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PASSENGER BUS ALERT SYSTEM FOR EASY NAVIGATION OF BLIND

2013 International Conference on Circuits, Power and Computing Technologies

[ICCPCT-2013]

G.Lavanya ME., Preethy. W*, Shameem.A *, Sushmitha.R*

Technical Specifications:

Title of the project : Passenger Bus Alert System for easy Navigation of Blind

Domain : Embedded Systems Design

Software : Embedded C, Keil, Flash magic

Microcontroller : LPC2148 MCU

Power Supply : +5V, 750mA Regulated Power Supply

Display : 16x2 LCD Display

Crystal : 12MHz

Communication Device : GPS Module

Applications : Automotives, Security, Transportation, Logistics etc

Developed By : M/S Wine Yard Technologies

Phone : 040-6464 6363, www.WineYard.in

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ABSTRACT:

Helping Hands for the Blind was founded to address the concerns, and as a vital
resource for the blind. Helping Hands for the Blind is an organization of blind people who want
to help other blind people. It is a problem solving organization. It is a guide that blind people
can turn to in times of need.  Helping a blind person through all the paperwork can literally be a
life saver. Another important form of assistance is to provide a Mobility Instructor. When a
blind person is new to an area, it is important that they be shown how to get around by a
trained and knowledgeable instructor. There is a large and growing demand for this service. The
project aims in designing a system which is capable of alerting the user if his destination is
reached.

GPS is the acronym for Global Positioning System. It is employed to find the position,
velocity and time of user is located on the earth. This information is provided by the GPS
receiver with the help of the data it receiver from satellites.

Microcontroller is the heart of the device. It stores the data of the current location which it
receives from the GPS receiver, if control button is pressed. Whenever user arrives to the saved
location it alerts through voice system present in the system. This device helps the blind people
in their journey. It helps him to get the alerts regarding the arrival of his destination before few
minutes.

This device is designed to provide with a greater advantage producing voice based
announcement for the user i.e. the user gets the voice which pronounces his destination
location as and when it is about to reach the destination. Here instead of the alerting sound the
user can directly hear the location recorded by the user itself.

This project is designed with ARM7TDMI processor. In this project we are using
different modules such as LPC2148, GPS, Voice circuit, 16X2 LCD. In this project we are using
APR9600 audio recording kit which is controlled by LPC2148 for the total operation of audio

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recording, playing and stopping. Initially there are control switches available for mode selection
to the LPC2148 MCU, then it will operate the APR9600 accordingly and the status is displayed
on the LCD for user identification.

The LPC2148 are based on a 16/32 bit ARM7TDMI-S™ CPU with real-time emulation and
embedded trace support, together with 128/512 kilobytes of embedded high speed flash
memory. A 128-bit wide memory interface and unique accelerator architecture enable 32-bit
code execution at maximum clock rate. For critical code size applications, the alternative 16-bit
Thumb Mode reduces code by more than 30% with minimal performance penalty. With their
compact 64 pin package, low power consumption, various 32-bit timers, 4- channel 10-bit ADC,
USB PORT,PWM channels and 46 GPIO lines with up to 9 external interrupt pins these
microcontrollers are particularly suitable for industrial control, medical systems, access control
and point-of-sale. With a wide range of serial communications interfaces, they are also very
well suited for communication gateways, protocol converters and embedded soft modems as
well as many other general-purpose applications.

This project uses two power supplies, one is regulated 5V for modules and other one is

3.3V for LPC2148. 7805 three terminal voltage regulator is used for voltage regulation. Bridge

type full wave rectifier is used to rectify the ac out put of secondary of 230/12V step down

transformer.

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Contrast
BLOCK DIAGRAM: POWER SUPPLY
control

16X2 LCDDISPLAY

P
GPS MAX232 VOICE
Receiver
U C CIRCUIT
SPEAKER
2 (APR9600)
A

R 1
I2C Protocol
T 4 EEPROM

RESET 8
CONTROL
switches

CRYSTAL
OSCILLATOR

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POWER SUPPLY TO ALL SECTIONS

Step Bridge Filter Regulator

down Rectifier circuit
T/F

Step Bridge Filter

down Regulator
Rectifier Circuit
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