Monday 18 August 2014

ARDUINO Burglar Alarm Using Infrared Emitter-Detector pair

Basic Idea:




In this tutorial i will show you , how to make a simple Inexpensive Intrusion Detection(Burglar alarm) using an Arduino Uno board . This project uses the Infrared Emitter-Detector pair to detect intrusion and triggers an alarm as soon as the object crosses the infrared field .
** To see a Similar Project Made with an LDR  click here
REQUIREMENTS :


  1. Arduino uno R3
  2. Breadboard
  3. Connecting wires / Jumper cables
  4. Infrared Emitter and Detector pair LED(not the sensor module) 
  5. PCB mount BUZZER
  6. 1kohm Resistor 
  7. 10kohm Potentiometer
** the white LED is the Infrared emitter ,While the black is the Infrared Detector .

CIRCUIT DIAGRAM :



SOURCE CODE:



DISCUSSIONS:
First build the circuit according to the circuit diagram provided .
Now i will explain to you how the circuit works .

  • The white Led you see in the pictures is an Infrared Emitter . You power it on like a normal LED . 
  • Now if this is your first time with an IR Led , its very common that you'll mistake your LED to be spoiled as you wont find it glowing ,but that isn't the case really . 
  • Infrared light is out of the visible spectrum range so even if it is glowing , you wont be able to see it with naked eyes .
  •  To see if your emitter LED(White) is working properly : switch on your cell phone camera and see the LED through it , you will see that there is a purple Glow . 
  • This ensures that your IR emitter (White ) is working perfectly and it is emitting light of a particular range of frequency . 
  • Now lets come to the Black LED . The back LED is the IR detector. 
  • The reason that it is made black is that Black color has the highest absorption ; so it Absorbs most of the infrared light Emitted by the Emitter . 
  • Now what happens if an object stands in between the Emitter and the detector ?? . OBVIOUSLY the amount of infrared radiations intercepted by the detector will now be lesser due to the obstruction .
  • This is the catch !! . When such a situation occurs , I trigger the alarm to denote Intrusion . 


Now that you've got your concept right , LETS FOCUS ON THE CODE . 

  • In line 10 we begin the serial communication to see the values being intercepted on the serial monitor 
  • for both the cases  i.e  
  • case 1.) no obstruction in the path of the emitter and the detector . 
  • case 2.)obstruction in the path of the emitter and the detector .
  • for both these cases , we have to observe the values being reflected on the serial monitor , based on which we will decide for which value being exceeded we will be triggering the alarm .
  • Note that for my experiment the threshold value was set to 1005 . This might not be the case for you. 
  • Hence try to monitor the values that you are intercepting and choose your threshold accordingly .

Well , hope I have covered all the concepts in detail regarding this project . If you face problems or if you need further detailing on any sub-topic , then please do leave me a comment .

PROJECT VIDEO:








7 comments:

  1. Sorry for the late reply.
    For this specific project , you wont be requiring the Potentiometer essentially . But nonetheless its good to have it because you might be testing the proper amount of resistance you require for the LED's you purchase . The LED's i used in the experiment are damn cheap and of very poor quality . So i needed the POT to actually see the limiting current .
    Thanking you for your interest .
    In case you have any more queries , please do get back to me . And If you have built this with modifications , You can post a screenshot right out in the comment section .

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    1. Thanks a lot Alex. I will surely keep posting more stuff like this :)

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  5. pinMode (dtect,INPUT) is the correct code. It was really helpful.

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