Phy Project (Touch Sensor)

JAI GURU DEV
PHYSICS INVESTIGATORY PROJECT

TOPIC: TOUCH SENSOR
SUBMITTED BY:
M.MEERAN SATTU
XII - I
INDEX
 Acknowledgement
 Introduction
 Working principal
 Application
 Making of a sensor model
 Required materials
 Procedure
 Observation
 Precautions
 Bibliography
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I am overwhelmed in humbleness and grate fullness to acknowledge

depth to all those who have helped me to put these ideas together well
and without whom this project would have not been a reality.
Firstly, I would like to express my special thanks to my Hod
MRS.R.UMA
And school for providing me this opportunity to do the project.
I am highly indebted to my physics teacher
MRS.A. CHIDAMBARAVADIVOO for her valuable guidance in
completing my project.
Any attempt at any level can’t be satisfactory completed without the
support and guidance of my parents and friends.
I would like to extend my gratitude to my parents and friends who have
helped me a lot in gathering the information, collecting data and guiding
me from time to time in making this project unique.
INTRODUCTION
Touch sensor has been common now a days for displays and IoT Projects with
Arduino. They can be found in lamps, touch screens of smartphones and other
wide arrays of application as well. However, do you understand the working
principle of a touch sensor and how to make a simple touch sensor?
What is touch sensor? A touch sensor is an electronic sensor used in detecting
and recording physical touch. Also known as tactile sensors, it’s small, simple,
low-cost sensor made to replace old mechanical switches we seen in the past.
TOUCH SENSOR WORKING PRINCIPAL
The Touch Sensor is sensitive to touch, pressure as well as force. The Touch
Sensor works similar to that of a simple switch.
When there is contact or a touch on the surface of the Touch sensor. It acts like a
closed switch and allows the current to flow through it. When the contact is
released, it acts similar to the opened switch and hence there is no flow of
current.
From below diagram you can understand how the touch sensor works
APPLICATION OF TOUCH SENSOR
As mentioned in introduction, a touch sensor is used for a wide array of

applications, with those being:
 Touch sensor in robotics; a touch sensor is commonly used in
robots, enabling basic movement and the ability to detect touch in
its surroundings (E.g., when the robots runs into something, the
touch sensor can have it to stop moving)
 Smartphones, automotive, industrial applications
 Touch sensor faucet in kitchens; allowing for control of running
water having to physically turn the knob
 Touch senor switches are used in place of physical press switch
 Most other applications that require pressure/distance measurement
MAKING OF A TOUCH SENSOR
Hopefully! You are quite familiar with the things like what is
touch sensor, types of touch sensor, it’s application in real life
etc.
Now it’s time to make a practical, so you can make a simple
working model of touch sensor by following bellow steps.
MATERIALS REQUIRED
1. CARDBOARD
2. 9V BATTERY
3. BATTERY CLIP
4. 3V LED
5. 1K Ω RESISTOR
6. Bc547 TRANSISTOR
7. 6-12V BUZZER
8. CONNECTING WIRE
9. METAL PIN
PROCEDURE
 First of all , draw below circuit diagram on cardboard
 Now fix all the components at their respective places as shown in the
circuit diagram
 And then connect the wire across the components with help of circuit
diagram
 Now connect the battery and your model is ready to test
OBSERVATION
When we place finger on both touch sensor (Metal pin)

Led and Buzzer gets ON
When we place finger on both pins, due to high resistance of our body
very low positive current signal passes through base of transistor and
the transistor gets ON or it acted as close circuit.
As shown in figure 1
When we remove finger from both touch sensor (Metal pin) , LED
and Buzzer gets OFF
When we remove finger form touch sensor (Metal pin)
No current passes to base and due to zero signal in base, transistor gets
OFF or acted as open circuit .
As shown in figure 2
PRECAUTION
1. All the connection should be neat and tight.

2. Connect the transistor in correct way considering its
collector, base and emitter.
3. Be careful while connecting LED and Buzzer as they have
to connect with correct polarity
4. Don’t avoid using resistor because it protects Led
5. This model does not work with very dry hand so make sure
your hand is little bit moist
6. Do not use any insulated / coated metal oin as touch sensor
7. Remove the battery from after testing your working model
BIBLIOGRAPHY
 Wikipedia.com
 Google search engine
 www.YOUTUBE.COM
 https://eeeproject.com

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JAI GURU DEV

PHYSICS INVESTIGATORY PROJECT

I am overwhelmed in humbleness and grate fullness to acknowledge

As mentioned in introduction, a touch sensor is used for a wide array of

 First of all , draw below circuit diagram on cardboard

When we place finger on both touch sensor (Metal pin)

1. All the connection should be neat and tight.

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