25-08-2012, 12:46 PM
Digital Clock with time based programmable Control
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In this Project one digital clock is designed using a microcontroller. This clock controls any electrical equipment / home appliances based on the user settings. Suppose if the user needs to switch ON/OFF any timing bell according to industries or intuitions requirement, he can program the events (i.e. Time & Duration) in this clock and the evens are stored permanently. The clock has battery backup so that if power goes off, the clock will be running internally.
The microcontroller is the heart of the unit & controls all the blocks. One Real Time Clock (RTC) is interfaced with microcontroller through I2C bus. The RTC also has RAM, which is used to store the user data. The controller reads the real time from RTC and that is displayed in seven-segment display connected with microcontroller through driver.
The User can set the events using the keys. The user events are stored in RTC RAM. The controller compares the event time with real time continuously. if it matches with real time, then it will switch ON the relay. The relay will remains ON depending on the user setting. Then the controller will be waiting for the next event time.
The firmware is developed in ‘C’ language & compiled using ‘C’ cross compiler. The final output of compiler will be binary file. That binary file is programmed in AT89C51 microcontroller Flash program memory.