Smart Alarm

The Project

Smart Alarm is a small device equipped with sensors that can detect flames and smoke. The purpose is to safeguard the house properties and life from house fire. Smart alarm can install in the kitchen area for early fire detection. It can notify the owner via Telegram and VoIP call when it detects either of the events.

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Team Comments

According to news recently, I found that many house fires happened due to unattended cooking stoves, leaking gas and electrical short circuits. This triggered me to create this project to prevent house fire from recurring in the house.

The difficulty I faced was to setup the smoke and flame sensors. These sensors were new to me and I have taken long time to study and learn how to set it up with micro:bit. Thanks to teacher and google, I managed to setup the sensors using sensor:bit and how to adjust right sensor’s sensitivity.

I would add a feature that allow it to communicate with other smart alarms nearby in the event of a fire or smoke. When a house catches fire and the owner is not at home, the Smart Alarm can send an alert to nearby neighbors' houses via Telegram or VoIP call to inform them of the fire.