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Drip Rate Counter Circuit

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  • This topic has 3 replies, 4 voices, and was last updated 11 years, 4 months ago by Ashutosh Bhatt.
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  • March 14, 2014 at 8:16 pm #4854
    Osama Mohammed
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    Hi,
     
     
     
    I want to design a circuit that  especially made to sense the drops of fluids in the medical infusion pump ,this is done by using of an ir led as a transmitter and phototransistor as a reciever , and whenever the drops pass between them , the light is interrupted ,then the voltage variations goes to microcontroller in order to calculate the drip rate of the infusion pump.
     
     
    This my circuit: 
     
    What do you think? would it satisfy my purpose? ,do I need to add or remove any component ? 
     
    I want to simulate it using isis proteus program but I couldn’t find the phototransistor in the components library ,why !!? is there a way to simulate this circuit and how it’s affected when drops falls down ?
     
     
    March 15, 2014 at 8:26 am #11301
    AJISH ALFRED
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    Hi,

    The circuit looks ok for me, so please don’t waste time on any simulation software. These components are easily available in market and cheap.

    March 15, 2014 at 10:24 am #11306
    Ganesh Selvaraj
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    You can instead connect a button switch tied to +5V to simulate the liquid drip. each time u press the button, it would be like a drop passing through the sensor arrangement.
     
    But note that it is only for simulation purpose and it can only theoretically check if your program is working. For getting the actual output, it is better to use real hardware components like Mr. Ajish said.
    March 15, 2014 at 1:39 pm #11308
    Ashutosh Bhatt
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    two things you must care about

    the gap between two successive drops (rate of drops)

    sensitivity of photo diode.

    this will decide circuit perfomance

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