The internal microwave frequency in the magnetron is typically
around 2.45 GHz and microwaves are almost had in any washing machines, other wireless technologies such as Bluetooth which operate in the same frequency much have the capability to do frequency hopping in case of interference. Along with the traditional 5V analog and logic commodity devices used in this end equipment. The microwave oven system block diagram is shown in Figure 1. The AC power line voltage is converted down and regulated to 12V and 5V in the power supply module. 12 V driving circuits the power stage high currents are drawn from AC power line input directly control all power relay switches. The 5V supply is the main supply for the whole system including MCU, I/O, display and rotary encoder. However, the buzzer circuit is driven by 12V. The MC9S08PT60 MCU is used for all signal detections on user interface, power stage controls with sequential order and system protection in fault conditions. In normal operation, an event triggered by the end-user through input keys or rotary encoder is decoded in MCU and the corresponding message or system status. The control scheme for power stages must be able to turn on or off high-power devices with limited voltage stress on the power line. The status of the oven door, open or close is monitored periodically as one of the error signals for system protection. A mechanical switch is used as a reliable method to cut off the ground connection for grill and microwave power stages when the oven door is open. Different sound pattern generated from the buzzer are used as alert signals when fault conditions are detected.