Cheap alcohol tester circuit

Party is a lot of fun. Alcohol makes us happy. And. we should make an alcohol tester. Why? We do not need sad about it, right?

Imagine your friends who live in California, USA. He said that he likes to party with friends. With alcoholic beverages and the need to drive a car. He does not want illegal traffic and safety for everyone.

So, he needs to have the alcohol tester in a car. We agree. But… we are an electronic inventor. Can we build it? I highly suggested this circuit.

Advantage of it is easy to use. Show the alcohol level with the 10 LEDs. Use a few parts. So is not difficult to build and cheaper.

The working of the alcohol tester circuit

The heart of the circuit in Figure 1 is an alcohol sensor(sensor1), which features sensitive to the substances of alcohol.

When we apply the power supply of 12 volts into point J1 then turn ON switch S1 to provide the voltage supply to this circuit.

Figure 1 Cheap alcohol tester circuit

The voltage is maintained a level of voltage constant of 5 volts by IC1-LM7805. This voltage will be feed into all power of the circuit.

When considering that sensor1 pin 2 and pin 5 will be parts of heating coils inside the sensor body. It will be connected with the positive voltage to the ground makes generate heat up.

The input of the sensor is pin 1 and pin 3 is connected to voltage as well. The output of the sensor is the input pin 4 and pin 6 is connected to pin 5 of IC2-LM3914.

To apply the changes. From the sensors to manage with the LED2-LED11. To measure the alcohol content From the breath the test on the sensor.

The resistors R2 and VR1 serve to calibrate the voltage output from the sensor. More details, see the customization and the test projects.

When who tester blowing Breathing that within the alcohol onto the sensor unit. The vapors of Alcohol into contact with semiconductor components in the sensor, the Resistance to change within the sensors.

And have the output voltage to be applied to us. The heating coil will get rid of the alcohol vapor residues. Until the end From the first test. To ready for the next the test. For the first time after the calibration.

Testing alcohol tester circuit

First, need to understand the creation of this project. To is a personal alcohol tester only. Customization does not compare to the actual standard. But the volunteers really drink beer.

When Turn on will see the LED1 glow. Use hand covering the sensor, it will feel warm. Indicates that the machine is ready or waiting for 10-15 seconds. We measure the level of alcohol. Divided by the breath.

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The normal level
The first is that we adjust VR1 until LED2, LED3 lights when the sensor is in its normal environment.

The middle level

In this test. Our Volunteers drank beer number two canned drinks on the wait 20 minutes before blowing. The test results can be seen LED4, LED5, LED6 bright yellow.

This means that Our body has alcohol in the blood. If necessary, drive the vehicle. Should stop drinking immediately. And the body stays about 20 minutes before driving on.

The high alcohol level.

If you continue to drink more. Blood alcohol level of the drink will be higher.
Test by the volunteers drank beer cans, three and four cans. When again try blowing found that the dismissal order LED7-LED11 will light up red. the test has shown that the level of alcohol too. Not suitable for driving any vehicle. Intoxication as a result of the slow and error. Should stop drinking and relaxing.

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