Enhancing Current Fire Safety Technology to Include Adaptive Visual Exit Procedure

Overview

Objectives/Goals To create a smoke alarm system with a microcontroller capable of directing people to the nearest exit, and alert them the origin of the smoke. Methods/Materials An Arduino was used for the microcontroller and code in C was written and uploaded. The code is then used to control and take data of smoke sensors. Then LEDs arranged in a certain way are near the smoke sensor. These LEDs are soldered with resistors and all hooked up to the input output pins of the microcontroller. The price for the sensors and microcontrollers was added up amd compared to current fire alarm aystems to see if it would be competitive. Results A smoke alarm system made with a microcontroller was able to compete with the price of current smoke alarms and was able to create an LED sequence to help lead people out of a smoky building, while showing the origin of the smoke. Conclusions/Discussion A smoke alarm system capable of leading those within a burning building to the nearest exit is a feasible system which prices would compete with current fire alarm systems, but might not be feasible for bigger commercial buildings.

Awards (1)

• Honorable Mention

Competition history

• CSEF 2014 Electronics & Electromagnetics · Entry S0917

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