Burlar alarm

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    madmikejt12 is offline Dedicated Member

    Burlar alarm

    hi, in GCSE electronics, i am making a burglar alarm and I am a bit stuck on the specification, i need about 30 points and i have about 22, any ideas?

    so far i have:
    Design
    My alarm does not need to be portable
    It must alert people that the house is getting broken in to
    It must be vandal proof
    The keypad must be easily accessible if I use one
    It must be safe to use
    It must be strong
    It must be a basic colour
    It must be appealing
    It must be easy to use
    It must not be too big
    It must not be too small
    It must be able to be installed in the average household
    It must be a basic shape

    Circuit
    The alarm must latch when activated
    It needs to be heard by other people
    All circuitry must be hidden
    If using a keypad, the alarm should only be de-activated by entering the correct code in the right order
    The alarm must be activated if the correct code is not entered in a certain time
    Must be tested by the user regularly
    Must have various sensors to cover all areas
    Must last a few years (last longer if mass produced
    It must not be activated by accidents
    It must cover all windows and doors
    Must be easy to use


    Thanks,
    Mike


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    paulthomasno6 is offline Senior Member
    A big hungry dog would be cheating, I suppose?

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    madmikejt12 is offline Dedicated Member
    Lol. Our electricity is down for a few hours. Someone put a match down the grid or something and 3 alarms have been going off all night! Im replying on my phone!

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    paulthomasno6 is offline Senior Member
    Aha, I rest my case!
    It's like the story about the differences between American thinking and Russian thinking. Back in the days of the Space Race, when they realised that ballpoint pens wouldn't write in zero gravity, the Americans immediately set out to rectify the problem. They came up with a pen that worked in outer space and also at the bottom of the ocean. It wrote in all conditions of weather, extreme heat and cold, at any angle - basically, anywhere, at any time, and in any situation.
    It took God knows how many man-hours, and cost millions. The Russians got around the problem by using a pencil.

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