Ieeepro techno solutions ieee 2014 embedded project design and implementation of car black box with collision avoidance system using arm

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ISSN: 2278-3075, Volume-4, Issue-3, August 2014
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Abstract—This paper is proposed to develop a low cost system
which provides solution to the existing automotive control issues.
This system has two main principle components namely Vehicle to
Vehicle Collision Avoidance Unit (VVCAU) is used to avoid
crashing between vehicles and Black Box (BB) records the
relevant details about a vehicle such as Engine Temperature,
Distance from obstacle, Speed of vehicle, Brake status, CO2
Content, Alcohol content, Accident Direction, trip Time and Date.
The design selects ARM 7 (LPC 2148) as embedded controller,
UART ( Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter) is the
common peripheral found on microcontrollers widely used for
communication with the external devices and systems, I2C
(Inter-Integrated Circuit) for on-board communication, Real
Time Clock, Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only
Memory and GSM module.
Keywords—Black Box, Collision Avoidance, UART, I2C
Protocol, GSM
I. INTRODUCTION
The vehicle accident is a major public problem in many
countries, particularly India. Despite awareness campaign,
this problem is still increasing due to rider's poor behaviors
such as speed driving, drunk driving, riding without sufficient
sleep, etc. The numbers of death and disability are very high
because of late assistance to people who got the accident.
These cause huge social and economic burdens to people
involved. Therefore, several research group and major
motorcycle manufacturers have developed safety devices to
protect riders from accidental injuries. However, good safety
device for vehicles is difficult to implement and very
expensive [1]. On the roadway driver usually keep a safety
distance from one another. On the other hand, due to the
driver’s interruption, long-time driving tiredness, or a sudden
break applied by another car, a serious collision may occur.
Even though the driver is in a conscious mind, he cannot
respond immediately to control his/her vehicle. Sometimes
crash may occurs due to bad weather situations as mist, vapor,
fog and so on. Therefore, with the help of obstacle detection
and distance measurement sensor, a front end collision
warning system is developed to prevent vehicle from the
collision is named as VVCAU [2]. Many cases remain
pending due to unknown reason of an accident. To avoid these
problems, a design is proposed to enhance on-board recording
device (i.e. Black Box). Car black box is a digital electronic
device, which records and store vehicle speed, real time and
vehicle's other status information. It helps to discover and to
analyze the reason of an accident easily and to settle many
disputes related to car accident such as crash litigation,
insurance settlements.
Manuscript received on August 2014.
Mr. Ramchandra Patil, M.Tech Student, Electronics and Communication
Department, B. V. Bhoomaraddi College of Engineering and Technology,
Hubli, India.
Prof. Shivaraj Hublikar, Electronics and Communication Department, B.
V. Bhoomaraddi College of Engineering and Technology, Hubli, India.
It can be used to not only reconstruct what happened before an
accident by Insurance agents and police but improve vehicle
design, roadway design and emergency medical service by
automakers, government and hospital. Hence a combined
system is essential to provide the solution for all the above
problems. The proposed system will make use of all the above
mentioned modules like VVCAU, and BB at a low cost.
II. SYSTEM DESCRIPTION
The Block diagram of system hardware is shown in the
figure 1.
Fig -1: Design of System Hardware
In above paper heart of above system is ARM7LPC2148,
Black Box, VVCAU and GSM Module. Here we have used
12V battery as Power Supply and it is step down to 3.3V for
ARM7LPC2148, Black Box, VVCAU and 5V for GSM
Module. This system also contains Alcohol Sensor, Brake
Sensor, CO2 Sensor, Temperature Sensor and Ultrasonic
Sensor is used for pre-accident detection system. GPS module
is used to send the SMS to relative person to indicate accident
has been occurred.
III. HARDWARE COMPONENTS AND DESIGN
A. ARM7 TDMI PROCESSOR
The system uses ARM 7 (LPC 2148) microcontroller as a
master controller.
Feature:
• 32-bit ARM7 TDMI-S microcontroller in a tiny
LQFP64 package,
• 40kB of on-chip Static RAM,
• 512kB of On-chip Flash Program Memory.
• One or two 10-bit ADCs provide a total of 6/14 analog
inputs, with conversion times as low as 2.44 µs per
channel, Single 10-bit DAC provides variable
analog output.
• Multiple serial interfaces including two UARTs
(Universal Asynchronous Receiver and
Transmitter), Two Fast I2C-bus (400 Kbit/s), SPI
(Serial Peripheral Interfaces) with buffering and
variable data length capabilities.
Design and Implementation of Car Black Box
with Collision Avoidance System using ARM
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• In-System Programming/In-Application
Programming (ISP/IAP) via on-chip boot loader
Software, Single flash sector or full chip erase in 400
ms and programming of 256 bytes in 1 ms.
• Two 32-bit timers/external event counters (with four
capture and four compare channels each), PWM unit
(six outputs) and watchdog, Low power Real-Time
Clock (RTC) with independent power and 32 kHz
clock input.
• On-chip integrated oscillator operates with an external
crystal from 1 MHz to 25 MHz.
• CPU operating voltage range of 3.0 V to 3.6 V (3.3 V
± 10 %) with 5 V tolerant I/O pads[3].
B. Temperature Sensor
Engine temperature is important in engine control unit, if
this value goes to abnormal, some unwanted gases exhaust
from vehicles due to improper combustion. In this project, in
order to obtain the vehicle engine temperature, we have used
LM35 temperature sensor. This temperature sensor
continuously reads the engine temperature and fed to the
microcontroller. The output of LM35 is given to pin P0.28 of
LPC2148. It converts temperature value into electrical
signals. Its temperature sensing range is -55 to +150°C.
C. Alcohol Sensor
In this project, MQ-3 gas sensor is used for alcohol detection.
It is high sensitive to alcohol, simple drive circuit, stable and
long life. If driver has drunk, then alcohol sensor sends signal
to microcontroller. The output of MQ-3 is given to pin P0.29
of LPC2148 and message is displayed on LCD.
D. CO2 Sensor
In this project, MQ-7 gas sensor is used for CO2 detection. It
is high sensitive to carbon monoxide, simple drive circuit,
stable and long life. If the level CO2 from smoke emitted from
car is more than the desired level, MQ-7 gas sensor sends
signal to microcontroller. The output of MQ-7 is given to pin
P0.30 of LPC2148 and message is displayed on LCD.
E. Brake Sensor
Here we have used small injection as engine oil pump and we
have placed LDR (Light Dependent Resistor) on moving part
of injection and reflector paper on stationary part of injection.
If we press the injection inside the distance between LDR and
reflector decreases the light reflects with full intensity. This
indicates brakes are in good working condition. When we pull
injection outside the distance between LDR and reflector
increases and intensity of light reflection decreases. This
indicates brake fail condition. This is displayed on LCD.
F. GSM Module
GSM (Global System for Mobile communications) is an open,
digital cellular technology used for transmitting mobile voice
and data services. GSM is a digital mobile telephone system
that is widely used in Europe and other parts of the world.
GSM uses a variation of Time Division Multiple Access
(TDMA) and is the most widely used of the three digital
wireless telephone technologies (TDMA, GSM, and CDMA).
It operates at either the 900 MHz or 1,800 MHz frequency
band. It supports voice calls and data transfer speeds of up to
9.6 kbit/s, together with the transmission of SMS (Short
Message Service). Here we have used SIM300 GSM Module,
it is a Tri-band GSM/GPRS that works on frequencies EGSM
900 MHz, DCS 1800 MHz and PCS1900 MHz. SIM300
provides GPRS multi-slot class 10/ class 8 (optional)
capability and supports the GPRS coding schemes. The
SIM300 is designed with power saving technique, the current
consumption to as low as 2.5mA in SLEEP mode.
G. Switches
Here we have used four SPDT (single pole, double throw)
Switches, one switch on each side to detect the accident
direction. If anyone the switch is pressed then GSM Module
sends the SMS to relative person such as ACCIDENT
OCCURRED and also display the message on LCD.
H. RF Transmitter and Receiver
To send the information wirelessly from the source to the
destination, ASK transmitter and receiver is used which are
tuned at 433MHZ and supported with encoder and decoder
HT12E and HT12D. The receiver unit receives the signal and
that will be used for computation. HT12E and HT12D are the
encoder and decoder CMOS ICS with working voltage range
of 2.4V to 12V. This will work with the RF Links at 434MHz
at either baud rate. Only one 434MHz transmitter will work
within the same location. Encoder HT12E has eight address
and 4 data lines. The data which is set on 4 data lines is
serially transmitted when transmit enable (TE) is low. The
data output appears serially on D OUT pin. The encoder
circuit converts parallel signal D0, D1, D2, D3 to serial and
the same is transmitted through transmitter. This receiver type
is good for data rates up to 4800bps and will only work with
the 434MHz transmitter. The receiver is operated at 5V. This
receiver has a sensitivity of 3uV. The receiver receives serial
data, and same data goes to decoder circuit converts serial
signal to the parallel and can be used for controlling purpose.
I. Motor Driving Circuit
In order to control the speed of car voltage controlled method
is used. The LM317 is an adjustable 3−terminal positive
voltage regulator capable of supplying in excess of 1.5 A over
an output voltage range of 1.2 V to 37 V is used to control
output voltage. This voltage regulator is exceptionally easy to
use and requires only two external resistors to set the output
voltage. We have given 12V input to LM317 and we have
used three BC548 transistors and three different resistors to
adjust RPM of Motor. The Motor used in this project is 12V,
60 RPM (Revolutions Per Minute) Geared DC Motor.
The relation between Distance and Speed is shown below
in table 1.
Distance (cm) Speed (KM/h)
<=10 0
<=20 30
<=30 50
<=40 80
>40 100
Table 1: Distance vs. Speed
IV. VEHICAL TO VEHICAL COLLISON AVOIDANCE UNIT
A VVCAU operates, in the following manner: an ultrasonic
sensor installed at the front end of a vehicle frequently scans
the highway for detecting vehicle or an obstacle. If such an
obstacle is found, the system determines whether the vehicle
is in imminent danger of crashing, and if so, a collision
warning is given to the driver. It is constructing with help of
Ultrasonic Sensors which measures the distance between the
vehicles. The sensor determines distance between vehicles
continuously and displays the predicted value on a display

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screen. Based on the distance Speed of a vehicle is controlled
by varying voltage given to the motor. The system uses Max
Sonar High Performance Range finder sensor for predicting
distance. This sensor operates on 2.5-5.5V range. It detects
objects from 0 to 2.5 meters.
V. BLACK BOX
Vehicle Black box referred as Electronic data recorder. It
records main driving data such as Engine Temperature,
Distance from obstacle, Speed of vehicle, Brake status, CO2
Content, Alcohol content, Accident Direction, trip Time and
Date. The recorded data will be analyzed to find out reason
for the accident. EEPROM device is interfaced with
microcontroller by I2C bus. I2C is “synchronous serial, Half
Duplex, 2 wired bus communication protocols”. I2C supports
“MASTER AND SLAVE CONCEPT”. It has 2 lines or bus
namely SDA (Serial Data), SCL (Serial Clock). SDA is
bi-directional and SCL is uni-directional. I2C supports 7 bit
and 10 bit addressing format. Data is valid only when the
clock is in high state. When clock is low the data is placed on
the SDA line. When the clock is HIGH the data start moving
in the SDA line and reaches the slave or the master depending
on who is the destination. EEPROM is an electrically erasable
programmable read only memory. This system uses IC
AT24C16 two wire serial EEPROM. Here we have used eight
AT24C16 EEPROM chips each having capacity of 16 kilo
bytes. The memory organized with 128 pages of 16 bytes
each, the 16K requires an 11-bit data word address for random
word addressing. This device holds the memory until applying
electrical erasing signal. The collected data is analyzed in PC
(personal computer).
VI. RESULT AND DISCUSSION
This Black Box System Classified into two main sections.
This classification can be done by the System working
functionality. These two sections are
1. Vehicle section
2. Controlling section
A. Vehicle Section
The vehicle section consists of an ARM7 Micro
Controller(LPC 2148), RF Receiver, and various sensors like
Temperature sensor(LM35), Alcohol Sensor, Brake Sensor,
CO2 Sensor, Ultrasonic sensor, GSM modem, Black Box,
Power supply and LCD. The sensors are used to record values
at the time of the accident. The values are very useful in the
post accident investigations. LCD is used to display all the
recorded values. These values are retrieved from the Black
Box. The SIM300 GSM module is used to send the message
to the relative person when an accident is occurred to the
vehicle.
Fig -2: Vehicle section
B. Controlling Section
The controlling section consists of only RF transmitter.
Fig -3: Controlling section
C. Experimental Results
When we give the power supply to system, it has to initialize
the LCD. Then it displays the data from all the sensors For
Vehicle Diagnosis. The below figures represents the outputs
of all sensors.
Fig -4: Display of Distance, Brake Condition,
Temperature and RPM of Motor
Fig -5: Display of CO2 content and alcohol content
Fig -6: Display of Time and Date
D. Retrieving Data from EEPROM:
After the accident is occurred then every details of sensors is
calculated and stored in the memory. These values are very
useful to know how the accident is occurred. To obtain these
values or data Black Box is connected to the personal
computer by using a RS232 cable and Windows
HyperTerminal. The data which are recovered are shown in
the below figures.

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Fig -7: Recorded data from Black Box
The message is displayed in the phone after the accident is
occurred to the vehicle. This is sent to the emergency numbers
by the GSM module which is fixed in the vehicle.
Fig -8: Messages indicating ACCIDENT OCCURRED
VII. CONCLUSION
This paper has presented a new vision for the vehicles
industry, which is the Black Box system and Collision
Avoidance System used for vehicles. A full and detailed
description was made for every part of this system. This paper
has also offered a user friendly embedded program to analyze
the data of the accident. This Black Box system built can be
implemented in any vehicle. As soon as the driver runs the
motor, this system will begin to collect the data from all the
sensors and stores in EEPROM along with Date and Time.
The data is stored in Black Box for every 6 seconds. The data
saved can be retrieved after the accident for privacy purposes.
Using serial transmission the EEPROM and display it to the
user. By using RS232 cable and MAX232 user can view the
data from Black Box on HyperTerminal. In addition, a
detailed report will be given to the user containing the
recorded data in the memory.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
I will be grateful to Dr. Ashok Shettar, principal, BVBCET,
Hubli for all the support and help rendered. I express deep
sense of gratitude to our respected HOD Dr. Uma
Mudenagudi for providing the inspiration required to the
completion of paper. I owe sincere thanks and gratitude to our
respected guide Prof. Shivaraj Hublikar, Assistant Professor, E
& C Department, BVBCET, Hubli, who with his immense
experience and knowledge helped me throughout the duration
of the course and for his valuable inputs during the course of
the paper work.
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Mr. Ramchandra Patil, M.Tech Student,
Electronics and Communication Engineering
Department, B. V. Bhoomaraddi College of
Engineering and Technology, Hubli, India.
Prof. Shivaraj Hublikar, obtained B.E. degree from Karnataka
university Dharwad. He has obtained M.Tech degree from
Visveswaraiah Technological University, Belgaum. He is working
as Assistant Professor in Electronics and Communication Engineering
Department, B. V. Bhoomaraddi College of Engineering and Technology,
Hubli, India.

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