Report on Electronic Project - Rain Alarm (Group 8)

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TITLE: RAIN ALARM
LECTURER: PROF. DR. ZOLKAFLE BIN BUNTAT
DATE OF SUBMISSION: 5TH DECEMBER 2018

Group Member:

  1. SANGERI A/P KANNAN                                                              A18KE0262
  2. IZZAT HUSAINI BIN HASNI                                                        A18KE0076
  3. LAW JING YI                                                                                 A18KE0092
  4. KHOO CHIU XUAN                                                                     A18KE0087
  5. LEE WAN TING                                                                            A18KE0096
  6. MUHAMMAD AMMAR BIN MUHAMMAD KAMAL                 A18KE0151

 

CONTENTS

  1. ACKNOWLEDGMENT
  2. PROBLEM STATEMENT / ABSTRACT
  3. INTRODUCTION
  4. COMPONENTS
  5. CIRCUIT OF RAIN ALARM
  6. PROBLEM FACED AND SOLUTIONS
  7. ATTACHMENTS
  8. CONCLUSION
  9. REFERENCES 

 

ACKNOWLEDGMENT
As we know the electrical engineering field is the art of combining the knowledge of science, engineering and physics to acquire the ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs. So we would like to thank the department for giving this chance even if it is part of the course.

 

PROBLEM STATEMENT
People always hang out their clothes outside the house under the sun. However, sometimes when it is raining, we cannot notice and bring the clothes into the house timely.


ABSTRACT
The need for electronic rain alarm system on houses, even in the absence of human being, to ensure our clothes are not affected by rain is a serious demand. We, therefore, intend to provide a solution by constructing an electronic rain alarm system that has the capability of detecting rain as fast as possible. The project involves the use of transistor, indicator, circuit board, battery, battery holder, and buzzer. The circuit board detects the flow of water and will make the current flow through the circuit and trigger the indicator as well as the buzzer to alert the users. With this project, we can warm the people that it will start raining.

 

INTRODUCTION
Rain alarm project is a simple but very useful project that detects rain (rainwater) and automatically triggers an alarm or buzzer. Water is a basic need in everyone’s life. Saving water and proper usage of water is very important. Here is an easy project which will give the alarm when there is rain, so that we can make some actions for rainwater harvesting and also save the rainwater for using it later. With the help of saving this rainwater through rainwater harvesting, we can increase the levels of underground water by using underwater recharge technique. Rainwater detector will detect the rain and make an alert; rainwater detector is used in the irrigation field, home automation, communication, automobiles etc. Here is the simple and reliable circuit of rainwater detector which can be constructed at low cost. In this project, we have designed a simple rain alarm circuit, which, upon detecting rain, will activate a buzzer. Based on the buzzer, we can take necessary actions.

 

COMPONENTS

  1. BUZZER
  2. 1kΩ RESISTOR
  3. LED
  4. BATTERY HOLDER
  5. 9V BATTERY
  6. TRANSISTOR BC 547
  7. CIRCUIT BOARD
  8. SWITCH

 

CIRCUIT OF RAIN ALARM

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PROBLEM FACED AND SOLUTIONS

  1. LED burnt:  We replaced the LED and add a resistor to the circuit
  2. When LED was burnt, the buzzer cannot function: We make the LED be parallel to the buzzer, not series so the buzzer will still function when the LED is burnt next time.
  3. The polarity of the switch was inversed: We interchanged the polarity to make sure that the switch is on and off at the proper way.

 

ATTACHMENT

  • Before

Buying Electronic Components  Connect the components together and solder. 

The circuit for the Rain Alarm WhatsApp Image 2018-12-01 at 8.20.33 PM.jpeg

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  • After

Rain Alarm Model

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CONCLUSION
The results of our electronic rain alarm system was a success. When we put some water on the circuit board, the rain alarm worked and produced a sound, however, this is as long the electronic devices are not damaged by the water droplets. After testing our project multiple times, we believed that it could be used for a better future.

 

REFERENCES

  1. https://youtu.be/2iW8NxuzSzk
  2. https://youtu.be/5Q9iy152Dg0
  3. https://youtu.be/g9OwoirFAaY
  4. https://youtu.be/MWJv5S_Ddt0

Report of Electronic Project (Rain Alarm)