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- SCHEMATIC FOR AN OPTOELECTRONIC KEY LOCK
- BY JOE SCHARF
- * DENOTES A CONNECTED WIRE OR A FOOTNOTE
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- | +-----*---*---*---*-----------*----------------*----*----- |
- | --- --- | | | | | | |
- | ^ ^ |+ | | | R5> | | *
- | T1 |D1-D4|C1--- > > | R4 10K> Q2 | |
- )||(---* | ^^^ > > +---^^^-*----+ > E/ )||
- )||( | | | R1> R2> | | *--[B )||
- )||(---|-----* | | | | | R6> C\ )||
- | | | | | *-----+ | | > | |
- | --- --- | | | | | | > | |
- | ^ ^ | | +---+ | | PC3v C/ | +---+
- | | | | v C/ | | --- [B | *-----+
- 115V | | | | ---PC1 [B | Q1 C/ | E\ o o |
- 60 Hz | +-----*---* | E\--|--+ +--*---[B | | |SSR| R7>
- | | v C/ | | | E\ PC4v C/ o --- >
- | | ---PC2 [B | |R3> | --- [B | --- >
- | | | E\--*--+ > | | E\ o | C2 |
- | | | > | | | | o ---
- | | | | |PC5v C/ | | ---
- | | | | | --- [B | | |
- | | | | | | E\ | | |
- | | | | | | | *-----+
- | | | | | | | | |
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- | +---*------------------*-----*---*--------*---+ |
- | |
- o-----+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
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- PARTS LIST
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- T1: 115 TO 6.3V,.6A:STANCOR P-6465 OR TRIAD F-13X
- D1-D4: 1N4000 OR SIMILAR
- C1: 500 uF/10V ELECTROLYTIC
- C2: .05 uF/200V
- SSR (Solid State Relay): CRYDOM D1202 OR EQUIVALENT
- R1,R4: 120 OHM,.50W
- R3,R5: 10K,.50W
- R2,R6: 6.8K,.50W
- R7: 470 OHM, .50W
- Q1: 2N5172 OR ANY GENERAL PURPOSE NPN
- Q2: 2N5354 OR ANY GENERAL PURPOSE PNP
- PHOTOCOUPLERS: (PC):GE H13A1 OR EQUIVALENT
- SOLENOID: ANY 120V UNIT UP YO 1A COIL CURRENT SUCH AS GUARDIAN 2HD-120VAC
- FOOTNOTE---
- * - SOLENOID - JUST MAKING SURE YOU KNOW WHAT THIS PART IS.
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- NOTE: THE NUMBER OF PHOTOCOUPLERS CAN BE FROM TWO TO SIX. SEE BELOW.
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- THIS PROJECT USES A SOLID STATE RELAY TO DRIVE A SOLENOID. IT IS CONTROLLED BY
- A PHOTOCOUPLER TRANSISTOR CIRCUIT. THE PHOTOCOUPLERS (PC'S) USED ARE OF
- INERRUPTER TYPE. HEY HAVE A .12 BY .30-INCH SLOT BETWEEN LED EMITTER
- AND TRANSISTOR DETECTOR. WHEN THE SLOT IS EMPTY OR FILLED WITH AN
- INFRARED TRANSMISSIVE MATERIAL, THE PHOTOTRANSISTOR WILL CONDUCT CURRENT IN
- RESPONSE TO THE LIGHT OF THE LED. IF THE SLOT IS FILLED WITH AN OPAQUE, THE
- TRANSISITOR WILL REMAIN OFF. THE ENTIRE SLOT IS NOT SENSITIVE. THE SENSITIVE
- PART IS ONLY A SMALL SIXTY-MIL AREA WITHIN THE GAP. IF AN OBJECT IS PLACED
- IN THE SLOT WITH A SIXTY-MIL HOLE IN THE CORRECT LOCATION, THE LED LIGHT WILL
- GET THROUGH TO THE TRANSISTOR. THE KEY LOCK USES AN ARRAY OF THESE
- INTERRUPTER PC'S WHICH ARE MIXED SO THAT ONLY THE CORRECT "LIGHT COMBINATION"
- WILL OPEN THE LOCK. WITH 4 PC'S THERE ARE 16 COMBINATIONS 5 GIVES 32 AND
- SO ON. THE CIRCUIT AS SHOWN CONTAINS 5 PC'S THE CIRCUIT WITHOUT CHANGING
- RESISTOR VALUES CAN ACCOMODATE FROM FOUR TO SIX PC'S WITH TWO OR THREE USED
- THE OPEN (NO LIGHT AS IN PC1 AND PC2) OR THE CLOSED MODE (LIGHT ON THE
- TRANSISTOR DETECTOR AS IN PC3-PC5) TO EXPAND THE OPEN TO FOUR COUPLERS
- R1 SHOULD BE REDUCED TO 82 OHMS AND ALL FOUR EMITTERS CONNECTED IN SERIES
- AND THE DETECTORS IN PARALLEL. TO EXPAND THE CLOSED COUPLERS TO FOUR,
- R4 MUST BE REDUCED TO 82 OHMS AND R2 AND R6 TO 5.6K
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- TO ASSEMBLE THE ARRAY THE COUPLERS SHOULD BE CAREFULLY GLUED TOGETHER
- A SMALL AMOUNT OF EPOXY OR ONE OF THE SUPER GLUES ON ADJACENT SIDES
- WILL HOLD THIS ARRAY ANY EXCESS PLASTIC SHOULD BE TRIMMED WITH A SMALL BLADE
- TO INSURE THAT THE CENTERS ARE AT CONSTANT SPACINGS ALSO THE SLOTS MUST BE
- KEPT IN LINE ALONG BOTH THE TOPS AND SIDES OR PROBLAMS WILL RESULT LATER ON
- CARE MUST BE TAKES THAT NO GLUE GETS IN THE SLOTS ON THE DETECTORS OR
- EMITTERS. A SMALL PIECE OF PLASTIC OR METAL IS GLUED ON ONE ENDTO ACT AS A STOP
- FOR THE KEY, AND A COVER IS GLUED TO THE TOP OF THE SOUPLERS. THIS FORMS A
- TUNNEL OR KEYWAY.
- THE KEY CAN BE BUILT OUT OF PLASTIC OR METAL. THE LENGTH IS DETERMINED
- BY THE NUMBERS OF PC'S USED IN THE LOCK. ALLOW ONE-QUARTER INCH OF THE ENTIRE
- FOR EACH PC PLUS TWO INCHES FOR A HANDLE. IF THE KEY IS CUT PRECISELY, IT
- WILL SLIDE INTO THE TUNNEL WITHOUT MUCH UP AND DOWN PLAY. AT THIS POINT
- THE COMBINATION IS DETERMINED. DRILL A 1/16-INCH DIAMETER HOLE (ONLY AT
- THE CENTERS CORRESPONDING TO THE PC'S USED IN THE CLOSED MODE) THE HOLE
- PLACEMENT MUST BE ACCURATE. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE THE PROPER TOOLS
- TO ACCURATELY LOCATE THE HOLES, USE A LARGER DRILL BIT TO INSURE
- THAT THE LIGHT PATH IS CLEAR.
- THE ELECTRONICS CAN BE ASSEMBLED WITHIN A 4X5X6-INCH BOX
- THE PHOTOCOUPLER ARRAY CAN BE MOUNTED ON A PREFORATED CIRCUIT BOARD
- USING SEVERAL OF THE HOLES ON THE PC'S THE OPEN END OF THE PC TUNNEL SHOULD
- BE PLACED AT THE EDGE OF THE BOX WITH A HOLE LARGE ENOUGH FOR THE KEYTO ENTER
- THE TUNNEL. WHEN MAKING THE PC DISPLAY, MAKE SURE THAT THE CONNECTORS OF
- OF THE NORMALLY OPEN AND NORMALLY CLOSED COUPLERS ARE NOT INTERCHANGED
- ONCE THE UNIT IS ASSEMBLED, INSERTING THE KEY SHOULD ENERGISE THE SOLENOID
- IF NOT CHECK THE COLLECTOR VOLTAGE OF Q1.
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- WELL, THIS IS IT I GOT IT OUT OF A BOOK CALLED OPTOELECTRONICS GUIDEBOOK
- IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS LEAVE E-MAIL ON CHUCKS PLACE (304-776-7078)
- TO JOE SCHARF HOPE YOU ENJOY THIS AND IF YOU HAVE ANY UPLOAD THEM TO THE
- BOARD.
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