International Journal of Electrical and Computing Engineering

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A NOVEL APPROACH FOR THE AUTOMATION OF INDUSTRIES

Siraj.P.A1, G.Prabhakaran2, Dr Marimuthu C.N3
1

2nd yr M.E VLSI DESIGN, Nandha Engineering College, Perundurai, Erode-638 052, Tamilnadu, India.
2

Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Nandha Engineering

College, Perundurai, Erode-638 052, Tamilnadu, India.
3

DEAN, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Nandha Engineering College,

Perundurai, Erode-638 052, Tamilnadu, India.

Abstract - Household appliance control using

cell phone through global system for mobile
communication (GSM) technology is common in
nowadays. The cellular communications is
essential for such remote controlling activities.
SMS (short message service) technology can be
used to control household appliances from
distance. While considering the industrial area,
the automation is not so much popular. The
existing system mainly based on human based
automation system. In the existing system, error
due to human mistakes is there and chances for
accidents are more. The proposed system makes
use of wireless control hence can be effectively
used in systems were unwired connections are
desired. The system allows the user to view the
different blocks of an industry through the
android application.

automation improves the efficiency and also

reduces the cost for manpower. The automation of
house hold appliances is gaining its popularity in
the current era. Considering the industrial sector,
the automation is basically concentrated on the
automation within the specific block only. The
proposed project allows monitoring and controlling
an industry through an android application.
The objective of this work is to develop a
prototype system which enables to monitor and
control an industry through android mobile. The
industry can be monitored in 24 hours and can be
made online for the backing up of data. This allows
the service engineer in an industry to control the
different devices remotely and also able to take
decisions based on the current status of the
industry.
II.

Keywords: Mobile handset;

control; industry; automation.
I.

RELATED WORK

wireless

INTRODUCTION

Embedded systems are playing important

roles in our lives every day, even though they
might not necessarily be visible. An embedded
system can be defined as a control system or
computer system designed to perform a specific
task and also be defined as a single purpose
computer. Some of the embedded systems we use
every day are control the menu system on
television, the timer in a microwave oven, a cell
phone, an MP3 player or any other device with
some amount of intelligence built-in.
In the current era, automation is popular.
When someone looks around, he can found a lot of
applications or systems which are automated. The

There are a lot of works are carried out in

the same manner in the case of home automation.
The advancement in home automation includes
monitoring and controlling devices remotely. The
work that presented here is new to industrial sector
and allows automation to a new meaning. The goal
of this paper is to propose a cost effective method
for the controlling and monitoring of different
sector in an industry.
III.

METHODOLOGY

A. Automation in different
Snapshot

sector : A

Many researches are going on for the

automation in different areas. The automation

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allows monitoring and controlling different devices
or systems within a specific area without the
interaction of human. This needs some sort of
artificial intelligence. Current technologies help to
achieve these goals easily. Following are some of
the areas in which automation is implemented.
a) Vehicles:
The newly coming high end vehicles are
somewhat automated. The Google also invented
driverless car. The automation allows a wide
application and helps to improve the living nature
of human. The automated car, monitor its
surrounding and based on the surrounding it
automatically adjust its performance.

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Considering industries, the automation is
mainly focus on for the controlling of different
devices in a particular system. The proposed
system mainly helps the manger to monitor and
control the entire factory through an android
application. The monitoring can be recorded and
may be used for future reference.
The project makes use of the best in
technology. The application of the project is mainly
concentrated on an industry. The project is the
interaction of different technologies available in the
market. This includes android application
development, simulation and implementation of
microcontroller based system, interfacing of
different sensors etc.
IV.

WORKING PRINCIPLE

b) Defence Area:
The defence area is somewhat advanced in
automation. There are a lot of invention is going on
in the field of aircraft and launch vehicles. Some of
the aircraft can be able to drive without a pilot. The
invention in the field of defence serves a major role
for the security of human.

Assuming the control system is powered

and working properly, then the system works in the
following manner.
1.

2.
c)

Home automation:

It includes automatic monitoring and

controlling of different devices in a home. The
monitoring can be done at any place away from
home. This allows the owner to ensure is there any
security problem with the home. Also some of the
devices can be controlled through wirelessly.

3.

4.

B. Automation in industrial area:

World is contracting with the growth of
mobile phone technology. As the number of users
is increasing day by day, facilities are also
increasing. Starting with simple regular handsets
which were used just for making phone calls,
mobiles have changed our lives and have become
part of it. Now they are not used just for making
calls but they have innumerable uses and can be
used as a Camera , Music player, Tablet PC, T.V. ,
Web browser etc . And with the new technologies,
new software and operating systems are required.
One of the most widely used mobile OS these days
is ANDROID.

5.

From the mobile application, the user can

view and select the required operation to
be performed.
Based on the operation selected, the
corresponding message is transferred to
the control system which is placed inside
the industry.
The control system then sends commands
to the associated microcontroller which
connected to different devices in the
industry.
The current status of the system is updated
periodically and is send back to the
control system.
The updated status is also available in the
user mobile phone.
V.

SYSTEM DESCRIPTION

For the prototype system, it requires both

hardware and software. For the implementation of
the prototype system, one must install an
application in android platform. The application
allows the user to review the current status and
based on the information he can control the devices
in his industry.

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application, such as smart phone, PDA phone and
other mobile device.
C. Microcontroller
Microcontroller is the key element in all
embedded systems, control and automation
processes. It behaves like a single chip
microcomputer and is coupled with a processing
unit, memory, input output devices, timers, data
convertors, serial port etc. here I chosen the
microcontroller from atmel corporation named
Atmega2560.
D. Temperature Sensor

Fig.1. System Architecture

Proposed system architecture is shown in
Fig.1. The process is based on android and GSM
technology. The project allows the monitoring and
controlling of equipments inside a factory. An
emergency shutdown is there in the android
application which allows the user to shut down the
entire system if any fault occurs in any block of the
industry. The micro controller monitors and gives
the control signal which is given by the user
through the android application.

Temperature sensor is used to measure the

atmospheric temperature in the industry.LM35 is the one
which is used in this project and has the following
features.

Calibrated Directly in Celsius (Centigrade).

Linear + 10 mV/C Scale Factor.

Rated for Full 55C to +150C Range.

Low Cost Due to Wafer-Level Trimming.

Low Self-Heating, 0.08C in Still Air.

E. Relay board
The detail description of individual blocks
in the system as follows
A. User GSM mobile Handset
Android based mobile handset is chosen
for the implementation of the project. It allows
installing an application for the industrial
automation.

Relay board consists of SPDT relay and a

relay driver ULN2803. ULN 2803, shown in Fig. 2,
is a unipolar motor driver IC with maximum output
voltage 50 V and output current 500 mA. It
contains eight Darlington pair transistors, each
having a peak rating of 600 mA and can withstand
50 Vin off-states. Outputs may be paralleled for
higher current capability.

B. GSM modem
We have used general packet radio service
(GPRS) modem SIM300 from SIMCON ltd.
Designed for global market, SIM300 is a Tri-band
GSM/GPRS engine that works on frequencies
EGSM 900 MHz, DCS 1800 MHz and PCS1900
MHz [7]. SIM300 provides GPRS multi-slot class
10 capabilities and support the GPRS coding
schemes CS-1, CS-2, CS-3 and CS-4. With a tiny
configuration of 40mm x 33mm x 2.85 mm,
SIM300 can fit almost all the space requirement in

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VIII.

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Fig. 2. ULN 2803 relay driver.

VI.

EXPERIMENTAL RESULT

I fabricated and evaluated a prototype system

for the proposed industrial automation system. The
system is checked with different conditions. The
application in the android mobile allows the user to
select different actions based on the status of the
industry. The control system consists of a PC
which is directly connected to the microcontroller
based system which controls different devices
inside the industry. The PC has an internet
connection which allows updating the data to the
portal and provides timely updating of data in the
android application. The system allows an
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inside the industry. The application allows the user
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CONCLUSION

This paper has reviewed the existing state of

industrial automation systems, and identified
difficulties in such technologies. Here I made an
effort to reduce the complexity and expense of the
architectures adopted by existing systems and the
lack of interoperability between different industrial
automation technologies. A novel architecture for
the industrial automation system is proposed and
implemented, using the android OS. The main aim
of the project is to implement an android based
system for the monitoring and controlling of
different sectors in an industry. Different sensors
are used for monitoring the different operations that
takes place in the industry. The control signal is
given by the manager or administrator through the
mobile application and the corresponding operation
is performed at the industry.

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