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4.1.15 Alarm Bell

Introduction

In this project, we will make a manual alarm device. You can replace the toggle switch with a thermistor or a photosensitive sensor to make a temperature alarm or a light alarm.

Required Components

In this project, we need the following components.

../_images/list_Alarm_Bell.png

It’s definitely convenient to buy a whole kit, here’s the link:

Name

ITEMS IN THIS KIT

LINK

Raphael Kit

337

Raphael Kit

You can also buy them separately from the links below.

COMPONENT INTRODUCTION

PURCHASE LINK

GPIO Extension Board

BUY

Breadboard

BUY

Jumper Wires

BUY

Resistor

BUY

LED

BUY

Buzzer

BUY

Slide Switch

BUY

Transistor

BUY

Capacitor

BUY

Schematic Diagram

T-Board Name

physical

wiringPi

BCM

GPIO17

Pin 11

0

17

GPIO18

Pin 12

1

18

GPIO27

Pin 13

2

27

GPIO22

Pin 15

3

22
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Experimental Procedures

Step 1: Build the circuit.

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Step 2: Change directory.

cd ~/raphael-kit/python/

Step 3: Run.

sudo python3 4.1.15_AlarmBell.py

After the program starts, the toggle switch will be toggled to the right, and the buzzer will give out alarm sounds. At the same time, the red and green LEDs will flash at a certain frequency.

Code

Note

You can Modify/Reset/Copy/Run/Stop the code below. But before that, you need to go to source code path like raphael-kit/python.

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import RPi.GPIO as GPIO
import time
import threading

BeepPin=22
ALedPin=17
BLedPin=27
switchPin=18

Buzz=0
flag =0
note=150
pitch=20

def setup():
    GPIO.setmode(GPIO.BCM)
    GPIO.setup(BeepPin, GPIO.OUT)
    GPIO.setup(ALedPin,GPIO.OUT,initial=GPIO.LOW)
    GPIO.setup(BLedPin,GPIO.OUT,initial=GPIO.LOW)
    GPIO.setup(switchPin,GPIO.IN)
    global Buzz
    Buzz=GPIO.PWM(BeepPin,note)

def ledWork():
    while flag:
        GPIO.output(ALedPin,GPIO.HIGH)
        time.sleep(0.5)
        GPIO.output(ALedPin,GPIO.LOW)
        GPIO.output(BLedPin,GPIO.HIGH)
        time.sleep(0.5)
        GPIO.output(BLedPin,GPIO.LOW)

def buzzerWork():
    global pitch
    global note
    while flag:
        if note >= 800 or note <=130:
            pitch = -pitch
        note = note + pitch
        Buzz.ChangeFrequency(note)
        time.sleep(0.01)

def on():
    global flag
    flag = 1
    Buzz.start(50)
    tBuzz = threading.Thread(target=buzzerWork)
    tBuzz.start()
    tLed = threading.Thread(target=ledWork)
    tLed.start()

def off():
    global flag
    flag = 0
    Buzz.stop()
    GPIO.output(ALedPin,GPIO.LOW)
    GPIO.output(BLedPin,GPIO.LOW)

def main():
    lastState=0
    while True:
        currentState =GPIO.input(switchPin)
        if currentState == 1 and lastState == 0:
            on()
        elif currentState == 0 and lastState == 1:
            off()
        lastState=currentState

def destroy():
    off()
    GPIO.cleanup()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    setup()
    try:
        main()
    except KeyboardInterrupt:
        destroy()

Code Explanation

import threading

Here, we import the Threading module and it allows you to do multiple things at once, while normal programs can only execute code from top to bottom. With Threading modules, the LED and the buzzer can work separately.

def ledWork():
    while flag:
        GPIO.output(ALedPin,GPIO.HIGH)
        time.sleep(0.5)
        GPIO.output(ALedPin,GPIO.LOW)
        GPIO.output(BLedPin,GPIO.HIGH)
        time.sleep(0.5)
        GPIO.output(BLedPin,GPIO.LOW)

The function ledWork() helps to set the working state of these 2 LEDs: it keeps the green LED lighting up for 0.5s and then turns off; similarly, keeps the red LED lighting up for 0.5s and then turns off.

def buzzerWork():
    global pitch
    global note
    while flag:
        if note >= 800 or note <=130:
            pitch = -pitch
        note = note + pitch
        Buzz.ChangeFrequency(note)
        time.sleep(0.01)

The function buzzWork() is used to set the working state of the buzzer. Here we set the frequency as between 130 and 800, to accumulate or decay at an interval of 20.

def on():
    global flag
    flag = 1
    Buzz.start(50)
    tBuzz = threading.Thread(target=buzzerWork)
    tBuzz.start()
    tLed = threading.Thread(target=ledWork)
    tLed.start()

In the function on() :

  1. Define the mark “flag=1”, indicating the ending of the control thread.

  2. Start the Buzz, and set the duty cycle to 50%.

  3. Create 2 separate threads so that the LED and the buzzer can work at the same time.

threading.Thread() function is used to create the thread and its prototype is as follows:

class threading.Thread(group=None, target=None, name=None, args=(), kwargs={}, *, daemon=None)

Among the construction methods, the principal parameter is target, we need to assign a callable object (here are the functions ledWork and BuzzWork) to target.

Next start() is called to start the thread object, ex., tBuzz.start() is used to start the newly installed tBuzz thread.

def off():
    global flag
    flag = 0
    Buzz.stop()
    GPIO.output(ALedPin,GPIO.LOW)
    GPIO.output(BLedPin,GPIO.LOW)

The function Off() defines “flag=0” so as to exit the threads ledWork and BuzzWork and then turn off the buzzer and the LED.

def main():
    lastState=0
    while True:
        currentState =GPIO.input(switchPin)
        if currentState == 1 and lastState == 0:
            on()
        elif currentState == 0 and lastState == 1:
            off()
        lastState=currentState

Main() contains the whole process of the program: firstly read the value of the slide switch; if the toggle switch is toggled to the right (the reading is 1), the function on() is called, the buzzer is driven to emit sounds and the the red and the green LEDs blink. Otherwise, the buzzer and the LED don’t work.

Phenomenon Picture

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