Radio Remote Control Using DTMF

Radio Remote Control using DTMF
Here is a circuit of a remote control unit which makes use of the

radio frequency signals to control various electrical appliances. This
remote control unit has 4 channels which can be easily extended to
12. This circuit differs from similar circuits in view of its simplicity
and a totally different concept of generating the control
signals. Usually remote control circuits make use of infrared light to
transmit control signals. Their use is thus limited to a very confined
area and line-of-sight. However, this circuit makes use of radio
frequency to transmit the control signals and hence it can be used
for control from almost anywhere in the house. Here we make use
of DTMF (dual-tone multi frequency) signals (used in telephones to
dial the digits) as the control codes. The DTMF tones are used for
frequency modulation of the carrier. At the receiver unit, these
frequency modulated signals are intercepted to obtain DTMF tones
at the speaker terminals. This DTMF signal is connected to a DTMF-
to-BCD converter whose BCD output is used to switch-on and
switch-off various electrical applicances (4 in this case). The remote
control transmitter consists of DTMF generator and an FM
transmitter circuit. For generating the DTMF frequencies, a
dedicated IC UM91214B (which is used as a dialler IC in telephone
instruments) is used here. This IC requires 3 volts for its operation.
This is provided by a simple zener diode voltage regulator which
converts 9 volts into 3 volts for use by this IC. For its time base, it
requires a quartz crystal of 3.58 MHz which is easily available from
electronic component shops. Pins 1 and 2 are used as chip select
and DTMF mode select pins respectively. When the row and column
pins (12 and 15) are shorted to each other, DTMF tones
corresponding to digit 1 are output from its pin 7. Similarly, pins 13,
16 and 17 are additionally required to dial digits 2, 4 and 8. Rest of
the pins of this IC may be left as they are. The output of IC1 is
given to the input of this transmitter circuit which effectively
frequency modulates the carrier and transmits it in the air. The
carrier frequency is determined by coil L1 and trimmer capacitor
VC1 (which may be adjusted for around 100MHz operation). An
antenna of 10 to 15 cms (4 to 6 inches) length will be sufficient to
provide adequate range. The antenna is also necessary because the
transmitter unit has to be housed in a metallic cabinet to protect
the frequency drift caused due to stray EM fields. Four key switches
(DPST push-to-on spring loaded) are required to transmit the
desired DTMF tones. The switches when pressed generate the
specific tone pairs as well as provide power to the transmitter circuit
simultaneously. This way when the transmitter unit is not in use it
consumes no power at all and the battery lasts much longer. The
receiver unit consists of an FM receiver (these days simple and
inexpensive FM kits are readily available in the market which work
exceptionally well), a DTMF-to-BCD converter and a flip-flop
toggling latch section. The frequency modulated DTMF signals are
received by the FM receiver and the output (DTMF tones) are fed to
the dedicated IC KT3170 which is a DTMF-to-BCD converter. This IC
when fed with the DTMF tones gives corresponding BCD output; for
example, when digit 1 is pressed, the output is 0001 and when digit
4 is pressed the output is 0100. This IC also requires a 3.58MHz
crystal for its operation. The tone input is connected to its pin 2 and
the BCD outputs are taken from pins 11 to 14 respectively. These
outputs are fed to 4 individual ‘D’ flip-flop latches which have been
converted into toggle flip-flops built around two CD4013B ICs.
Whenever a digit is pressed, the receiver decodes it and gives a
clock pulse which is used to toggle the corresponding flip-flop to the
alternate state. The flip-flop output is used to drive a relay which in
turn can latch or unlatch any electrical appliance. We can upgrade
the circuit to control as many as 12 channels since IC UM91214B
can generates 12 DTMF tones. For this purpose some modification
has to be done in receiver unit and also in between IC2 and toggle
flip-flop section in the receiver. A 4-to-16 lines demultiplexer (IC
74154) has to be used and the number of toggle flip-flops have also
to be increased to 12 from the existing 4.

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