Magnetic Reed Switch Circuit Diagram

There are all sorts of creative applications for reed switches.

Magnetic reed switch circuit diagram.

A reed switch is a very basic 2 lead switch that is switched on by a magnet being brought into the vicinity of the switch. A magnetic door switch for example is just a dressed up reed switch and a mating magnet by keeping both parts of the switch separate the door can open and close freely and maintain its regular duties as a door the anemometer in our weather meter combines a. When a magnet is reached in proximity of s1 it closes to give a negative. Wilkis october 17 1967.

Switch operated by a magnetic field. How to build a reed switch circuit. Simply put it is a magnetic switch. There are normally open reed switches and normally closed reed switches.

Quite a neat summary of how reed switches are used in. Here is the circuit diagram of a magnetic proximity switch that finds a lot of applications in many fields the circuit is based on a magnetic reed switch s1 as the proximity sensor a monostable multivibrator based on ne555 ic1 and a toggle flip flop based on cd4013 ic2 does the rest of the circuit. There are 2 basic types of reed switches. A switch with one magnetic reed and one non magnetic one.

Normally closed reed switch by anthony j. Introduction to reed switches magnets and magnetic fields by stephen day. Describes various ways of making a normally closed switch. The contacts are usually normally open closing when a magnetic field is present or they may be.