Magnetic Reed Switch Circuit

The contacts are usually normally open closing when a magnetic field is present or they may be.

Magnetic reed switch circuit. The reed switch will remain in its closed state until another magnetic pulse with the opposite magnetic polarity is applied. Simply put it is a magnetic switch. There are all sorts of creative applications for reed switches. Introduction to reed switches magnets and magnetic fields by stephen day.

A magnetic door switch for example is just a dressed up reed switch and a mating magnet by keeping both parts of the switch separate the door can open and close freely and maintain its regular duties as a door the anemometer in our weather meter combines a. They re perfect for any projects that require non contact control. Reed switch also called reed relay is a low current magnetic switch with a concealed pair of contacts that close and open in response to magnetic field near it. Wilkis october 17 1967.

When this device exposed to the magnetic field then ferrous materials inside reed switch pull together and switch closes. Quite a neat summary of how reed switches are used in. However for an application such as a door security sensor the reed switch needs a protective shell housing for handling and mounting. How to build a reed switch circuit.

The reed switch is an electrical switch operated by an applied magnetic field it was invented at bell telephone laboratories in 1936 by walter b. Normally closed reed switch by anthony j. A switch with one magnetic reed and one non magnetic one. Generally a 2 msec pulse supplied at the relay nominal voltage is enough to change the state of the relay contacts.

When there is no magnetic field then ferrous materials separate and switch open. In its simplest and most common form it consists of a pair of ferromagnetic flexible metal contacts in a hermetically sealed glass envelope. The contacts are concealed inside a glass tube and its ends terminated out of the glass tube for external connection. Sw1 opens whenever the magnet looses its contact with the reed switch.

It takes negligible power to pulse the coils of latching reed relays. A reed switch is a very basic 2 lead switch that is switched on by a magnet being brought into the vicinity of the switch. Here is the circuit diagram of a magnetic proximity switch that finds a lot of applications in many fields the circuit is based on a magnetic reed switch s1 as the proximity sensor a monostable multivibrator based on ne555 ic1 and a toggle flip flop based on cd4013 ic2 does the rest of the circuit. A bare reed switch can easily be mounted on circuit boards.

The circuit then starts oscillating and the loudspeaker convey a loud alarm sound. When a magnet is reached in proximity of s1 it closes to give a negative. Describes various ways of making a normally closed switch. By the way this element reacts as a non contact switch in a circuit and also it can carry upto 1 2a current.

The following magnetic reed switch alarm is made to be a home and handbag alarm that can be put on door on home windows or put it inside a bag a reed switch and a magnet form this circuit. There are normally open reed switches and normally closed reed switches.