AMA COMPUTER COLLEGE

OLONGAPO CAMPUS
OLONGAPO CITY

QUIZ BUZZER

SUBMITTED BY:

PERMIT #:

ATANACIO, EDRYLE

30

LUNA, ROSEMARIE

288

CORTEZ, ALVEE
GALARETTA, FELIX

197

RELOPEZ, CHISTIAN IAN

404

SUBMITTED TO:
PROF. RUBY ANNE CARABEO
INSTRUCTOR
APRIL20, 2015

OBJECTIVES:
1. To design an efficient quiz show buzzer.
2. To apply all the knowledge/ lecture our professor has given and to further
gain knowledge on digital logic through research on internet.
3. To be able to solve minor or major problem of our circuit design.

MATERIALS AND COSTING:

QUANTITY

PRICE

(php)
RedLED

1pc

BlueLED

1pc

220 ohm resistor

2pcs

1K ohm resistor

2pcs

10K ohm resistor

4pcs

Connecting wires

20yards

200

555 timer ICs (NE555)

2pcs

50

Pcb

50

Battery clip for 9V

13

9V battery

48

Push-Switch

3pcs

152

0.1F 16V

2pcs

10

1F 16V

1N4148

2pcs

Buzzer

150

Ferric Chloride

50

Lead Wire

10yards

100
TOTAL:

844

DISCUSSION:
This project can be used for a quiz with up to 3 contestants (or teams). Each contestant
has a trigger push-switchand LED. When a trigger switch is pressed it lights the
corresponding LED, sounds the bleeper and prevents the other trigger switches from
Working - therefore showing which contestant was the first to press their switch. A reset
push-switch (operated by the quizmaster) cancels the bleeper and switches off the LED
so the circuit is ready for the next question.The circuit consists of three 555 timer
bistables which are triggered or reset when their inputs are low.Their reset inputs are
connected together and operated by a single reset push-switch. The trigger switchesare
connected to the bistable trigger (pin 2) through a 0.1F capacitor so that only the
initial press triggers the bistable; continuing to hold the switch closed will have no
effect. Connecting the switch directly to the bistable would prevent the quizmaster from
resetting the circuit until the triggerswitch was releasedand trials showed that many
contestants kept the switch pressed until asked to give theiranswer! When triggered the
bistable output (pin 3) lights an LED and makes the trigger line high this prevents
any other bistable being triggered and sounds the bleeper. A diode is used to link the
output tothe trigger line.

SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM:

GALLERY:

CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION:

The circuit use in implementing quiz show buzzer is not practical to use in crowded
room since the buzzer emits soft sounds and can only use one LED per buzzer.
Furthermore, the quiz master needs to manually trigger the reset button for the buzz
sound to stop. We recommend to implement quiz show buzzer using different circuit
that provides the shortcomings of circuit used.