CHAPTER-2

BLOCK DIAGRAM

Power supply A T Reset switch 8 9

LCD display

Light

Opto-isolator

S 5 Crystal oscillator 2 MEMS accelerometer

Fig2.1Block diagram of the MEMS accelerometer based pass word protection system The block diagram of the system consists of the following components Power supply unit Reset switch Crystal oscillator Microcontroller MEMS accelerometer Opto-isolator

 Power supply unit

For any electronic circuit power supply is the basic need. The power supply circuit converts AC power to DC power. It also regulates the incoming power and sends the required amount of power to the load. The output of the power supply remains same even there is any fluctuations in the input power.

Reset switch
The purpose of reset switch is to reset the microcontroller. Whenever the microcontroller is struck during the execution of the program, then by pressing the reset switch the program execution will goes to the starting line of the program.

Crystal Oscillator
The purpose of crystal oscillator is to provide oscillations to the microcontroller. Even the microcontroller contains two on chip oscillators; they must require an external resonator, So that we are connecting an external crystal oscillator.

Microcontroller
Microcontroller is the heart of the entire project. It controls all the devices that are connected to it, depending upon the program written by the designer.

Opto-isolator
In electronics, an opto-isolator, also called an opto-coupler, photo coupler, or optical isolator, is a component that transfers electrical signals between two isolated circuits by using light. Opto-isolators prevent high voltages from affecting the system receiving the signal.

MEMS accelerometer
MEMS accelerometers are micro electro mechanical systems that measure the static or dynamic force of acceleration. Static force refers to the earths gravitational pull. Dynamic forces result when movement or vibration is applied to the accelerometer itself. Accelerometers enable such functionality as screen orientation, hard-disk-drive protection, gesture recognition for interactive games, activity monitoring for power management, and much more.