Home Security System

Sleep Sound, Stay Safe!

Made by ccfisher

This gadget is designed to alert homeowners when someone is trying to break into their home. It achieves this through placing two sensors on the doorknob, sensing human touch in two different ways, ensuring more reliable burglar detection. When the system is activated, the Force Sensitive Resistor sensor can sense pressure from the hand coming into contact with the knob. The temperature sensor will also sense if the temperature rises on the doorknob and is set to a threshold to only react to human skin. If either of these sensors reaches their limit, the system will turn on the lights in the home to wake up and alert the homeowners. If the robber sees the lights turn on in the house (regardless of whether the owner is home), there is a 91% chance they will be scared away.

Created: January 27th, 2015

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This gadget is designed to alert homeowners when someone is trying to break into their home. It achieves this through placing two sensors on the doorknob, sensing human touch in two different ways, ensuring more reliable burglar detection.

When the system is activated, the Force Sensitive Resistor sensor can sense pressure from the hand coming into contact with the knob. The temperature sensor will also sense if the temperature rises on the doorknob and is set to a threshold to only react to human skin. If either of these sensors reaches their limit, the system will turn on the lights in the home to wake up and alert the homeowners. If the robber sees the lights turn on in the house (regardless of whether the owner is home), there is a 91% chance they will be scared away.