Tag: Sensor

Linux Based Speaking Medication Reminder Project Medication mix-ups are extremely dangerous ,to avoid this Linux based Speaking Medication Remindercan help to prevent these life-threatening mistakes. It first allows users to enter reminder inputs. System takes input through keyboard to accept various reminders with date and time and dosage. It then reminds patients to take the right medication at the right time. System allows users to store their medication dates and time using raspberry pi. Also users are allowed to enter dosage of each reminder. On set time the system gets the details and converts text to speech. System now speaks out the medication reminder at fed time intervals. This allows for a fully automated medication reminder system for patients.

Image Processing Based Fire Detection Using Raspberry Pi The main advantage of Image Processing Based Fire Detection System is the early warning benefit. This system can be installed just about any where in a commercial building, malls and at many more public places for fire detection. This system uses camera for detecting fires. SO we do not need any other sensors to detect fire. System processes the camera input and then processor processes it to detect fires. The heat signatures and fire illumination patterns are detected in images to determine if it is a fire and take action accordingly. On detecting fire system goes into emergency mode and sounds an alarm. Also displays the status on the LCD display informing about the system.

FingerPrint Voting System One of the major factors to be taken care of in a voting process is authentication and authorization of voters. Many conditions need to be checked to ensure these factors. Major conditions include: 1. Check authenticity of voter 2. Authorize legitimate voters to vote 3. Avoid double vote casting by any individual Checking if all these conditions manually is a very complicated and exhausting task with many chances of human error. To avoid this we here propose a fingerprint based voting system project. We use a fingerprint module interfaced with microcontroller and an LCD screen in this system. The fingerprint module is used to sense fingerprints and provide to microcontroller for further processing. The system has list of eligible voters in it, the voting system tallies the…

Mobile Charging On Coin Insertion This is the smart coin based mobile charging system that charges your mobile for particular amount of time on inserting a coin. The system is to be used by shop owners, public places like railway stations to provide mobile charging facility. So the system consists of a coin recognition module that recognizes valid coins and then signals the microcontroller for further action. If a valid coin is found it signals the microcontroller and microcontroller then starts the mobile charging mechanism providing a 5V supply through a power supply section to the mobile phone, now system also needs to monitor the amount of charging to be provided. So the microcontroller starts a reverse countdown timer to display the charging time for that mobile phone. Now if…

Rain Sensing Automatic Car Wiper Today’s car wipers are manual systems that work on the principle of manual switching. So here we propose an automatic wiper system that automatically switches ON on detecting rain and stops when rain stops. Our project brings forward this system to automate the wiper system having no need for manual intervention. For this purpose we use rain sensor along with microcontroller and driver IC to drive the wiper motor. Our system uses rain sensor to detect rain, this signal is then processed by microcontroller to take the desired action. The rain sensor works on the principle of using water for completing its circuit, so when rain falls on it it’s circuit gets completed and sends out a signal to the microcontroller. The microcontroller now processes…

Ultrasonic Blind Walking Stick Blind stick is an innovative stick designed for visually disabled people for improved navigation. We here propose an advanced blind stick that allows visually challenged people to navigate with ease using advanced technology. The blind stick is integrated with ultrasonic sensor along with light and water sensing. Our proposed project first uses ultrasonic sensors to detect obstacles ahead using ultrasonic waves. On sensing obstacles the sensor passes this data to the microcontroller. The microcontroller then processes this data and calculates if the obstacle is close enough. If the obstacle is not that close the circuit does nothing. If the obstacle is close the microcontroller sends a signal to sound a buzzer. It also detects and sounds a different buzzer if it detects water and alerts the…

Fire Plus Hazardous Gas Detection And Instant SMS Alerting System Dangerous gas leakage as well as fires have caused wide damage to industries and economies in the past. These agents spread wildly and instant action needs to be taken as soon as such an event occurs. It is very important to detect a gas leak or fire as soon as it breaks out so that it can be prevented from spreading instantly. We here propose a system that detects gas leakage as well as fires as soon as they start and alerts the authorities automatically so that it can be stopped from spreading. Our system consists of gas sensor to detect any gas leakage as soon as it is encountered. The gas sensor sends a signal to the microcontroller as…

Drunk Driving Detection With Car Ignition Locking Drunk driving is the reason behind most of the deaths, so the Drunk Driving Detection With Car Ignition Locking Using Raspberry Pi aims to change that with automated, transparent, noninvasive alcohol safety check in vehicles. The system uses raspberry pi with alcohol sensors ,dc motor, lcd display circuit to achieve this purpose. System uses alcohol sensor with, raspberry pi with dc motor to demonstrate as vehicle engine. System constantly monitors the sensitivity of alcohol sensor for drunk driver detection. If driver is drunk, the processor instantly stops the system ignition by stopping the motor. If alcohol sensor is not giving high alcohol intensity signals, system lets engine run. The raspberry pi processor constantly processes the alcohol sensor data to check drunk driving and…

Patient Health Check Using Wireless Health Monitor The proposed project is a wireless communication system that keeps a track of remote patient’s body temperature and displays it to doctor by using RF communication. Usually a doctor or an attendant has to regularly keep a check for the patient’s temperature thus, this task becomes tedious after sometime. Hence, the system is used to read remote patients temperature using a digital temperature sensor and sends it to microcontroller. The microcontroller encodes the readings thus received, displays it on LCD and sends it to receiver by RF over the air using an RF module. The receiver decodes the data and sends it to another microcontroller that displays it on LCD screen. Hence, the doctor can continuously keep a check on the patients reading…

Camera Based Surveillance System Using Raspberry Pi Camera Based Surveillance System Using Raspberry Pi is mainly beneficial for determining crime, It monitors scenarios and activities, helpful for gathering evidences and detecting thefts instantly. The system is built to monitor home, offices and detect theft as soon as it takes place. System uses Raspberry Pi with a camera based circuit. System constantly monitors camera for motion. The camera input is constantly fed to the pi processor. The camera input is constantly processed by Raspberry Pi processor for any motion. If any motion is detected, the system goes into alert mode. System now sounds alarm as well as captures images of the motion happening. These images are saved for later viewing reference. Thus the system is an efficient camera based security system.…

Wireless Red Signal Alerting For Trains Railway networks are the biggest transportation networks used worldwide. Handling and managing such a vast network is not an easy task. The rail network consists of a lot of junctions and vast amount of signals on set distances to manage the train flow. Well the train driver needs to constantly check for any red signals on every post and decide whether to stop or move forward. It is very difficult to constantly keep track of every visual signal for the driver. So here we propose an automatic alerting system that alerts the driver of any red signal ahead. Our system works on the basis of Rf technology. Whenever a signal turns red, it sets on an rf transmitter fitted in it. The transmitter constantly…

Automated Door Opener With Lighting Control Using Raspberry Pi We here propose a system that uses raspberry pi along with passive IR sensors, motors and lights to demonstrate an automated door opening and lighting control system. Proposed system allows for automated door opening using human detection with lighting control using raspberry pi. System detects human presence and then opens door automatically depending on the human sensing input detected. Also the system keeps track of lighting conditions in the room and depending on the lighting needed system switches lights to get desired illumination. Also system tries to detect number of humans present in room and then operates the lighting accordingly. All sensor data including pir as well as light illumination data is constantly transferred to the pi processor for processing which…

Car Overspeeding Detection Project Our proposed project aims to develop a system that detects cars driving at speeds over specified limit and inform concerned authorities immediately. Road accidents occurrences have increased recently so there needs to be a system that allows to detect overspeeding cars. Current speed detection systems are handheld guns held by police personnel that allow them to check car speed and then manually inform authorities about the vehicle. Whereas this proposed system does not need any human interception and records car speed as well as wirelessly informs authorities of overspeeding detections. The system first calculates the time required by the specific car for moving from first point to the second. Based on this data it calculates the car speed. This data is gathered and then transmitted by…

MC Based Line Follower Robot The project consists of a robotic vehicle designed to follow a desired path. This project uses a microcontroller of the 8051 family along with an IR transmitter coupled with photo sensing pair to keep track of the path. The line follower robot is used in various workshops, factories .etc where unmanned vehicles are used to follow a specific path without using tracks. Our system is used to design this line following robotic vehicle. It contains a photo sensor pair consisting of a photo diode and IR transmitter in each one. It helps the vehicle in finding its path along the line by signalling its microcontroller. 2 DC motors are used which are interfaced with the microcontroller through a motor driver IC. The signal from sensors…

Obstacle Avoider Robotic Vehicle Our proposed project puts forward an obstacle avoider robotic vehicle that uses ultrasonic sensors for this purpose. The system uses an 8051 family microprocessor to achieve this functionality. The robotic vehicle is designed to first track and avoid any kind of obstacles that comes it’s way. The vehicle achieves this smart functionality with the help of ultrasonic sensors coupled with an 8051 microprocessor and motors. The entire system combined gives the vehicle an intelligent object detection and obstacle avoidance scheme. This system allows the vehicle to guide itself in case it encounters any obstacle. The obstacle detection is done using the ultrasonic sensor. This is detected and a signal is passed on to the 8051 microcontroller. On receiving the signal it guides the vehicle in another…

TV Remote Controlled Robotic Vehicle Project The project is designed to control a robotic vehicle using a standard TV remote. IR sensor is interfaced to the control unit on the robot for sensing the IR signals transmitted by the remote. This data is conveyed to the control unit which moves the robot as desired. An 8051 series microcontroller is used in this project as control device. Transmitting end uses a TV remote through which IR commands are transmitted. At the receiver end, these commands are used for controlling the robot in all directions such as forward, backward and left or right etc. At the receiving end the movement is achieved by two motors that are interfaced to the microcontroller. RC5 based coded data sent from the TV remote is received…

Irrigation System running on Solar Power The system is an automatic irrigation system where the irrigation pump is operated from solar energy. It becomes tedious to manually operate the irrigation system and keep monitoring the water level of the soil. Hence the system uses solar power by using photo-voltaic cells instead of commercial electricity. The project requires an op-amp IC that acts as comparator and senses the soil moisture level. To measure the soil moisture content two copper wires are inserted into the soil at a certain distance. The sensors send the data to microcontroller which is interfaced to relay driver IC that initiates relay to operate pump motor to switch ON/OFF and the status of the pump is displayed on a LCD screen.

System To Measure Solar Power The designed project measures different solar cell parameters like light intensity, voltage, current and temperature by using multiple sensor data acquisition. The project uses a solar panel to monitor sunlight and a 8051 family microcontroller. The project requires an LDR sensor for measuring light intensity, a voltage divider to measure voltage and a temperature sensor to measure the temperature. These measurements are then displayed by the microcontroller to a LCD screen. Thus this system allows user to effectively monitor solar parameters using this system.

Fully Automated Solar Grass Cutter The fully automated solar grass cutter is a fully automated grass cutting robotic vehicle powered by solar energy that also avoids obstacles and is capable of fully automated grass cutting without the need of any human interaction. The system uses 6V batteries to power the vehicle movement motors as well as the grass cutter motor. We also use a solar panel to charge the battery so that there is no need of charging it externally. The grass cutter and vehicle motors are interfaced to an 8051 family microcontroller that controls the working of all the motors. It is also interfaced to an ultrasonic sensor for object detection. The microcontroller moves the vehicle motors in forward direction in case no obstacle is detected. On obstacle detection…

Fingerprint Authenticated Device Switcher User Based Device control using fingerprint sensing. We come across areas where we need to switch no device for a particular user as soon as he enters. The device could be his Pc, fan, lights etc. For this purpose we suggest a fingerprint based device switcher project. The system switches on device for a particular user automatically on sensing him through his fingerprint scan. For this we use a fingerprint scanner interfaced to a microcontroller based circuit. As soon as a person enters he/she is allowed to scan his/her finger on the scanner. On scanning the data is sent to the microcontroller, based on this data the scanned copy is now verified for authentication. If the user is verified the microcontroller switches on a device (light)…

Fingerprint Based Exam Hall Authentication Here we propose a fingerprint based examination hall authentication system. The system is designed to pass only users verified by their fingerprint scan and block non verified users. Our system consists of a fingerprint scanner connected to a microcontroller circuit. In registration mode the system allows to register upto 20 users and save their identity with respective id numbers in the system memory. After storage the person needs to first scan his finger on the scanner. The microcontroller now checks the persons fingerprint validity. If the fingerprint is authorized the microcontroller now sends a signal to a motor driver. The motor driver now operates a motor to open a gate. This ensures only authorized users are allowed to enter the examination section and un authorized…

Automated RF plus IR Based Paid Parking Manager System Current parking systems are all manually operated systems with personnel deployed to handle the parking process. Here we propose a fully automated parking management system. Here we use a combination of IR and RF technology in order to provide an advanced fully automated parking management system. The system keeps track of vehicles entering and exiting the system. Also keeps track of the balance amount of the vehicle, deducts a particular amount when vehicle enters the parking premises. Our system first takes user id through his rf notification. It then tallies the rf code to check for user balance in account. If user has sufficient balance then the system waits for him to arrive at the parking gate. The gate uses IR…

Geo Location Guide Using RF Theme parks/ national parks as well as other huge tourist attractions need directional guides to inform user about his location I the area. To solve this issue we here propose a park guidance system using rf technology that works wirelessly to guide user about his current location. This proves as a very handy and convenient medium for guiding tourists through the park. This system proposes to replace the you are here boards mounted through such parks. Our system uses an Rf receiver circuit in order to track user. The user may carry the circuit with him. It then consists of RF transmitters placed at various locations across the park. These transmitters constantly emit rf signals. When the rf receiver circuit carried by user comes in…

Long Range Spy Robot With Obstacle Detection This system Long Range Spy Robot with Obstacle Detection allows not only to control the robot’s movements but also to stop the robot as soon as the robot encounters an obstacle. The user of this system doesn’t have to worry about the distance in order to operate the robot. The system does this with the help of DTMF technology which allows sending data commands via a call. The user wishing to operate the robot will just have to call on the mobile phone connected to this system. This system consists of 8051 family microcontroller which is interfaced to the ultrasonic obstacle detector, spy camera and the system also uses battery. The ultrasonic obstacle detector helps to detect any obstacle that comes in the…

Long Range Spy Robot With Metal Detection This system Long Range Spy Robot with Metal Detection is a very innovative system as this system allows operating a robot irrespective of the distance of the user who wants to operate the robot. The user of this system doesn’t have to worry about the distance in order to operate the robot. The system does this with the help of DTMF technology which allows sending data commands via a call. The user wishing to operate the robot will just have to call on the mobile phone connected to this system. This system consists of 8051 family microcontroller which is interfaced to the metal detector, spy camera and the system also uses battery. The metal detector helps to detect metal on turns on the…

RF Based Secure Door Opener System Mechanical locks as well as electrical locks are exposed and can be broken by robbers. We here need a lock that is not exposed on outside but can lock a door from the inside. Now this lock can be still be opened by authorized user and not anyone else. Now this allows for a remotely operated secure door opening system that can be used for domestic as well as commercial usage. The proposed system puts forward a secure door opener system that can be used for a variety of purposes. We operate a lock that is locked on the inside through rf signals. Only a specified encrypted rf signal is needed to open the door. The receiver unlocks the door only when it receives…

RF Secure Coded Communication System Our project enables users to send secret codes by entering messages through computer keyboard and sending the code through RF transmitters. This secret code sent is received through an RF receiver. The rest functionality is performed at receiving end thus maintaining confidentiality of the message. The system is designed to be used for secret code transmissions needed in military, government or other sensitive communications. User may type his message through a computer keyboard. This is then processed by an 8051 microcontroller and delivered to the receiver end wirelessly. This system has a secret code attached to the transmission. The message typed in by user is transmitted to the receiving end through an RF transmitter. At the receiving end the RF receiver is integrated with a…

Automatic Unauthorized Parking Detector With SMS Notification To Owner A large number of personnel are deployed to check for unauthorized parking and fine those owners. But owners evade the fine by various illegal means like bribing the personnel, threatening them etc. Towing vans need to manually search for illegally parked vehicles. This system requires large overhead costs in manpower payment, fuel and other physical surveillance. Here we propose a system that allows for automatic illegal parking detection and alerting. The system consists of integrating an RFID transmitter in every vehicle. RFID receiver circuit is mounted on every area where parking is not prohibited. If a vehicle is parked in an area where parking is not prohibited the rfid transmitter comes in rang of the receiver circuit. Once this happens the…

Soldier Health & Position Tracking System The soldier Health and Position Tracking System allows military to track the current GPS position of soldier and also checks the health status including body temperature and heartbeats of soldier. The System also consists extra feature with the help of that soldier can ask for help manually or send a distress signal to military if he is in need. The GPS modem sends the latitude and longitude position with link pattern with the help of that military can track the current position of the soldier. The system is very helpful for getting health status information of soldier and providing them instant help.

GSM based Industry Protection System With heavy automation taking place these days, the number of industries as well as number of accidents in those industries have increased substantially. Human errors and manual safety systems lead to increase in industrial accidents. So here we propose a gsm based industrial protection system that detects smoke, temperature as well as light to keep track of accidents. The system needs to detect if the temperature of a machine or environment goes above a certain level, if it goes above a level, it is an indication of a malfunction. So here we use temperature sensor to detect a possible accident. Next indication is the malfunction or overloading of machines leading to smoke. We use smoke detectors to detect smoke and similarly a light sensor to…

IR Based Traffic Density Detection And Signal Adjustment The project is a traffic signal controller system that reacts to the density of traffic. The time required on changing signals adjusts automatically depending on the density of traffic. Well traffic problems contribute a major problem in many cities and also increase fuel consumption as well as pollution. Traffic signals operating on fixed signal timing delays do not adjust to the changing traffic density. When the traffic density increase more than a limit at one particular side, it needs a longer green light duration to ease traffic flow. Our system uses a microcontroller of the 8051 family that is interfaced with IR sensors. These IR sensors are used for line of sight object detection using which the system gets an input of…

Gsm Based Weather Reporting (Temperature/Light/Humidity) Here we propose a Gsm based weather sensing and reporting project. The system senses temperature, as well as light and humidity and conveys this to the user wirelessly. Our system uses temperature sensor to detect and record current temperature. It uses a light sensor in order to detect current lighting conditions. Also a humidity sensor is used to detect current humidity conditions. All this data from sensors is conveyed to the microcontroller. The microcontroller now processes this data and passes is on to a gsm modem interfaced to it. The gsm modem now encodes this data as sms message and sends this message to programmed user. Thus this puts forward a wireless gsm based weather monitoring system where the person does not need to be…

Automated Visitor Counter With 7 Segment Display The system is designed for optimum energy usage and is very beneficial in case if we want to count the number of people going to attend a particular event or any function thereby helps in collecting data by counting the number of people.This is done by simply incrementing the counter. The system uses InfraRed Sensor pairs in order to fulfil this purpose and thus saves a large amount of energy. Each pair consists of 2 sensor pairs placed at a certain distance from one another in the opposite direction. The IR transmitter is used to transmit IR rays straight to the receiver which receives the input and feeds this to an 8051 Microcontroller. As soon as a person enters the area where the…

CNG/LPG Gas Accident Prevention With Gsm Alert Gas leakage tragedies and accidents have lead to heavy losses over the years. So it is very important to detect any gas leakage and prevent any accidents. So we here propose a system to detect LPG/CNG gas leakage scenarios and provide a security alert to intended users. We here propose to build the system using a MQ6 gas detection sensor and interface it with Avr family microcontroller along with gsm modem for alerting through buzzer. Our system uses the gas sensor to detect any gas leakages. The gas sensor sends out a signal to microcontroller as soon as it encounters a gas leakage. The microcontroller processes this signal and sends out a signal buzzer and LCD with required message details.

Ultrasonic Distance Measurement Project The project aims at measuring the distance of any object with the help of an ultrasonic transducer for inaccessible areas like high temperature, pressure zones where the traditional methods are inappropriate to be implemented. A microcontroller of 8051 family is used to interface the ultrasonic module. Ultrasonic module consists of a transmitter and a receiver. The module transmits the sound waves to the object and the transducer receives the waves reflected back from it. The measurement of the distance is calculated by the total time taken from sending the waves and receiving it with respect to the velocity of sound. The calculation is done by the programmed microcontroller and displays it on LCD screen.

Security Access Control Using RFID Project Our project aims at providing a secure authentication system based on RFID tags that allow only people with authorized RFID tags to access secure area. Security is an important issue for every enterprise. It is important to protect physical as well as intellectual property protection. Due to this concern only authorized people with proper tags must be allowed to enter the premises. The tag holds an integrated circuit that is used to store, process data as well as modulate and demodulate the RF signals being transmitted. So as soon as a person brings the RFID tag/card before the reader, the card is scanned and card data is compared with registered users data. If the data matches, microcontroller turns ON the load through a relay…

Attendance System Based On RFID Project Our project consists of an RFID based attendance system that allows for automatic attendance marking by using RFID tags. Every student is provided with a unique authorization tag/card that is used to record his/her attendance. A lot of time is wasted in schools and colleges for manual attendance procedures, in such cases our system provides an instant and automated attendance marking system. Every authorized student is provided with a unique RFID tag/card with his/her details fed in it. The tag consists of a built in integrated circuit that stores this data through modulating and demodulating transmitted radio frequency signals. The data thus stored in this card is the unique identification of that person. As soon as the card is placed in front of the…

Paid Car Parking Project Based on RFID The project is a car authorizing system where the system can only allow a car entry when a valid RFID card id swiped by the car owner. The system also had paid parking facility where the amount of parking gets deducted automatically whenever the card is swiped and the available number of car parking are displayed on a seven segment display. The project requires a sensing circuits and a microcontroller to monitor the entry and exits of cars. The entry and exit is operated by an H-bridge arrangement. This arrangement operates the motors that enable exit and entry by opening and closing the door clockwise and anticlockwise. Whenever the card is swiped a buzzer sound comes. With every entry the available number of…

RFID Based Passport Project The project designed is an authentication system where the passport holder is authorized through RFID technology. The passport holder would have an RFID tag which contains all the passport details like name, number, nationality etc. This tag has to be swiped over the reader and the information thus read is provided to a microcontroller of 8051 family. This information is matched with the one stored in the microcontroller, if the data matches microcontroller displays an confirmation message otherwise displays a denial message on a LCD screen. The status of a particular person can also be obtained through a status button in the system.

RF Based Home Automation The project RF based home automation system is developed to automate the use of conventional lighting mechanism (wall switches) in house by using RF controlled remote. The project requires a RF remote that is interfaced to microcontroller (of 8051 family) on transmitter side which sends ON/OFF signals to the receiver. Receivers are connected with loads that can be turned ON/OFF by operating remote switches on transmitter wirelessly. Here the loads are interfaced to microcontroller by utilizing opto-isolators and triacs. Thus the system serves a convenient way of lighting up the house without any physical movements. As technology is advancing so houses are also getting smarter. Modern houses are gradually shifting from conventional switches to centralized control system, involving RF controlled switches. Presently, conventional wall switches located…

Vehicle Movement Street Light With Light Sensing Atmega The main purpose Vehicle Movement Based Street Lights With External Light Sensing Using ATMEGA project is that it saves energy by putting on the lights of the system only when the system detects movement of vehicle. The system switches on the street light ahead of the vehicle and switches off the trailing lights simultaneously. The movement of vehicle gets detected by sensors. The system automatically puts on the lights that are ahead of the vehicle detected and as soon as the vehicle moves ahead, the trailing lights are switched off. This system is more efficient for saving a lot of energy than existing system where the street lights are kept on always unlike this system where the street lights are put on…

CNG/LPG Gas Leakage Detection & Accident Prevention System Gas leakage tragedies and accidents have led to heavy losses over the years. So it is very important to detect any gas leakage and prevent any accidents. So here we propose a system to detect LPG/CNG gas leakage scenarios and provide a security alert to intended users. We propose to build the system using a MQ6 gas detection sensor and interface it with Atmega 328 microcontroller along with an LCD Display. Our system uses the gas sensor to detect any gas leakages. The gas sensor sends out a signal to microcontroller as soon as it encounters a gas leakage. The microcontroller processes this signal and a message is displayed on the LCD so as to alert the user.

Precise Digital Temperature Controller Our proposed project consists of digital temperature sensors for more accurate temperature control in various industries. Our system overcomes the disadvantages of thermostat/analog systems in terms of accuracy. This system can be used in baby incubators where it is very important to maintain precise temperatures. Incubators are often used for creating temperature controlled suitable environments for prematurely newborn babies. The system displays temperature in a LCD display, as soon as the temperature exceeds our set limit; it automatically switches off the load (heater), to control the temperature. The heater is demonstrated with the help of a lamp. The system uses a digital temperature sensor in order to detect temperature and pass on the data to the microcontroller. The 8051 microcontroller processes data and sends the temperature…

Motion Based Automatic Door Opener Our system puts forward an automatic and precise door opening system based on human movement sensing near the door. Well opening a door in places like hotels, Shopping complexes, and offices can be a tedious task and sometimes requires hiring a person just for the sake of opening door whenever a person arrives. Well this project proposes a system that allows for automatic door opening solution by sensing human presence near it. Our system achieves this functionality with the help of PIR sensors. PIR stands for passive infrared sensors. Every live body emits some infrared energy. This energy is sensed by a PIR sensor from a good distance. This signal is then processed and door is opened and closed based on this data. When a…

Human Speed Detection Project The main aim of this project is to detect speed of human. Thus this system proves very beneficial in areas of sports. In order o record the speed of humans, this system uses a handheld radar gun pointing towards the person of whose speed is to be detected. In case of running race, it may be required to detect speed of the participants to take the decision or for some other reason. The proposed system calculates the speed by considering the time taken parameter to travel from start to end point. For this IR transmitter and receiver are installed on either of the road side on the set points. Calculation of the time taken by the human is done by the control unit. The speed of…

Industry Temperature Control System Our project aims to monitor and control the temperature of devices as per it’s requirements in the industrial use. It is also used to show the current temperature on an LCD display. An 8051 microcontroller is used for this purpose. We here use IC DS1621 to sense temperature. IC DS1621 is a Digital Thermometer as well as a Thermostat that is used to provide a 9 bit temperature reading that indicates the temperature control of device. An EEPROM is used as a non-volatile user desired temperature settings. This is done through an 8051 microcontroller. A set of switches are used to get input temperatures from the user. The switch input is stored in EEPROM -24C02. Pressing set button allows user to adjust the minimum and maximum…

Industrial Load Switcher Based On Touch Screen The project provides an industrial load controlling system with a touch screen input facility. Various traditional systems generate sparks, that are potentially harmful for industries having inflammable gases. Such situations require us for going for a control system that requires touch screen based switches. Users like touch screen based systems. Touch screen based system proves very convenient for controlling The touch screen device is connected to a microcontroller of 8051 family. When user touches a particular part of the screen, the user touch is recognized and processed, based on this data it switches the required load On/Off. This system is convenient, comfortable and allows efficient load controlling operation. The system can be later enhanced by embedding with RF technology.

Car Speed Checker With LCD Display The project is a speed checker system that can detect rash driving and any kind of speed violation on highways and alert the traffic authorities. The conventional system uses a handheld radar gun which is aimed at the vehicle to record its speed and if there is any speed violation, nearest police station is informed. This process involves a lot of time consumption. Hence the proposed system is used to check the speed by calculating the time taken to travel between two set points at certain distance. An IR transmitter and a receiver are installed on the set points on either side of the road. A control unit calculates the time taken by the vehicle to travel from one set point to other and…

Secure Fingerprint Bank Locker With Image Capture As today fingerprint based system provides high accuracy in terms of security. Also there is a high demand for integration of fingerprint matching techniques for making secure authentication systems. Therefore we have introduced this bank locker system which integrates fingerprint reader in it so as to provide a good level of security. The main goal of fingerprint bank locker with image capture project is to provide security with no manual security flaws. It is easy to use and requires no special training or equipment. This system needs fingerprint authentication while operating the bank locker as well as captures the images of person who is handling the locker and saves it in memory card which can be later viewed with card reader to the…

Smart Room Temperature Controller Atmega As the outside temperature varies, it may affect our room temperature. So there is a need for technique to control the temperature of the room even if the outside temperature varies. Our project Smart Room Temperature Controller Using Atmega Microcontroller overcomes this problem. This project makes use 2 loads. It uses bulb to detect heater and fan to detect cooler. The system allows to maintain a specific temperature limit by continuously switching between heater and cooler i.e by alternatively turning ON/OFF the bulb and the fan. Once the system is turned ON, it displays the set temperature limit on the LCD screen. The system also includes two push buttons for increasing or decreasing the temperature. If the room temperature goes below the set limit, the…

BLDC Motor Speed Control Using Fuzzy Logic This system accurately controls BLDC motor speed using fuzzy logic. The system uses an 8051 family microcontroller to achieve this purpose. We here constantly monitor the motor speed using an IR sensor. The sensor is used to keep track of the fan motor rotation and measure its RPM. The sensor is interfaced with the microcontroller and provides input to the microcontroller. The microcontroller then calculates motor speeds based on signals provided by the sensor. The microcontroller is also interfaced with an LCD display to display the status of the system along with motor speed. The project uses fuzzy logic to increase and decrease PWM supply based on the fan speed monitored to keep it spinning very close to the desired speed. Thus microcontroller…

TV Remote Controlled Home Appliances Project The project is designed to operate electrical loads using a TV remote. The remote transmits coded infrared data which is then received by a sensor interfaced to the control unit. The system operates electrical loads depending on the data transmitted from the TV remote. Operating conventional wall switches is difficult for elderly or physically handicapped people. This proposed system solves the problem by integrating house hold appliances to a control unit that can be operated by a TV remote. RC5 based coded data sent from the TV remote is received by an IR receiver interfaced to the microcontroller of 8051 family. The program on the microcontroller refers to the RC5 code to generate respective output based on the input data to operate a set…

Alcohol Sensing Display With Alarm Project We here propose an alcohol sensing system that measures alcohol intake, displays percentage of alcohol and also sounds an alarm if it is above a particular threshold. Here we use an alcohol sensor circuit along with lcd display and a buzzer alarm. Our system first uses the alcohol sensor in order to detect alcohol. The sensor provides analog output. This analog output is now provided to the microcontroller for further processing. Based on the input the microcontroller calculates the percentage of alcohol and displays the same on an LCD display. It also sounds an alarm if the amount of alcohol exceeds a particular amount. Our system thus allows to measure amount of alcohol and then display percentage of alcohol measured. Also a alarm is…

Vehicle Movement Based Street Lights Project The project aims at saving energy by detecting the vehicle movement on highways and switching on the block of street light ahead of it and simultaneously switching off the trailing lights. The project requires sensors to detect the vehicle movements and switches on the lights ahead of it. As soon as the vehicle moves ahead the trailing lights automatically switches off. This can be used to save a lot of energy instead of using conventional system where the street lights are remained ON. Another mode of operation can be used where the lights are remained ON with 10% intensity and when the vehicle passes by the lights ahead of it are switched on with 100% intensity and the trailing lights revert back to 10%…

Dam Operation Based On Water Level We here propose an automatic dam water level monitor and controller system. Our proposed project uses sensors to sense the water level and then opens the dam gate (motor used to demonstrate as dam gate) according to the water level. Our system uses multiple water level sensors (float sensors) for this purposes. The sensors are mounted at three different levels in order to check water level and provide signals accordingly. When water reaches first sensor it is sensed by it and displayed. When water reaches second sensor it provides a signal to the microcontroller and it opens the dam gate partially. As soon as the water level reaches the third sensor, it signals the microcontroller and the microcontroller then signals the motor to run,…

Efficient Power Manager Project The system is designed for optimum energy usage by monitoring the number of people present in the room. The electric loads are switched on as soon as someone is present in the room and switches of on detecting no presence. The system uses InfraRed Sensor pairs in order to fulfil this purpose and thus saves a large amount of energy. Each pair consists of 2 sensor pairs placed at a certain distance from one another in the opposite direction. The IR transmitter is used to transmit IR rays straight to the receiver which receives the input and feeds this to an 8051 Microcontroller. As soon as a person enters into the room, it is detected by the IR sensor module and this info is fed to…

Fire & Gas Accident Avoider System System smartly avoids fire as well gas accidents from by detecting fire and gas leakages and taking measures to avoid any accidents from happening. The system consists of fire and gas sensors for detection purpose. If system detects a gas leakage the system first shuts off the gas supply (displayed using stepper motor) to avoid more gas leakage. The system now also starts an exhaust fan to suck out all the leaked gas. Also the system sends information of this event to the authorized user through an SMS message using GSM modem. Now the system also has a fire sensor to detect fires. As soon as a fire is detected, the system shuts off gas supply thus preventing the fire from spreading further and…

IR Based Obstacle Detection For Load Switching Project The system attempts to actuate a load based system as soon as Infrared Rays collide with an object. In industries this system is used to take up an action as soon as an object is encountered on the conveyor belt. The system uses an IR receiver that receives an Infrared signal that is generated using an IR diode. These IR sensors are interfaced to a microcontroller of the 8051 family. The IR transmitter constantly transfers rays to the IR receiver which in turn constantly sends output to the microcontroller. The microcontroller is then used to read the signal as soon as an object is encountered and then actuate the load. Here a simple lamp is used to demonstrate as a load. The…

GPS Vehicle Tracking & Theft Detection The project proposes a GPS based vehicle tracking system that tracks the vehicle and sends the tracking data over through a sms. The microcontroller acts as the controlling head of the system. When the system goes in Theft mode the authorized user gets the alert message and user will Able to stop the vehicle engine immediately via sending sms to system With ‘S’ Keyword. The system includes a GPS modem that tracks the vehicle location in the form of latitude and longitude. This location can be accessed via sms that is being sent to the user. With the help latitude and longitude information SMS user will able to locate vehicle with Google map. This system proves very beneficial for transport and travel companies as…

Automated Car Parking With Empty Slot Detection System demonstrates a fully automated car parking system. For this purpose we use IR sensors along with motors, LCD display and microcontroller for controlling the system working. Our system consists of an LCD display that is used to demonstrate as a parking gate entrance display. The display displays empty slots to new car arriving at gate of parking area. If no parking space is available the system does not open the gate and displays parking full. If slot is empty system allows car to enter the lot and displays empty slots where user can park. To detect vehicle slot occupancy the system uses IR sensors. Also system uses IR sensors to detect vehicles arriving at parking gates, to open the gates automatically on…

IOT Garbage Monitoring System This project IOT Garbage Monitoring system is a very innovative system which will help to keep the cities clean. This system monitors the garbage bins and informs about the level of garbage collected in the garbage bins via a web page. For this the system uses ultrasonic sensors placed over the bins to detect the garbage level and compare it with the garbage bins depth. The system makes use of AVR family microcontroller, LCD screen, Wifi modem for sending data and a buzzer. The system is powered by a 12V transformer. The LCD screen is used to display the status of the level of garbage collected in the bins. Whereas a web page is built to show the status to the user monitoring it. The web…

IOT Heart Attack Detection & Heart Rate Monitor These days we have an increased number of heart diseases including increased risk of heart attacks. Our proposed system users sensors that allow to detect heart rate of a person using heartbeat sensing even if the person is at home. The sensor is then interfaced to a microcontroller that allows checking heart rate readings and transmitting them over internet. The user may set the high as well as low levels of heart beat limit. After setting these limits, the system starts monitoring and as soon as patient heart beat goes above a certain limit, the system sends an alert to the controller which then transmits this over the internet and alerts the doctors as well as concerned users. Also the system alerts…

Automatic Elevator With Overload Alert Using PIC The main aim of this Automated Elevator With Overload Alert is to prevent the elevator from any damage. This system makes use of sensors for sensing when a person enters the elevator and automatically increements the counter. This count is displayed on the 7 segment display to indicate the number of people in the elevator at a particular time. The system makes use of infraRed sensors which is placed at a distance from the elevator in the opposte direction. as soon as a person enters the elevator, the sensors senses it and increements the counter and in the same way decreements the counter when a person exits the elevator. all this information is fed by the PIC microcontroller. This system also makes use…

Prepaid Energy Meter With Theft Detection The Prepaid Energy Meter with Theft Detection System mainly works for detecting internal as well as external energy theft. Internal energy theft occurs after the energy reaches to energy meter while external energy theft occurs before the energy reaches to energy meter. The system works for theft detection and also allows user to use prepaid energy meter functionality. Using this functionality user will able to pay in advance and use the exact amount of energy. The system starts with GSM modem Connection and first configures the user number and gives authority to that number. When the external or internal theft occurs in system, the system immediately inform authority or user with message also system will able to send message when the prepaid balance is…

Auto Light Intensity Controller By External Light Sense Using PIC Automatic Light Intensity Controller By External Light Sensing project mainly aims at saving energy. The system does this by introducing LED lights with changeable intensity option. Thus the system avoids the use of expensive highway lights which consumes a lot of energy. Thus to save energy, this system allows users to change the intensity of the LED’s (Light Emitting Diodes) as per the need. The programmable instructions to control the intensity by producing pulse width modulated signals which drives a MOSFET to switch LEDs to achieve required results are fed into the PIC microcontroller. This system also has the capability to sense external lights and accordingly adjust the intensity of the LED’s using PWM. Thus when the external light is…

Accurate Room Temperature Controller Project The main purpose of this Digital Temperature Controller is to control the temperature of any device like AC or any other electronic devices whose temperature keeps fluctuating and thus requires a constant watch on the device. The use of this system eliminates constant watching on the device by self controlling the temperature of the system. Our proposed project consists of digital temperature sensors for more accurate temperature control in various industries. Our system overcomes the disadvantages of thermostat/analog systems in terms of accuracy. This system can be used in any firm or organization where it is very important to maintain precise temperatures. LCD display is used to display the temperature and when the temperature exceeds the set limit, the lamp is switched off in order…

IR Traffic Detection and Signal Manager USing PIC IR Based Traffic Density Detection And Signal Adjustment project mainly aims to reduce traffic problems which is the main issue today in most of the parts of the world. Traffic problems is major in cities and also leads to pllution and a lot of fuel consumption. Today the traffic signals are based on timing mechanism which does not solves the issue of traffic much. So as to reduce this problem to greater extent, this system adjust the traffic signals based on the intensity of the traffic. Thus by adjusting the traffic signals based on the traffic density, this sytem hels to avoid fuel and time wastage. This system makes use of PIC microcontroller and an IR sensors. These IR sensors are used…

Smart Solar Grass Cutter With Lawn Coverage The smart grass cutter system puts forth a completely automated lawn mover mechanism. The robotic vehicle is equipped with a grass cutter blade that allows for grass cutting at high RPM. The system has a smart functionality that allows it to cover the complete area of a lawn or garden by detecting corners using ultrasonic sensor and moving in a zigzag manner in order to cover the entire area. This efficient system uses a microcontroller based circuit in order to achieve this functionality. It is a battery operated system that uses 2 batteries. One battery is used to run the vehicle movement DC motors and the other one is used to power the grass cutter motor. Also the system uses a solar panel…

Flammable Gas & Fire Accident Prevention Project Combustible gases are a very common reason for blasts and fire accidents, causing large damage to life and property due to these fires. So here we propose an automated gas detection and alerting system that alert users wherever they are about the leakage of combustible gas and/or fire using SMS through GSM modem. So for this purpose we use a PIC microcontroller along with Combustible gas sensor, temperature sensor, LCD display, GSM modem for sending message and buzzer. The system is powered by a 12V power supply. The system constantly scans the gas sensor and the temperature sensor to detect leakages or high temperatures in its vicinity. As soon as gas is detected at the sensor, it produces an equivalent voltage and signals…

Workplace Alcohol Detector With Instant Reporting Combustible gases are a very common reason for blasts and fire accidents, causing large damage to life and property due to these fires. So here we propose an automated gas detection and alerting system that alert users wherever they are about the leakage of combustible gas and/or fire using SMS through GSM modem. So for this purpose we use a PIC microcontroller along with Combustible gas sensor, temperature sensor, LCD display, GSM modem for sending message and buzzer. The system is powered by a 12V power supply. The system constantly scans the gas sensor and the temperature sensor to detect leakages or high temperatures in its vicinity. As soon as gas is detected at the sensor, it produces an equivalent voltage and signals the…

Liquid Level Controller System Using Ultrasonic Sensor Liquid Level Controller System Without Contact project mainly aims to detect the level of liquid using ultrasonic module. This ultrasonic sensor measure the level of liquid in centimeter by detecting the reflection coming ahead of it. The first pump automatically starts filling the container with water as soon as the level falls below a set point. If the water level goes below the set level the other motor starts pumping out the water from the container. Thus by switching between these motors, the system maintains the water level in the container. The system makes use of PIC microcontroller interfaced with this ultrasonic module. The Tx sensor sends the ultrasonic signal reflected from the level and is received by the ultrasonic Rx sensor. These…

PC Based Home Automation Using PIC PC Based Home Automation mainly aims to automate your many of the every day task automated. The users can now control their home through PC. This system is especially very beneficial in case if the user has very important work on PC and can operate his lights/fan from PC without reaching the swithes for it. Here we use serial communication to communicate between the PC and PIC microcontroller based circuit. The load switching commands are received and decoded by the PIC microcontroller sent theough PC serially and then operate loads accordingly. Our system also allows user to get status of loads current status. In this case the pc sends a status request to the PIC microcontroller circuit and the microcontroller then retrieves the load…

Vehicle Movement Based Street Light Using PIC Vehicle Movement Based Street Lights Project mainly aims at saving energy. The system acheives this by switching on the street lights only when a vehicle will pass by it and to switch off the lights when there are no vehicles in the street. Thus the system can be used to save a lot of energy by allowing only the required lights to be turned ON as soon as the system senses vehicle movement and to switch off the lights as soon as the vehicle moves ahead. Thus unlike the current system which keeps the street lights ON, irrespective of the vehicle movement. The system uses another mode of operation where the street lights are turned ON with 10% intensity and when the vehicle…

Automatic Light Intensity Controller By External Light Sensing Nowadays highways are lightened by using High Intensity Lamps. The disadvantage of this High Intensity Lamps is that it consumes a lot of energy and another disadvantage of this is that the intensity cannot be varied according to the requirement. To overcome this limitation, this system “Automatic Light Intensity Controller by External Light Sensing Project” is developed. To overcome the limitations specified above, it makes use of LED’s (Light Emitting Diodes) as light source and simultaneously its intensity can be varied and controlled as per the need. The programmable instructions to control the intensity by producing pulse width modulated signals which drives a MOSFET to switch LEDs to achieve required results are fed into the 8051 family microcontroller. Our system also senses…

Motion Based Message Conveyer For Paralytic/Disabled People We come across hospitals and NGO’s serving disabled people. Now these people are not capable of full body movement as compared to a normal person. In such a situation we propose a system that helps disabled person display a message by just simple motion of any part of his body. Our proposed system works by reading the tilt direction of the user part. This device needs to be mounted on user finger of hand. The user now just needs to tilt the device in a particular angle to convey a message. Tilting the device in different directions conveys a different message. Here we use accelerometer in order to measure the statistics of motion. It then passes on this data to the microcontroller. The…

Vehicle Movement Based Street Lights With External Light Sensing The main aim of this project is that it saves energy by putting on the lights of the system only when the system detects movement of vehicle. The system switches on the street light ahead of the vehicle and switches off the trailing lights simultaneously. In order to detect movement of vehicles, sensors are used. The system automatically puts on the lights that are ahead of the vehicle detected and as soon as the vehicle moves ahead, the trailing lights are switched off. This is better than the existing system where the street lights are kept on always unlike this system where the street lights are put on only when movement of vehicle is detected which helps in saving lot of…

Heart Attack Detection By Heart Beat Sensing This system Heart Attack Detection by Heart Rate Monitoring Project helps to inform if a person is about to have a heart attack. This system does this by detecting the heart beat level and informs as soon as the heart beat level does not fall within the permissible limit. Thus this system can be used to save life of many people as this system alerts the doctor about the patient’s heart beat level. For this the system uses two circuits. One is the transmitting circuit which is with the patient and the other is the receiver circuit which is being supervised by the doctor or nurse. The system makes use of heart beat sensor to find out the current heart beat level and…

Home And Industrial Safety Using Fire And Gas Detection System Gas leakages and fire outbreaks in industries as well as houses have lead to wide destruction and losses in the past. Gas leakages and fire outbreaks both spread widely and lead to even greater loss of life and property if proper action is not taken on time. So here we propose a system that detects gas as well as fire outbreaks and alert us accordingly so that proper action may be taken to control it. For this we system we use a gas sensor along with a temperature sensor interfaced to the microcontroller. The microcontroller is also in turn connected to an LCD screen and a buzzer to show the alerting part. As soon as a fire starts the rise…

IOT Liquid Level Monitoring System This project IOT Liquid Level Monitoring system is a very innovative system which will inform the users about the level of liquid and will prevent it from overflowing. To demonstrate this the system makes use of 4 containers. For this the system uses ultrasonic sensors placed over the containers to detect the liquid level and compare it with the container’s depth. The system makes use of AVR family microcontroller, LCD screen, Wifi modem for sending data and a buzzer. The system is powered by a 12V transformer. The LCD screen is used to display the status of the level of liquid in the containers. Whereas a web page is built to show the status to the user monitoring it. The web page gives a graphical…

IOT Patient Health Monitoring Project Monitoring your beloved ones becomes a difficult task in the modern day life. Keeping track of the health status of the your patient at home is a difficult task. Specially old age patients should be periodically monitored and their loved ones need to be informed about their health status from time to time while at work. So we propose an innovative system that automated this task with ease. Our system puts forward a smart patient health tracking system that uses Sensors to track patient health and uses internet to inform their loved ones in case of any issues. Our system uses temperature as well as heartbeat sensing to keep track of patient health. The sensors are connected to a microcontroller to track the status which…

IOT Based Person/Wheelchair Fall Detection When it comes to old age, it becomes necessary to monitor our old ones for their health and safety. Due to weakness and weak joints they have a great risk of falling down. Now it is important to know if an old age person has fallen so that he/she can be helped on time. Also people on wheelchair need to be checked for fall detection. For this purpose we propose a smart fall detection system. The system uses accelerometer and gyro sensor to detect person movements, It can be mounted on persons hand or wheelchair for detection. The sensor is connected to a microcontroller in order to constantly transmit the acceleration data. Now the system keeps monitoring for fall detection and abrupt movement changes in…

Fingerprint Based Security System Here we demonstrate fingerprint based security system to authenticate users from entering particular premises. The system is useful for secure sites to provide access only to authorized users automatically. This ensures safety and security at secure sites/premises like military, navy, government as well as corporate premises. For this purpose we here use a Atmega 32 microcontroller circuit. The circuit consists of atmega microcontroller that is interfaced to fingerprint sensor, LCD display and motors to operate a door. Users are allowed to register into the system first. After registration/enrollment the system allows to start monitoring. In monitoring mode, the system monitors for fingerprints. Now if a fingerprint is detected, the system scans the fingerprint against stored ones. If a match is found, the system operates the motors…

Automatic Lemon Juice Vending Machine In summer with temperatures soaring during the day, most of our energy gets lost simply due to dehydration. Not only does our body need ample water, but it also needs salt and sugar. So, in order to beat the heat we propose an “Automatic Lemon Juice Vending Machine”. This is a very useful system, where the machine pumps in lemon juice, sugar syrup and water all into one single container to make “lemonade”. The system is based on Atmega family microcontroller. The controller controls the pumps and stirrer motor. The unique feature about this system is that, the user gets to set the percentages of lemon juice, sugar syrup and water according to his own needs; so as to create a perfect glass of “lemonade”.…

Advanced Footstep Power Generation System Here we propose an advanced footstep power generator system that uses peizo sensors to generate power from human footsteps. The system allows for a platform for placing footsteps. The peizo sensors are mounted below the platform to generate voltage from footsteps.The sensors are placed in such an arrangement so as to generate maximum output voltage. This is then provided to our monitoring circuitry. The circuit is a microcontroller based monitoring circuit that allows user to monitor the voltage and charges a connected battery by it. It also displays the charge generated and displays on an LCD display. Also it consists of a USB mobile phone charging point where user may connect cables to charge mobile phone from the battery charge. Thus we charge a battery…

Drink & Drive Detection With Ignition Lock Project Drink & drive is a leading cause of road accidents. Detecting drunk driving requires stopping vehicles and manually scanning drivers by using breath analyzers. Well here we propose a system that allows to detect drunk driving in the vehicle itself. Our system uses alcohol sensor with raspberry pi along with a GSM modem for sms notification and LCD display and also a motor to demonstrate as vehicle motor. Now our system constantly checks for driver alcohol content. The system first allows the user to configure admin numbers into the system. And if the system detects driver is drunk above permissible limit, the sensor inputs trigger the processor about the issue by providing respective voltage. Now the system sends sms notifications to both…

Motion Based Door Opener With Metal Detector Motion Based Automatic Door Opener mainly aims in opening the doors without any manual help. It is difficult to manually open the door always in places like hotels, malls, office, supermarkets etc. We introduce this project which makes the door open automatically when the sensors sense the presence of a human being. This system works with the help of PIR (Passive InfraRed) sensors. A live body emits some energy, this energy is sensed by the PIR sensors and the door opens as the energy comes closer to the door and closes as the energy goes far away. This system is enabled of even detecting any metallic objects the human is carrying with him and notifies accordingly. We can develop this system further by…

IOT Weather Reporting System Here we propose a smart weather reporting system over the internet. Our proposed system allows for weather parameter reporting over the internet. It allows the people to directly check the weather stats online without the need of a weather forecasting agency. System uses temperature, humidity as well as rain sensor to monitor weather and provide live reporting of the weather statistics. The system constantly monitors temperature using temperature sensor, humidity using humidity sensor and also for rain. The system constantly transmits this data to the microcontroller, which now processes this data and keeps on transmitting it to the online web server over a wifi connection. This data is live updated to be viewed on the online server system. Also system allows user to set alerts for…

Coin Based Water Dispenser System Here we put forward a fully automated coin based water dispenser system using microcontroller and sensor. The system is capable of fully automated water/cola dispensing using motors and sensors. The system also senses if glass is placed at the counter to avoid water spoilage if there is no glass placed at the counter panel. The system uses IR sensors to detect presence of glass and then the sensors send a signal to the microcontroller. The microcontroller now processes the information sent by the sensors to determine if glass is present. The system also has a coin detector that is used to sense particular coins and send information to microcontroller about valid coins. On detecting a valid coin the system now sends a signal to the…

Automatic Railway Train Safety System Automatic Railway Safety System can sense the presence of fire and smoke and generate a series of alarm driven events after it. When the fire is detected it turns on a motor which is depicted in the project as breaking system or chain pulling mechanism. Thus by this the train can be stopped and the passengers and other payloads can be safeguarded thereafter. Along with breaking, the system sounds a buzzer that would alert nearby people around it so that they can be cautious about the presence of fire in the Train. Also, an SMS is sent to the Railway Authorities which will help them to take quick decisions to take control of the fire and in evacuating the Train. Hence this project offers a…

Rough Terrain Beetle Robot Spy robots are not good for spying on rough terrains due to their wheeled mechanisms. Robots and drones get stuck due to their inability to work on rough terrains. Here we propose a rough terrain beetle robot that can navigate with easy through jungles, hilly and rocky areas with ease. Its small size allows it to get go through rough terrains like a small animal crawling through the jungle with very little noise. The robot uses a crawling mechanism to achieve this task. The robot uses a microcontroller based circuit to control the motors and achieve desired movement. The robotic vehicle uses specialized climbers to climb and descend on hilly terrains. The climbers also allow it to crawl easily through bushes and grass. Also it allows…

Bus & Truck Drunk Driving Alert Using PIC Driving buses and trucks continuously for hours is a quite difficult job. In many cases it has been observed bus and truck drivers are seen driving after consuming alcohol. Driving such large vehicles on the road under the influence of alcohol is a grave threat to the driver’s as well as other commuters life on the road. So in order to detect drunk driving in buses and trucks we here propose an automated system that detects such incidents and also avoids it. Also it sends notification of the incident to respective authorities. We here use an alcohol sensor interfaced to microcontroller along with a GSM modem to send notifications, LCD display to display status and buzzer. The system is powered by a…

Combustible Gas Detection With GSM Alert Using PIC Combustible gases are a very common reason for blasts and fire accidents, causing large damage to life and property. So here we propose an automated gas detection and alerting system that alert users wherever they are using SMS message. So for this purpose we use a PIC microcontroller along with Combustible gas sensor, LCD display, GSM modem for sending message and buzzer. The system is powered by a 12V power supply. The system constantly scans the gas sensor to detect leakages. As soon as gas is detected at the sensor, it produces an equivalent voltage and signals the microcontroller. The microcontroller on reading the signal checks the amount of gas detected, On detecting gas above certain level it then goes into alert…

Factory Worker Alcohol Detector With Automatic Machine Shutdown Factories are machine critical industries. Factories run on two major resources, machines and labor. Machines need to be operated carefully since one mistake may lead to injuries or loss of life and business. Large industrial machines that run on high power are even critical since a mistake in operating it may lead to huge losses. Here we propose an automated system to detect alcohol consumption of factory workers and machine shutdown with alerting system. Consumption of alcohol affects the mental state of person. A person operating heavy machines under the influence of alcohol is likely to hurt himself as well as the machine. So we use a microcontroller based circuit that consists of alcohol sensor interfaced with it. Also we have a…

RFID Attendance System With SMS Notification Here we have an automated RFID based attendance system with SMS notification to parents. This system automates the attendance system by checking attendance using rfid cards as well as informs parents when student enters and leaves the academic premises. In this system we use RID tagging cards to demonstrate as user I cards. We use a microcontroller based circuit with RFID reader, LCD display, buzzer and GSM modem. The system is powered by a 12V power supply. When user scans a card on the rfid reader, the system recognizes the student and check is it is a valid student card. If the student is valid, system marks attendance and also sends an SMS notification to the parents of the students about student. Thus the…

Fingerprint Vehicle Starter Project Vehicle security is an important issue these days due to the rising number of vehicle thefts. Also one more issue with vehicles is handling its keys. Keys need to be carried and misplacing keys or loosing them will cause a serious issue. Here we propose a solution to this problem by using a fingerprint authenticated vehicle starter system. The system provides a secure and hassle free way to start/stop vehicle engine. User just needs to scan finger to start the car, no need to carry any key. The system only allows authorized users to start the vehicle. Users can first register into the system by scanning fingerprints. The system allows multiple users to register as authorized users. When into monitoring mode, the system checks for users…

TV Remote Controlled Home Automation PIC TV remote controlled home appliances project is designed to operate electrical loads using TV remote. The remote transmits infrared coded data which is received by the sensor interfaced in the control unit. The system operates the electrical loads on the command transmitted from the TV remote. RC5 based coded data is sent for the TV remote is received by an IR receiver interfaces to the PIC microcontroller. The program on the microcontroller refers the RC5 code to generate respective output based on the input data to operate a set of relays through a relay driver IC. The main aim of this system is to use it in existing domestic area for operating the loads through the conventional switches or the TV remote. This system…

Automated Paralysis Patient Healthcare System Project We come across hospitals and NGO’s serving paralytic patients who have their whole or partial body disabled by the Paralysis attack. These people in most cases are not able to convey their needs as they are neither able to speak properly nor do they convey through sign language due to loss in motor control by their brain. In such a situation we propose a system that helps disabled person in displaying a message over the LCD by just simple motion of any part of his body which has motion abilities. This system also takes care of the situation wherein no one is present to attend the patient and thus sending a message through GSM of what he wants to convey in SMS. Our proposed…

Self Balancing Robot Project Robotics has been advancing in the recent years with the development of systems bearing more and more complicated designs and handling complicated tasks. Self Balancing Robot is one such step which promotes that a robot should be able to have locomotion using the balancing capabilities just as the humans also possess. This opens for the robots a plethora of task types which they can perform in the way humans do. The Self Balancing Robot Project consists of an Atmega328 microcontroller controlled system which with the help of its sensors mounted on the robot is able to balance the robot in upright posture. If the robot is given a jerk in forward direction to tilt it in forward direction then it will oppose that force and try…

Fingerprint Based Bank Locker System The fingerprint based bank locker system is an enhancement to the traditional bank locker system that uses keys. Now keys can easily be copied and made by theif’s who know about it. Also the keys must be taken care of and can also be lost due to some negligence. Well fingerprint based bank locker system is here to solve all these issues. The fingerprinted authenticated bank locker system is safe as well as easy to use and maintain. No key handling no need to worry about key getting lost. The system uses fingerprint sensing to read fingerprints and first store registered fingerprints against the bank locker record. Now next time a person scans finger the sensor reads it and compares it with past records. Now…

IOT Air & Sound Pollution Monitoring System Air and sound pollution is a growing issue these days. It is necessary to monitor air quality and keep it under control for a better future and healthy living for all. Here we propose an air quality as well as sound pollution monitoring system that allows us to monitor and check live air quality as well as sound pollution in a particular areas through IOT. System uses air sensors to sense presence of harmful gases/compounds in the air and constantly transmit this data to microcontroller. Also system keeps measuring sound level and reports it to the online server over IOT. The sensors interact with microcontroller which processes this data and transmits it over internet. This allows authorities to monitor air pollution in different…