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Intruder Radio Alert System

This document describes an intruder radio alert system circuit that can transmit an emergency message if a burglar disables a home's phone lines. The circuit uses a sound recording chip to store up to 6 seconds of audio containing an address and location. This message is passed to a low-power FM transmitter built from transistors that can broadcast up to 100 meters. Pressing the play button repeatedly transmits the message in hopes of someone hearing it and alerting the police. The circuit runs on button cells and costs around 200 rupees to build.

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Intruder Radio Alert System

This document describes an intruder radio alert system circuit that can transmit an emergency message if a burglar disables a home's phone lines. The circuit uses a sound recording chip to store up to 6 seconds of audio containing an address and location. This message is passed to a low-power FM transmitter built from transistors that can broadcast up to 100 meters. Pressing the play button repeatedly transmits the message in hopes of someone hearing it and alerting the police. The circuit runs on button cells and costs around 200 rupees to build.

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CIRCUIT IDEAS

INTRUDER RADIO ALERT SYSTEM SUN


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DAVID NASH PIOUS

C
onsider a situation where a burglar
has entered your house and snapped
the telephone wires, leaving you
with no means of communication with the
outside world. In such an emergency, you
will find this intruder alarm to be very
handy. It transmits a prerecorded emer-
gency message repeatedly for reception by
an FM receiver.
The message containing address, geo-
graphical location, name, etc is recorded
onto a chip. The prerecorded message can
then be transmitted repeatedly with the
help of an FM transmitter, in the hope
that some noble soul will hear it and in-
form the police about the incident.
The circuit comprises a sound record-
ing-and-playback chip (UM5506BH). This
chip consists of a 96kbit SRAM and can
record up to six seconds of audio. (For
details, refer Mini Voice Processor circuit
published in April 2000 issue of EFY.) Af-
ter the required message has been re-
corded, it is passed to a low-power, VHF
FM transmitter wired around BC547 and
2N2369 transistors. The range of this trans- Fig. 2: Circuit diagram of intruder radio alert system

mitter is 60 to 100 The transmitted message can be heard over


metres using a 40-70cm the FM receiver.
long wire as an antenna. A possible modification, though it has
The major advantage legal complications, is to vary the coil in-
of this circuit is its low ductance such that the transmission is on
power consumption. The police band, thus alerting the police for
author operated it on 3V quick help. Even the need of repeatedly
button cells (Maxell CR pressing play button can be obviated by
2032, CR 2025, etc used configuring an astable multiviberator (us-
in digital diaries). To ing IC 555 timer) to trigger IC UM5506BH
transmit the prerecorded every six seconds so that the message is
message, the play but- played repeatedly.
Fig. 1: Block diagram of the intruder radio alert system ton is pressed repeatedly. This circuit costs around Rs 200.

DECEMBER 2002 ELECTRONICS FOR YOU

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