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Design an Embedded Web Server for Monitoring
and Controlling Systems or Devices
G.Sunil Kumar
#1
, T.Swapna
*2
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M.Tech & VLSI-ES & Department of ECE & JNTU-Hyderabad
H-No- 54-1-50, Rail pet 3rd lane, Ongole, Prakasamdist, A.P, India


Abstract--The paper presents the design of embedded web
server based on ARM9 Micro-processor and Linux
platform and analyses hardware configuration and
software implementation for monitoring and controlling
systems or devices. In various applications like client
server architecture it is better to use embedded web server
other than pc server because we can control the electronic
devices without distance by using web technology. It
mainly targets on crucial points of promoting the GUI
applications which are based on Qt/Embedded and the
Linux drivers for different types of sensors in monitoring
and controlling system projects. QT is the leading
application and UI framework for devices powered by
embedded Linux. The monitoring and controlling system
uses Samsung S3C2440A processor as its main controller.
Embedded Linux operating system and embedded web
server run on the main controller to manage various types
of equipments including sensor networks etc. The different
electronic devices are connected to ARM9 through UART
ports. The data from these electronic devices are stored in
ARM9 micro controllers through RS-232 serial bus
communication. The data from web server is received
through http protocols and displayed on web page.

Keywords Embedded web server, ARM9, Linux Kernel, Qt, Open
CV

1. INTRODUCTION

The web server concept gives us the flexibility of
monitoring and controlling the electronic devices fromevery
nook and corner of the world. This can also be used as
security system and has wide range of applications.
Nowadays, monitoring and controlling systems or electronic
devices through pc are very common. In this technology pc it-
self act as a server. The electronic devices which are going to
monitor and control are connected to pc. They are bit more
cost and cannot work continuously for a long time. The
hardware architecture is very complex. The development of
this system not only brings more difficulties but also increase
maintenance of client software. With the rapid development of
technology the embedded systems plays a major role and go
through into the areas of peoples life. A new technology
known as web technology used to monitor and control the
systems or electronic devices through web page. Web-based


technology is the more popular technology in the world for
sharing or browsing data. Whenever we find internet facility
We can monitor and control the devices through web
technology.
The electronic devices are interfaced to the ARM9 micro
controller. The data fromthe devices are stored in the memory
locations of the ARM9 controller through serial bus
communication cable RS-232 present on SAMSUNG mini
2440 board. The data will be finally stored in the web server
through TCP/IP protocols. By entering unique IP address the
data will be received fromweb server through http protocols
and will be displayed on web page. For accessing the
information fromthe remote location computers we need a
web server at that computer side. The web server will
maintain the database which contains all the information. The
user fromthe remote location will access the information by
using unique IP address. The user can request a particular web
page fromthe web server.
This paper introduces the architecture of the embedded
web server for monitoring and controlling systems using
ARM9 and the application of the embedded web server.

2. PROJ ECT FLOW

Initialize the Samsung S3C2440A board with power supply.
The serial communication between source and MINI 2440
with hyper terminal for a baud rate of 115200 must be
initialized. Next, change the boot mode of MINI 2440 board
to NOR flash. After displaying BIOS settings press V and
browse for the Super vivi file, press K and browse for Linux
Kernel, press Y for Root File systemand send it through
DNW tool into NOR flash. After Kernel is loaded change the
boot mode to NAND flash and load with application program
by using RS-232. Interface USB Camera to MINI 2440 board
for the continuous video capturing. Interface sensors to MINI
2440 through UART. The data fromthe devices are stored in
the memory locations of the ARM9 controller through serial
bus communication cable RS-232 present on SAMSUNG
mini 2440 board. By using TCP/IP protocols the data stores in
the data base of web server. Monitoring and controlling of
device can be done by remote pc through web server by
entering into the web browser which contains a unique IP
address.
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Fig 1. Completeproject Flow

3. SYSTEM DESIGN

The monitoring and controlling systemconsists of mainly
two parts i.e. hardware and software. The hardware part of
this system consists of ARM9 development board, USB
camera, and electronic devices which have to control. The
software part of this system consists of software, drivers,
Linux kernel, Boot loader, Root file system, Qt, Open CV,
GUI programand coding.

A. Hardware Approach

The above fig shows the Block diagramof systemhardware.
The core part of this hardware architecture is Samsung
S3C2440A processor. This Samsung S3C2440A processor is
used as the main controller in this system. On the main
controller, embedded Linux and embedded web server runs to
manage various types of devices or external peripherals. The
frequency of this Samsung S3C2440A is 400 MHz and
maximumup to 533MHz.The capacity of SDRAM in this
systemis 60MB. Working voltage of Samsung S3C2440A
processor is 3.3V, data bus is 32bit, clock frequency is up to
100MHz, Auto-Refresh and Self-Refresh both are supported.
Mini 2440 board or Friendly ARM board has two flash
memories in which one NOR flash and another one is NAND
flash. By using DNW tool we can load Root file system,
Linux kernel, Boot loader and all other board related software
and drivers will load in to NOR flash. The application
program will load in to NAND flash by using RS-232. The
selection of these two flashes are will be done by using
bootstrap switches. S3C2440AL UART provides three serial
I/O ports, each port can operation on Interrupt or DMA mode.
The maximumbaud rate of 115.2Kbps can be supported by
Samsung S3C2440 UART.

Fig 2. Block Diagramof Design an Embedded Web Server for Monitoring
and Controlling Systems or Devices

B. Software Approach

The software part of this systemmainly consists of Linux
kernel, Qt, and Open CV. Linux kernel is a operating system
kernel. It is a free and open source. It supports multiuser and
multitasking. It is highly securable. Qt is a cross platform
framework written in C++. It is developed for desktop target
platforms. It is used for developing GUI and non GUI
programs. Qt is easily ported on to different platforms like
embedded Linux, Windows, and Max OS etc. Open CV is a
open source computer vision library written in C and C++. It
contains the basic image processing and higher-level
computer algorithms.


Fig 3. Complete Software Approach
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The above figure shows the software approach which tells
about the both Linux source code .C file and application .C
file. The application used here is embedded web server for
monitoring and controlling systems based on ARM9 with
its .app code which is combined with Linux platform. The
GCC compiler is used in ARM9 which will help to compile
source code .C into .bin file. This GCC compiler contains
editor, linker, and compiler to generate three different files.
The application code .C file will be developed by a user. This
application code .C file is used as a task in Linux Platform.
The ARM GCC compiler can compile the source code .C file
and application code .C file together at a time and generates
the file consists of .obj files and .bin files. By using linker
the .obj files are linked and send it to compiler to generate .elf
file, .bin file and .obj file. In these three different files .bin file
is used to dump on ARM9 kit by using DNW tool.

4. RESULTS

As mentioned earlier the application design an embedded
web server for real time monitor and control of devices
through internet has to be developed on Samsung S3C2440A
board. The proposed approach tests the operation successfully
and produces the required result. The data fromdevices which
we have to control is stored in the data base of web server
through TCP/IP protocols can be retrieve through the web
browser by using internet facility.



5. CONCLUSION

In this paper the system for monitoring and controlling
devices based on embedded web server replaces the pc web
server. The user can monitor and control the devices through
web technology. The systemhas low cost, portability and is
easy to upgrade and maintain. This systemcan be applicable
in educational institutes, industries etc. It is concluded that
the systemcan be connected to internet for monitoring and
controlling devices.
6. FUTURE SCOPE

In this paper we are connecting temperature sensor, gas
sensor and LDR to control board. By using control board
hardware as well as cost is increased. By connecting the
sensors directly to ARM9 board we can reduce the hardware
components as well as cost.
In this paper we are not maintaining the database of the
different parameters like temperature, release of any
poisonous gas and intensity of light. By using SQL LITE in
the future we can maintain the database in the MINI 2440
board itself.
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