Here is an interesting circuit for a magnetic proximity switch which can be used in various applications. The circuit, consists of a reed switch at its heart. When a magnet is brought in the vicinity of the sensor (reed switch), its contacts close to control the rest of the switching circuit.
In place of the reed switch, one may, as well, use a general-purpose electromagnetic reed relay (by making use of the reed switch contacts) as the sensor, if required. These tiny reed relays are easily available as they are widely used in telecom products. The reed switch or relay to be used with this circuit should be the ‘normally open’ type.
Magnetic proximity switch circuit
When a magnet is brought/placed in the vicinity of the sensor element for a moment, the contacts of the reed switch close to trigger timer IC1 wired in monostable mode. As a consequence its output at pin 3 goes high for a short duration and supplies clock to the clock input (pin 3) of IC2 (CD4013—dual D-type flip-flop). LED D2 is used as a response indicator.
This CMOS IC2 consists of two independent flip-flops though here only one is used. Note that the flip-flop is wired in toggle mode with data input (pin 5) connected to the Q (pin 2) output. On receipt of clock pulse, the Q output at pin 1 changes from low to high state and due to this the relay driver transistor T1 gets forward-biased. As a result the relay RL1 is energised.
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1. Magnetic Proximity Switch c/w magnet, type: Secatic Electronics GmbH MGF 150 RAKX, Umax; 250 vac/dc, imax; 1300 Ma, Pmax 80 Part No. MGF 150 RA Qty 12 (Attach specs)