PIR Sensor
PIR Sensor
PIR Sensor
Human sensing (also called human detection or human presence detection) encompasses a
range of technologies for detecting the presence of a human body in an area of space, typically
without the intentional participation of the detected person. Common applications include
search and rescue, surveillance, and customer analytics (for example, people counters).
Components
PIR sensor
IC LM358
Resistor 10k, 1k.
7805 voltage regulator
LED
buzzer
Circuit diagram
Working
You can see the connections in the circuit diagram. Voltage divider is connected in inverting
end of LM358 (PIN 2). And non-inverting end (PIN 3) is connected to the PIR sensor.
When we turn ON the circuit if no living body is detected the Output of the comparator is
LOW. When living body is detected PIR will high (which is connected to the non-inverting
end of comparator) gets higher than the voltage at inverting end, then the output becomes
HIGH and LED turns ON and beep the buzzer. Voltage at inverting end, which is also called
Threshold Voltage, can be set by replacing resistors. Higher the voltage at inverting end (-),
less sensitive the sensor and Lower the voltage at inverting end (-), more sensitive the
sensor.
LM358
LM358 is an operational amplifier (Op-Amp) and in this circuit we are using it as a voltage
comparator. The LM358 has two independent voltage comparators inside it, which can be
powered by single PIN, so we can use the single IC to build two IR sensor modules. We have
used only one comparator here, which have inputs at PIN 2 & 3 and output at PIN 1. Voltage
comparator has two inputs; one is inverting input and second is non-inverting input (PIN 2 and
3 in LM358). When voltage at non-inverting input (+) is higher than the voltage at inverting
input (-), then the output of comparator (PIN 1) is high. And if the voltage of inverting input (-)
is Higher than non-inverting end (+), then output is LOW.
PIR sensor
A passive infrared sensor (PIR sensor) is an electronic sensor that measures infrared (IR) light
radiating from objects in its field of view. They are most often used in PIR-based motion
detectors. All objects with a temperature above absolute zero emit heat energy in the form of
radiation. Usually this radiation isn't visible to the human eye because it radiates at infrared
wavelengths, but it can be detected by electronic devices designed for such a purpose.
The term passive in this instance refers to the fact that PIR devices do not generate or radiate
energy for detection purposes. They work entirely by detecting infrared radiation emitted by or
reflected from objects. They do not detect or measure "heat"
Application
Homes, office for security purpose.
Automatic door.