ENTRY DOCUMENT

A3757

Low Cost Vehicle Security System

June 2004
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A3757: Low Cost Vehicle Security System

1. Introduction
Vehicle theft is a big nuisance for vehicle owners. It usually happens that in a
congested market where no authorized parking arrangements are available, if you park
your vehicle then the chance of getting your vehicle at the same place after shopping,
is a big question. Even in residential colonies incidences of vehicle theft are quite
common. Commercially available vehicle security systems are very costly especially
for two-wheeler owners. This is the place from where motivation comes to develop a
low cost affordable vehicle security system (VSS) with same robustness as of costlier
ones.
In this project efforts are made to develop a low cost vehicle security solution
using Atmel’s Atmega8 microcontroller with Analog Device’s low cost acceleration
sensor ADXL311JE and Dallas semiconductor’s DS1973 iButton.

ADXL
311 A
T DS1973
M IButton
E
Battery G
A
8

Siren with
driver circuit
Figure 1: Block diagram of VSS

+5V +5V

RESET PC5
PD0 PC4
200 k
PD1 PC3
PD2 PC2 0.1

PD3 PC1
ADXL311
+5V PD4 PC0

VCC GND
0.1 GND ATMEGA AVREF +9V

PB6 8-16PI AVCC

+5V PB7 PB5

PD5 PB4 Siren

PD6 PB3 2
4.7 k
PD7 PB2
10 k
PB0 PB1
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Figure 2: Circuit diagram of VSS

Mechanical
iButton Key Slot
Holder

Figure 3: VSS mounted in two-wheeler

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Atmega8

IButton in
Key ring

Acceleration
Sensor Module
SIREN

Figure 4: VSS on Circuit board