Security System Based on Vibration and Infra-Red Sensors using Raspberry

Abstract

Security system is one of the common problems to protect an environment such as personal house or a warehouse. There are numerous methods and technologies available to be used as part of a security system. However, creating an effective and efficient security system is not a trivia task. In this paper, we present a security system that offers a better efficiency. It has the capability to identify when an intruder enters a warehouse and send a report to registered user via short message service (SMS). It is based on vibration and infrared to detect intruders. Our objective is to describe the technology, development process, and the result of using the system in real case. We specifically use Raspberry Pi as the microcontroller of our system due to its ease of use. In our test case, we implemented our security system in a warehouse and observe the effectively of our system to detect intruders. We test a few possibilities of intruder’s method to enter the warehouse and record the response of the system. The result shows that the system has effectively record the event and send a report via SMS to registered user. The average time difference between intrusion event and notification received by user is 5 to 10 seconds.