How to Build a Transmitter Receiver Circuit in the Classroom

Building a transmiter receiver circuit for your classroom can add a lot of interest to just another day. Light transmitters and receivers are especially exciting. Once you turn the lights off and close the curtains, you and your students can send light encoded data to each other. A light transmitter and receiver is one of the easiest data communications devices to build. You can use simple light bulbs and mirrors if you want. However, your students may find optical data communication devices more intriguing.

Things You'll Need

  • 2 electronic breadboards
  • Toggle switch
  • Breadboard jumper wires
  • 1,000 ohm resistor
  • LED (1 volt or less)
  • 3 -olt battery
  • Tape
  • Phototransistor
  • 5,000 ohm resistor
  • Transistor (Low frequency, low power)
  • Light emitting diode (1-volt or less)
  • 5-volt battery
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Instructions

    • 1

      Number your breadboards, Number 1 and Number 2. Insert the toggle switch into breadboard Number 1. Wire one end of the toggle switch to the breadboard's power bus.

    • 2

      Insert the 1,000 ohm resistor into breadboard Number 1. Wire one end of the resistor to the unconnected end of the toggle switch.

    • 3

      Insert the light emitting diode into breadboard Number 1. Wire the LED's anode (the positive longer lead) to the unconnected end of the 1,000 ohm resistor. Wire the LED's cathode (the negative shorter lead) to the breadboard's ground bus.

    • 4

      Tape the 3-volt battery onto breadboard Number 1. Wire the positive terminal of the battery to the breadboard's power bus. Wire the battery's negative terminal to the breadboard's ground bus

    • 5

      Insert the light phototransistor into breadboard Number 2. Wire the emitter lead of the phototransistor (marked on the phototransistor) to the breadboard's ground bus.

    • 6

      Insert the 5,000 ohm resistor into breadboard Number 2. Wire the phototransistor's other lead (the collector) to one end of the resistor. Wire the other end of the resistor to the breadboard's power bus.

    • 7

      Insert the transistor into the breadboard Number 2. Wire the transistor's collector to the breadboard's power supply bus. Wire the transistor's base to the phototransistor's collector.

    • 8

      Insert a LED into breadboard Number 2. Wire the LED's anode (the positive longer lead) to the transistor's emitter. Wire the LED's cathode (the negative shorter lead) to the breadboard's ground bus.

    • 9

      Tape the 5-volt battery onto breadboard Number 2. Wire the positive terminal of the battery to the breadboard's power bus. Wire the battery's negative terminal to the breadboard's ground bus

    • 10

      Position the two breadboards so that the LED on breadboard number one will direct light onto the photoreceptor on breadboard Number 2. Switch the toggle switch on and off and observe that the LED on breadboard Number 2 turns on and off.

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