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Smart Spy Surveillance Robotic System
A. Arthi
IV/ECE
SACET
Abstract: -This project presents the via internet through
arduino uno board. The monitoring and controlling of robotic
movements through wireless network by using a web browser
and accessing a webpage. A camera is mounted on the robot to
get better visibility of the objects. The PIR sensor detects a
person or an object enters into a surveillance area and the
smoke sensor detects the fire accidents by sensing the smoke
level increasing in the atmosphere. Here we are using metal
detector to detect the bomb because we know that any bomb
contains some concentration or percentage of metal elements.
This mobile robot can be operated from everywhere in the
world by using internet of things.
Keywords:-Arduino, PIR sensor, smoke sensor, metal detector,
Motor driver, IOT
I. INTRODUCTION
Surveillance is the process of monitoring a situation, an
area or a person. This generally occurs in a military scenario where
surveillance of borderlines and enemy territory is essential to a
country’s safety. Human surveillance is achieved by deploying
personnel near sensitive areas in order to constantly monitor for
changes. But humans do have their limitations, and deployment in
inaccessible places is not always possible. There are also added
risks of losing personnel in the event of getting caught by the
enemy. With advances in technology over the years, however, it is
possibly to remotely monitor areas of importance by using robots
in place of humans. Apart from the obvious advantage of not
having to risk any personnel, terrestrial and aerial robots can also
pick up details that are not obvious to humans. By equipping them
with high resolution cameras and various sensors, it is possible to
obtain information about the specific area remotely. Satellite
communication makes it possible to communicate seamlessly with
the robots and obtain real-time audio visual feedback. Thus, in
recent times, surveillance technology has become an area of great
research interest. However, building a small robot for testing and
research purposes proves to be extremely expensive. Primarily
because a security robot would require certain components such as
a GPS module(Global Positioning System), High resolution
cameras, radios for satellite connectivity, etc. Each of these
components are quite expensive and piecing them together for the
purpose of a robot is a very costly and time consuming affair.
Moreover, a lot of time is wasted in writing driver code to interface
all these components. The solution to this dilemma is quite simple.
In the last few years, feature-rich smart phones have become
popular. These phones come equipped with the required features
such as a GPS module, a high resolution camera and internet
connectivity. Due to the extremely efficient supply chains that go
into manufacturing consumer electronic devices, these phones
come quite cheap for the features that they provide. Also, the
operating system on these smartphones provide Application
Programmer Interfaces (APIs) for using the various sensors with
ease. By using the APIs provided, we can easily write apps in a
high-level language like Java, without the complication of writing
driver code. In our system, we have used a smartphone running the
Jaya Surya
IV/ECE,
SACET
M. Kavitha
IV/ECE
SACET
G. Kalpana
IV/ECE
SACET
Android Operating System which is one the most popular mobile
operating systems today.
Thus, it is our aim to build a fully-featured surveillance
robot using an easily available Android phone, which can be
remotely controlled over the internet
II. PROPOSED METHOD
In the proposed system contain several parameters like PIR sensor,
GPS sensor Metal Detector ,Smoke sensor ,RFID Reader ,spray
motor give the sense to the ARDUINO microcontroller. The PIR
(Passive Infra-Red) Sensor is a pyro electric device that detects
motion by measuring changes in the infrared levels emitted by
surrounding objects. Global Positioning System (GPS) is a global
navigation satellite system that provides location and time
information in all weather conditions. GPS satellites transmit
signal information to earth. This signal information is received by
the GPS receiver in order to measure the user’s correct position.
Metal detector using high-frequency oscillation to detect ferrous
and non-ferrous metal objects and in capacitive models to detect
non-metal objects. A smoke sensor is a device that senses smoke
,typically as an indicator of fire. A radio frequency identification
reader (RFID reader) is a device used to gather information from
an RFID tag which is used to track individual objects .Radio waves
are used to transfer data from the tag to a reader. Geared dc motors
can be defined as an extension of dc motors. A geared DC Motor
VIDEO CAMERA
PIR
SENSOR
MOTOR
DRIVER
GPS
SENSOR
SPRAY
MOTOR
METAL
DETECTOR
ARDUINO
SMOKE
SENSOR
RFID SENSOR
IOT
MODULE
WEBSERVER
USER
Fig 1. Operation of mobile robot
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has a gear assembly attached to the motor. The speed of motor is
counted in terms of rotations of the shaft per minute and is termed
as RPM .The gear assembly helps in increasing the torque and
reducing the speed IOT has evolved from the convergence of
wireless technologies, micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS)
and the Internet. IOT module is a small electronic device
embedded in objects, machines and things that connect to wireless
networks and sends and receives data.
The spy robot can easily move, capture images and
wirelessly transmit them, thus giving the soldiers an intimation
about the dangers and situations in the war field. The robot will
move depending on the motor direction based upon the input we
give through transmitter (remote) section. IOT module signal
share used as control signals. By using these signals encoding is
done & signal is sent through the transmitter. At the receiver end,
these decoded signal are given as input to drive the motor. The
robot is used for short distance surveillance thus ensuring the
security of the region. This helps the forces to view the things
accurately that are currently happening in the surrounding area and
to plan ahead accordingly. Thus we should be able to manipulate
its path when necessary, to create the robot safely. To all that, a
control unit is needed, where control units RF signal is used. By
using these signals encoding is done & signal is sent through the
transmitter. At the receiver end these decoded signal are given as
input to drive the motor. Not for long range applications it can be
used as a spy robot within short distances.
III.DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION
A. ARDUINO UNO R3 MICROCONTROLLER
The Arduino Uno R3 is a microcontroller board based on
the ATmega328. It has 14 digital input/output pins (of which 6 can
be used as PWM outputs), 6 analog inputs, a 16 MHz crystal
oscillator, a USB connection, a power jack, an ICSP header, and a
reset button. It contains everything needed to support the
microcontroller; simply connect it to a computer with a USB cable
or power it with a AC-to-DC adapter or battery to get started.
Uno differs from all preceding boards in that it does not
use the FTDI USB-to-serial driver chip. Instead, it features the
Atmega16U2(Atmega8U2 up to version R2) programmed as a
USB-to-serial converter.
Revision 2 of the Uno board (A000046) has a resistor
pulling the 8U2 HWB line to ground, making it easier to put into
DFU mode.
•
Flash Memory: 32KB (ATmega328) of which 0.5 KB
used by boot loader.
•
SRAM: 2KB(ATmega328)
•
EEPROM: 1KB(ATmega328)
•
Clock Speed: 16MHz
Revision 3 of the board (A000066) has the following new features:
•
ATmega16U2 instead 8U2 as USB-to-Serial converter
•
1.0 pin out: added SDA and SCL pins for TWI
communication placed near to the AREF pin and two other new
pins placed near to the RESET pin, the IOREF that allow the
shields to adapt to the voltage provided from the board and the
second one is a not connected pin, that is reserved for future
purposes.
•
Stronger RESET circuit.
Power
The Arduino Uno can be powered via the USB connection
or with an external power supply. The power source is selected
automatically. External (non-USB) power can come either from an
AC-to-DC adapter (wall-wart) or battery. The adapter can be
connected by plugging a 2.1mm centre-positive plug into the
board's power jack. Leads from a battery can be inserted in the Gnd
and Vin pin headers of the POWER connector. The board can
operate on an external supply of 6 to 20 volts. If supplied with less
than 7V, however, the 5V pin may supply less than five volts and
the board may be unstable. If using more than 12V, the voltage
regulator may overheat and damage the board. The recommended
range is 7 to 12 volts. The power pins are as follows:
VIN:The input voltage to the Arduino board when it's using an
external power source (as opposed to 5 volts from the USB
connection or other regulated power source). You can supply
voltage through this pin, or, if supplying voltage via the power
jack, access it through this pin.
5V: The regulated power supply used to power the microcontroller
and other components on the board. This can come either from
VIN via an on-board regulator, or be supplied by USB or another
regulated 5V supply.
3V3 : A 3.3 volt supply generated by the on-board regulator.
Maximum current draw is 50 mA.
GND: Ground pins.
Fig. 2 Arduino UNO Board
2. Specification
•
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: 40mA
•
DC Current for 3.3V Pin: 50mA
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Input and output
Each of the 14 digital pins on the Uno can be used as an
input or output, using pin Mode(), digital Write(), and digital
Read() functions. They operate at 5 volts. Each pin can provide or
receive a maximum of 40 m A and has an internal pull-up resistor
(disconnected by default) of 20-50 k Ohms. In addition, some pins
have specialized functions:
Serial: 0 (RX) and 1 (TX)
Used to receive (RX) and transmit (TX) TTL serial data.
These pins are connected to the corresponding pins of the
ATmega8U2 USB-to-TTL Serial chip.
External Interrupts: 2 and 3
These pins can be configured to trigger an interrupt on a
low value, a rising or falling edge, or a change in value. See the
attach Interrupt() function for details.
PWM: 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, and 11
Provide 8-bit PWM output with the analog Write()
function.
SPI: 10 (SS), 11 (MOSI), 12 (MISO), 13 (SCK)
These pins support SPI communication using the SPI
library.
LED: 13
There is a built-in LED connected to digital pin 13. When
the pin is HIGH value, the LED is on, when the pin is LOW, it's
off. 3 | P a g e 3 Arduino Uno The Uno has 6 analog inputs,
labelled A0 through A5, each of which provide 10 bits of
resolution (i.e. 1024 different values). By default they measure
from ground to 5 volts, though is it possible to change the upper
end of their range using the AREF pin and the analog Reference()
function. Additionally, some pins have specialized functionality:
I2C: 4 (SDA) and 5 (SCL).
Support I2C (TWI) communication using the Wire
library.There are a couple of other pins on the board: AREFReference voltage for the analog inputs. Used with analog
Reference().
Reset- Bring this line LOW to reset the
microcontroller. Typically used to add a reset button to shields
which block the one on the board.
B. Passive Infrared Sensor (PIR):
The term PIR is the short form of the Passive Infra Red.
The term “passive ”indicates that the sensor does not actively take
part in the process, which means, it does not emit the referred IR
signals itself, rather passively detects the infrared radiations
coming from the human body in the surrounding area. The detected
radiations are converted into an electrical charge, which is
proportional to the detected level of the radiation. Then this charge
is further improved by a built in FET and fed to the output pin of
the device which becomes applicable to an external circuit for
further triggering and amplification of the alarm stages.
The Passive infrared sensors consist of three pins as indicated in
the diagram shown above.
• Pin1 corresponds to the drain terminal of the device, which
should be
connected to the positive supply 5V
DC.
• Pin2 corresponds to the source terminal of the device, which
should be connected to the ground terminal via a 100K or 47K
resistor. The Pin2 is the output pin of the sensor, and the detected
IR signal is carried forward to an amplifier from the pin 2 of the
sensor.
• Pin3 of the sensor is connected to the ground.
1. PIR Sensor’s Working Principle
The PIR sensors are more complicated than the other
sensors as they consists of two slots. These slots are made of a
special material which is sensitive to IR. The Fresnel lens is used
to see that the two slots of the PIR can see out past some distance.
When the sensor is inactive, then the two slots sense the same
amount of IR. The ambient amount radiates from the outdoors,
walls or room, etc. When a human body or any animal passes by,
then it intercepts the first slot of the PIR sensor. This causes a
positive differential change between the two bisects. When a
human body leaves the sensing area, the sensor generates a
negative differential change between the two bisects. The infrared
sensor itself is housed in a hermetically sealed metal to improve
humidity/temperature/noise/immunity. There is a window which is
made of typically coated silicon material to protect the sensing
element.
2.Specification:
•
They are low power and low cost, pretty rugged,
have a wide lens range, and are easy to interface .
•
Supply voltage: DC3.3-12V
•
Current drain :≤30uA
•
Delay time: 2s-80mins,
•
adjustable Blockade time:2.3S.
•
Detecting distance: ≤8m Detecting angle: ≤120
•
Voltage Output: 3.3V High/Low level signal or
Open-Collector.
•
Output Operation Temperature: -20℃-+55℃
•
Infrared sensor: dual element, low noise, high
sensitivity.
C.GPS module:.
Global Positioning System (GPS) is a global navigation
satellite system that provides location and time information in all
weather conditions. GPS satellites transmit signal information to
earth. This signal information is received by the GPS receiver in
order to measure the user’s correct position.
Fig 5. GPS module
Fig 4. PIR sensor
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1. Features
•
Supply voltage: 12v DC
•
Interface: UART RS232
•
Optional T-TL UART also available
•
Precision: 5 meters
•
Automatic antenna switching function
D.Metal detector
Metal detector using high-frequency oscillation to detect
ferrous and non-ferrous metal objects and in capacitive models to
detect non metal objects.Models are available with environment
resistance, heat resistance, resistance to chemicals,and resistance to
water Proximity Sensors convert information on the movement or
presence of an object into an electrical signal.
without a battery is known as a passive tag. Active tags generate
energy from its battery and passive tags receive energy from the
reader that generates a radio frequency (RF) field.
A reader, also known as an interrogator, is a device used
to query one or more tags within its range and communicate with
them. It consists of one or more antennas that emit radio waves and
receive signals from one or more tags. The reader sends a request
as an interrogating signal for identification information to the tag.
The tag wakes up and responds or broadcasts with the respective
information by sending an encoded modified signal, which the
reader decodes, forwarding it to the data processing device.
Tag
Tag
Tag
Response
Request
Reader
Fig 6. Metal detector
Internet
1. Features
Digital output is standard.
Analog output is available.
Operating voltage: 5VDC
Operating current: 300mA
Sensing range: 0.5mm to 70mm.
Management System
ONS Server
PML Server
E. RFID Reader
An RFID system consists of tags, readers, communication
protocol ls, computer networks, and databases. A typical RFID
system being standardized by EPC global.The tag is a miniature
chip containing product information with an affixed radio antenna.
The tag is attached to an item or its packaging and contains a
unique serial number called an electronic product code (EPC). The
EPC is used to uniquely identify the pallet, case, or item. For lowcost tags, a reader transmits a radio signal to the tags to energize
them so that the tag can transmit its EPC. A reader can be either
stationary in a fixed state or handheld. There are communication
protocols that define the exchange of messages from the tag to
reader and reader to tag. The readers are connected to a computer
network so that they can be queried by a management system.
Then the management system can query a database determined by
the EPC to find out more information about the item to which the
tag is attached.
A tag contains information and a reader queries the tag for
the information. A tag is sometimes called a transponder. The word
transponder comes from the words transmitter and responder. It is
an identifier affixed to a certain item or an object holding its
identification information. The tag responds to a reader’s request
by transmitting the information. The tag consists of a microchip
connected to an antenna and sometimes a battery. The chip has
memory and today can store information up to 128 Kbytes. The
tag’s antenna is physically attached to the chip and is used to draw
energy from the reader to energize the tag. Recent technology
advances have made the size of a tag microchip smaller than a sand
grain. However, its physical dimensions are determined by the size
of antenna. A tag with a battery is known as an active tag and a tag
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Fig 7. Electronic Product Code(EPC)global
1. Tags
There are two broad categories of RFID tags: active and passive.
The characteristics of active and passive tags are summarized in
Table 1. Each type will be described in separate sections.
Table 1. Comparison of passive and active tags
Characteristics
Passive RFID tag
Power Source
Provided by a
reader
Within the field of
reader
High
Availability of power
Signal Strength (Reader to
Tag)
Signal Strength
Communication range
Tag reads
Active RFID
tag
Inbuilt
Continuous
Low
High
>100 meters
>1000
moving tags
@ 100mph in
1 sec
Memory
128 bytes
128 Kbytes
Applicability in supply Applicable where Applicable
chain
tagged
items where tagged
movement
is items
constrained
movement is
variable and
unconstrained
Expense
$0.05
$10.00$50.00
Table 4.1 Comparison of passive and active tags
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< 3meters
< 20 moving tags
@ 3mph in few
seconds
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2. RFID Frequencies
RFID systems operate on different frequencies depending
on the application. Ten such frequencies are defined and are
shown Table 4.2. Four classes of frequencies used in RFID system
are: Low Frequency (LF) with frequency range of 30 KHz to 300
KHz, High Frequency (HF) with frequency range of 3MHz to
30MHz, Ultra High Frequency (UHF), and Microwave Frequency
above 1 GHz. These frequencies have specific ranges known as
industrial-scientific–medical (ISM) or short-range device (SRD)
frequency ranges. RFID systems operate on different frequencies
so they will not interfere with existing radio frequency systems.
Frequency Band
Description
< 135 KHz
Low frequency (LF)
6.765 – 6.795 MHz
High frequency (HF)
7.4 – 8.8 MHz
High frequency (HF)
13.553 – 13.567 MHz
High frequency (HF)
26.957 – 27. 283 MHz
High frequency (HF)
433 MHz
Ultra-high frequency (UHF)
868 – 870 MHz
Ultra-high frequency (UHF)
902 – 928 MHz
Ultra-high frequency (UHF)
2.4 – 2.483 GHz
Super-high frequency (SHF)
5.725 – 5.875 GHz
Super-high frequency (SHF)
Table 4.2 Frequency band description
Fig 8.RFID Reader
3. Features
Supply voltage: 12v DC
Output: UART and TTL
In-built buzzer indicator
Signal LED is placed.
F. Smoke Sensor
A wide range of smoke sensor products for the detection of
various gases, from explosive gases such as propane, toxic gases
such as carbon monoxide, to air quality sensors for volatile organic
compounds (VOCS) that are responsible for sick-house syndrome.
Figaro offers a diverse portfolio of sensor technologies that can be
matched to the unique requirements of each application. In the
most extreme case where oxygen concentration is 0%, when metal
oxide sensor material (typically tin dioxide [sno2-x]) is heated at
high temperature such as 400˚C, free electrons flow through the
conjoined parts (grain boundary) of tin dioxide crystals. In clean
air (approx.. 21% O2), oxygen is adsorbed on the metal oxide
surface. With its high electron affinity, adsorbed oxygen attracts
free electrons inside the metal oxide, forming a potential barrier at
the grain boundaries. This potential barrier prevents electron flow,
causing high sensor resistance in clean air.
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As a result, the density of adsorbed oxygen on the tin dioxide
surface decreases, and the height of the potential barrier is reduced.
Electrons easily flow through the potential barrier of reduced
height, and the sensor resistance decreases. Gas concentration in
air can be detected by measuring the resistance change of MOStype gas sensors. The chemical reaction of gases and adsorbed
oxygen on the tin dioxide surface varies depending on the
reactivity of sensing materials and working temperature of the
sensor.
Fig 9. Smoke sensor
1. Features
•
Smake sensor detects the concentration of methane gas
in the environmental air and output the reading as an
analog voltage.
•
The concentration sensing range of 300 ppm to 10,00
•
high sensitivity to Methane, also to Propane and Butane0
ppm is suitable for leak detection.
•
Analog and digital output
•
High sensitivity to CH4, natural gas
•
Small sensitivity to alcohol and smoke
•
Fast response
•
Stable and long life
•
Operating voltage: 5VDC
•
MQ-4 gas sensor detects the concentration of methane
gas in the environmental air and output the reading as an
analog voltage.
•
The concentration sensing range of 300 ppm to 10,00
•
high sensitivity to Methane, also to Propane and Butane0
ppm is suitable for leak detection.
•
Analog and digital output
•
High sensitivity to CH4, natural gas
•
Small sensitivity to alcohol and smoke
•
Fast response
•
Stable and long life
•
Operating voltage: 5VDC
G. Internet Protocol Camera
An Internet protocol camera, or IP camera, is a type of
digital video camera commonly employed for surveillance, and
which, unlike analog closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras,
can send and receive data via a computer network and the Internet.
Although most cameras that do this are webcams, the term IP
camera or netcam is usually applied only to those used for
surveillance that can be directly accessed over a network
connection.
An IP camera is a networked digital video camera that
transmits data over a Fast Ethernet link. IP cameras (also called
"network cameras") are most often used for IP surveillance, a
digitized and networked version of closed-circuit television
(CCTV).
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Benefits of IP camera over analog technology include:
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Remote administration from any location.
•
Digital zoom.
•
The ability to easily send images and video anywhere
with an Internet connection.
•
Progressive scanning, which enables better quality
images extracted from the video, especially for moving
targets.
•
Adjustable frame rates and resolution to meet specific
needs.
You can also mount this motor on the chassis using Motor Mount
for Centre Shaft Economy Series DC Motor For adding Position
Encoder, refer to Encoder Kit for Centre Shaft Economy Series DC
Motor
3. Specifications
•
DC supply: 4 to 12V
•
RPM: 30 at 12V
•
Total length: 46mm
•
Motor diameter: 36mm
•
Motor length: 25mm
•
Two-way communication.
•
•
Brush type: Precious metal
The ability to send alerts if suspicious activity is
detected.
•
Gear head diameter: 37mm
•
Lower cabling requirements.
•
Gear head length: 21mm
•
Output shaft: Centred
•
Shaft diameter: 6mm
•
Shaft length: 22mm
•
Gear assembly: Spur
•
Motor weight: 100gms
•
Support for intelligent video.
H.Motor Driver (4 channel relay board)
This is an easy to use 4 channel relay board that works on
12V. Use it to control four 240V power appliances directly from
microcontrollers or low voltage circuits. The board uses high
quality relays, which can handle a maximum of 7A/240 V AC or
7A/24V DC. Each relay has all three connections - Common,
Normally Open, Normally Closed brought out to 3 pin screw
terminals which makes it easy to make and remove connections.
The board has a power indication and a relay status LED to ease
debugging. The board can accept inputs within a wide range of
voltages from 4V to 12V.Power input and relay control signals are
brought to header pins on the board.The power input for this board
can also be provided through the onboard DC Barral Jack. Hence,
our SMPS type power adapters can also be used to directly power
this board.
1. Features
o Input supply 12 VDC @ 170 mA
o Output four SPDT relay
o Relay specification 5 A @ 230 VAC
o Trigger level 2 ~ 5 VDC
o Berg pins for connecting power and trigger voltage
o LED on each channel indicates relay status
o Power Battery Terminal (PBT) for easy relay output and
aux power connection
o Four mounting holes of 3.2 mm each
o PCB dimensions 88 mm x 68 mm
2. Motor
30RPM Centre Shaft Economy Series DC Motor is high
quality low cost DC geared motor. It has steel gears and pinions to
ensure longer life and better wear and tear properties. The gears are
fixed on hardened steel spindles polished to a mirror finish. The
output shaft rotates in a plastic bushing. The whole assembly is
covered with a plastic ring. Gearbox is sealed and lubricated with
lithium grease and require no maintenance. The motor is screwed
to the gear box from inside .Although motor gives 30 RPM at 12V
but motor runs smoothly from 4V to 12V and gives wide range of
RPM, and torque. Tables below gives fairly good idea of the
motor’s performance in terms of RPM and no load current as a
function of voltage and stall torque, stall current as a function of
voltage.
For compatible wheels refer to Wheels and Accessories product
category.
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I. LCD
A liquid crystal display (LCD) is a flat panel display,
electronic visual display, or video display that uses the light
modulating properties of liquid crystals. Liquid crystals do not emit
light directly. LCDs are available to display arbitrary images (as in
a general-purpose computer display) or fixed images which can be
displayed or hidden, such as preset words, digits, and 7-segment
displays as in a digital clock. They use the same basic technology,
except that arbitrary images are made up of a large number of
small pixels, while other displays have larger elements. LCDs are
used in a wide range of applications including computer monitors,
televisions, instrument panels, aircraft cockpit displays, and
signage. They are common in consumer devices such as video
players, gaming devices, clocks, watches, calculators, and
telephones, and have replaced cathode ray tube (CRT) displays in
most applications. They are available in a wider range of screen
sizes than CRT and plasma displays, and since they do not use
phosphors, they do not suffer image burn-in. LCDs are, however,
susceptible to image persistence.
The LCD screen is more energy efficient and can be
disposed of more safely than a CRT. Its low electrical power
consumption
enables
it
to
be
used
in batterypowered electronic equipment. It is an electronically modulated
optical device made up of any number of segments filled
with liquid crystals and arrayed in front of a light
source (backlight) or reflector to produce images in color
or monochrome. Liquid crystals were first discovered in 1888. By
2008, worldwide sales of televisions with LCD screens exceeded
annual sales of CRT units; the CRT became obsolete for most
purposes.
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1. Pin description:
Fig 11. LCD Pin details
PIN
NO
FUNCTION
1
2
3
Ground (0V)
Supply voltage; 5V (4.7V – 5.3V)
Contrast adjustment; through a variable resistor
Selects command register when low; and data
register when high
Low to write to the register; High to read from the
register
Sends data to data pins when a high to low pulse is
given
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
NAME
Ground
Vcc
VEE
Register
Select
Read/write
Enable
DB0
DB1
DB2
DB3
DB4
DB5
DB6
DB7
8-bit data pins
Table 4.3 LCD Pin description
2. Advantages
• Very compact and light.
• Low power consumption. On average, 50-70% less
energy is consumed than CRT monitors.
• No geometric distortion.
• The possible ability to have little or no flicker depending
on backlight technology.
• Usually no refresh-rate flicker, as the LCD panel itself is
usually refreshed at 200 Hz or more, regardless of the
source refresh rate.
• Is very thin compared to a CRT monitor, which allows
the monitor to be placed farther back from the user,
reducing close-focusing related eye-strain.
• Razor sharp image with no bleeding/smearing when used
at native resolution.
• Emits less electromagnetic radiation than a CRT monitor.
• Not affected by screen burn-in, though an identical but
less severe phenomenon known as image persistence is
possible.
• Can be made in almost any size or shape.
• No theoretical resolution limit.
3. Specification
Important factors to consider when evaluating an LCD:
Resolution versus range
Fundamentally resolution is the granularity (or number of
levels) with which a performance feature of the display is divided.
Resolution is often confused with range or the total end-to-end
output of the display. Each of the major features of a display has
both a resolution and a range that are tied to each other but very
different. Frequently the range is an inherent limitation of the
display while the resolution is a function of the electronics that
make the display work.
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LCDs come in only one size for a variety of applications
and a variety of resolutions within each of those applications. LCD
spatial performance is also sometimes described in terms of a "dot
pitch". The size (or spatial range) of an LCD is always described in
terms of the diagonal distance from one corner to its opposite. This
is an historical remnant from the early days of CRT television
when CRT screens were manufactured on the bottoms of glass
bottles, a direct extension of cathode ray tubes used
in oscilloscopes. The diameter of the bottle determined the size of
the screen. Later, when televisions went to a squarer format, the
square screens were measured diagonally to compare with the
older round screens
Temporal/timing performance
Contrary to spatial
performance, temporal performance is a feature where smaller is
better Specifically, the range is the pixel response time of an LCD,
or how quickly a sub pixel's brightness changes from one level to
another. For LCD monitors, this is measured in black to black gray
to gray. These different types of measurements make comparison
difficult Further, this number is almost never published in sales
advertising.
Color performance:
There are many terms to describe colour performance of
an LCD. They include color gamut which is the range of colors
that can be displayed and color depth which is the color resolution
or the resolution or fineness with which the color range is divided.
Although color gamut can be expressed as three pairs of numbers,
the XY coordinates within color space of the reddest red, greenest
green, and bluest blue, it is usually expressed as a ratio of the total
area within color space that a display can show relative to some
standard such as saying that a display was "120% of NTSC".
NTSC is the National Television Standards Committee, the old
standard definition TV specification. Color gamut is a relatively
straight forward feature. However with clever optical techniques
that are based on the way humans see color, termed color
stretch, colors can be shown that are outside of the nominal range
of the display. In any case, color range is rarely discussed as a
feature of the display as LCDs are designed to match the color
ranges of the content that they are intended to show. Having a
color range that exceeds the content is a useless feature.
Brightness and contrast ratio:
Contrast ratio is the ratio of the brightness of a full-on
pixel to a full-off pixel and, as such, would be directly tied to
brightness if not for the invention of the blinking backlight
(or burst dimming). The LCD itself is only a light valve, it does not
generate light; the light comes from a backlight that is either a
fluorescent tube or a set of LEDs. The blinking backlight was
developed to improve the motion performance of LCDs by turning
the backlight off while the liquid crystals were in transition from
one image to another. However, a side benefit of the blinking
backlight was infinite contrast. The contrast reported on most
LCDs is what the LCD is qualified at, not its actual performance.
In any case, there are two large caveats to contrast ratio as a
measure of LCD performance.
Color depth or color support
It is sometimes expressed in bits, either as the number
of bits per sub-pixel or the number of bits per pixel. This can be
ambiguous as an 8-bit color LCD can be 8 total bits spread
between red, green, and blue or 8 bits each for each color in a
different display. Further, LCDs sometimes use a technique
called dithering which is time averaging colors to get intermediate
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colors such as alternating between two different colors to get a
color in between.Dithering is commonly used on computer
displays where the images are mostly static and the temporal
performance is unimportant.
When color depth is reported as color support, it is usually
stated in terms of number of colors the LCD can show. The
number of colors is the translation from the base 2-bit numbers into
common base-10. For example, 8-bit color is 2 to the 8th power,
which is 256 colors. 24-bit color is 2 to the 24th power, or 256 x
256 x 256, a total of 16,777,216 colors. The color resolution of the
human eye depends on both the range of colors being sliced and
the number of slices; but for most common displays the limit is
about 28-bit color LCD TVs commonly display more than that as
the digital processing can introduce color distortions and the
additional levels of color are needed to ensure true color.
J. IOT (Internet of things)
To address Industrial Internet of Things (IOT) projects,
Ethernet connectivity becomes the most reliable and stable
technology. The IOT Ethernet Kit powered by AWS IOT uses an
Ethernet LAN8740A driven by a 32-bit microcontroller with 2 MB
of Flash (PIC32MZ EF) that provides plenty of memory space for
your application. On the sensor side, hundreds of different sensors
can be plugged into the Mikro Elektronka mikroBUS™ footprint
allowing for prototyping a large variety of IOT proof-of-concepts.
This IOT kit takes advantage of the AWS IOT service and provide
a smooth user experience coming preloaded with the corresponding
firmware. AWS IOT is a managed cloud platform that allows
connected devices to interact easily and securely with cloud
applications and other devices. Additionally, the firmware in the
kit makes use of MPLAB® Harmony, FreeRTOS™, WolfMQTT
and WolfSSL allowing you to quick-start your IOT design.
IV.CONCLUSION
The main motive of the war spying robot was to make it user
friendly. The spy robot can easily move, capture images and
wirelessly transmit them, thus giving the soldiers an intimation
about the dangers and situations in the war field. The robot will
move depending on the motor direction based upon the input we
give through transmitter (remote) section. Iot module signal share
used as control signals. By using these signals encoding is done &
signal is sent through the transmitter. At the receiver end, these
decoded signal are given as input to drive the motor. The robot is
used for short distance surveillance thus ensuring the security of
the region. This helps the forces to view the things accurately that
are currently happening in the surrounding area and to plan ahead
accordingly. Thus we should be able to manipulate its path when
necessary, to create the robot safely. To all that, a control unit is
needed, where control units RF signal is used. By using these
signals encoding is done & signal is sent through the transmitter.
At the receiver end these decoded signal are given as input to drive
the motor. Not for long range applications it can be used as a spy
robot within short distances.
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Developed as a reference for industrial Ethernet environments
Complete development kit that includes IOT edge device and
setup instructions for using AWS IOT
Easy setup out of the box with your own AWS account
JSON-based data payload
MPLAB Harmony: integrated software framework
Simple 32-bit microcontroller-based design
Four input buttons, four output LEDs and one analog input
potentiometer on edge device to show bidirectional control via
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mikroBUS header for expendability to build any IOT use case
using available or custom sensors.
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Fig 12. IOT Module
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