International Journal of Engineering and Technical Research (IJETR)

ISSN: 2321-0869, Volume-3, Issue-2, February 2015

GSM based home security system

Diptanil Chaudhuri

accidents. Nowadays, it is almost a common site in the

newspapers that robbery took place in a house, or miscreants
barged into a house and committed offence against the women
or even murder. Not only these but also we find that the LPG
gas cylinder (that is used for household cooking and is a
common item in various part of the world) leaked, these
leakage if caught on time can be easily stopped but if not then
fire can easily break out. LPG gas blast can sometimes be so
dangerous that it can damage an entire block of houses. Such
situations are very dangerous and most of the time life
threatening, not only to the person in the house but also to the
persons living in the surrounding of the house. Fire is not only
caused by this but another common cause of fire is electric
short circuit. Improper grounding or old and weary wires can
most certainly cause shot circuit which eventually breaks up
into a fire. Oil lamps and candles kept in the house can also
lead to fire. Early detection of all these is very essential to
prevent accidents which are life threatening. Fire how small it
may be if not properly tended might convert into a big
tragedy.
Lets consider a situation, most of the houses are equipped
with mechanical locks, which is very easy for an expert thief
to crack. In such a scenario a theft or a robbery can easily take
place. But this project comes with a locking keypad which is
not easy to crack into. Along with this all the windows and the
doors are equipped with PIR sensors so that even in case of a
break-in, an alarm would be sounded and a message will be
automatically transmitted to the nearest police station. In
another such situation if a fire breaks out then a message will
be transmitted to the nearest fire brigade department so that a
swift action can be taken.
This project consists of three basic modules along with a
GSM modem. The GSM modem is used to send the message
to the respected authorities in case of emergency. The first
module consists of lock keypad which can be used to lock the
doors. If more than three attempts are made emergency signal
will be sounded. The second module consist of intruder
checkers which consists of an array of PIR sensors to detect
the presence of a person in the house. Lastly the third module
is the fire detection module which consists of LPG gas sensors
and temperature sensors.

Abstract Security is one of the main concern of the present

day. Security not only from the rising crime but also from the
day to day accidents. In this present world of technological
advancement proper measure should be taken to maintain the
security and the comfort of homes, banks and offices. By using
proper security systems billions of rupees spent on departments
like fire brigade, police, etc. can be brought in control.
This project aims at integrating the features of home
automation with that of security system to build a concrete home
control system.
The project takes into consideration of all the existing
products and merges them together to create a system which will
not only provide automation to the building but will also take
into consideration of all the security features of the building.
The project uses gas sensors to detect any gas leakage that might
occur in the building. It is also equipped with smoke and
temperature sensors to look out if any fire breaks out in the
building. It also features the function of intrusion detection by
proper placement of passive infrared sensor (PIR sensor). All of
the above sensor is well connected to a centralised
microcontroller section which will generate a proper output in
case of any tragedy. Various security services number can be
feed into the system so that a prior generated message can be
transmitted to that number in case of any emergency. In depth
study of the previous systems have been done so as to improve
the performance of the system from its predecessors.

Index
Terms
Microcontroller.

GSM,

Sensor,

Security

System,

I. INTRODUCTION
In todays world of technological advancement and
automation, home automating system has made its mark and is
also becoming one of the rapidly developing sector of
application-based technology. The past idea of a comfortable
living have changed widespread since the advent of the digital
and wireless technologies. Smart homes, or in simple terms,
homes that are fully automated, pre-programed to carry out
some predefined tasks, respond to certain situations and also
change according to the needs of the user takes up the new
definition of comfortable homes. The smart homes are
expected to perform tasks such as temperature control,
lightning and entertainment control, security and emergency
response and many such others. They are expected to be
controlled and automated from near or from a distance.

II. 8051 MICROCONTROLLER

The 8051 microcontroller belong to the Intel MCS-51 family
is a Harvard architecture, CISC instruction set, single chip
microcontroller (C). It was developed by Intel in the year
1980 for application in the embedded system. It became very
popular in the 1980s and early 1990s. It was originally
developed using the NMOS technology. But later CMOS
technology was used as it consumes less power than its
predecessors. It uses 8-bit word for its instruction and data.
All of the above architecture can be programed using 8051
assembly language, they all share certain common features
along with them having their own special features.

Among all these one of the main concern of the people is the
security. Everyone wants to live securely in his/her home.
Security from various incidents like theft, burglary, invasion,
and many more. Not only these but also people want security
from various household accidents like gas leaks, fire, LPG
(Liquefied Petroleum Gas) cylinder blasts and other such
Manuscript received February 04, 2015.
DIPTANIL CHAUDHURI, B.Tech, Department of Electronics and
Communication, K.I.E.T., Ghaziabad. Phone No. 09891705432

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Some of the features of 8051 microcontroller are:

1. The first segment deals with the detection of the LPG gas
leakage. It uses MQ-5 semiconductor combustible gas sensor
for detecting the presence of LPG gas and then sends the
analog data to the analog to digital (A/D) convertor.
2. The second segment deals with the case of fire break-up. It
uses REC46C190 photoelectric smoke detector for detecting
the smoke and then sends the analog data to the analog to
digital (A/D) convertor.
3. The third segment consists of the PIR array which detects
the infrared rays coming from a human presence and sends it
to the microcontroller
4. The fourth segment consists of the keypad used in the
locking of the doors when going out.
5. The output section consists of a LCD display, an alarm and
a GSM module for giving the proper output according to the
inputs.

1. It has 64 kB of on-chip memory.

2. It has 128 bytes of chip data memory.
3. It has 4 register banks
4. It has 128 user defined software flags
5. It has 8-bit data bus
6. It has 16-bit address bus
7. It has 32 general purpose registers each of 8-bits
8. It has 2 16-bit timers
9. It is equipped with 3 internal and 2 external interrupts
10. It has 4 8-bit ports
11. It has a 16-bit program counter and data pointer
III. PIN DIAGRAM
The 8051 controller is a 40 pin DIP package. The pin diagram
of the 8051 microcontroller is shown below:

All of the above components is connected to the central

microcontroller 8051 which regularly monitors the inputs
from the above elements and takes the proper decision
according to the algorithm. The LCD present is a 16x2
alphanumeric display. The keypad consists of 0 to 9, escape,
enter and menu key. The menu key can be used for changing
the pin for locking the house. The GSM module used in this
project is the SIM900 module.
V. FUNCTIONAL DIAGRAM
The functional flow diagram of the project is shown below:

Fig.1. Pin diagram of 8051 microcontroller

IV. BLOCK DIAGRAM
The block diagram of the above project is shown below:

Fig. 2. Block diagram

The different segments of the block diagram is explained
below:

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Fig. 3. Flow Chart

The above flow diagram shows the process by which data is
processed inside the system. The keypad is placed as an

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interrupt with the microcontroller. If any key is being pressed
the microcontroller stops the processing and checks for the
password. The PIR sensor continuously monitors the space, if
it feels the presence of any person when the room is supposed
to be empty then an alarm sounds. Along with all the alarms a
message signal is also send to the number of the owner of the
house.

project. This project is sponsored by Department of

Electronics and Communication, Krishna Institute of
Engineering and Technology, Ghaziabad

REFERENCES
[1] Muhammad Ali Mazidi, Janice Gillispie Mazidi, The 8051
microcontroller and embedded systems using assembly and C, 2 nd
edition, Pearson India.

VI. CIRCUIT DIAGRAM

The circuit diagram of the system is shown below:

Diptanil Chaudhuri is a student in B.Tech, in

Krishna Institute of Engineering and Technology, Ghaziabad. He has done a
lot of project in embedded systems and is also leading a team of enthusiastic
engineering students in the colleges robotics team. He is a dedicated and
compassionate student committed to the field of research.

Fig. 4. Circuit Diagram

VII. FUTURE DEVELOPMENT

1. Fingerprint senor instead of keypad can be used, so that
only authorised personals will be able to access the main
directory
2. Other sensors can also be implemented in the same
model. For example wind speed sensor or seismometer
can be implemented so that warning during a calamity
can be sounded.
3. All of such houses may be centralised by one single
server.
VIII. CONCLUSION
The project describes the use of microcontroller in the
development of the GSM based home security system which
can help detect and prevent various accidents by warning the
person responsible in the right time. Various accidents
occurring due to fire and LPG leakage can be prevented by
incorporating the above project in the homes. Along with
these protection from criminal activities like theft, robbery
can also be prevented.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
I am very grateful to all those who were beside me during the
course of making this project. I would like to thank my family
and my friends who were always there with me with their
constant support and encouragement. I would also like to
thank Mr. Arun Yadav who helped me a lot in making this

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