RKS as the Remote keyless system. It's a proximity system that is triggered if a key is within a certain distance.
Widely used in modern vehicles. It's very convenient to Entry your car when you have RKS system.
You do not need take out of your key, just walk to your car with the key in your pocket, then you can open the door.
But do you want open the door of your home without take out your keys? Or equipment RKS to your old car?
I've found a solution that every electronic fans can make a RKS system at home in a very cheap price.
Cost of materials are Less than € 10 for a key and € 25 for the Controller in my area.
Arduino based Controller can make you to use this system in any application if you like.
You can submit a issue or mail to me if you have any question.
nRF24LE1 module and CR2032 battery are the only thing to make a key for RKS system.
nRF24LE1 is Ultra-low Power Wireless System On-Chip Solution.
An 8051 compatible MCU is attached in it. So one chip is enough.
An Arduino equipment with a nRF24L01 module, can receive the data from the key nearby.
Arduino based Controller is very easy to program, and you can make any application if you wish base on this RKS system.
In This example, a relay will be used as the output.
When key goes close in about 2 meters, the relay closed.
When key goes far away, the relay will be disconnect.
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- Make the Tag/Key/Transmitter
First you need program the nRF24LE1 use a Programmer.
After that, just connect 2 cables from battery to power on the nRF24LE1 module is OK.
All the needles on the module can be cut to short to fit in the thin case.
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- Make the Controller/Receiver
You can build the Arduino based Controller whatever you like. Just connect nRF24L01 module with Arduino follow the table.
| PIN | NRF24L01 | Arduino UNO/NANO | Mega1280/2560 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GND | GND | GND |
| 2 | VCC | 3.3V | 3.3V |
| 3 | CE | digIO 7 | digIO 7 |
| 4 | CSN | digIO 8 | digIO 8 |
| 5 | SCK | digIO 13 | digIO 52 |
| 6 | MOSI | digIO 11 | digIO 51 |
| 7 | MISO | digIO 12 | digIO 50 |
| 8 | IRQ | - | - |
This is combination I used in debug stage.
The PCB for Controller is on the way, I will update soon.
The key, as an Active RFID Tag, will transmit its ID and the volt of the battery 3 times every second in 3 different channels.
The Controller, as the receiver, will listening on these 3 different channels, one channel for one second.
This will make the system more anti-interference.
The above picture is Current sampling with a 47 Ohm resistor.
For every time of transmit. Power consumption can be estimated as:
0.7v*47Ohm = 32.9mA
Duration for 0.3ms
Capacity of a CR2032 battery is 200 mAh.
In This example, data was transmit 3 times in every second.
Estimated life days = (200/(32.9*(0.0003/3600)))/3/3600/24 = 281 days
- Tag/Key/Transmitter
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Send the file PCB\Files_for_Factory_made\tag.cam to PCB factory, they can make it for you.
A programmer interface is placed on the PCB, you can also program the nRF24LE1 with this port after the module have been soldered on the PCB.
Or you can use any method you can do to connect the module with battery.
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- Controller/Receiver
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A more powerful nRF24L01+PA module can get longer range and has External antenna interface. It has a compatible interface with nRF24L01 module
But it need more power on 3.3v, so a AMS1117-3.3v can be used to power this module.
Reference price € 1.00
Most of cars, door locking system are using 12v. So a DC-DC Converter is needed here to power the Arduino with 5v.
After check the ID of the key, it will drive the relay to Unlock the door for you.
When the key is get a little far away, the relay will release and the door will be locked.
You can also equipment with some power system to open the door automatically.