Project

Infraderd Remote
Extander
Subject
Electronics II
Instructor
Sir Naseer Bajwa

Project Group Members

Faisal Hafeez (SP09-BCE-006)

Shahzad Anwar (SP09-BCE-038)
Jawad Abbas (SP09-BCE-014)

BS Electrical (Computer) Engineering

Batch 15
 IR Remote Extender
Description:

A circuit to control appliances from a remote location amd increase the range
of Infrared devices.

IR Signal:

The IR signal emitted from a remote control caries the information needed to
control the appliance. This signal consists of pulses that code 0 and 1 bits,
instructing the appliance to do a certain operation. The signal consists of two parts,
the control pulses and the carrier wave as seen in the image below.

T=1ms T=26,3us
f=38KHz
f=1KHz

control pulses
carrier 38KHz IR signal

The common frequencies used for the carrier is 36KHz, 38KHz and 42KHz
and control pulses frequency is in the range of 1-3KHz. The carrier signal is
modulated by the control pulses and the resulting signal is emitted by remote in IR
band of electromagnetic spectrum. IR band is invisible to human eye. You can see if
an IR led is emitting light or not using a camera. Point the camera to the led and you
will see that light comes off.
Parts List:

No Part Type Value/Model Quantity Alias

1. Resistor 1kΩ 1 R1
2. Resistor 3.3 k Ω 1 R2
3. Resistor 10 k Ω 1 R3
4. Resistor 15 k Ω 1 R4
5. Resistor 2.2 k Ω 1 R5
6. Resistor 470 Ω 1 R6
7. Resistor 47 Ω 1 R7
8. Preset Resistor 4.7 k Ω 1 PR1
9. Capacitor 47 µF 2 C1,C3
10. Capacitor 1 nF 1 C2
11. Capacitor 100 µF 1 C4
12. Zener 5.1 V 1 Z1
13. BJT BC549C 1 Q1
14. BJT BC337 1 Q2
15. Infrared Receiver TSOP1738 1 IC1
16. Timmer 555 1 IC2
17. Diode Red LED 1 LED1
18. Infrared Diode TIL38 2 LED2,LED3
Circuit Diagram:

Circuit Description:

IR signal is received by TSOP1738. TSOP1738 is an infrared receiver at

38KHz. At the output of infrared receiver we get a demodulated signal that means
we get the low frequency control pulses. Infrared receiver is powered from C1, R1
and Z1 that forms a 5V power supply. With no signal received, infrared detector
output is high and Transistor Q1 will be on, resulting in a low collector voltage, so pin
4 of IC is LOW and 555 timer is in reset state. Q1 also acts as a level shifter that
converts 5V signal of TSOP1738 to 9V signal for IC1.

When an IR signal is received, decoded control pulses turn Q1 off and on.
Each time Q1 turns off, pin 4 of the 555 timer goes high and an oscillation will be
produced for the duration of each data pulse. That means that at pin 3 we get a
signal that is similar to modulated source signal. It has a carrier component and a
control pulses component. Oscillating frequency of 555 timer is set by R4 and C2.
PR1 is used to fine tune oscillating frequency at 38KHz. That’s equal to carrier
frequency.
 The output stage is formed from R5, Q2, one red LED, two IR LEDs and two
current limiting resistors R6 and R7. Q2 is connected as emmiter follower, that
means when base of Q2 is HIGH transistor is ON allowing current to flow through
LEDs. LED current is set by R6 and R7.

So IR LEDs are emitting a signal that is similar to the signal received by

TSOP1738, that means it repeats the signal received at higher infrared radiation
intensity. The red LED is used as an optical indicator of output signal. Circuit can be
powered from a 9V or 12V battery.