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Earthquake Detector

This project aimed to create an earthquake detector that turns off lights when vibrations from an earthquake are detected. It uses a piezo vibration sensor connected to an Arduino microcontroller to detect vibrations. When vibrations above a certain threshold are sensed, the Arduino sends a signal to a relay connected to a transistor and battery, which switches the relay to turn off power to the lights. This simple circuit could potentially be used to automatically stop devices during earthquakes to prevent damage.

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Earthquake Detector

This project aimed to create an earthquake detector that turns off lights when vibrations from an earthquake are detected. It uses a piezo vibration sensor connected to an Arduino microcontroller to detect vibrations. When vibrations above a certain threshold are sensed, the Arduino sends a signal to a relay connected to a transistor and battery, which switches the relay to turn off power to the lights. This simple circuit could potentially be used to automatically stop devices during earthquakes to prevent damage.

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Earthquake Detector

Locus 2014 project

Tribhwan University
Institute Of Engineering
Pulchowk Campus

By
Sujit Maharjan
Shishir Aditya Gautam
Prabin Dhakal
About / Aim

This project started as a sub-project of SMART ROOM project by 070 BEX


first year students. Its objective was to create a safety device that will turn off
the light when earthquake hits.

Requirement / Devices used

1. Arduino / microcontroller
2. Piezo Vibration Sensor
3. Relay
4. NPN transistor
5. Battery
6. Resistors
7. Button
8. Wire , PCB , Other basic devices

Working Principle

Piezo Vibration Sensor is a device that works as a variable resistor whose


resistance changes in the response of vibration. It is joined in series with fixed
resistor almost equivalent to the working resistance of the piezo sensor for
higher sensitivity. A wire is taken out from the middle constructing a voltage
divider circuit which acts as the input signal of the vibration sensor. When the
vibration crosses specific limit we can use relay to stop the electricity.

Since Arduino can only give out 5 V signal and relay works in 6V. We connect
relay across a (more than 6)9V battery and a transistor which acts as a switch.
When 5V signal is send from the arduino the transistor behaves as an on switch
therefor 9V will be dissipated across the relay turning the light off. A diode
must be connected in backward biased to 9V battery to save device from the
back emf generated via relay.

Possible Field of Use

Although this was designed to switch off the main power supply of home. This
same circuit can be used to stop any device from being operated at the time of
the Earthquake.

The most prominent use of this type of device is being used in Bullet trains in
Japan. The Bullet Train would jump off the track if it is not stopped
immediately when earthquake hits.
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