EMBEDDED PROJECTS LISTS AND THEIR ABSTRACTS

BLUETOOTH DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM BASED ON ARM 

AN INTERNET-BASED INTERACTIVE EMBEDDED DATA-ACQUISITION SYSTEM FOR REAL-TIME APPLICATIONS 

A MULTI-ROBOT COORDINATION SYSTEM BASED ON RFID TECHNOLOGY 

APPLICATION OF ZIGBEE FOR POLLUTION MONITORING CAUSED BY AUTOMOBILE EXHAUST GASES 

A ZIGBEE AND ZIGBEE-TO-IR DEVICE CONTROL SCHEME FOR SINGLE MEDIA MULTI DEVICES 

DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF REAL TIME VEHICLE TRACKING SYSTEM 

A SINGLE-CHIP CMOS SMOKE AND TEMPERATURE SENSOR FOR AN INTELLIGENT FIRE DETECTOR 

MULTISENSOR STRATEGIES TO ASSIST BLIND PEOPLE: A CLEAR-PATH INDICATOR 

PROVIDING GROUP TOUR GUIDE BY RFIDS AND WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS 

RESEARCH OF TRAFFIC SIGNAL LIGHT INTELLIGENT CONTROL SYSTEM BASED ON MICROCONTROLLER

A HANDS GESTURE SYSTEM OF CONTROL FOR AN INTELLIGENT WHEELCHAIR

EMBEDDED VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM BASED ON VOICE PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES

DEVELOPMENT OF ZIGBEE BASED STREET LIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM

DUAL FUNCTIONAL RECONFIGURABLE MOBILE ROBOT

A TASK PLANNER FOR A DUAL-ARM ROBOT: A GEOMETRIC FORMULATION

A NOVEL VEHICLE SAFETY MODEL:VEHICLE SPEED CONTROLLER UNDER DRIVER FATIGUE

MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING DRIVER DROWSINESS

A LOW-COST SOLUTION FOR AN INTEGRATED MULTISENSOR LANE DEPARTURE WARNING SYSTEM 

A PORTABLE WIRELESS EYE MOVEMENT CONTROLLED HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERFACE FOR THE DISABLED 

JNTU Btech ECE,CSE,EEE Recommended Final projects institutes 

BLUETOOTH DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM BASED ON ARM

BLUETOOTH DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM BASED ON ARM

March 2009

In  response  to  the  complexity of  the  cable, the  occurrence  of accidents  and completing the task without cables in industrial field, an embedded Bluetooth data   acquisition   system   which   was   combined   with   Bluetooth   wirelessnetworking communication technicalness and data acquisition technicalness, based  on  LPC2142  and  bluethooth  chip  called  Rok101008  is  designed  to reduce cable connection.

The  major  difference  with  other  data  collector  is  that  it  has  achieved  the wireless data transmission after the A/D conversion. Itpsilas also more simple in circuit, stronger in integration anti-interference, mobility and practicality, it can be widely used in the complex environment of the industrial field.

AN INTERNET-BASED INTERACTIVE EMBEDDED DATA-ACQUISITION SYSTEM FOR REAL-TIME APPLICATIONS

AN INTERNET-BASED INTERACTIVE EMBEDDED DATA- 

ACQUISITION SYSTEM FOR REAL-TIME APPLICATIONS  

March 2009  

In this paper, we present the principles of a low -operational-cost but flexible Internet-based  data-acquisition  system.  The  main  core  of  the  system  is  an embedded hardware running a scaled-down version of Linux: a popular choice of operating system for embedded applications.  

The  embedded  device  communicates  through  general  packet  radio  service (GPRS), which makes it accessible from anywhere in  the world through a Web server   built   into   the   embedded   device.   In   addition,   GPRS   provides   a bidirectional real-time data transfer allowing interaction.  

The   proposed   system   eliminates   the   need   for   server   software   and maintenance.  A  novel  approach  is  introduced  to  minimize  the  operational costs while operating with a large amount of data.  

The   system   is   demonstrated   to   be   suitable   for   different   embedded applications  by  attaching  several  real-time  modules  through  appropriate interfaces.  

A MULTI-ROBOT COORDINATION SYSTEM BASED ON RFID TECHNOLOGY

A MULTI-ROBOT COORDINATION SYSTEM  

  BASED ON RFID TECHNOLOGY  

June 2009  

This paper presents a novel approach for multi-robot coordination based both on coordinated navigation and task allocation method.  

The proposed approach exploits RFID technology for  implementing a context aware information system which is the base of the coordination strategies; it has extremely low requirements in terms of computational power and does not require direct robot-robot communication.  

Moreover, an ad hoc agent based control architecture is defined to implement the proposed coordination mechanisms on robots in both simulation and real applications.

APPLICATION OF ZIGBEE FOR POLLUTION MONITORING CAUSED BY AUTOMOBILE EXHAUST GASES

APPLICATION OF ZIGBEE FOR POLLUTION MONITORING  

  CAUSED BY AUTOMOBILE EXHAUST GASES  

Feb. 2009  

Gases  emitted  from  automobile  exhausts  have  been  monitored  using  a  gas  sensor arrays. The information from the sensor array has been transmitted to  a remote location by ZigBee wireless technology. Quantitative and qualitative  analysis of gases has been conducted at the remote location by a computer.  

Programs  have  been  developed  in  LabView  and  excel  to  display  data  and  alarm  conditions.  Results  indicate  that  unlike  the  automobiles  using  natural  gas the unleaded and premium unleaded fuel automobiles can have significant  effect  on  the  environment  conditions  due  to  their  high  level  of  toxic  gas  emission.

A ZIGBEE AND ZIGBEE-TO-IR DEVICE CONTROL SCHEME FOR SINGLE MEDIA MULTI DEVICES

A ZIGBEE AND ZIGBEE-TO-IR DEVICE CONTROL  

SCHEME FOR SINGLE MEDIA MULTI DEVICES  

May 2009  

This  paper  has  a  background  of  SMMD  (single  media  multi  device)  control technology for causing various actual feeling effects about one media source. SMMD technology adds metadata controlling arbitrary multiple devices in one MPEG-4 media.  

A  home  server  produces  a  control  command  from  metadata  and  delivers  control message to a sensory effect device using the ZigBee communication.  

A  device  produces  an  internal  interface  command  or  specific  IR  code  for controlling an actual feeling effect device. IR codes are different by products and each manufacturer. A home server has the function of learning IR codes and manages the IR code profile.  

A  ZigBee  coordinator  manages  several  ZigBee  end  devices.  A  ZigBee  end device   controls   some   sensory   effect   devices.   We   propose   a   control mechanism   about   ZigBee   control   and   ZigBee-to-IR   control   device   and implement a demo system.

DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF REAL TIME VEHICLE TRACKING SYSTEM

DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF REAL TIME  

  VEHICLE TRACKING SYSTEM  

Feb. 2009  

Tracking   systems   were   first   developed   for   the   shipping   industries   to determine the position of ships and boats in the sea. Initially passive systems were  developed  to  support  in  tracking  and  navigation  for  location-based applications.  

For the applications that require real time location information of the vehicle, these   systems   cannot   be   employed,   because   they   store   the   location information in the internal storage that can only be accessed when vehicle is available. Recently, Automatic Vehicle Location  (AVL) systems are developed and deployed in numerous environments.  

 These  systems  are  capable  of  transmitting  vehicle's  location  information  in real time. In these systems, the device installed in the vehicle can transmit the location  information  in  real  time  to  a  remote  data  centre,  instead  of  storing into local storage, using some radio network.  

In  this  paper,  we  present  the  design  and  implementation  of  a  real  time  AVL system  that incorporates  a  hardware  device  installed  in  the  vehicle  and  a remote Tracking Server (TS).  

A SINGLE-CHIP CMOS SMOKE AND TEMPERATURE SENSOR FOR AN INTELLIGENT FIRE DETECTOR

A SINGLE-CHIP CMOS SMOKE AND TEMPERATURE 

SENSOR FOR AN INTELLIGENT FIRE DETECTOR  

Aug. 2009  

A single-chip CMOS  smoke  and temperature  sensor  for use  as  an intelligent fire  detector  is  proposed.  The  proposed  smoke  sensor  measures  smoke density based on the light-scattering method.  

The temperature sensor is integrated with the smoke sensor not only to sense heat from a fire but also to compensate for the temperature dependency of the smoke sensor.  

The   prototype   chip   includes   an   on-chip   photodiode   (PD),   pixel   circuit,  correlated  double  sampling  (CDS)  circuit,  and  analog-to-digital  converter  (ADC).  The  prototype  chip  was  fabricated  using  a  0.35-mu  m  CMOS  process and was placed inside the smoke detection chamber, while the thermistor for the temperature sensor is placed outside the chamber.  

The measurement results show plusmn 1% smoke detection accuracy over the range  4%  ~  25%  and  plusmn1degC  temperature-sensing  accuracy  over  the range  25degC  ~  95degC. The power consumption of  the prototype chip is  220 nW, excluding the infrared light-emitting diode (IR LED).  

MULTISENSOR STRATEGIES TO ASSIST BLIND PEOPLE: A CLEAR-PATH INDICATOR

MULTISENSOR STRATEGIES TO ASSIST BLIND PEOPLE: A  CLEAR-PATH INDICATOR  

Aug. 2009  

The  development  of  electronic  sensing  devices   for  the  visually  impaired requires knowledge of the needs and abilities of this class of people.

This paper presents a rough analysis that can be used to properly define the criteria to be adopted for the design of such devices.

In  particular,  attention  will  be  focused  on  clear-path  indicators,  highlighting their  role  in  orientation  and  mobility  tasks.  A  new  device  belonging  to  this class is presented.

The  detector  is  based  on  a  multisensor  strategy  and  adopts  smart  signal processing to provide the user with suitable information about the position of objects   hindering   his   or   her   path.   Experimental   trials   demonstrate   the efficiency of the device developed.

PROVIDING GROUP TOUR GUIDE BY RFIDS AND WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS

PROVIDING GROUP TOUR GUIDE BY RFIDS AND  

  WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS  

June 2009  

This  paper  proposes  a  new  application  framework  for  group  tour  guiding services  based  on  RFIDs  and  wireless  sensor  networks.  We  consider  a sensing  field  mixed  with  multiple  independent   tourist  groups,  each  with  a leader and several members.

Members  of  a  group  will  follow  the  moving  path  of  their  leader,  but  may  occasionally  roam  around  randomly  on  their  own  interests.  Sensor  nodes  have to track leaders' locations and maintain guiding paths from members to  leaders.

A  member  may  inquire  where  his/her  leader  is,  and  a  leader  may  "recall" his/her  members.  We  propose  a  feasible  solution  to  such  an  application  by using  existing  technologies  and  off-the-shelf  components.  A  group  guiding protocol is presented. The design enables 

RESEARCH OF TRAFFIC SIGNAL LIGHT INTELLIGENT CONTROL SYSTEM BASED ON MICROCONTROLLER

RESEARCH OF TRAFFIC SIGNAL LIGHT INTELLIGENT  

CONTROL SYSTEM BASED ON MICROCONTROLLER  

 March 2009  

A development of distributed area traffic signal lights control based on single- chip  microcontroller   through  CAN  BUS   is   described.   With  the   core   of  AT89C51, infrared receiver receives the infrared signal coming from launcher.  

The demodulation signal is treated by single-chip microcontroller. The singlechip  microcontroller  controls  the  CAN  BUS  controller  to  structure  CAN  BUS  communication  system  to  transmit  the  data.  The  designator  of  distributed  traffic signal lights intelligent control system was carried out by three control styles of vehicle flux,remote and PC.  

The  paper  introduces  total  scheme  and  system   structure,  also  the  hardware design of the system in detail. By experimental testing, when the key K1-K6 is pressed  ,time  setting  of  east-west,south-north  direction,  emergency  car, timepsilas increase ,decrease ,holding are effectively controlled.  

When the  low -level time  of WDI is  continuous  greater than  1.6 s, the RESET port of watchdog produces  negative  overflow  pulse  signal lasting  200  ms  to reset AT89C51.The design demands of system are all satisfied.  

A HANDS GESTURE SYSTEM OF CONTROL FOR AN INTELLIGENT WHEELCHAIR

A HANDS GESTURE SYSTEM OF CONTROL FOR AN  

 INTELLIGENT WHEELCHAIR  

When  an  unfortunate  event  affects  the  motor  capacity  of  a  person,  it  is necessary to use devices like wheelchairs that offer a means o displacement for patients with motors problems of the lower limbs.

Some patients that cannot manipulate the wheelchair with their arms due to a lack  of  force  or  psychomotor  problems  in  the  superior  members,  request electric  wheelchairs,  frequently  manipulated  with  joysticks;  however  the joystick  manipulation  is  even  not  practical  and  frequently  it  must  be  handle with the mouth.  

The  present  article  presents  the  partial  results  in  the  development  of  a wheelchair  controlled  by  an  intuitive  interface,  where  the  instructions  are given by hand gesture instructions.  

The advances are presented in the realization of the control software using a Webcam  and  some  distances  and  presence  sensors  controlled  by  a  PIC microcontroller that establishes the communication with a program developed in Labview.

Keywords  

Digital image processing, hand gesture control, Labview , wheelchair control.

EMBEDDED VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM BASED ON VOICE PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES

EMBEDDED VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM BASED ON  

  VOICE PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES  

The paper reports one Microcontroller car which processes speech-LINGYANG SPCE061A microchip forming Speech Recognition System.  

The  Speech  Recognition  system  not  only  has  high  recognizable  veracity, small volume, economy-power consumption, lower cost, high operation speed and real-time speech recognition.  

Furthermore,  the  function  of  speech  cue  offers  a  favorable  interface  for human-computer interaction in the system. These characteristics embody fully predominance of the embedded speech recognition.  

Index Terms  

Embedded System; Speech Recognition; SPCE06A Microcontroller; Smart Car  

DEVELOPMENT OF ZIGBEE BASED STREET LIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM

DEVELOPMENT OF ZIGBEE BASED  

STREET LIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM  

Industry of street lighting systems are growing rapidly and going to complex  with  rapid  growth  of  industry  and  cities.  To  control  and  maintain  complex  street lighting system more economically, various street light control systems  are   developed.   Nevertheless   most   of   developed   systems   have   some  drawbacks.  

So we are going to develop new light control system which can overcome old systems  drawbacks.  We  surveyed  various  street  light  control  systems  and analyzed its characteristics.  

Through these efforts, we found that common drawbacks of most light control systems are uneasiness of handling and difficulty of maintenance.  

To reduce  uneasiness  of handling and difficulty of maintenance in operating light  control  system,  we  designed  new  street   light  control  system  by  using Zigbee communication technique.  

In  this  thesis,  we  describe  on  the  H/W  design  of  new  street  light  control system designed by using Zigbee communication protocol.  

Index Terms  

H/W Design, Remote Control terminal, Street Light Control System, Zigbee,  

DUAL FUNCTIONAL RECONFIGURABLE MOBILE ROBOT

DUAL FUNCTIONAL RECONFIGURABLE MOBILE ROBOT  

Fast innovation speed in the hardware and software technologies in the field of embedded robot systems, it becomes more and more necessary to develop applications based on methodologies, which take to  account the easiness of future modifications, updates and improvements.  

According  to  these  requirements,  mobile  robot   is  designed  to  convey  basic knowledge  about  the  basic  block  technologies  that  make  up  a  robot.  This mobile  robot  can  function  as  autonomous  mobile  robot  as  well  as  wireless mobile robot.  

In autonomous mode with the help of infrared light sensor input robot follows  wooden maze. In wireless mode, robot movement is decided according to the  Dual  Tone  Multiple  Frequencies (DTMF)  generated  by  mobile  phone.  This  paper  also  includes  interfacing  issues  of  Complex  Programmable  Logic Devices  (CPLD)  with  sensors,  actuators,  power  supply  &  communicating devices.  

The  paper  is  mainly  focused  on  designing  flexible  mobile  robot  &  various issues related to interfacing various modules with CPLD

A TASK PLANNER FOR A DUAL-ARM ROBOT: A GEOMETRIC FORMULATION

A TASK PLANNER FOR A DUAL-ARM ROBOT:  A GEOMETRIC FORMULATION

A dual-arm manipulator is necessary for many tasks  that only a pair of human  arms can do. The task planning effort, however, requires determination of the  task specific arm movements which need not be unique for any given task.

For example- pouring water from a jug to a cup can be executed in a variety of ways depending, perhaps, on the height of the cup and amount of water in the jug.  The  challenge,  therefore,  lies  in  the  correct  identification  of  the  critical moves that are instrumental in execution of the task.

A general task planning cannot merely be a path from an initial position to a final destination- which is rather relevant for pick & place tasks. We present here  an  approach  to  find  the  task  specific  maneuvers  using  the  concept  of virtual links.

We  imagine  the  task  to  be  nothing  more  than  the  movements  of  invisible revolute and prismatic joints of a virtual robot which is connected to the arms of an actual manipulator. Using this approach we can find complex path that the  manipulators  have  to  generate  in  order  to  smoothly  transit  from  one positionorientation (p,R) pair to another.

Index Terms  

Robotic manipulator; Task planning; Cooperative robots.

A NOVEL VEHICLE SAFETY MODEL:VEHICLE SPEED CONTROLLER UNDER DRIVER FATIGUE

A NOVEL VEHICLE SAFETY MODEL : VEHICLE SPEED  

  CONTROLLER UNDER DRIVER FATIGUE  

Driver  fatigue  resulting  from  sleep  deprivation  or  sleep  disorders  is  an important factor in the creasing number of accidents on today's roads. In this paper, we describe a real-time online safety prototype that controls the vehicle speed under driver fatigue.  

The  purpose  of  such  a  model  is  to  advance  a  system  to  detect  fatigue  symptoms in drivers and control the speed of vehicle to avoid accidents. The main  components  of  the  system  consists  of  a   small  camera  for  real-time driver’s  image  acquisition,  a  nonlinear  eye  tracking  algorithm  based  on Unscented  Kalman  Filter  for  driver  fatigue  detection,  and  an  adaptive  speed controller  designed  using  the  theory  of  sliding  mode  servo  control  for providing precise positioning of the throttle valve to control speed of vehicle.  

This  system  was  tested  adequately  in  a  realistic  driving  environment  with subjects   of   different   genders,   with/without   glasses,   day/night   driving, commercial/non-commercial   drivers,   continuous    driving   time,   and   under different  road  conditions.  The  last  experimental  results  show  the  validity  of the  proposed  model  for  vehicle  speed  controller  based  on  driver  fatigue detection.   

Key words:  

Fatigue detection , Sliding mode servo control, Electronic Throttle Control  

MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING DRIVER DROWSINESS

MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING  DRIVER DROWSINESS

June 29, 2009  

Drowsy  driver  detection  is  one  of  the  potential  applications  of  intelligent vehicle systems. Previous approaches to drowsiness  detection primarily make pre-assumptions  about  the  relevant  behavior,  focusing  on  blink  rate,  eye closure,  and  yawning.  Here  we  employ  machine   learning  to  datamine  actual human behavior during drowsiness episodes.  

Automatic classifiers for 30 facial actions from the facial action coding system  were   developed   using   machine   learning   on   a   separate   database   of  spontaneous  expressions.  These  facial  actions   include  blinking  and  yawn  motions, as well as a number of other facial movements. These measures were  passed to learning-based classifiers such as Adaboost and multinomial ridge  regression.  

Head motion information was collected through automatic eye tracking and an accelerometer. The system was able to predict sleep and crash episodes on a simulator with  98% accuracy across subjects. It is the highest prediction rate reported  to  date  for  detecting  drowsiness.  Moreover,  the  analysis  revealed new information about human facial behavior for drowsy drivers.  

Keywords   Driver fatigue - Drowsiness - Machine learning - Facial expressions  -  Facial  action  unit -  Head  movements  -  Multinomial  logistic  regression - Support vector machine (SVM) - Coupling - Driver behavior  

A LOW-COST SOLUTION FOR AN INTEGRATED MULTISENSOR LANE DEPARTURE WARNING SYSTEM

A LOW-COST SOLUTION FOR AN INTEGRATED  

MULTISENSOR LANE DEPARTURE WARNING SYSTEM  

March 2009  

The responsibility of a vision-based lane departure warning  (LDW) system is  to  alert  a  driver  of  an  unintended  lane  departure.  Because  these  systems  solely  rely  on  the  vision  sensor's  ability  to  detect  the  lane  markings  on  the  roadway, these systems are extremely sensitive to the roadway conditions.  

When a vehicle's LDW system fails to detect lane markers on the roadway, it  loses its ability to alert the driver of an unintended lane departure. The goal of  this  research  is  to  use  GPS  combined  with  inertial  sensors  and  a  high- accuracy map to assist a vision-based LDW system. GPS navigation systems  are  available  in  many  automobiles,  along  with  automotive-grade  inertial  sensors.  

The low accuracy of a typical GPS receiver found in an automotive navigation system is largely attributed to a position error. This error is too large to allow the GPS receiver to locate a vehicle in a particular lane on a roadway.  

A method  to  measure  this  error  using  a  vision-based  LDW  system,  together  with  a  high-accuracy map,  is  presented  in  this  paper.  With  the  error  known,  the  accuracy  of  the  GPS  receiver  is  increased  to  a  high-enough  level  to  localize  the  vehicle  on  a  particular  lane.  Next,  a  method  fusing  GPS/inertial  navigation sensor/vision and a high-accuracy map for highway lane tracking is  presented.  

This  method provides  a  backup lateral offset measurement that can be used for LDW when the LDW vision system loses track of the lane markings.  

A PORTABLE WIRELESS EYE MOVEMENT CONTROLLED HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERFACE FOR THE DISABLED

A PORTABLE WIRELESS EYE MOVEMENT- 

 CONTROLLED HUMAN-COMPUTER  

  INTERFACE FOR THE DISABLED  

IEEE, APRIL 2009  

Human-Computer  Interface  (HCI)  has  become  an   important  area  of  research and   development   for   the   disabled.   A  portable   wireless   eye   movementcontrolled Human-Computer Interface which can be used for the disabled who have motor paralysis and who cannot speak in multiple applications  (such as communication aid and smart  home applications) is described here.  

This Interface consists of four major parts:  (1) surface electrodes,  (2) a twochannel  amplifier, (3)  a  laptop (or  a  micro-processor),  and (4)  a  ZigBee  wireless  module.  Horizontal  and  vertical  Electro-Oculography  (EOG)  signals are measured using five surface electrodes placed on the head.  

The vertical electrodes are placed about  1.0 cm above the right eyebrow and  2.0  cm  below  the  lower  lid  of  the  right  eye,  the  horizontal  electrodes  are  placed 2.0 cm lateral to the each side of outer canthi and the last electrode is  placed on user's forehead to serve as a ground. The two-channel amplifier is  comprised of instrumentation amplifiers, band-pass filters and shift circuits.  

The EOG signals are sampled at the rate of 250Hz and then sent to a laptop or  a  micro-processor  for  signal  processing  which  is  based  on  the  method  of  mathematical  morphology  to  recognize  the  direction  of  eye  movements  and  voluntary eye blink. The ZigBee wireless communication technology, which is  proved  to  be  reliable,  low -power  and  cost-efficient,  is  used  in  the  portable  interface.  

The subjects can control the wireless device or move a cursor over a screen by using this interface. The delay of this interface is less than 0.5s and errors are very limited. This interface provides a flexible method for the disabled to improve the life quality.