This paper describes the composition of hardware and software,working principles and the functions of an intelligent metal detector which mainly consists of AT89S52 Single Chip Micyoco and linear Hall-Effect Sensor. The equipment adopts UGN3503U linear hall-effect sensor as probe to detect the field change of the centre of a search coil resulted from eddy current effect and turn this magnetic field change into voltage change. The SCM measures the peak value of voltage and compares it with reference voltage. Then determine whether detect metal or not. In case of detection of a metallic mass, the Metal Detector provides an acoustical and optical alarm. The systems software adopts the assembler language to be written. Inside the software, the digital filter technology is utilized to eliminate the jamming. So the stability of system and the measuring veracity are improved.
KEYWORDS: SCM (Single Chip Micyoco) metal detector .
