Transform Basic Bathroom Fan to Advanced
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Transform Basic Bathroom Fan to Advanced
This is my first instructable !!
After i moving with my girlfriend into our new rent house, our new bathroom is equipped of a fan evacuator with a PIR sensor to evacuate humidity, every time we switched ON the light of the bathroom, the FAN switch ON and made a lot of noise !!
I like every time my girlfirend goes to bathroom at night ...
Requirements:
FAN would be power ON if the humidity is higher than 75%
OR
The door is closed (go for a dump)
What Inside This Silent Fan ?
+ No transformator => Problem: i cannot extract safe 5V out of the box.
+ No Relay.
Add Switch With Snubber Filter
I choosen to drive the FAN with dual relay with optocoupler input protection, the easy way to drive any thing from a µC
I'm very lucky that this dual relay go inside (i cut a litle bit the eges to fit it perfectly)
snubber filter :
Every time the relayes are cut off, one phenomenon is produced:
> µc reset alone.
The snubber filter (Capacitor in serial with Resistor) is wired in parallel with the FAN.
From Wiki:
Snubbers are frequently used in electrical systems with an inductive load where the sudden interruption of current flow leads to a sharp rise in voltage across the current switching device, in accordance with Faraday's law. This transient can be a source ofelectromagnetic interference (EMI) in other circuits.
Add 5V Power Supply
I recovered an old LG Cell Phone charger to use as a power supply (230V => 5V 0.5A)
Remaining Space
Take measures of remaining space where the PCB will be placed.
Cut Useless Brace
I cutted useless brace to win a little bit more spaces.
Schematic Μc/Sensor
I chose the Atmega 328p because I had several at home ^^
AM2302: The hygrometer/temperature sensor (1-wire bus)
LED Driver
NPN Transistors working in saturation mode drived by µc.
Door Detection
Infrared Proximity Sensor was built with an TCRT5000 and a LM324, the LM324 is aop used as a voltage comparator.
When the infrared light (from the IR LED) reflect a surface (bathroom door), the phototransistor leave the current to flow, The input 5 of LM324 is at +IRV and compare the voltage with the input 6 (bridge voltage divider), if the value is higher, the output 7 give 3.5V (5V - 1.5V).
N.B. IRV depend the amount of infrared light coming back to to IR receiver
Lets Go to Disign the PCB
I designed the PCB with Fritzing and took into account the space available in the box.
Test and Reshape the PCB
I reshape the PCB to avoid useful brace.
Let's Go to Solder Components
When i soldered the components, I realized that I forgoten to place the Quartz ! ... I improvised by soldered it above the µc.
I test with 5V power supply, I held my breath before I switched it ON ... poiouff, this time, all work fine for first time.
RED light: No communication with hygrometer sensor.
GREEN light: humidity < 75%
BLUE light >= 75%
N.B. All light color are bliking to say me, "i'am alive"
Test FAN Drived by Μc + Close the Case
Everything seems fit perfectly
Mount the Proximity Sensor Near the Door
I made a hole on the ceiling for passing the wires.
Final Test
After calibrated the poximity sensor (set the potentiometer to detect the door presence)
While i took my shower, i noticed that the sensor takes a long time before it detect moisture > 75% ... may be i must move the AM2302 near the hole where come the power.