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Power outage alarm

EdgarAndre
EdgarAndre 10 months ago

Hello, I am new to electronics and I would like to make a power outage alarm with a Raspberry Pi Pico 2 circuit that I bought as a kit. The Pico would be connected via USB and when a power outage occurs, a two-hour timer would start and after these two hours an alarm would sound. The circuit would be powered by a 9 volt battery for two hours. The alarm could sound for one minute with a bib every two seconds. If the power comes back on before two hours, I would like the timer to reset. Do you have any solutions to suggest or examples of circuits adaptable to this project? Thank you very much for your help.

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  • shabaz
    shabaz 10 months ago +4
    If you're a beginner, you could just try some beginner projects, they may get you halfway there. The first project is usually a blinking LED. If you can blink an LED then you can pulse a buzzer with…
  • kmikemoo
    kmikemoo 10 months ago in reply to shabaz +3
    shabaz I understand EdgarAndre's desire for the 2-hour wait. At the last place we rented, the squirrels would regularly trip the main feeder breaker. The outage would typically last 45 minutes to an hour…
  • kmikemoo
    kmikemoo 10 months ago in reply to shabaz +3
    shabaz Many years ago, I put my router on a UPS. The first outage proved that my ISP had NONE of their equipment on UPS's. Nor did they have backup generators. I can only hope that they have improved.
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    0 EdgarAndre 10 months ago

    I want to thank every one for your suggestions and help. Here is what I ordered for now and it might be a permanent solution if the product is good.

    https://www.amazon.ca/ORIA-Refrigerator-Thermometer-Wireless

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    0 kmikemoo 10 months ago in reply to EdgarAndre

    EdgarAndre Good choice - both on the device and the decision to use an off the shelf product.  Now you have the protection AND you don't have a time constraint to experiment with your Pico.  You also have expanded your project.  Do you just stick with the temperature as a trigger or do you still pursue the time after power failure route?  Welcome to electronics - where every project begets at least one additional project.

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    0 kmikemoo 10 months ago in reply to EdgarAndre

    EdgarAndre Good choice - both on the device and the decision to use an off the shelf product.  Now you have the protection AND you don't have a time constraint to experiment with your Pico.  You also have expanded your project.  Do you just stick with the temperature as a trigger or do you still pursue the time after power failure route?  Welcome to electronics - where every project begets at least one additional project.

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    0 EdgarAndre 10 months ago in reply to kmikemoo

    On this alarm you can set the temperature at which the alarm will sound. So I can sleep easy knowing that if the temperature of my freezer rises to -5 celcius (23 F) the alarm will sound.

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