Tachometer is a device that gives the information about the
rotational speed of any shaft or disc. It usually measures the speed in
revolutions per minute (RPM).
I want it to measure the speed of motor so for this i searched the net and found various design but unfortunately they don't worked for me, don't know why?. So i decided to make my own tachometer using PIC16F628A micro-controller and LCD.
Today i am going to make a simple
tachometer that could measure the rotation speed of a PC power supply fan without
making any physical contact (that's why it is contact less) with the
rotating object. The range of this tachometer is 0 - 9999 RPM and
displays the RPM on a 16x2 LCD.
Working operation is simple; IR LED start transmitting and the receiver only receives them when they reflect back. So just count the pulses received and multiply it with 60 to get rpm. For pulse counter, i am using timer 0 in counter mode.
Receiver part is build around the receiver LED (photo diode), transistor, and resistor etc. normal condition, the photo diode offers high impedance
(as usually used in reversed biased) and so the voltage across it will make the BC557 transistor
in the receiver part cut off. The output Pulse will be at logic
low. When there is a reflected pulse, the resistance of the photo diode will drop down and allow BC557 transistor to saturate.
This gives a logic high Pulse output. The PIC 16F628A will
count the pulses within the 1 sec interval to determine the RPM.
Download: The schematic and code here.
Schematics:
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| Contact less IR tachometer using PIC16F628A |
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| Snapshot of IR tachometer |
Components Required:
U1-------------------------PIC16F628A
R1-------------------------100 ohm
R2-------------------------1.7K ohm
R3-------------------------1K ohm
R4-------------------------10K ohm
D1------------------------- IR LED
D2-------------------------photo diode
D3-------------------------1N4148
Q1--------------------------BC557
Mics:
16x2 LCD
4MHz crystal
22pF ceramic capacitor (2)
Hi Malik.I can not download the code.link does not work.
ReplyDeletelink is ok. try again.
ReplyDeleteI download code and schema.Thank you for sharing project.
ReplyDeleteTHIS IS JUST PERFECT. NO COMPLAINS.
ReplyDeleteu have all things figured out. this my favourite spot now.
Hi Malik,this is very nice project.I'm sure that it's possible to make speedometer out of your project with code modification,but I'm not so good in programing.Could you,please,give me an idea what to change in your code to make it measure the speed of the wheel and distance?I would like to make it for my motorcycle,so I also need to store last odometer value on eprom.Maybe you have something like that already?PIC16f628A would be just perfect for something like that.Thank you in advance,Tom.
ReplyDeleteyes, remove the ir rx and tx and use reed switch. and in coding use the timer in counter mode and adjust your counting limit. then do the math like:
ReplyDeleteLet The radius of the front wheel is 30 cm. (This can vary with the brand or model.)
Circumference of the wheel= 2πr
(where ‘r’ is in cm)
= 2×3.14×30
= 188.4 cm or 1.884 meters
Let’s assume that in 1 second the wheel completes one revolution. In other words, in one second, the bike has covered 1.88 metres. Therefore the speed in km/hour: N×1.88×3600/1000 = N×6.784
where ‘N’ is the number of revolutions per second.
Thank you Malik,I think I can do that,I'll let you know about my progress.
ReplyDeletehi malik thank you for posting this project...i got the codes and schemes..after extracting the rar folder there is lot of files,which all files are we need to burn in to pic....plz reply............
ReplyDeleteNo; only .hex file
DeleteThanks bro.
Deletehello malik,how can i burn programs into pic...for this burner kit is necessory?
ReplyDeletePIC burners can be found at:
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Hello Malik, where i have to place those 2 22pF ceramic capacitor in the ckt?
ReplyDeleteconnect 4MHz crystal at pins 15 and 16 with 22pF capacitor.but remember connect one leg of the capacitors with crystal and others with ground. or just see the data sheet for connections.
Deletewill u plz post the use of all the components provided in the circuit diagram..plz reply
ReplyDeleteplease be specific.working operation is already mentioned.
Deletehello malik....i am doing this project as a mini project.but i cant understand the program that is used in the project..plz help me?
ReplyDeletein short timer0 is used as a counter; it count the pulses for 1sec and multiply the result with 60 to get rpm.that it!
Deletehello malik....the reading of tachometer changes with respect to the width of paper strip...so how can get more accurate value..plz give a solution..
ReplyDeletesmaller the better.
Deletehi malik i have a doubt, the photo diode will sense the ordinaty light ..so this will make some errors in the readings if ordinary light is there.can we eliminate this problem..plz reply....
ReplyDeleteuse black tape or something around the diode, also align the diode horizontally not vertically; in this way you overcome this problem.
Deletehello malik,
ReplyDeletewhat is the estimated cost of this project?
helo malik,
ReplyDeletei just want to kno that is this project a same as project on measuring a speed through optocouplers..??
hi malik can you send me circuit schematic & code using 8051
ReplyDeleteplease give me the c program of contactless tachometer using microchip
ReplyDeleteHi im a newbie in this kind of stuff of pics but just wondering, if I put a higher crystal frequency like lets say 12 MHz, or even 20 MHz, does the measurement would update faster? Just a question!! thanx!
ReplyDeletenop, timer0 is used as counter not timer. the things that matters are the one second delay routine n config words.
ReplyDeletehello Mr. Malik, can i use pic16f84a with this project? instead of pic16f628a
ReplyDeleteHi Malik ,
ReplyDeleteWhat is your e-mail address.