ip enabled parking spot detector
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IP Enabled Parking Spot Detector. NET 499 Leonard Paul Vinas Network Security and Electronics Department of Technology. Motivation for the Project. I am a driver and life would be much easier if I already know where I’m going when I enter a parking area or a building. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
IP Enabled Parking Spot Detector
NET 499Leonard Paul Vinas
Network Security and ElectronicsDepartment of Technology
Motivation for the ProjectI am a driver and life would be much easier if
I already know where I’m going when I enter a parking area or a building.
I wanted to challenge myself on doing something I have never done before.
Learning about microcontrollers and the different applications you can do with it is just so much fun.
Proposed SolutionUsing a microcontroller, program sensors
which will be displayed in a browser through the internet.
Why the internet?The internet makes everything easy for us
nowadays. We can know what happened in China here in the US a few minutes after it actually happened there. It basically made the whole world into a small town.
Also, with the smart phones getting really popular nowadays, a handy application like this can really help. (especially on thanksgiving sale).
Why use Netduino plus?I was initially going to use the basic stamp
that we learned in class but as I did more research, I came upon this really neat microcontroller that has a built in ethernet port. It also gets its power from USB so I don’t have to worry about building my own power supply.
The Netduino plus is one of the latest microcontrollers and a lot of people gave many positive feedbacks about it.
VideoThis video shows the functionality of the
project and how it was built.
What do you not like about the Netduino plus microcontroller?The memory is too small!
That’s all!
Here’s the block diagram
How does it work?A user gets his phone, laptop, ipad or anything
that can connect to the internet and has a web browser and puts in the ip address or the url of the web server. In my project’s case, since I haven’t registered for a domain name yet, we can only put the ip address of my web server.
The user will then see a map of the parking area that he wanted to go to. Each parking spot is color coded by either red or green. If it’s green, the spot is available and red if it’s not.
Parts and Equipment usedMicrocontroller parts were ordered from Adafruit
IndustriesNetduino plus, USB cable, 10k ohm resistors,
breadboard, light sensorsRouter (thanks Dr. Rawat)Soldering Machine,wires, pliers (thanks Dr. Vigs)Ethernet cable (thanks to my roommate Zhou Yi)Iphone 4 for recording( thanks to my other
roommate Bunleng Chan)
Parts and Assembly
Parts and Assembly
Parts and Assembly
Webpage
ConclusionIt worked well and “almost” according to my
initial plan.I wanted to add more functions on it but
didn’t have enough time.I had a lot of fun learning about
microcontrollers.
Future WorkAdding more functions into it like texting or
automated voice operator.Having an actual phone app for it.This idea can be used on many different
applications like checking if certain items are still available or not.
ReferencesBrown Wes,Super Toaster: The Brown Toast Experience.
Retrieved from http://people.eku.edu/chandrav/CEN_CET/Capstone_2010/capstoneProjects_2010.html
Fred. Updated Web Server. Netduino Forums. Retrieved from http://forums.netduino.com/index.php?/topic/575-updated-web-server/
Microsoft. .Net Micro Framework Deployment Tool(MFDEPLOY). Available from Download Center http://www.microsoft.com/enus/download/details.aspx?id=5475
Microsoft. Microsoft Visual C# 2010 Express. Available from http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/products/2010-editions/visual-csharp-express
References ContinuedNetduino.Technical Specifications. Retrieved from
http://www.netduino.com/netduinoplus/specs.htmNetduino. (August 8,2010). Pressing the Button(Netduino
Tutorial)[Video file]. Video posted to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFdv88fx80M&feature=player_embedded#!
Omar. Analog input photocell and webpage. Netduino Forums. Retrieved from http://forums.netduino.com/index.php?/topic/791-analog-input-photocell-and-webpage/
Zimmers, Greg (March 5,2011). Netduino Plus Web Server Hello World. Posted to http://netduinohacking.blogspot.com/2011/03/netduino-plus-web-server-hello-world.html
AcknowledgementsThank you to Netduino Forums for all the
information and tutorials.Thank you to my friend James Dimayuga for
giving me a hint on this project.Thank you to “Fred”, a senior member of the
Netduino forums, for his base web server.Thank you to “Omar”, another senior member
of Netduino forums, for his photocell application.