Bike Alarm – a simple application of LED

Stay away guy! I didn’t want my bike be stolen anymore, so I made this alarm circuit.

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Just wind a thin conductive string around the wheels. If the bike is moved, this string will break up and the alarm light will turn on and send out a message that your bike is moved.

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Below is a video about how it works.

 

The logic behind is a simple Not logic, thus when the string is good, the electric current is drawn to the ground so that no current flows into the LED; otherwise when it breaks, the LED turns on.

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Some progress:

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It was fun cutting paper into a shape. Haven’t done it since long ago.

 

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