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EDITORIAL TEAM

Patrons

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hj. Abdol Samad Nawi

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Khlipah Ibrahim

Advisor

Ir. Dr. Zulzilawati Jusoh

Chief Editor

Nur Idawati Md Enzai

Managing Editor

Dayana Kamaruzaman

Editors

Fatimah Nur Mohd Redzwan

Mazratul Firdaus Mohd Zin

Nurbaiti Wahid

Syila Izawana Ismail

Nooradzianie Muhammad Zin

Najwa Nasuha Mahzan

Ku Siti Syahidah Binti Ku Mohd Noh

Nur Syahirah Kamarozaman

Electrical Engineering Innovation, Competition & Exhibition 2018 (EEICE 2018) Vol. 1 (A1 – A13)

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Extended Abstract FYP projects

Volume 1 (A1 – A13) 2019

A1

VACUUM CLEANER ROBOTIC CAR Nor Ainun Syafiqah Mohd Sazidin, Muhammad Adib Abd Halim, Muhammad Azri Firdaus Mohd Zulkifli

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A2

SAFF STRAIGHT LINE DETECTOR Muhammad Anas B. Mohd Rosli, ‘Iffah Athirah Bt. Zaidi, Akmal Najihah Bt. Ibrahim, Dr. Mohd Aziz B. Aris

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A4

CLOUD CONTROLLED WATERING SYSTEM USING BLYNK APPLICATION Mohamad Amirul Farhan Bin Abu Bakar, Luqman Amar Bin Abdul Nasir, Nur Afifah Binti Ali, Wan Ahmad

Khusiairi Bin Wan Chek

page 6

A6

FOOTSTEP POWER GENERATION Adriana Bt Noh, Muhammad Amir Syakir bin Mohammad Nor, Muhammad Arif bin Rosli,

Dr. Mohd Aziz bin Aris

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A7

MOVEMENT SENSOR FAUCET Muhammad Idham Bin Kamarulzaman, Zulhanif Bin Rozali,, Muhammad Iqmal Bin Rosely

page 10

A10

AUTOMATIC WHITEBOARD CLEANER Muhammad Idham Bin Abd Aziz, Muhammad Huzairi Bin Zainuddin, Nur Maizatul Ashikin Bt Mohamed Sukor

Mazratul Firdaus Bt Mohd Zain

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A11

SMART CONVEYOR W. M. W. I. W. Ramli, N. A. Bharu, N. F. Zulkefli

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A13

SMART GRASS CUTTER Muhammad Hifzhan Bin Ruslan, Muhammad Ammar Irfan Bin Maznan, Yusri Aizat Bin Mohd Yasir Afkam

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VACUUM CLEANER ROBOTIC CAR

Nor Ainun Syafiqah Mohd Sazidin, Muhammad Adib Abd Halim, Muhammad Azri Firdaus Mohd Zulkifli

Faculty of Electrical Engineering,

Universiti Teknologi Mara Cawangan Terengganu,Kampus Dungun

23000 Dungun, Terengganu

[email protected], [email protected], [email protected]

Abstract-The main objective of this project is to improvise the vacuum cleaner to more effective way of

cleaning. This project present and illustrate the controlled vacuum system and robotic car that is combining

together to be an automatic and autonomously vacuum cleaner robotic car. The project consists of both software

and hardware design where the ultrasonic sensor as the input to sense the obstacle, the Arduino UNO is used as

the controller to the circuit, and motor driver as the output to move a DC motor of robotic car freely. This motor

driver is used to move a DC motor of Robotic Car freely. The vacuum system has been included within the

robotic car and got a switch ON/OFF near the vacuum. As a conclusion, this project exactly will give such an

easier way to be handle and taking just a little bit of time for house duties.

Keywords – Arduino UNO, Motor driver, DC motor, Ultrasonic sensors, vacuum cleaner, chassis.

INTRODUCTION

The project is designed with one mode which is automatic and autonomously to clean spaces such as

room, walking areas and eating places. The users can choose either to use the robot automatically or manually in

order to make user’s life become easier. This project consists of Arduino circuit as a microcontroller, ultrasonic

sensor to determine the distance and obstacle, motor drive and vacuum circuit. It is a type of small design and

suitable to apply at tiny spaces and hard to reach places such as under the work desk, bed, and narrow areas. This

project also use a few powerful DC motors. Its operation is for the movement of two tires, then a small vacuum

and also a motor for vacuum to clean up with the help of fast and strong fan made up by blade inside it. In

addition, the prototype uses 3 batteries as a power source to control the vacuum cleaner, DC motor and Arduino.

Even it is only for a few hours, it is rechargeable by charging the batteries into a socket or plug as a power supply.

METHODOLOGY

Figure 1: Flowchart of the Vacuum Cleaner Robotic Car

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The flow chart of the project is shown in Figure 1. The direction will be set either left or right by the user

then the car will move forward as have been set up. Whenever there is any obstacle forward, the car automatically

will change either it is right or left. The car will be stop after it moves forward again. The car will keep moving

based on this flowchart without having any trouble.

RESULT AND DISCUSSION

Figure 5 shows the vacuum cleaner and the robotic car being tested. The vacuum and the car are

separated where the vacuum is put on top of the car. Two push button will start each the robotic car and the

vacuum cleaner. The project consists of three circuits which is circuit for Arduino, motor driver (L298N) and

three ultrasonic sensors. We put three ultrasonic sensors in front, right and left of the car to detect any obstacle in

such a specific distance that have been put in coding. For this project, we will be using Arduino UNO and the

Arduino programming software to run our robotic car to determine the directions of the wheel. Also, we use a

bigger and more powerful DC motor for the vacuum fan as it have more power to catch the dust faster and easier.

For the power supply, we used three of it, two 9V batteries for the vacuum cleaner and the DC motor, and also one

9V battery connected to the Arduino.

CONCLUSION

As a conclusion, this vacuum cleaner is designed with autonomously and automatic control of robotic car. This

project is mainly to give comfort to other people in cleaning a space or difficult spot to reach without using human

force. The idea of this project is to automatically clean up the space in a more efficient and faster than vacuum

cleaner. A few adjustments has been made by adding ultrasonic sensors to detect the obstacles and automatically

avoiding them for the purpose of easy maintenance. For future recommendation, this project can be improved by

controlling the ON/OFF button vacuum cleaner using smart phone.

REFERENCES

[1] Ali Okatan and Georgi M. Dimirovski “Fuzzy Logic Navigation and Control Of Non-Holonomic Vacuum

Cleaner”, Proceeding Of the 10th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, July 2002.

[2] D.C. Patel and H.S Patil “Design and Development of Low Cost Intelligence Vacuum Cleaner”

International Journal of Recent Trends in Engineering and Research, Vol.03, Issues 11; November-2017.

[3] Yi Song Park and Young Pung No, Remote Controllable Automatic Moving Vacuum Cleaner, 1998.

[4] Alexander Smirnov, Alexey Kashevnik and Andrew Ponomarev,”Multi-Level Self-Organization in

Cyber-Physical-Social Systems:Smart Home Cleaning Scenario”7th Industrial Product-Service Sytems

Conference-PSS, Industry Transformation for Sustainability and Business, SPIIRAS, 39, 14 line,

St.Petersburg, 199178, RussiaITMO University, 49 Kronverksky Ave., St.Petersburg, 197101, Russia.

Iwan R., Ulrich Francesco and Mondada J.-D. Nicoud, “Autonomous Vacuum Cleaner” Laboratory of

Microcomputing (LAMI) Swiss Federal Institute of Technology


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SAFF STRAIGHT LINE DETECTOR

Muhammad Anas B. Mohd Rosli, ‘Iffah Athirah Bt. Zaidi, Akmal Najihah Bt. Ibrahim, Dr. Mohd Aziz B. Aris




Abstract- Saff is all about the important aspect before starting the Solat. But nowadays, most of the Muslim

people do not take care enough about the straightness of the Saff before began the Solat. To solve this problem,

we came up with the idea to produce a device to enlighten the Muslim people about the Saff. Saff Straight Line

Detector is being produce to help the user to know whether the Saff already straight or not. The main component

of the Saff detector are IR sensor, Led, potentiometer, IC LM358 and Arduino Uno. IR sensor is the most

important component since it will detect the users’ feet and send the signal to the LED. When any obstacle is

being near to the IR sensor, the amount of voltage at the resistor increase. IC LM358 is used to compare the

sensor and references voltages. The input will turn on when the voltage at the non-inverting input is more than

the voltage at inverting input of the IC.

Keywords - IR sensor, Potentiometer, IC LM358, Arduino (UNO) controller

INTRODUCTION

Currently, no proper line indicator for Saff before Solat has been proposed. So, therefore the project is

being produce. Most ‘Imam’ and ‘makmum’ do not care about the Saff alignment, so with this project we can

awaken them about it. The main objective of this project is to indicate the Saff in proper line before Solat. This is

to make it easier for the user to make sure the Saff already straight, without the need to check it several times.

This device will inform the user when the Saff is already in a straight line by refer to the LED. The infrared

sensor will on first, and the sensor will detect the obstacle. When it senses the obstacle, the LED will light up the

red color. This will happen when the obstacle is all in the same distance. Then it will specify whether the Saff in

straight line or not. The proper line of Saff can be indicate when all the LED is light up. For the scope of this

project, it is suitable for ‘surau kolej’ because the range for the IR sensor is not that big. So, the quantity of the

user for this project is limited.

METHODOLOGY

In this project, IR sensor is used to detect an obstacle. Then it will send the signal to the LED. The users’

feet will be as the input in this project. When all the input is in the straight line, the IR sensor will detect it and

all the LED will light up. To indicate the obstacle in a straight line, we set the potentiometer to a fix distance.

The process of flow chart is for the situation that occur in the Saff Straight Line Detector which is the IR sensor

will detect the obstacle and light up the LED. From this flow chart, the IR sensor will on first. When there is an

obstacle nearer, the sensor will detect it. LED then will light up the red color. The IR sensor then will specify

whether the Saff is already in straight line or not. If yes, we used the Arduino controller to turn off the LED. But

if not, the LED will still light up and the IR sensor will repeat the process of the detection of obstacle until the

Saff become perfect straight line.


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RESULT AND DICUSSION

The result that we obtain by inventing this Saff Straight Line Detector project is that it would achieve our

objective which is to design and build a prototype of a Saff detector to indicate the Saff in proper line before

Solat. It can be observed that when the obstacle is nearer the IR sensor, the LED will light up. The IR sensor will

only detect the obstacle when it is in a distance that already been set up by using potentiometer. So, with this

project, we will get the result when the IR sensor detected the users’ feet and light up the LED. The distance will

be set at the potentiometer and the IR sensor will detected the feet when it is in the range of the distance. When

all the LED is light up, it indicated that the Saff already in straight line. So, the users just need to look at the

LED as their references before starting the Solat.

CONCLUSIONS As a conclusion, this new device can be implemented at the place where the Muslim will do their Solat

especially the Mosque as it is the most common place for the Muslim. It can conclude that our project can help

users easier to know and confident about the straightness of the Saff before they are performing Solat. Our

project will refer to the LED light when the Saff already in proper line. By this way, the users will be aware of

their Saff. So, by doing this project we hope that we can solve the problem for the users.

REFERENCES

[1] IEEEXPLORE.com, ‘Multi-sensor fusion strategy to obtain 3-D occupancy profile’,

2005.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=1569225.

[2] IEEEXPLORE.com, ‘MIDI Gestural Control of a VST Plugin Using an IR S

ensor’,2007.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=4127251.

[3] IEEEXPLORE.com, ‘An IR Proximity-Based 3D Motion Gesture Sensor for Low-Power Portable

Applications’,2015.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=7217802.

[4] IEEEXPLORE.com, ‘Single-Package Motion Gesture Sensor for Portable

Applications’,2013.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=6689698 .

[5] IEEEXPLORE.com.‘Touchless Positioning System Using Infrared LED

Sensors’,2014.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=6887946 .


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CLOUD CONTROLLED WATERING SYSTEM USING

BLYNK APPLICATION

Mohamad Amirul Farhan Bin Abu Bakar, Luqman Amar Bin Abdul Nasir, Nur Afifah Binti Ali, Wan Ahmad

Khusiairi Bin Wan Chek





Abstract: Gardening is an activity that people do to make their house or place become more beautiful. The most

important part of gardening is watering the plants as to maintain the soil humidity. During plant watering, the

excessive use of water still the main problem that still exists. This project proposed a watering system that can be

controlled using internet so user can water the plants anytime and anywhere. The objectives of this research are

to design a watering system consists of water pump, relay, soil moisture sensor and NodeMCU microcontroller.

Next is to control the watering system using Blynk application and also to interface the NodeMCU

microcontroller with Arduino Controller (IDE). Other than that, this project also uses soil moisture sensor to

detect the moisture level of plants and also uses ultrasonic sensor to detect the water level of the watering tank.

All of the reading of both soil moisture sensor and ultrasonic sensor will be send to the Blynk application on

smartphone or PC via Internet.

Keyword: NodeMCU microcontroller, Arduino IDE, Blynk Application

INTRODUCTION

Malaysia is ranked 9th in the world for tourist arrivals [1]. The Travel and Tourism Competitiveness

Report 2017 ranks Malaysia 25th out of 141 countries overall, which was the fifth best in Asia. In an effort to

diversify the economy and make Malaysia's economy less dependent on exports, the government pushed to

increase tourism in Malaysia. As a result, tourism has become Malaysia's third largest source of foreign

exchange income and accounted for 7% of Malaysia's economy as of 2005. One of factors that make Malaysia

famous among tourist is because of its agritourism. Agritourism started in 1991 in Malaysia as one of tourism

diversity activity to improve country income. The agritourism activities are runs by private’s sectors and also

local communities. As many of agritourism activities are relate to rural areas, the involvement of local village

communities is important to ensure the success of a program and to get returns from the investment. Although

tourism has become the second source of income from foreign exchange in the country, the percentage of

agritourism contribution is still low compared to other tourism sectors. Plants are very important in our daily life,

either for humans, animals or even our planet itself. Plants provide us oxygen by absorbing carbon dioxide

through the proses called photosynthesis. Oxygen is important for cellular respiration for all living organism. It

also maintains the ozone layer to keep our planet safe from the Ultraviolet (UV) radiation. So, as a consumer of

oxygen, it is our duty to keep the Earth ecosystem so younger generation can also consume it to in the future.

METHODOLOGY

According to the block diagram and flowchart for this project, the soil sensor detects the amount of

water in the soil of the surrounding area. The other sensor used is the ultrasonic sensor which detects the level of

water in the tank. NodeMCU was chosen as a microcontroller to collect data from the sensors. NodeMCU will

collect the data from the soil moisture sensor and ultrasonic sensor and send to cloud. Then, the information is

available to the users through the internet. Microcontroller will also send signal to the water motor and tank

motor to operate. The Blynk application is used as a control board to control the dc water pumps operation and to

observe the readings of the sensors.

As the soil moisture sensor detects the moisture of soils, notification will be sent to user through the

Blynk application if the soil is dry. If the soil moisture level is wet, notification will not be sent to the user. The

user can simply turn the watering pump ON and OFF simply by using the Blynk application to water the plant.

For the ultrasonic sensor, it will detect the water level in the watering and the water level will be shown in the

Blynk application. If the water level is low, it will send notification to the user to refill the watering tank. The

user can simply turn ON the refill water pump to refill the watering tank. If the level of water in the watering

tank is enough, user can turn OFF the refill water pump using the Blynk application.

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The effectiveness of the proposed project was measured by conducting several experiments. The motors

were the first tested at the beginning of this project. Throughout the result gained, both of the motors were

effectively controlled using the Blynk application. Next, the soil moisture sensor was tested by placing the

sensor into a dry soil. The sensor managed to send the notification to the Blynk application. After that, the sensor

was placed on a wet soil and no notification was send to the Blynk application. For the ultrasonic sensor, it was

tested by placing it on top of a tank full with water. At first, the sensor was not able to send the water level to the

Blynk application accurately. After some fixing was made for its coding, the sensor managed to send the water

level fast and accurate. The sensor than was added notification to it so the user will receive notification to refill

the tank when the tank is almost empty. All of the components than was installed into one prototype and was

tested several times until the result is accurate and satisfying.

CONCLUSIONS

As for the outcome of this project, the plants in the gardens will receive the suitable amount of water

and minerals. The contract workers can also water the plants remotely using PC or smartphone through WIFI.

The water overflow can also be avoided. This system can also be used by anyone that is interested in gardening.

There are many positive outcomes from using this system such as, knowing the different amount of water

required from different plants, causing plants to grow well and pique the new generation’s interest towards

plants.

REFERENCES

[1] En.wikipedia.org ‘Tourism in Malaysia’, 2018. [Online]. Available:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourism_in_Malaysia . [Accessed: 7- October - 2018].

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourism_in_Malaysia


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FOOTSTEP POWER GENERATION Adriana Bt Noh, Muhammad Amir Syakir bin Mohammad Nor, Muhammad Arif bin Rosli,

Dr. Mohd Aziz bin Aris





Abstract: Nowadays, energy and power are one of necessities in this modern world. As the demand of energy is

increasing, the ultimate solution is by implementing the renewable sources of energy by designing Footstep

Power Generation. It is designed to be very useful at places such as universities, office and others. By using

footstep power generation design, the project will be able to show how a simple mechanical motion could be

converted into electrical power. When a person walks, energy is lost in the form of vibration. The pressure

exerted can be converted from mechanical energy to electrical energy. This system could store the electrical

energy in the 6V rechargeable battery and the display the voltage of the battery on LCD by using Arduino Uno.

The power produced can be utilized by lighting up lights along the corridors or emergency power failure

situations.

Keywords: Piezoelectric sensor, Arduino Uno, Energy Harvesting, Power generation, LCD display.

INTRODUCTION

Electricity has become a necessity for the human population as electric power are being used by various

operation in modern technology. The need of power is increasing day by day. At the same time, the wastage of

energy also increased in many ways and lead to a huge amount of pollution. There is a need for alternate power

generation. Meanwhile, the footstep of pedestrians is receiving less attention in generating power to turn on

electrical devices. The objective of this project is to generate electric power through footstep pattern. For this

project, the energy will be generated through footsteps. The main principle of this power generation technology

is the piezoelectric effect which is the pressure from footstep is converted to electrical energy. An array of 10

piezoelectric sensor is connected in series-parallel connections to generate the power. From the circuit, the

battery will be supplied with the voltage generated for charging and supplying to the loads. Arduino Uno is

programmed to display the status of the supplied voltage from the battery on the LCD. As walking is a common

activity in our life so when a person is walking, they lose the energy in the form of vibration due to transfer of

weight on to the surfaces. This energy can be converted into usable form such as electrical form and can be

stored for later use to light up the lights along the corridor or during emergency situations.

METHODOLOGY

Figure 1. Flowchart of Footstep Power Generation



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Based on Figure 1 above, an array of Piezoelectric sensor has been connected in series-parallel connections.

When the sensors are pressed, the force applied will be converted into electrical energy that can be stored in the

rechargeable battery for later use. Bridge Rectifier is used to convert AC to DC so that the generated voltage can

be stored in the battery. If the battery is full, the relay will stop the Piezoelectric circuit from generating more

energy to the battery and the stored charge can be used to light up the lights. But if the battery is not full, the

Piezoelectric sensor must be pressed until the battery is full. Arduino Uno is interfaced with LCD to display the

voltage stored in the battery.


Based on the analysis results from the experiments conducted, it can be observed that by applying various

forces on the piezoelectric, different voltage readings are displayed. Weight varied from 40kg to 80kg were

made to step on the piezoelectric to determine the voltage generated. The output from a single piezoelectric

transducer was low. So, a total of 10 piezoelectric sensor are connected in series-parallel combination to get the

output voltage.

Table 1. The results of applying various forces on the Piezoelectric sensor

CONCLUSION

As a conclusion, the Footstep Power Generation project could be implemented in crowded areas such as the

walkway between buildings in the campus where a lot of students passes through every day. Footstep Power

Generation is the best economical, affordable energy solution where the piezoelectric sensors require little

maintenance. By using this project, the power generated can drive loads based on the forces that were applied on

the piezoelectric transducer. Footstep Power Generation could also reduce the cost by using renewable energy

and students will be exposed to a healthier life in the campus and could bring more benefits to the university.

REFERENCES

[1] Vazquez-Rodriguez, M., et al. “Energy Harvesting Input Stage Model for Piezoelectric Materials Involved

in Road Traffic Applications.” 2012 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology,2012,

doi:10.1109/icit.2012.6209905.

[2] Anirudha Chavan, et al. “Advanced Foot Step Power Generation Using Piezo-Electric Sensors.”

International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology, vol. 3, no. 3, Nov. 2002.

[3] Dhanalakshmi, G., et al. “Footstep Power Generation System.” International Journal of Engineering and

Computer Science, vol. 6, no. 4, Apr. 2017, doi:10.18535/ijecs/v6i4.38.

[4] Kiran Boby, Aleena Paul K, Anumol.C.V, Josnie Ann Thomas, Nimisha K.K Dept of EEE, MACE,

Kothamangalam,, et al. “Footstep Power Generation Using Piezo Electric Transducers,” International

Journal of Engineering and Innovative Technology (IJEIT), vol. 3, no. 10, Apr. 2014.

[5] Marshiana, D., et al. “Footstep Power Production Using Piezoelectric Sensors.” Research


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MOVEMENT SENSOR FAUCET

Muhammad Idham Bin Kamarulzaman, Zulhanif Bin Rozali,

Muhammad Iqmal Bin Rosely




[email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Abstract – The goal of this project was to decrease the amount of water waste inside the campus as students

tends to forget to close the tap and cause water waste inside the campus. The design stabilizes soap, water, and

energy costs and has a unit cost comparable to current public facilities components. Then, a prototype was

created with an electrical control circuit and viable mechanical design to prove the validity of the idea. The

prototype was meant to replicate a unit that washed a user’s hands in a consistent manner. The prototype used

simpler, less expensive components to dispense soap and wash the hands. Due to a lack of custom parts, the

prototype required the user to rub their hands together to work the soap into their hands and allow the water to

fully rinse the soap off. The prototype functioned without requiring the user to touch anything to operate the

device. This touch free operation was accomplished with an ultrasonic sensor and coded Arduino UNO that

began the process of washing hands once the beam was interrupted.

Keyword- ultrasonic sensor, Arduino Uno

INTRODUCTION

Hand hygiene is a major requirement for human health. Many infectious diseases can be emerged if proper

hand hygiene procedures are not implemented. The infectious diseases which are caused by hand non-hygiene

are viruses and parasites. Hand washing is the simplest, important and cost effective way to improve hand

hygiene in health care and support the prevention of infectious diseases. By using faucet to wash our hand we

can improve our hand hygiene level. Faucet is a device for controlling the flow of liquid from a pipe or the like

by opening or closing a tap. These devices can be found easily in the kitchen or toilet at the sink. Faucet is

widely use in our daily lives as to wash our hands, clean vegetables and other includes daily routines. Based on

the task given to our group to create a smart campus, we have created a proposal for more efficient use of a

faucet. For our faucet, we use movement sensor to improve efficiency and furthermore make the faucet more

easy to use. Even though the faucet we use nowadays are good enough, but there are a few problems that can be

stated. The objective of this project are to reduce the repairing cost as the tap of the faucet always been

damaged ,decrease the amount of water waste because student tends to forget closing the tap, and also saving

time and easy to use.

METHODOLOGY

To use the faucet or hand soap, firstly the user must put their hands under the spout or the pump head.

There are two sensor placed at different angle. The first sensor is placed at the bottom side of the spout , and the

other sensor is placed at the upper side of the spout. If the user want to wash their hand, the will need to move

their hands in front of the first sensor, because the second sensor will eject soap when detects movement.


The result of this project is, ,when the sensor detects two movement at the same time it will not dispense

any water or soap. It will only dispense either only soap or only water to make sure the user can choose either

they want to use soap or water.

CONCLUSION

The problem of high water usage and cost of frequently repairing the faucet can be solved by using

automatic faucet. This faucet will only stream the tap water when movement is detected. The cost for repairing

the faucet will also drop because this faucet does not use handle to let the water flow which is always the reason


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for the faucet to be damaged. If this project is implemented, the water usage will decrease, and it will be harder

for the faucet to be damaged.

REFERENCES

[1] Robert L.Boylestad ; Louis Nashelsky, Electronic devices and circuit theory,10th edn, published by pearson

education,inc.,

[2] Silver, H. Ward (2008). Circuit building do-it-yourself for Dummies. For Dummies. p. 111. ISBN

0-470-17342-4. (http://www.ijeijournal.com/papers/v3i2/F0323237.pdf)

[3] [US], LEWIS RICHARD P, TRAMONTINA PAUL F [US], KAUFMAN KENNETH [US], and YORK

CHERYL L [US]. A Device For Encouraging Hand Washing Compliance. Europe Patent 1794727. 6 13,

2007.

[4] Barnhill, Paul R., James Glenn, and Timothy Prodanovich. Automated Washing System. United States

Patent 8110047. 12 4, 2008.

(https://web.wpi.edu/Pubs/E-project/Available/E-project-042513-102751/unrestricted/MQP_Final_Version.

pdf)


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AUTOMATIC WHITEBOARD CLEANER

Muhammad Idham Bin Abd Aziz, Muhammad Huzairi Bin Zainuddin, Nur Maizatul Ashikin Bt Mohamed Sukor

Mazratul Firdaus Bt Mohd Zain





Abstract - Nowadays, whiteboards are widely used in almost every educational institute. About 70-80%

educational institute around the world uses whiteboard as the writing medium in their classrooms. They are large

size for that reason it is very time consuming process to erase the writings from the board with the duster. As for an

hour period of class, about 8-10% of time has waste to just clean the board using the duster. Considering this

“Automatic Whiteboard Cleaner”, is an automatic system can solve these problems. The Automatic Whiteboard

Cleaner application could reduce the time taken to wipe off the whiteboard as well as reduces the effort to clean

the whiteboard. The sensor attached to the Automatic Whiteboard Cleaner acts as the controller in order to operate

the automatic Whiteboard Cleaner. The main components of the automatic whiteboard cleaner are Arduino

UNO, motion sensor, voltage source and dc motor. Arduino UNO is the core of this project and it is very important

to make sure the project can run as expected. If the program gone wrong, it may affect the operation of the motor.

The motion Sensor is used to detect the movement things. When the motion sensor has detected the movement , it

will send the signal to the arduino and it will move the DC motor. The duster will clean the whiteboard

automatically. In conclusion, this project will definitely reduce the human’s energy and also will make the work

more efficient yet easy from before.

Keywords - Automatic whiteboard cleaner.

INTRODUCTION

Teaching and learning process is about delivering and receiving the knowledge involving the students and

lecturers. How do they deliver their knowledge to student? Nowadays, there are many methods used by lecturers in

order to deliver their knowledge; such as blended learning or open learning, printed notes and handouts distributed

to the students and the whiteboard. Until now, many universities still used whiteboard as a medium to deliver their

knowledge or important information to the students. Thus, many methods of cleaning whiteboard were fabricated.

The automatic whiteboard cleaner is a system which generally used to clean the whiteboard automatically.

Literally, with the application of the automatic whiteboard cleaner could save time and energy. It is the technology

should be used nowadays. This project was selected after considering the Smart Campus theme as well as for the

lecturers’ comfort to clean up the whiteboard after it is used. Hence, it is realized that the automatic whiteboard

cleaner has the potential to be implemented as the final year project. There are two main objective of the automatic

whiteboard cleaner project. First objective is to make it easier for the students and lecturers to clean the whiteboard

which can save their time and energy. The second objective is to control the duster mechanism just by waving their

hand across the sensor connected to the duster.

METHODOLOGY

In the Figure 1 shows the block diagram of our projects. First, the batteries is used as the power source to turn

on the system. Next, the sensor will detect motion. If the sensor detect motion, the signal will be sent to the arduino

to process the motor.

Figure 1: Block Diagram of Automatic whiteboard cleaner





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RESULT

The automatic whiteboard consist PIR Sensor, Arduino UNO, DC Motor and Battery that we are using 12V

to complete the circuit. To make the motor move, we need to connect the DC motor to the battery and the signal

move to the arduino as we set its coding in the arduino and the DC motor will run and the duster will move from

left to the right slowly in twice. So the whiteboard will be clean and we could spent the time very well.

CONCLUSIONS

As a conclusion, the motion sensor used in this project is functioned to detect the movement. For example

when someone are waving their hands. Besides, the switch button could be used if the motion sensor does not

detect the motion. Then, with the connection between the component and the correct programming, this project

will run as expected and also move the motor to help duster moves from left to right to clean the whiteboard.

Moreover, this project also be able to reduce the human’s energy and make the works more efficient and fast. So its

very useful for lecturer and student in the classroom.

REFERENCES

[1] Kuleshov, V.S. And Lakota, N.A. 1988. Remotely Controlled Robots and Manipulators. Mir

Publications, Moscow, Russia

[2] Shmuylovich And Salcman, “Whiteboard Presentation Of Interactive And Expandable Modular

Content,”U.S.Patent 057106 A2,Sept.07,2012

[3] Puneet Mathur, Bhushan Tukaram Chougule, Ravina Nangare, “Automated Motorized

Whiteboard”, International Journal Of Engineering, Business And Enterprise Applications

(IJEBEA), ISSN (Print): 2279-0020,ISSN (Online): 2279-0039, 6(1), September-November., 2013,

Pp. 01-04


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SMART CONVEYOR

W. M. W. I. W. Ramli, N. A. Bharu, N. F. Zulkefli

Faculty of Electrical Engineering

Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Cawangan Terengganu Kampus Dungun,

23000 Sura Hujung Dungun, Terengganu.

[email protected],.

Abstract - The Smart Conveyor is a project of a conveyor application with the adaptation of sensor to make it

operate smartly and met the concept of Smart Campus. The Smart Conveyor is going to be mounted at the

cafeterias in the campus and college. The function of the smart conveyor is to maximize the efficiency of works in

order to ensure the dirty dishes and utensils are managed systematically. Besides that, it is also to keep the

cleanliness at the cafeteria so that the students and staff can have their meal comfortably. The main components of

the smart conveyor are Arduino UNO, Ultrasonic Sensor, DC motor and L293D IC. Arduino UNO is the core of

this project and it is very important to make sure the project can run as expected. If the program gone wrong, it may

affect the operation of the motor. The Ultrasonic Sensor is used to detect the plate on the conveyor. When the

Ultrasonic Sensor has detected the plate on the conveyor, it will send the signal to the Arduino UNO and the input

signal will be send to L293D IC. L293D IC functions as a switch to the circuit to turn on and off the motor. The

conveyor will carry the dirty plate from the front of the café straight to the kitchen after someone put the plate on

the conveyor. In conclusion, this project will definitely reduce the human’s energy and also will make the work

more efficient yet easy from before.

Keywords - Smart Conveyor, Ultrasonic Sensor, Arduino UNO, L293D IC

INTRODUCTION

The smart conveyor is created in order to reduce the human energy and also to make the work more

efficient than before. Usually, the workers need to carry the basin full of dirty plates and utensils to the kitchen.

Other than that, the problem that the workers need to face is when the plate fall on the floor and they have to collect

it one by one. This will make the work more difficult and consume a lot of time. The function of smart conveyor is

to move the dirty plate from the front part of café straight to the kitchen and ready to be washed. So, when using

smart conveyor, the workers just need to wait the plate in the kitchen. With this product, the worker’s energy can

be reduce and the work will be more efficient.

METHODOLOGY

When the Ultrasonic Sensor detects the object on the conveyor, then it will send the signal to the Arduino

UNO. After that, the L293 IC will off after receiving the information from Arduino UNO and the motor will

rotating for a few second before it is stop. The first step to begin this project is start with installation of the

hardware according to the schematic diagram. The calibrations and tunings are done by the coding programmed

when it was uploaded in the Arduino UNO.


The smart conveyor consist Ultrasonic Sensor, Arduino UNO, DC motor, L293 IC and battery to

complete the circuit. In order to make the motor move, the sensor need to be trigger first. When the sensor detect a

plate, it will sent a signal to the Arduino UNO. When the signal is high, the motor will run for some times and stop

meanwhile when the signal is low, the motor will not run but in order to make the simulation happen the Arduino

UNO need to have the coding first inside it. However there are some problem that faced which is the conveyor take

more times than it should to start and stop.



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CONCLUSIONS

Ultrasonic Sensor is used in this project that is function to detect the plate and to activate the conveyor.

The smart conveyor will move for a few second, as the time that already set, before it stopped and this process will

repeat when the sensor detect the other plate. With the connection between the component and the correct program,

this project will run as expected and also move with the right period that has been set in the program. This project

able to reduce the human’s energy and to make the works more efficient and fast. The café’s owner also can reduce

the number of the workers that need to hire. This project could achieve its objective which can move the plate from

one place to another place without using human energy after implemented as a prototype in final year project 2.

REFERENCES

[1] Magnier, Mark (2001-09-02). "Yoshiaki Shiraishi; Founded Conveyor Belt Sushi Industry". Los

Angeles Times. Retrieved 4 February 2016.

[2] A. Menon, B. Cohen and M. Likhachev, “Motion planning for smooth pickup of moving objects,” in

2014 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), May 2014, pp. 453–460

[3] S. Monk, 30 Arduino Project for the Evil Genius, 2nd ed. McGraw-Hill Education TAB, 2013.

[4] S. Zhang, X. Xia, "Modeling and energy efficiency optimization of belt conveyors", Appl Energy, vol.

88, no. 9, pp. 3061-3071, 2011..

[5] Gerry E. Paulson, P Eng, "Motor Selection for Belt-Conveyor Drives", presented at the Tenth CIM

Maintenance/Engineering Conference, pp. 13-16, September 1998.

[6] Shen, X. Xia, "Adaptive parameter estimation for an energy model of belt conveyor with DC

motor", Asian Journal of Control, vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 1-11, Mar. 2014.

http://articles.latimes.com/2001/sep/02/local/me-41354/2


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SMART GRASS CUTTER

Muhammad Hifzhan Bin Ruslan, Muhammad Ammar Irfan Bin Maznan, Yusri Aizat Bin Mohd Yasir Afkam

Faculty of Electrical Engineering

Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Cawangan Terengganu Kampus Dungun,

23000 Sura Hujung Dungun, Terengganu.


Abstract - This project is about a grass cutter machine that using arduino and bluetooth to control. The aim of

this project is to decrease the workload of worker and to reduce the time required to cut the grass in certain area.

A prototype can be connected and controlled by the phone via bluetooth module. Bluetooth module is a device

that receive the signal from the control device and synchronous the waveform from the controller and send it to

the prototype. In this project, the bluetooth module is connected to the arduino and the arduino will be put some

coding. The blade motor was placed on the bottom of the prototype. The Arduino consist of both a physical

programmable circuit board and a piece of software or IDE that runs in the computer which is used to write and

upload computer code to the physical board. The output is the LED and motor.

Keywords - reduce, connected, arduino, LED, motor

INTRODUCTION

This project proposes a smart system for controlling a miniature Grasscutter by using Arduino UNO. It is

designed with same type but more advance function than others lawn mower. The main functions is it can cut the

grass at any condition of landscape, which is control through an app on the phone for a distance up to 10meter.

It can be deployed in the houses, civilian property, and industries etc to clean up the environment. For this

project, we have divided into two section of circuit which use only basic electronic circuit. In this circuit we only

use the coding for the arduino. For the whole control of the project, we use the bluetooth module that can

connected to the mobile phone so the instruction for the project just need the user to control by the phone. Only

circuit for motor blade section is direct supply from the battery and control by the switch.

METHODOLOGY

Figure 1: Block diagram of Smart Grasscutter


From the figure below which is software implementation, we use the bluetooth module type HC-06 to

receive the input. When we connect the bluetooth module to the mobile phone, the LED will on continuosly.

From this result, we can conclude that our circuit is function properly.





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Figure 2: Software implementation

CONCLUSION

As a conclusion, this project is able to create a clean and beautiful campus environment. It is because this

project help reduce the workload for the workers and complete the job with the least amount of energy usage and

without any negative effect by the product. Finally, this product will be able to be mass produce and make

available to the public. This will help make the nation as a cleaner country and the earth a healthier planet.

REFERENCES

[1] “A Survey of Robot Lawn Mowers” by Rob Warren Hicks, II and Ernest L. Hall1 Center for Robotics

Research, ML 72 University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH 45221.

[2] H. Singh, J. Singh Mehta, “Design and analysis of wireless remote controlled lawn

mower,” SSRG International Journal of Mechanical Engineering, April 2015.

[3] (PDF) A Technical Review Of Lawn Mower Technology. Available from:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/296555869_A_Technical_Review_Of_Lawn_

Mower_Technology.

[4] “Solar Grass Cutter Robot with Obstacle Avoidance” by G. Manoj Kumar, G. Sravanthi, J. Ankamma

Chowdary, D. Aparna, V. Ajay Kumar from Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,

Tirumala Engineering College, Andhra Pradesh, India.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/296555869_A_Technical_Review_Of_Lawn_

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