LIGHT ACTIVATED ALARM

The left part of the circuit is the trigger that switches the right part of the circuit on when
enough light falls on the LDR.

The breadboard used in projects on this website has top and bottom horizontal rails (or
connecting strips) that are split in the middle. The right half of the circuit will be built
between the right horizontal rails and the left half between the left horizontal rails. The
top rail of the circuit is shared by both halves, so the top left and top right rails will be
joined by a wire link.

The collector of transistor Q2 will join to the right bottom rail as shown in the circuit
diagram. All the ground points of the left part of the circuit will share the left bottom
horizontal rail.
BUILDING THE CIRCUIT:

Insert two PN2222 transistors Q3 and Q4. Connect the emitter of each transistor to the
bottom rail of the breadboard. Get R2 (1k) and R5 (330R) ready.

Connect R2 to the collector of Q3. Connect the other lead of R2 to the top rail using a
wire link. Connect R5 to the top rail in line with the collector of Q4 below. The
loudspeaker will be connected between R5 and the collector of Q4 later. Get C1 and C2
ready (100n capacitors).
Connect C1 to the collector of Q3. The spare lead of C1 is to be to the right. Connect C2
to the collector of Q4. The spare lead of C2 is to be to the left with two empty tie points
between its left and right pins. Get R3 and R4 ready (10k resistors).

Connect R3 to C1 and R4 to C2. The other end of each resistor is to be placed above
the middle of the breadboard and connected to the top rail using wire links. Get two wire
links ready.
Connect the C1 - R3 junction to the base of Q4. Connect the C2 - R4 junction to the
base of Q3. Get Q2 ready (PN2222 transistor).

Insert Q2 into the breadboard between the left top and bottom rails. Connect the emitter
of Q2 to the bottom left rail. Join the left and right top rails with a wire link. Get R8 (2k2)
ready. R8 is blue in colour here as it is a 1% tolerance resistor. Just use a normal 5%
tolerance resistor. The 1% tolerance resistor was only used because a 5% tolerance
resistor was not available.
Connect the 2k2 resistor (R8) to the base of Q2. Connect the collector of Q2 to the right
bottom breadboard rail. Get Q1 ready (PN2907 transistor).

Insert Q1 so that its collector connects to R8. Connect the emitter of Q1 to the top
breadboard rail. Get R7 ready (10k resistor).
Connect R7 to the collector of Q1 and to the bottom left rail using two wire links. Get the
1k5 resistor ready.

Connect the 1k5 resistor (R1) to the base of Q1 and to the top rail. Get the LDR and 4k7
resistor ready.
Connect the 4k7 resistor (R6) to the base of Q1. Connect the LDR to the other end of R6
and to the left bottom rail. Get the loudspeaker and battery ready.
Connect the positive lead of the loudspeaker to R5 and the negative lead to the collector
of Q4. Connect the negative lead of the battery to the left bottom rail and the positive
lead of the battery to the top rail.