Hello Everyone,

Im currently working on a project and need some help starting up. I want to design an anti-lost alarm/pager circuit composed of a transmitter and receiver. When the receiver is seperated from the transmitter at 7 feet it should sound off an alarm. It needs to use RF and needs to be small as possible. I want the transmitter to run off 5v supply and the receiver can run off any voltage.

I dont know where to begin. What type of transmitter should I use? What type of parts will I need to accomplish this?

 

Take a look at the website. www.rentron.com. They have a number of RF solutions that might fit your need.

As for the 7 foot range distance, That may be a toughy. You may need to use a very poor antenna since most of the RF modules go over hundreds of feet.

And then there is RFID technology that fits more into your distance criteria.

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Thanks! Is there any really small RFID readers? Im working in 1-2 inches of space.

 

To take some fun out of building yourself... There are commercial products, that do the very same thing. It's for keeping track of kids, although I think a collar and chain would be more appropriate in most cases.

http://www.brickhousesecurity.com/child-locator.html
http://www.ion-kids.com/product.html

and several others... Not suggesting you buy any of these (over priced?), but might give you something to search for more intimate details on.