1. Using the BBC micro:bit for Home Security
Analysis of needs for
home security

2. Design Brief Situation
Homeowners worry about the potential for burglary. A good security system can keep their home safe from unwelcome intruders.
Brief
Using the BBC micro:bit, create a working door access security system. The system must use sensors to detect an intruder and sound an alarm when this happens. It must also be possible for the homeowner to reset the system as needed.

3. Analysis of Needs of a Security System
Watch the video: Interviews with reformed burglars
What security system features are burglars not worried about?
What security system features would put a burglar off invading a home?
Write down four key things that your system should include as a result of what you have seen in the video.

4. Analysis of Needs of a Security System
What worries burglars
What doesn’t worry burglars
You could print and hand this out for students to make notes on – alternatively they could use note paper or their exercise books.
Four key things that my system should include:
1. ___________________________________
2. ___________________________________
3. ___________________________________
4. ___________________________________
Other notes: