Submitted by

SATHYAPRAKASH.J [Reg No: 1181010093]

VIGESH KUMAR.P [Reg No: 1181010117]

VIGESH.G [Reg No: 1181010116]

Under the guidance of

Mr. J. THIYAGARAJA, M.E.

(Assistant Professor, School of Mechanical Engineering)

DEPARTMENT OF MECHATRONICS

SRM UNIVERSITY

KATTANKULATHUR

MAY 2014

ABSTRACTThis is a prototype project for a 2 level car parking system using PIC microcontroller. It is a mechatronics project where we combine the knowledge of mechanical and electrical and electronics in the project .The objectives of this project were to design and implement an elevator with DC motor which carries a pinion wheel it is laid on a rack system for linear movements for y axis another dc motor with an arm is attached to the rack system this motor is for linear radial movements along x axis. The elevator should be able to fetch car and move up and down follow an input instructions from sensors and relays based on the logic programmed in the micro controller it should park and retrieve the object back to the home position. Entire system is monitored by lab view software 2013.

PROBLEM STATEMET

It is known, the land is becoming less but the population of human is growing day by day. This scenario is very obvious in modern developed cities. Therefore, land is very limited and spaces need to be saved in every aspect of life. By building an automated parking system which allows high space utilisation, less space is needed compared to the conventional car park. This is because in the automated car park, the parking space can be more compact by having vehicles parked nearer to each other and also less space is required for runways or paths in the parking space as vehicles are transferred to parking spaces using elevators and conveyers. Thus, optimized usage of spaces can be achieved.

PROJECT OBJECTIVES

1. To make a more secure system in car park. This car parking system can decreases the risk of robbery that normally can occur in regular parking lots.2. The drivers will remain safe because the process of parking would only take ashort time.3. To create a car park environment that is safer than ramp-style parkingfacilities. This is because in a conventional garage, drivers will risk vehicledamage, theft and personal injury during parking their car.4. To save the customers time and more convenient. User would not have to takelong walks to or from their car, look for parking spaces, memorize where thecar was parked, or spend time waiting for elevators and climbing stairs.5. People simply leave their car at the entrance to the parking structure, and thesystem will handles the rest.6. To create a more user-friendly parking system. User should not have aproblem to use the system and the system also can provide a few importantfeatures to user.

PROJECT SCOPE

The scope of this project is to develop a prototype of an automated parking system which is able to park and retrieve the vehicle by itself even without the driver. All the movements needed to transport a vehicle in the automated parking system are controlled using PIC microcontroller as it is the controller in this system. Programming for PIC is done in software named MP LAB IDE V8.33 by using EMBEDDED C. Besides programming, entire setup is designed in NI LABVIEW software for monitoring purpose.

BLOCK DIAGRAM

METHODOLOGY

comprises of power supply unit which is connected to thesensors and field devices by means of a regulator IC and the microcontroller gets power logic is programmed in the controller accordingly the microcontroller sends the control signals via ULN 2803 driver IC, this drives the relay circuit connected.Relays make the switching operation for the dc motor to rotate in clock or counter clock wise direction. Serial communication is done by max 232 Ic which makes it to communicate the field devices with the labview software on the pc side.

LITERATURE REVIEW[1]Anjith paul EEO2133 (2002), proposed “INTELLIGENT CAR PARKINGSYSTEM” in which he proposed a prototype model of a rack type car parking systemwith an objective to identify the parking lot space by means of sensors counts of thecars is calculated and when it is fully occupied the system won’t allow the car to enterunless a car leaves the lot.[2]Lina lo (2008), proposed “PLC BASED CAR PARKING SYSTEM” whichautomatically parks the vehicle by means of ladder programming using cxprogrammer which is a simulation model of the car parking system . This systemmade an effective outcome of solving the car parking issues.Inference: The above two projects helped us to learn about the sensors system, theneed for automated parking system, system integration and motivated us to carry outthis project.

LIST OF HARDWARES1. MICRO CONTROLLER (PIC16F 877A)2. LIMIT SWITCHES3. IR SENSOR4. DC GEAR MOTOR5. RELAYS6. ULN 28037. MAX 2328. PROTOTYPE MODEL USING CARD BOARD AND ACRYLIC SHEET9. RACK BELT AND PINION WHEEL10. CONNECTION WIRES , RS-232 AND RMC CABLES11. CONNECTION CABLES

WORK FLOWWEEK 1 PROJECT PLAN

WEEK 2 COMPONENTS PURCHASE

WEEK 3 COMPLETION OF IDEA

1ST REVIEW PHASE 1 HALF COMPLETION OF PROTOTYPE

2ND REVIEW PHASE 2 FULL COMPLETION OF PROTOTYPE WITHOUT WIRING

WEEK 4 PANEL WIRING AND CONNECTION

3RD REVIEW BASIC TEST PROGRAM AND CODING

WEEK 5 FULL CODING AND FULL COMPLETION OF PROJECT

SENSORS

ACTUATORS

PROTOTYPE

PANEL WIRINGS

CONCLUSION

• The project thus gives a complete car parking and monitoring system thus by reducing space requirement for car paking and economicaly reducing the cost spent on car parking buildings also reducing fuel consumption and the car emission rate during parking and time is consumed.

FUTURE SCOPE

• This system can be upgraded with advanced fuzzy logic controllers, PLC etc. For better automation and this concept could be implemented in commercial lifts in all buildings, shopping malls, etc… car management can be fully automated with sensors and computer networking can be connected with data base system which maintains all the entry and exit reports for security purposes.

REFERENCE

[1] Anjith paul EEO2133 (May 2002) University Tenaga Nasional “INTELLIGENT CAR PARKING SYSTEM” .A project thesis department of electrical and electronics engineering.[2] Lina lo (May 2008) from Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka proposed “PLC BASED CAR PARKING SYSTEM”.A final project report department of electronics and instrumentation engineering.Overview, Massachusetts Inst itute of Technology,1994

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