Lab 5 Report

Coy Coburn & Kevin Bradshaw

ECEN 214, Section 506
TA: Amir Tofighi Zavareh
Due date: March 18th, 2014

Procedure
Task 1 Constructing the Latch

The purpose of both lab four and five is to design, build, and analyze an electronic
security system. The components previously built in lab four included:
o Laser Diode
o Photo-detector
o Current-to-Voltage Converter
o Signal Amplifier
o Signal Comparator
The last key components in lab five include the latch, LED, and the buzzer. In order to
construct the latch, the circuit in Figure 1 was constructed on the NI ELVIS board. After
this was done, the output voltages for S, Q, and R were measured for both when the
/ALM button was depressed and when the /RESET button was depressed. These values
were recorded in Table 5.1.
Figure 1: Latch
Figure 2: CD4044B Truth Table

Task 2 Adding the Buffer and LEDs

Then the circuit in Figure 3 that includes the buffer and the LEDs was built on the
breadboard. Special attention was taken when connecting the LEDs because they act just
like diodes. If the LEDs were wired facing the wrong direction, there would be no flow of
current, thus no light. The latch output was then connected to the buffer input. After the
circuit was completely built, the output voltage of the CD4044B (Q) and the buffer were
then measured and recorded in table 5.2. This voltage was measured when the /ALM
button and the /RESET button were depressed individually. Also, the color of light that
flashed when the buttons were depressed was recorded in table 5.2.

Figure 3: Buffer and LEDs

Task 3 Finishing the Security System

Using a printed circuit board for the components in lab four, the rest of the security
system was built. In order to do this, there were three modifications to the previous
circuit:
o The /ALM button and the 10k resistor was removed from the circuit.
o The printed circuit board was connected by wiring its output to the input of S in
Figure 1.
o The buzzer was connected to the buffer output alongside the LEDs.
The output voltages for the entire system was then measured when the laser beam was
obstructed and unobstructed. These values were recorded in Table 5.3. The TA was then
called over to check to see if the security system worked and signed the bottom of the
data tables sheet.

Calculations

Discussion

The security system utilizes the electromagnetic energy collected from the photo detector
and converts said energy into a voltage passed to the circuit system as an input. With the
high voltage input from the photo detector, the voltage by the buffer output will become
low which results in a low voltage across the red bulb and the buzzer. However, the
opposite will happen if the buffer outputs voltage is high, which results in the red bulb
and the alarm buzzer activating. This can be activated by a break in the photo detectors
high input and can only be reset by changing the R switch input.

Laser
Diode

Photo
Detector

CurrentSignal
to-voltage Amplifier
Converter
Receiving -0.3256
-7.1632
signal
Not
0.418
9.196 V
Receiving
Signal

ON
On

Signal
Latch
Comparator

Buffer

LED
color on

18.77 V

Low V

Green

High V

Red

0.629 V

Low V
0
High V
1

It seems that measurements of other parts of the system were taken instead of the ones
wanted. However, the system did indeed work and functioned as properly planned. The
buzzer will ring when the buffer output is high which also leads to the red LED bulb
activating. The buzzer indicates a change from high input from the S switch to a low
input which is actually connected to the photo detector. This will only happen when a
break occurs in the constant light beam between the machines.

Conclusion

In this the second of the two experiments for putting together an electronic security
system, we built the last two stages of the system. A Printed Circuit Board, or PCB, was
utilized that is already created to be the stages that had been built earlier and tested in Lab
4. Then the latch will be connected with the buffer, LED & Buzzer. Finally the system
was connected to the rest of your system and tested. The labs 4 and 5 were interesting in
that one could actually see the system at work and hopw this lab is implemented in real
life alarm workings. One criticism of the two labs would have to the be the constant
struggle to measure the correct parts of the electric circuit system. Overall this lab proved
to be very beneficial to the understanding of latches and how they can be implemented
into electronic circuit designs.