Friday, January 28, 2022

Smart car parking device using Arduino

 INTRODUCTION:-

In today’s world there is a huge demand of automatic appliances. As we are getting modernized, thus we always have an urgency for developing circuits that would ease the complexity of life. Every time when we try to park our cark in a parking area, there always comes a risk that our car’s rear part might get hit by any obstacle, if the obstacle is not clearly visible. To provide a solution for this problem, we are going to implement a project called “SMART CAR PARKING DEVICE USING ARDUINO”.  The basic concept behind this project is to sense that whether any object is present close to the rear part of the car and to make the driver alert for the danger. 

LIST OF COMPONENTS:-

1Arduino Uno

2Bread Board

3Ultrasonic Sensor

4Jumper Cables

51K Ohm resistor

6LED lights


Features of the Arduino UNO
Microcontroller: ATmega328
Operating Voltage: 5V
Input Voltage (recommended): 7-12V
Input Voltage (limits): 6-20V
Digital I/O Pins: 14 (of which 6 provide PWM output)
Analog Input Pins: 6
DC Current per I/O Pin: 40 mA
DC Current for 3.3V Pin: 50 mA
Flash Memory: 32 KB of which 0.5 KB used by boot loader
SRAM: 2 KB (ATmega328)
EEPROM: 1 KB (ATmega328)
Clock Speed: 16 MHz

DIAGRAM OF ARDUINO UNO



CIRCUIT DIAGRAM




THEORY
It is designed to help people park car in efficient ways and also save their cars from colliding with other cars and getting scratched.It is designed using Arduino Uno, IR sensor and LED lights, here IR sensor has been used as distance sensor and six led lights are used as distance indicator. When the lights start to lit up one after another then the car is getting closer to the object and as the lights gradually start to shut down one after another, that means the car is going away from the object. The device will start its indication when the object will be the range of 1 meter from the car.

ARDUINO CODE 
const int trig = 11;
const int echo = 12;

const int LED1 = 2;
const int LED2 = 3;
const int LED3 = 4;
const int LED4 = 5;
const int LED5 = 6;
const int LED6 = 7;
const int LED7 = 8;

int duration = 0;
int distance = 0;

void setup()
{
pinMode(trig , OUTPUT);
pinMode(echo , INPUT);

pinMode(LED1 , OUTPUT);
pinMode(LED2 , OUTPUT);
pinMode(LED3 , OUTPUT);
pinMode(LED4 , OUTPUT);
pinMode(LED5 , OUTPUT);
pinMode(LED6 , OUTPUT);
pinMode(LED7 , OUTPUT);
Serial.begin(9600);
}
void loop()
{
digitalWrite(trig , HIGH);
delayMicroseconds(1000);
digitalWrite(trig , LOW);


  duration = pulseIn(echo , HIGH);
  distance = (duration/2) / 28.5 ;
Serial.println(distance);
  if ( distance<= 20 )
  {
digitalWrite(LED1, HIGH);
  }
  else
  {
digitalWrite(LED1, LOW);
  }
  if ( distance<= 28 )
  {
digitalWrite(LED2, HIGH);
  }
  else
  {
digitalWrite(LED2, LOW);
  }
  if ( distance<= 40 )
  {
digitalWrite(LED3, HIGH);
  }
  else
  {
digitalWrite(LED3, LOW);
  }
  if ( distance<= 60 )
  {
digitalWrite(LED4, HIGH);
  }
  else
  {
digitalWrite(LED4, LOW);
  }
  if ( distance<= 68 )
  {
digitalWrite(LED5, HIGH);
  }
  else
  {
digitalWrite(LED5, LOW);
  }
  if ( distance<= 80 )
  {
digitalWrite(LED6, HIGH);
  }
  else
  {
digitalWrite(LED6, LOW);
  }
  if ( distance<= 100 )
  {
digitalWrite(LED7, HIGH);
  }
  else
  {
digitalWrite(LED7, LOW);
  }
}



CONCLUSIONS 
This Project will help people save their cars from getting scratched and also from accident. The smart car parking system is cost effective, easy to maintain and portable. The bigger is the target, stronger will be the reflected signal. Which will result the car not get hit backwards. Hence the smart car parking device is an extremely useful device.



REFERENCES
1) https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Smart-Distance-Measurement-Device-Using-UltrasonicRungtaTiwari/a16ea1392cff82ba9ef3377d3a6124336599d02a

2)https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Comparative-Study-of-Burst-And-Beams-Types-Sensor-Darwito-
Raditya/5e593663b6c54615d297d78bc4caabe24d78bbdf
 3)https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Design-of-an-Ultrasonic-Distance-Meter-Arefin-
Mollick/77294abd05ded6b01dbfff20f30c493bd13bf19e
⮚ http://www.ijsrd.com/articles/IJSRDV3I50440.pdf




Wednesday, May 6, 2020

FILM REVIEW : " THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION".
NAME : THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION.
DIRECTOR : FRANK DARABONT. 
STORY : STEPHEN KING .
CAST : MORGAN FREEMAN, TIM ROBBINS, BOB GUNTIN,JAMES WHITEMOORE, WILLIAM SADDLER,GILL BELLOWS,CLANCY BROWN.
DURATION : 2HOURS 22 MINUTES.
LANGUAGE : ENGLISH .
RELEASE DATE : SEPTEMBER 23,1994. 
GENRE : PRISON DRAMA .
REVIEWED BY : SAYANTI DAS.

"The Shawshank redemption" is a movie highlighting the power of patience and strength of time and circumstances which force man to bow before them, but man though a prisoner of circumstances is able to break free through the bars with the help of indomitable spirit and unsurmountable confidence and patience.
The story revolves around Portland banker Andy Dufresne who is convicted of murdering his wife and his lover and is sentenced to two consecutive life sentences at the Shawshank state penitentiary. There he is befriended by Ellis "Red" Redding , all intimate and smuggler who helps him to procure a rock hammer and a poster of Rita Hayworth .
Andre Dufresne being a witty banker with expertise about banking loopholes, soon manages to become the tax advisor of the captain of the guards, Hadley, and later of the prison warden Samuel Norton. Using his clout among people who matter, Andy is able to extract favours like cold beer for his friends or playing music through the prison loudspeakers.
After a few years , a new convict Tommy brings in hope by claiming he had overheard  a criminal in another prison narrating how he had murdered a rich banker's wife and how the banker got convicted rather than the real culprit . Andy informs about this to Norton who gets Tommy killed beca oigulouse he did not want to lose Andy who was instrumental in helping him evade tax and launder money.
Norton threatens Andy that he would have to face bad consequences if he ever thought of discontinuing his services. Andy's cell is found to be empty the next day during roll call ,when an irate Norton throws a rock on the poster stuck to the prison wall . It is revealed that Andy over the period of 19 years had managed to dig a tunnel through the prison wall using his rock hammer . He had escaped from the prison with papers containing proof of Norton's money laundering. He withdraws the laundered money and mails the local newspaper evidence about the laundered money and murders at Shawshank. When state police comes, Norton commits suicide to avoid arrest .
The overbearing theme of the film is Hope - Hope that one day we would be free to enjoy life and it is highlighted in the end by the changed approach of Red who manages to get parole after fourty years of imprisonment and violates the term by crossing the borders and going to the place where Andy was waiting for him . The film ends with two friends embracing each other.
The film's only weak point is the slow pace and the absence of female characters which were responsible for its average box office business , but over the years , the film has managed to attain cult status among prison drama movies . The final message is  " HOPE is a good thing perhaps the best thing and no good thing ever dies".


By - Sayanti Das .

Sunday, April 26, 2020

An Intelligent walking stick for visually-impaired people

ULTRASONIC BLIND STICK .

Introduction : 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 blind. One more feature is that it allows the blind to detect if there is light or darkness in the room. The system has one more advanced feature integrated to help the blind find their stick if they forget where they kept it.A wireless rf transmitter based remote is used for this purpose. Pressing the remote button sounds a buzzer on the stick which helps the blind person to find their stick. Thus this system allows for obstacle detection as well as finding stick if misplaced by visually disabled people.

Hardware specifications : 
  • Atmega Microcontroller
  • HC-SR04 Ultrasonic
  • LDR Sensor 5MM Photoresistor
  • Buzzer
  • RF Tx Rx
  • Encoder IC
  • Decoder IC
  • Crystal Oscillator
  • Resistors
  • Capacitors
  • Transistors
  • Cables and Connectors
  • Diodes
  • PCB and Breadboards
  • LED
  • Transformer/Adapter
  • Push Buttons
  • Switch
  • IC
  • IC Sockets.      
      • Software Specifications
          • Arduino Compiler
          •  
          • MC Programming Language: C

          Block Diagram
          • APPLICATION OF SMART BLIND STICK :
          •  The blind stick is able to detect the water by integrating with ultrasonic sensor. In this system, the ultrasonic sensors are used to detect obstacles by using ultrasonic waves. By sensing the obstacles the sensor passes the received data to the microcontroller.                  
              • CONCLUSION :  The project proposed the design and architecture of a new concept of Smart Electronic Guiding Stick for blind people. The advantage of the system lies in the fact that it can prove to be very low cost solution to millions of blind person worldwide. ... This makes the system further more compact.

Smart car parking device using Arduino

 INTRODUCTION:- In today’s world there is a huge demand of automatic appliances. As we are getting modernized, thus we always have an urgenc...