Cell phone operated switch

Mobile

DTMF Based Decoder

Relay Relay

In Our project we have utilized the GSM for automating the lights on/off to facilitate the user a low cost home automation circuitary.Since it is operating on GSM networks a person is able to switch the load from any place in the world.

Circuitry is based upon the DTMF (Dual Tone Multi Frequency) tones which are received whenever the mobile call is attended ,we noticed that when we press the keys on a standard telephone

keypad, an audible beep is generated. These beeps are actually the combination of two distinct frequencies. For example, the tone you hear when you press the number 9 on a telephone, is actually a combination of a 1447 Hz and 852 Hz signal. In a telephone exchange, these signals are decoded by a computer which finally connects the dialer to the designated phone line. For example, the tone of 1447 Hz and 852 Hz will be decoded as binary 1001 . In this project, I have designed a simple DTMF decoder circuit which allows me to control appliances in my house from any place on Earth using a telephone.

I always wanted to be able to control things such as airconditioners, lights, etc, remotely but I never thought about

putting the front door of my house under remote control. It s a door that will unlock when the correct knock pattern is performed. After being inspired by the mechanical door opening system in that site, We decided to do something similar to allow us to switch on and off the load with a cell phone! Here we mean c mon, switches with keys are obsolete..everyone uses them..they re so old fashioned! They ve been around for over 4,000 years. Yikes! It s time for a little change.

The Main part of this project was to build a DTMF decoder circuit. I used a CM8870PI tone decoder IC for doing this. The circuit I have built is fairly simple, and can be used for controlling up to four devices. If you want to control more than four devices, check out this circuit. We had a Nokia 1100 cell phone lying around with a hands-free accessory which was rarely used. So, I hacked its hands-free accessory and connected it to the circuit (just cut the wires which went into the earpiece). That s about it! To control

things in the house, you just dial into the base station and the Nokia 1100 auto-answers the phone call. Each function is just a matter of pressing the appropriate number on the phone and the DTMF chip decodes it and sends output to a transistor which controls a relay. To turn on any load , we have to just dial the phone, enter the code