Final Year Project Progress Report 17/18 (UNIKL BMI)

PREPARING ANALYZE MARKET VALIDATION  This project is based on commercial project. This project which is to developed based on market demand. The validation of this project is complete by issuing and asking it in questionnaire in 100 samples. Even 100 samples are not sufficient, but for the first learning purposes, it will be considered sufficient in fact, in the real market purposed, it is not valid. Under market process there are several parts such as market demand, market size, and market segment. Demographic, geographic, and psychographic are considered are under market segmentation in term of survey. The target market of this project is a person who in family and house holder. Other than that, the survey is focuses in residency area who use autogate because it is suitable for technology product purpose. The questionnaire sample is provided in the appendix section. Based on the pictures above is my questionnaire survey of home automation system. Later on

JOURNAL 4 LCD DISPLAY LCD (liquid crystal display) is the technology used for displays in notebook and other smaller computers. Like light-emitting diode (LED) and gas-plasma technologies, LCDs allow displays to be much thinner than cathode ray tube (CRT) technology. LCDs consume much less power than LED and gas-display displays because they work on the principle of blocking light rather than emitting it.  An LCD is made with either a passive matrix or an active matrix display display grid. The active matrix LCD is also known as a thin film transistor (TFT) display. The passive matrix LCD has a grid of conductors with pixels located at each intersection in the grid. A current is sent across two conductors on the grid to control the light for any pixel. An active matrix has a transistor located at each pixel intersection, requiring less current to control the luminance of a pixel. For this reason, the current in an active matrix display can be switched on and off more fre

JOURNAL 2 SERVO MOTOR The servo motor is actually an assembly of four things: a normal DC motor, a gear reduction unit, a position-sensing device (usually a potentiometer a volume control knob), and a control circuit. The function of the servo is to receive a control signal that represents a desired output position of the servo shaft, and apply power to its DC motor until its shaft turns to that position. It uses the position-sensing device to determine the rotational position of the shaft, so it knows which way the motor must turn to move the shaft to the commanded position. The shaft typically does not rotate freely round and round like a DC motor, but rather can only turn 200 degrees or so back and forth. The servo has a 3 wire connection: power, ground, and control. The power source must be constantly applied; the servo has its own drive electronics that draw current from the power lead to drive the motor. Credit to :  Reuban, S. (2014). Desing

1st BRIEFING OF FINAL YEAR PROJECT Today is the 4th week for this FYP 1. The briefing was conducted in TTL 1 and the attendance of all FYP 1 students is compulsory. The briefing was conducted by Madam Dr. Siti Marwangi Binti Mohamad Maharum and Dr Imran Bin Mohammad Sofi.                               Date:  25 August 2017 Venue:  TTL 1 Time:  3pm - 5pm In this briefing, the FYP committees have briefed us about: Code of subjects FYP must be correct and student should be register the project tittle before week 7. Assessment that need to be cover for FYP 1 which is progress report (log book / blog), presentation and project proposal.  Factors that affecting good FYP.  Points to consider when selecting FYP supervisors.  Points to consider when selecting FYP Title.  Contents in FYP Proposal Report.  FYP activities for this semester

JOURNAL 3 SMS Short Message Service (SMS) is a text messaging service component of most telephone, World Wide Web, and mobile device systems. It uses standardized communication protocols to enable mobile devices to exchange short text messages. An intermediary service can facilitate a text-to-voice conversion to be sent to landlines. SMS was the most widely used data application, with an estimated 3.5 billion active users, or about 80% of all mobile subscribers, at the end of 2010. SMS, as used on modern devices, originated from radio telegraphy in radio memo pagers that used standardized phone protocols. These were defined in 1985 as part of the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) series of standards. The protocols allowed users to send and receive messages of up to 160 alpha-numeric characters to and from GSM mobiles. Although most SMS messages are mobile-to-mobile text messages, support for the service has expanded to include other mobile technologies, such a

JOURNAL 2 SENSOR Sensors are used in everyday objects such as touch-sensitive elevator buttons (tactile sensor) and lamps which dim or brighten by touching the base, besides innumerable applications of which most people are never aware. With advances in micromachinery and easy-to-use microcontroller platforms, the uses of sensors have expanded beyond the traditional fields of temperature, pressure or flow measurement, for example into MARG sensors. Moreover, analog sensors such as potentiometers and force-sensing resistors are still widely used. Applications include manufacturing and machinery, airplanes and aerospace, cars, medicine, robotics and many other aspects of our day-to-day life. A sensor's sensitivity indicates how much the sensor's output changes when the input quantity being measured changes. For instance, if the mercury in a thermometer moves 1 cm when the temperature changes by 1 °C, the sensitivity is 1 cm/°C (it is basically the slope Dy/Dx assu

JOURNAL 1 The Internet of Things (IoT) The Internet of Things (IoT) is a system of interrelated computing devices, mechanical and digital machines, objects, animals or people that are provided with unique identifiers and the ability to transfer data over a network without requiring human-to-human or human-to-computer interaction. A thing, in the Internet of Things, can be a person with a heart monitor implant, a farm animal with a biochip transponder, an automobile that has built-in sensors to alert the driver when tire pressure is low or any other natural or man-made object that can be assigned an IP address and provided with the ability to transfer data over a network. IoT has evolved from the convergence of wireless technologies, micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS), microservices and the internet. The convergence has helped tear down the silo walls between operational technology (OT) and information technology (IT), allowing unstructured machine-generated data to

PREPARING GANTT CHART AND WORK BREAKDOWN STRUCTURE Based on the Gantt chart that I already prepared for this semester and next semester, along this duration I will follow that already set. For this week, my project will start focus in preparing Gantt chart and then followed by study the concept of home automation system. Along the study concept, this week is also focus on market validation as mention as Gantt chart. Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4 Figure 5 Figure 6

JOURNAL 3 GSM (Global System For Mobile Communication) GSM is the most popular cell phone standard, and is used internationally, so you've probably heard about it in the context of GSM phones and GSM networks, especially when compared to CDMA. GSM originally stood for Groupe Spécial Mobile but now means Global System for Mobile communications. According to the GSM Association (GSMA), which represents the interests of the worldwide mobile communications industry, it's approximated that 80% of the world uses GSM technology when placing wireless calls. Here's a quick breakdown of just a few mobile carriers and which use GSM or CDMA: GSM: T-Mobile AT&T Indigo Wireless Pine Cellular TerreStar CDMA: Sprint Verizon Wireless Virgin Mobile Credit to :  Prajapati Dipali, K., Raj Roshani, D., Patel Komal, C., & Hilali Marhaba, A. ( 2014). Automatic Gate Opening System For Vehicles With RFID or Password.

JOURNAL 2 H BRIDGE DRIVER IC An H bridge is an electronic circuit that enables a voltage to be applied across a load in opposite direction. These circuits are often used in robotics and other applications to allow DC motors to run forwards or backwards. Most DC-to-AC converters (power inverters), most AC/AC converters, the DC-to-DC push–pull converter, most motor controllers, and many other kinds of power electronics use H bridges. In particular, a bipolar stepper motor is almost invariably driven by a motor controller containing two H bridges. The H-bridge arrangement is generally used to reverse the polarity/direction of the motor, but can also be used to 'brake' the motor, where the motor comes to a sudden stop, as the motor's terminals are shorted, or to let the motor 'free run' to a stop, as the motor is effectively disconnected from the circuit. The following table summarises operation, with S1-S4 corresponding to the diagram above.

JOURNAL 1 HOME AUTOMATION Home automation or domotics is building automation for a home, called a smart home or smart house. It involves the control and automation of lighting, heating (such as smart thermostats), ventilation, air conditioning (HVAC), and security, as well as home appliances such as washer/dryers, ovens or refrigerators/freezers. Wi-Fi is often used for remote monitoring and control. Home devices, when remotely monitored and controlled via the Internet, are an important constituent of the Internet of Things. Modern systems generally consist of switches and sensors connected to a central hub sometimes called a "gateway" from which the system is controlled with a user interface that is interacted either with a wall-mounted terminal, mobile phone software, tablet computer or a web interface, often but not always via Internet cloud services. Applications and technologies: Heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC): it is possible to have r

SURVEYING TITLE FOR MY PROJECT After the meeting with Sir SAM, I made some basic research about the tittle and I felt that with enough research and knowledge, I will complete this project. Sir SAM would be a great supervisor based on his wide knowledge and experience about electronic engineering. I read through the list of the title and each synopsis of the project so that I can understand the requirement and some criteria that needed to complete the project. After done with this, I like some interesting with this project. Here is my title and problem statement of the project: TITLE PROJECT: To develop Auto-gate using smartphone for residency application. WHAT IS THE PROBLEM THE USER IS FACING ? The remote control sometime not function or detect auto-gate. SOLUTION: Change remote control to application smartphone so the user can open and close the autogate using smartphone. WHAT THE USER NEED ? Simple not easily dam

JOURNAL 3 RFID RFID stands for Radio-Frequency IDentification. The acronym refers to small electronic devices that consist of a small chip and an antenna. The chip typically is capable of carrying 2,000 bytes of data or less. The RFID device serves the same purpose as a bar code or a magnetic strip on the back of a credit card or ATM card; it provides a unique identifier for that object. And, just as a bar code or magnetic strip must be scanned to get the information, the RFID device must be scanned to retrieve the identifying information. A significant advantage of RFID devices over the others mentioned above is that the RFID device does not need to be positioned precisely relative to the scanner. We're all familiar with the difficulty that store checkout clerks sometimes have in making sure that a barcode can be read. And obviously, credit cards and ATM cards must be swiped through a special reader. Some common problems with RFID are reader collision and tag co

JOURNAL 2 MICROCONTROLLER The Intel 8051 microcontroller is one of the most popular general purpose microcontrollers in use today. The success of the Intel 8051 spawned a number of clones, which are collectively referred to as the MCS-51 family of microcontrollers, which includes chips from vendors such as Atmel, Philips, Infineon, and Texas Instruments. Some of the features that have made the 8051 popular are: 4 KB on chip program memory. 128 bytes on chip data memory(RAM) 32 bytes devoted to register banks 16 bytes of bit-addressable memory 80 bytes of general-purpose memory 4 reg banks. 128 user defined software flags. 8-bit data bus 16-bit address bus 16 bit timers (usually 2, but may have more, or less). 3 internal and 2 external interrupts. Bit as well as byte addressable RAM area of 16 bytes. Four 8-bit ports, (short models have two 8-bit ports). 16-bit program counter and data pointer. 1 Microsecond instruction cycle with 12 MHz Crystal. Varian

JOURNAL 1 WIRELESS Wireless communication, or sometimes simply wireless, is the transfer of information or power between two or more points that are not connected by an electrical conductor. The most common wireless technologies use radio waves. With radio waves distances can be short, such as a few meters for Bluetooth or as far as millions of kilometers for deep-space radio communications. It encompasses various types of fixed, mobile, and portable applications, including two-way radios, cellular telephones, personal digital assistants (PDAs), and wireless networking. Other examples of applications of radio wireless technology include GPS units, garage door openers, wireless computer mice, keyboards and headsets, headphones, radio receivers, satellite television, broadcast television and cordless telephones. Common examples of wireless equipment include: Infrared and ultrasonic remote control devices Professional LMR (Land Mobile Radio) and SMR (Specialized Mobile R

SELECTING A SUPERVISOR (SV) FOR PROJECT I decided to search for lecturers that are still available to be the supervisor for FYP. I chose to have the same lecturers advisor for my subject academic because it is safer and if anything happens, easy to me contact him and he can remind me on certain stuff and I can remind him too. So I went to meet the lecturer which is sir Syamsul Adlan bin Mahrim(SAM). Sir SAM is also my Electronics subject’s lecturer in the previous semester to be my Supervisor.  I showed sir SAM the ideas and titles that I think come out with own ideas. I am interested in one of the title which is “The Development of Auto-gate Using Smartphone For Residency Application”.  Sir SAM suggested for me to do some research first before confirming to take the title. As you all can see in the picture below. Sir Syamsul Adlan Mahrim major in Electrical and Electronics subject even though the office in Data Telecommunication Section.