Digital Dimmer

DIGITAL DIMMER

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Table of Contents
OVERVIEW ................................................................................................................................... 3
INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................... 3
FEATURES ................................................................................................................................ 3
SPECIFICATIONS ..................................................................................................................... 4
PIN DETAILS ............................................................................................................................ 4
WORKING ................................................................................................................................. 5
SCREENSHOTS......................................................................................................................... 5
INPUT FOR DIMMER MODULE ............................................................................................ 6
RELATED PRODUCTS ............................................................................................................ 8

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OVERVIEW
INTRODUCTION

The board can be used in applications where dimming of 110-220V AC power is required like
dimming of bulb or fan. The input can be simple 4 bit high/low signal from microcontroller
working at 3V or 5V which is isolated with the use of opto-couplers. Total of 16 levels of power
control can be set from totally off(0%) to full on(100%) as per input control levels.

FEATURES
1. Works on AC power supply.
2. 16 levels of control.
3. Works from any microcontroller input.

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SPECIFICATIONS

PARAMETER VALUE

Operating Voltage 3-5v DC

Load Capacity 12A AC

PIN DETAILS

PIN NAME DETAILS

1 GND Power supply Ground

2 +5V Power Supply

3 D0 Data 0

4 D1 Data 1

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5 D2 Data 2

6 D3 Data 3

WORKING

A dimmer switch rapidly turns a light circuit on and off to reduce the energy flowing to a light
switch. The central element in this switching circuit is a triode alternating current switch, or
triac.A triac is a small semiconductor device, similar to a diode or transistor. Like a transistor, a
triac is made up of different layers of semiconductor material. This includes N-type material,
which has many free electrons, and P-type material, which has many "holes" where free
electrons can go.The triac has two terminals, which are wired into two ends of the circuit. There
is always a voltage difference between the two terminals, but it changes with the fluctuation of
the alternating current. That is, when current moves one way, the top terminal is positively
charged while the bottom terminal is negatively charged, and when the current moves the other
way the top terminal is negatively charged while the bottom terminal is positively charged.

SCREENSHOTS

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INPUT FOR DIMMER MODULE

It is of digital input of 4bit data.D0,D1,D2,D3 are the input pins of dimmer which can be
connected to I/O pins of microcontroller. 16 levels of dimmer controlling input of 0 to 100% is
shown below

INPUT D3 D2 D1 D0 Dimmer
LEVEL
level

1 0 0 0 0 100%

2 0 0 0 1 86%

3 0 0 1 0 80%

4 0 0 1 1 75%

5 0 1 0 0 60%

6 0 1 0 1 65%

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7 0 1 1 0 60%

8 0 1 1 1 50%

9 1 0 0 0 40%

10 1 0 0 1 30%

11 1 0 1 0 25%

12 1 0 1 1 20%

13 1 1 0 0 15%

14 1 1 0 1 10%

15 1 1 1 0 5%

16 1 1 1 1 0%

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ARDUINO CODE AND SCHEMATIC

const int D3 = 3 ;

const int D2 = 2;

const int D1 = 1;

const int D0 = 0 ;

void setup() {

pinMode(D3, OUTPUT);

pinMode(D2, OUTPUT);

pinMode(D1, OUTPUT);

pinMode(D0, OUTPUT);

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void loop()

digitalWrite(D3, LOW);

digitalWrite(D2, LOW);

digitalWrite(D1, LOW);

digitalWrite(D0, LOW);

delay(1000);

digitalWrite(D3, LOW);

digitalWrite(D2, LOW);

digitalWrite(D1, LOW);

digitalWrite(D0, HIGH);

delay(1000);

digitalWrite(D3, LOW);

digitalWrite(D2, LOW);

digitalWrite(D1, HIGH);

digitalWrite(D0, LOW);

delay(1000);

digitalWrite(D3, LOW);

digitalWrite(D2, LOW);

digitalWrite(D1, HIGH);

digitalWrite(D0, HIGH);

delay(1000);

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digitalWrite(D3, LOW);

digitalWrite(D2, HIGH);

digitalWrite(D1, LOW);

digitalWrite(D0, LOW);

delay(1000);

digitalWrite(D3, LOW);

digitalWrite(D2, HIGH);

digitalWrite(D1, LOW);

digitalWrite(D0, HIGH);

delay(1000);

digitalWrite(D3, LOW);

digitalWrite(D2, HIGH);

digitalWrite(D1, HIGH);

digitalWrite(D0, LOW);

delay(1000);

digitalWrite(D3, LOW);

digitalWrite(D2, HIGH);

digitalWrite(D1, HIGH);

digitalWrite(D0, HIGH);

delay(1000);

digitalWrite(D3, HIGH);

digitalWrite(D2, LOW);

digitalWrite(D1, LOW);

digitalWrite(D0, LOW);

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delay(1000);

digitalWrite(D3, HIGH);

digitalWrite(D2, LOW);

digitalWrite(D1, LOW);

digitalWrite(D0, HIGH);

delay(1000);

digitalWrite(D3, HIGH);

digitalWrite(D2, LOW);

digitalWrite(D1, HIGH);

digitalWrite(D0, LOW);

delay(1000);

digitalWrite(D3, HIGH);

digitalWrite(D2, LOW);

digitalWrite(D1, HIGH);

digitalWrite(D0, HIGH);

delay(1000);

digitalWrite(D3, HIGH);

digitalWrite(D2, HIGH);

digitalWrite(D1, LOW);

digitalWrite(D0, LOW);

delay(1000);

digitalWrite(D3, HIGH);

digitalWrite(D2, HIGH);

digitalWrite(D1, LOW);

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digitalWrite(D0, HIGH);

delay(1000);

digitalWrite(D3, HIGH);

digitalWrite(D2, HIGH);

digitalWrite(D1, HIGH);

digitalWrite(D0, LOW);

delay(1000);

digitalWrite(D3, HIGH);

digitalWrite(D2, HIGH);

digitalWrite(D1, HIGH);

digitalWrite(D0, HIGH);

delay(1000);

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