MEASUREMENT OF RPM OF DC MOTOR USING ARDUINO AND IR LED

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What is our requirement?

--> Here we want to measure the rpm of DC motor. So we have to measure how many times a particular point on the rotor undergoes a full rotation within a minute. So we have to use a sensor to keep track of this data.

If we are able to determine the time between
two consecutive detection of fixed point then we can calculate the RPM easily. Suppose the time between two consecutive detection is ‘t millisecond(s)’ then

In our project we have used infrared sensor (IR sensor) for detection of fixed point.

This is all about the basic requirement. Now we will see the basic block diagram of the circuit we are going to make.

Step 1: • Block Diagram of the Circuit

Now let us see those units in our project, just overview.

Step 2: Motor: -

Step 3: Sensor: -

Step 4: Processing Unit: -

Step 5: Power: -

Step 6: Display: -

Step 7: • What Components Are Required?

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The required components are –

a. 470 ohm [470 Ω 1/4W], 1/4 Watt Resistor

b. 10K ohm [10K Ω 1/2W], 1/2 Watt Resistor

c. 16Mhz Crystal

d. 9v Battery Zinc Chloride Battery

e. 9v Battery Snap Connector

f. 22pf/50V Ceramic Capacitor

g. CD4511 - BCD to 7-segment Latch/Decoder/Driver

h. 28 Pin - DIP IC Socket/Base (DIP-28pin)

i. 3mm IR Transmitter & Reciever [Rx - Equ. Phototransistor]

j. Touch Switch - Push button (4pin Tactile-Micro) Switch – small

k. PCB Board Universal - Perforated [Tin Plated] 2x3" inches

l. Knob Potentiometer - Small (inner semi-circle)

m. 10K Potentiometer (Linear)

n. Atmega8A-8PU Microcontroller

o. Wheels for BO motors - Dia 6.8cm (68mm) | 0.8cm(8mm) width - D shape hole

p. 300 RPM Straight DC Geared BO motor Single Shaft

q. 16 Pin - DIP IC Socket/Base (DIP-16pin)

r. 7-Segment Display - Common Cathode

s. 40x2 pin break-away Headers- Straight male Headers

t. 40 pin Female Berg strip - Straight Female Headers

That’s all. They are bought from – http://www.electronicscomponents.com/

Step 8: • What Is the Processing Unit?

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Here the processing unit refers to the unit that is the heart of that measurement device. It is responsible for the control of sensors, display. It does all the mathematic operation required to calculate the rpm.

Here we have used Atmega8A-PU microcontroller which is popularly known to be used in Arduino board.

Step 9: • Reasons for Using Microcontroller Instead of Using Discrete Chips.

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Since the capability of a single micro-controller is beyond the discrete chips. Reasons can be summerised as follows –

a. It will be cost effective w.r.t the individual components. For example Atmega8A-PU is available at INR 99 only.

b. It is programmable; we change the programme anytime, vary the sensitivity and store the results.

c. Circuit will be small and compact, error detection will be easy.

d. High speed of operation.

Step 10: DESCRIPTION OF THE INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS

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Atmega8A-PU microcontroller: -

More
details is available at-- http://www.atmel.com/devices/atmega8a.aspx

Atmega8A - 28Pins 8MHz 8kb 8-bit Microcontroller

Feature

28-pin AVR Microcontroller Flash Program Memory: 8 kbytes EEPROM Data Memory: 512 bytes SRAM Data Memory: 1 kbytes I/O Pins: 23 Timers: Two 8-bit / One 16-bit A/D Converter: 10-bit Six Channel PWM: Three Channels RTC: Yes with Separate Oscillator MSSP: SPI and I²C Master and Slave Support USART: Yes External Oscillator: up to 8MHz

Specifications

High-performance, Low-power AVR 8-bit Microcontroller Advanced RISC Architecture 130 Powerful Instructions - Most Single Clock Cycle Execution 32 x 8 General Purpose Working Registers Up to 16 MIPS Throughput at 16MHz Fully Static Operation On-chip 2-cycle Multiplier Nonvolatile Program and Data Memories 8k Bytes of In-System Self-Programmable Flash Optional Boot Code Section with Independent Lock Bits 512K Bytes EEPROM Programming Lock for Software Security 1K Byte Internal SRAM Peripheral Features On-chip Analog Comparator Programmable Watchdog Timer with Seperate On-chip Oscillator Master/Slave SPI Serial Interface Two 8-bit Timer/Counters with Separate Prescalar, Compare One 16-bit TImer/Counter with Seperate Prescaler, Compare and Capture mode Real TIme Counter with Seperate Oscillator Four PWM Channels 8-channel, 10-bit ADC Byte-oriented Two-wire Serial Interface Programmable Serial USART Special Mircocontroller Features Power-on Reset and Programmable Brown-out Detection Internal Calibrated RC Oscillator External and Internal Interrupt Sources Five Sleep Modes: Idle, ADC Noise Reduction, Power-save, Power-down, Standby, and Extended Standby I/O and Packages 23 Programmable I/O Lines 28-pin PDIP, 32-lead TQFP, and 32-pad MLF Operating Voltages 4.5-5.5V for ATmega8L Speed Grades 0-16 MHz for ATmega8 Power Consumption @ 4 MHz, 3V, and 35°C for ATmega8L Active: 3.6mA Idle Mode: 10mA Power-down Mode: 0.5µA

Here are using the digital pins only i.e. the pins 13, 12, 11, ….. up to 3.

We are also using Arduino standalone circuit. For more details about Arduino standalone circuit please visit -- https://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/Standalone

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IR Sensor: -

· We have used 3mm IR transmitter and phototransistor as Rx.

IR Transmitter & Receiver - 3mm

General Description

This 3mm Transmitter & Receiver pair can be used for various applications like used in remote controls, distance sensor, object sensors, line sensors etc. The receiver(black color) can be used as phototransistor.

Specifications:

Working wavelength: 925-955nm.

Size: 3mm

Blue
one is the Tx and the clack one is the Rx.

We are
monitoring the current in photodiode through Atmega PIN ~5.

· Display: -

· Here we have used common cathode 7-segment display as display. Corresponding circuit.

About
the CD4511 IC—

CD4511 - BCD to 7-segment Latch/Decoder/Driver

Step 11: • Circuit Diagram of Our Circuit: -

Step 12: • Atmega8A-PU Chip Code :-

#include

StopWatch Sw;

int sensorpin=5, count = 0,rpm=0, Elapsed=0 ;

void Display(int value)

{

int e=0,f=0,g=0, a=0, b=0,c=0,d=0;

e=value/100; /* Separating the first digit */

// Serial.println(e);

f=(value/10)-(e*10); /* Separating the second digit *

/ Serial.println(f);

g=value-((100*e)+(10*f)); /* Separating the last digit */

// Serial.println(g);

/*Decimal to Binary Conversion */

a=e%2;

b=e/2;

c=b/2;

b=b%2;

d=c/2;

c=c%2;

delay(100);

digitalWrite(8,LOW); /* Configuring the Latch enable pins */

digitalWrite(7,HIGH);

digitalWrite(6,HIGH);

LED(a,b,c,d);

delay(100);

a=f%2;

b=f/2;

c=b/2;

b=b%2;

d=c/2;

c=c%2;

delay(100);

digitalWrite(8,HIGH); /* Configuring the Latch enable pins */

digitalWrite(7,LOW);

digitalWrite(6,HIGH);

delay(100);

LED(a,b,c,d);

a=g%2;

b=g/2;

c=b/2;

b=b%2;

d=c/2;

c=c%2;

delay(100);

digitalWrite(8,HIGH); /* Configuring the Latch enable pins */

digitalWrite(7,HIGH);

digitalWrite(6,LOW);

delay(100);

LED(a,b,c,d);

digitalWrite(6,HIGH);

delay(100);

}

void LED(int a, int b, int c, int d)

{

if(a==1)

{

digitalWrite(9,HIGH);

}

else

{

digitalWrite(9,LOW);

}

if(b==1)

{

digitalWrite(10,HIGH);

}

else

{

digitalWrite(10,LOW);

}

if(c==1)

{

digitalWrite(11,HIGH);

}

else

{

digitalWrite(11,LOW);

}

if(d==1)

{

digitalWrite(12,HIGH);

}

else

{

digitalWrite(12,LOW);

}

void setup() {

pinMode(5,INPUT);

pinMode(13,OUTPUT);

pinMode(8,OUTPUT);

pinMode(7,OUTPUT);

pinMode(6,OUTPUT);

pinMode(12,OUTPUT);

pinMode(11,OUTPUT);

pinMode(10,OUTPUT);

pinMode(9,OUTPUT);

pinMode(4,INPUT);

//Serial.begin(9600);

}

void loop() {

digitalWrite(13,LOW);

if(count<2 && digitalRead(4)==LOW) /*Setting conditions for loop */

{

if(digitalRead(sensorpin)==HIGH)

{

digitalWrite(13,HIGH);

Sw.start(); /*Starting stopwatch */

delay(100);

count=count+1;

if(count==2)

{

Sw.stop(); /* Stopping stopwatch */

Elapsed=Sw.elapsed();

rpm=60000/Elapsed;

//Serial.println(rpm);

Display(rpm);

Sw.reset();

count=0;

}

Here we have used Arduino ‘millis()’ function for time keeping.

----http://playground.arduino.cc/Code/StopWatchClass

Step 13: • Constrain on the Motor: -

Suppose the sensor is placed at distance r’

from the rotor centre. The width of the square cut is ‘h’.

Let the RPM of that particular machine is ‘R’.

The angle at the centre = ɵ =

Assuming the width is very small, time required to travel that angle is ‘t’.

For example, let R=300, r’= 3cm. Arduino takes very less time to sense the rotation, let us take it as 1 millisecond.

Then the maximum width

Which is equals to 0.09 cm. So if the width is greater than this the result obtained by that circuit will be ambiguous. We intentionally introduced some delay in the code as to cut a width of 0.09cm is very difficult.

Step 14: • Constrain on Atmega8A-PU Microcontroller: -

-> Let, the time required to sense two consecutive movement detection

is ‘T’. That is uC can’t do no faster than this.

Then the maximum rpm it can measure

For example if T= 1 millisecond then RPM = 1000.

Step 15: • Conclusion: -

-->The total cost of that project is INR 500. The

results obtained by our measurement circuit are highly satisfactory. We also plotted the voltage across motor and corresponding RPM.

Introduction: MEASUREMENT OF RPM OF DC MOTOR USING ARDUINO AND IR LED

Step 1: • Block Diagram of the Circuit

Step 2: Motor: -

Step 3: Sensor: -

Step 4: Processing Unit: -

Step 5: Power: -

Step 6: Display: -

Step 7: • What Components Are Required?

Step 8: • What Is the Processing Unit?

Step 9: • Reasons for Using Microcontroller Instead of Using Discrete Chips.

Step 10: DESCRIPTION OF THE INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS

Step 11: • Circuit Diagram of Our Circuit: -

Step 12: • Atmega8A-PU Chip Code :-

Step 13: • Constrain on the Motor: -

Step 14: • Constrain on Atmega8A-PU Microcontroller: -

Step 15: • Conclusion: -