuit with the help of two thin metal rods also known as the legs of the capacitor.

These two plates are used to store charge between them. One is connected

with positive voltage and other one with negative voltage. A capacitor is characterized by the

parameter capacitance. Capacitance is measured as ratio of difference of charges between the

plates and total voltage drop between the plates.

C = dQ/dV

The unit of capacitance is FARAD.

OTHER COMPONENTS;

Resistors, potentiometer and switch.

Method of making mosquito repellent circuit is that first of all we have to check frequency range

of piezo buzzer using oscilloscope. It is found to be 172-380.482Hz.

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Frequency of piezo buzzer

The approach is that mosquito repellent circuit will generate an ultrasonic sound with a high

output frequency that allows spreading mosquitoes within a wide radius .The circuit is quite

simple and require few external components. The oscillation frequency is given by the value of

the resistors and a capsacitor components and can be modified changing the value of components

or replacing the fixed resistor with a variable resistor.The basic idea behind developing the

circuit is to use a buzzer to produce ultrasound. The buzzer is driven by an oscillator circuit.

Here, we are using a 555 Timer based astable multivibrator circuit as the oscillator circuit.

Designing the circuit involves designing an astable multivibrator circuit. The oscillation

frequency is calculated with the following formula:

F =1/0.67 (R1 + 2 x R2) x C

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Frequency of Piezobuzzer

Once the switch is closed, the 555 timer gets the power supply. As per

the inner circuit, initially the capacitor voltage will be zero and hence voltage at threshold and

trigger pin will be zero. As the capacitor charges through resistors Ra and Rb, at a certain point

voltage at threshold pin is less than the capacitor voltage. This causes a change in timer output.

The capacitor now starts discharging through resistor Rb, i.e. the discharge pin and continues so

until the output voltage is back to the original. Thus the output signal is an oscillating signal with

frequency 38 KHz. The output from this astable multivibrator circuit drives a 38 KHz piezo

buzzer, producing ultrasound at regular repetitions. On varying the value of potentiometer, the

output frequency can also be varied.

We can calculate the value of resistors and capacitor to produce oscillation of 40KHz frequency

by given formulae:

F = 1.44 / ((R1+R2*2)*C)

In our case we have used:

R1= 1K

R2(RV1) = 1.3 K (variable resistor of 10k, set at 1.3K with the help of multimeter)

C = 0.01uF

So now

F = 1.44 / {(1 + 2*1.3)*1000} * 0.01uF

F = 1.44 * 100000 / 3.6 = 40000 = 40KHz

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Circuit Diagram

Output of this circuit ranges from 31kHz-100kHz.

RESULT:

The concept of the circuit is to generate continuous stream of rectangular pulses having a

specified frequency.At the output speaker,there was a high pitch sound heard(a buzz) which

triggers the mosquitoes auditory senses thus scaring them away. The output frequency ranges

from 31 k - 100 kHz which repel the mosquitoes.

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Output Frequencies

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DISCUSSION:

Human generations are able to hear frequency which has a range from 20Hz to 20 KHz. All the

rest frequency above this is considered as a ultrasonic frequency. Many animals and insects are

able to hear this range of frequency. Usually in mosquitoes ultra sound is generated by the male

ones and female one receives that one. While after breeding female mosquito mainly used to

avoid this frequency. And this circuit produces the same frequency as the male one generates,

and these creates a stress on the antennae of the mosquito and these keep them away. Basic

principal of this circuit is to connect a such type of buzzer which can produce ultrasonic

frequency range. With the help of oscillator in the circuit, buzzer is driven. And in the circuit

oscillation is generated by 555 timer which is linked as a astablemultivibrator.

The circuit is connected in the closed mode and thus power is

received by the 555 timer. In the starting stage voltage in the capacitor is zero volts. So the

voltage at the threshold `as well trigger pin is at zero volts. Now the capacitor starts charging via

a resistor R1 and R2.There will be one point when the voltage of capacitor will be higher as

compared to threshold voltage. At this stage capacitor starts discharging with the help of resistor

R2, which is a discharging pin and it keeps of going downward till it reaches to its original state.

Thus the signal at the output pin of IC will be an oscillating signal having 38 KHz frequency.

With the help of pin 3 of IC which is out pin of IC 38 KHz frequency drives to 38 KHzpiezo

buzzer. This buzzer will produce a ultrasound at a regular interval.

Mosquito Repellent Circuit Limitations:

It requires a lot of frequency setting.

Ultrasound signals travel at an angle of 45 degrees from the source. In case of any

obstacles in the path, the signals get reflected or diverted.

It shows effect for lesser mosquito population.

CONCLUSION:

However, the project is still not reach full complete functions as it can be improved. There are

many ways to improve the circuit of which includes:

To put sensor and led lights in the circuit to detect mosquitoes so that we will be able to

know when there are mosquitoes all around us. It is also able to prove that this circuit

works well because if the led light does not work that means the area is safe from the

mosquitoes.

In addition, we can use direct current and the battery charger circuit. Thus, this circuit can

operate during blacks out because usually mosquitoes are attracted to dark places.

Next, we can improve by enlarging the field to repel mosquitoes so we can use a circuit

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covering a large area.

In addition, this circuit could apply to another system and it is not limited to mosquitoes

only if the frequency is modified. Modifying the frequency will produce a sound that can

20easier detect any other animal not only mosquitoes such as produce the siren or yap

dogsound.

Using microcontrollers and ultrasonic sensors to transmit the sound in a special band of

frequency

This circuit or project can be helpful in domestic area by keeping the mosquitoes away using a

high frequency sound produced by the circuit.

Based on the theory, a 555 Timer is needed to gain the function of

generate frequency. 555 Timer acts as an Analog to Digital Converter as it can convert analog

voltage signal to digital frequency signal. In Astable Multivibrator mode, it acts as an oscillator

to generate clock pulse in a wide range of frequencies with enough output power to drive the IC.

In order to control the frequency generated and also made the circuit functioned to generate

variable frequencies, a preset resistor and variable resistor have to be included. As both resistors

vary the resistance value to gain a needed frequency to be generate.

For the success of this project, proper method to design and construct the circuit has been taken

into consideration. After that, the circuit is connected to a breadboard to test run the project

before transferring the circuit to a circuit board. The circuit successfully runs as what is expected

based on the theory. The concept of the circuit is to generate continuous stream of rectangular

pulses having a specified frequency. When 555 Timer is in the astable mode, the frequency of

the pulse stream depends on the values of R1, R2 and C as can be calculated using a formula.

Thus, when the value of R1, R2 and C are 1k, 10k and 0.01μF, the speaker will emit a frequency

of 31.208 kHz this range of frequency is known to be annoying for insect like mosquitoes but

totally cannot be heard by human.

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REFERENCES:

http://circuitdigest.com/electronic-circuits/mosquito-repellent-circuit

http://www.engineersgarage.com/electronic-circuits/electronic-mosquito-repellent-circuit

http://www.brighthubengineering.com/diy-electronics-devices/95511-build-a-simple-electronic-mosquito-repeller-circuit/

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