2012 2nd International Conference on Future Computers in Education

Lecture Notes in Information Technology, Vols.23-24

In - vehicle Alcohol Detection Based on MCU and Design and

Implementation of Safety Control System
Chong Fang Fu, Liu Chan Wan, Xin Gang Xu,
Yin Liang Zhou, Gang Gang Li
Information Engineering, Nanchang Hangkong University, Jiangxi, NanChang, China
fcfnc2006@126.com, 1172662844@qq.com, 772914916@qq.com,
272238861@qq.com, 1272371204@qq.com
Keywords: Alcohol detector; Pressure sensor; Voice alarm; Expiration judgment; Vehicle;

Abstract.This article describes an alcohol detection based on MCU low-power controller, the
controller uses alcohol sensors, pressure sensors, voice alerts, such as vehicle alcohol detection and
safety control system, the system can be divided into two parts, one part detection may be handheld,
another for controlled part, installed in the car, so as to realize intelligent vehicle alcohol detection
and safety control. Because the system has high sensitivity and low power features, it has a high
practical value.
1. Primed words
In recent years, the frequent traffic accidents caused by drunk driving, causing huge losses to the
ourselves and others, so, the monitoring and management of drunk driving became an essential part,
but by common monitoring methods, mainly the consciousness of drivers and traffic police's
sampling. On one hand, spent a great deal of effort is very inefficient ; on the other hand, the traffic
accident caused by drunk driving are still high. While national in May last year of implementation
of the new drink - driving penalties, but alcohol driving accidents have also occurred frequently.
To this end, we have studied the circuit with alcohol detection and intelligent voice alarm system,
effective for simple circuit. Simply put, that is, when the alcohol concentration in drivers exhaled
gas up alcohol, voice prompting and forcing power car bus, so that Make it unable to start the car.
This integrated design based on the design of social phenomena and the predecessor, after a
discussion with the students and instructor carefully, on the basis of the original design into our
design ideas,fusion we design method, realizing that we are satisfied with the hardware circuit,
which maximum limit and reduce drunk driving, minimize the amount of traffic police, while
improving the efficiency of the police.
2. The system structure and the overall scheme design
The system mainly consists of MCU as the core, combined with detection circuit, control circuit,
display circuit ,voice circuit,and introduces a mandatory driver's breath method to determine if the
driver is alcohol. Specific workflow to : first of all, pressure sensors for pressure testing, if the
driver sat, pressure sensor signal is detected, start the system and enable voice prompts voice
module to detect alcohol, drivers for alcohol testing at this time, to prevent driver escape detection,
setting up a microphone as breath judging device. When breath upon confirmation, the start signal
detection of gases to be detected. And to zoom in and detect signal filtering , After filtering the
signal into A/D converter for digital conversion , by MCU on this digital signal for processing
judgment , and to process of alcohol data sent to LCD1602 for alcohol concentration display. At the
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same time after judge handling the signal sent over transmitter to the receiver. If alcohol content
normal , the MCU control following electrical that does not work , voice prompted car can start ;
Instead , exceeded indicates lamp light up , controlling following electrical work,it makes car
cannot work . If drivers ignores the reminder for alcohol testing and forces start ignition, the car
immediately in a state of brake, wheel could not be started. To achieve the control function of drunk
driving.System structure chart as shown in Figure 1.

Fig 1 general principle diagram

3. Hardware design
According to the system structure and the design of the overall scheme, hardware circuit design can
be divided into a hand-held module and vehicle safety control module, the detailed design are
3.1 Handheld module circuit design
3.1.1 Alcohol detection module
This module uses the TGS2620 gas sensitive alcohol sensor, and is matched with the filter circuit,
amplifying circuit and A / D digital conversion circuit. The sensor consists of an integrated heater as
well as in the alumina substrate shape.
A metal oxide semiconductor.When the inspection of gas, the gas concentration in the air is
higher, the higher the conductivity sensor. Using a simple circuit can be transformed into the
changes of electrical conductivity and gas concentration corresponding to the output signal, and has
a long life, low power consumption, high sensitivity and simple circuit and other advantages of the
late. Upon detection of the alcohol concentration, Output voltage signals corresponding to the
concentration of alcohol,the signals are filtered, amplified and sent to the 12 bit A/D conversion
chip TLC2543CN to digital conversion, And the digital content to MCU to calculate and threshold
judgment, detect exhaled breath alcohol content whether drivers exceed the standard.
3.1.2 Expiration judgment module
This module uses the microphone 9767, used to judge whether the driver expiratory, expiratory
when the driver, microphone generates a pulse signal is sent to the single MCU, micro controller
judgment driver breath, then to detect alcohol probe the signal sent, if the driver is not positive,then
the microphone no pulse signal, then probe signal from the detection of alcohol.
3.1.3 MCU module
Selection of 89C51 51 Series MCU as the processor, used to detect expiratory judging signal and
detecting gas in the alcohol content is sent to the display LCD, and generates the corresponding
information code is sent to the transmitting device. 89C51 is a4K flash programmable and erasable
read only memory of the low voltage, high performance CMOS8microprocessor.
3.1.4 Transmitter module
Using PT2262 chip, the chip for coding chip, its seventeenth foot output modulated serial data
signal, when the 17 feet high315MHz during high frequency transmitting circuit vibration and
launch the equiangularity high frequency signal,When the 17pin low during 315MHz high
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frequency transmitting circuit oscillation stopped, so the high frequency transmitting circuit
completely controlled in PT2262 17 pin output digital signal,The high frequency circuit amplitude
shift keying (ASK modulation) corresponds to the modulation of 100% AM, when detecting the
alcohol content exceed the standard, emission exceed the standard code, conversely, do not exceed
the standard code transmission.
3.1.5 Liquid crystal display module
This module uses the LCD1602 alcohol content of 1602 character LCD display, it is a kind of
special used to display letters, numbers, symbols and other LCD module which is provided with a
plurality of 5X7or 5X11dot matrix character components, Dot matrix character, each bit can display
a character,16 characters per line of LCD module.
2.2 Vehicle safety control module
2.2.1 The receiving device module
Using PT2272 chips, the PT2272 is a used to decode chip,and the PT2262 is used to encode
code,including address code, data code, synchronization code . after the decoding chip PT2272
receive the signal, the address code has to be checked by two time.if correct, VT foot to output
high level, and At the same time the corresponding data feet high level output.the module is used
for receiving and transmitting module signal.
2.2.2 MCU module
Using 89C51, it is the same as the emission MCU, according to the different codes for different
operations. Its control a working indicating lamp, relay, the voice module.
2.2.3 Relay control module
By 51 MCU control,It likes a the equivalent switch, Controlling of braking device for opening and
closing, lamp lights and horns to ring or not.
2.2.4 The voice module
Using ISD4004 chip,the chip adopts the CMOS technology,including the oscillator,antialiasing
filter,smoothing filter,an audio amplifier,automatic squelch and high-density multi-level flash
memory display.Chip design is based on the method that all operations must be controlled by the
micro controller,and operation commands through the serial communication interface . using
multilevel direct analog storage technology,each sampled value stored in on-chip flash memory
directly,thus can be very real,natural reproduction of voice,music,tone and sound effects,to avoid a
general solid recording circuit due to quantization and compression caused by quantization noise
and"metallic sound".Sampling frequency can be 4,5.3,6.4,8.0 kHz,and the lower the frequency,the
longer the sound recording.Inside information stored in the flash memory ,in case of a power
failure,can be preserved for 100 years(typical),and record 100000 times.Using ISD4004 voice chip
as the core part of the voice module,when the pressure sensing module senses that there are
people,the module will make alcohol test tone to them.when the alcohol content exceed the
standard,the module make a Prohibited warning tone;if not exceed the standard,he module make a
permission tone.
4. Software design
The software part according to the overall plan design, can be divided into two parts ---handheld
module and vehicle safety control module, each module uses the modular programming. the main
program flow diagram of hand held module is shown in Figure 2,to achieve insufflation judgment,
alcohol testing, to judge whether exceed the standard, LCD alcohol concentration, and to Generate
the information code and the message code is sent to the vehicle safety control module function.

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Fig 2 hand-held module flow chart of main program

Fig 3 flow chart of vehicle safety control module

As shown in Figure 3 , the vehicle safety control module is part of the main program flow chart.
Its function is the realization of receiving information.when receiving the information code and
exceed the standard codes are the same, it execute exceed the standard operation, namely speech
module sends out" do not drive" warning and control the relay to turn on the brake device,
Conversely, speech module sends"drive" the reminder and a control relay does not play role.
5. Conclusion
This article introduces the vehicle alcohol detection, discusses new alcohol detection and control
system design and implementation. In view of the designer's ability and level and electronic product
development continued to develop in this system, there are many disadvantages, only in the
laboratory test stage, many standards are not mature, but also for the extension and optimization of
the system and the complex problem, need further study.
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