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SMART DISTANCE MEASUREMENT DETECTOR

MUHAMMAD REZDUAN BIN OTHMAN

A Report Submitted In Partial Fulfillments of the Requirement of the Degree of

Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (Electronics)

Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering

University Malaysia Pahang

JUNE 2012
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ABSTRACT

Distance measuring device is a device that is used to measure the length

between two points or more. The distance measurement can be little bit difficult if
the targets that want to be measured are far from reaching or high. The purpose of
this project is to design and create a better distance better distance measurement that
can encounter the measuring problem. An ultrasonic measuring device is proposed
to solve the problem as the ultrasonic using an ultrasonic sound. The ultrasonic
transducer is operating at frequencies in between 40 kHz to 250 kHz. The concept
for the project is using the LCD screen and displayed the reading of distance
measured and user can use switch button when measure value is taken. in the circuit,
there have "Send", "Store", "Mask" and "Recall" switch. Besides that, the project
using PlC 16F84A, which treated as the main component in hardware part, that can
save up to 32 measurements, where the PlC will control the whole operation of the
circuit while the measurement is executed.
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ABSTRAK

Alat mengukur jarak adalah peralatan yang digunakan untuk mengukur jarak di
antara dua tempat atau lebih. Pengukuran secara manual akan sedikit rumitjikajarak
ukuran yang ingin dibuat adalah terlalu jauh ataupun tempat tinggi. Tujuan projek mi
direkabentuk dan dicipta adalah untuk menangani masalah pengukuran. jarak dan
memboiehkan pengukuran jarak yang lebih. Mat pengukur yang dicadangkan
menggunakan peranti ultrasonik dapat menyelesaikan rnasalah kerana peranti
ultrasonik menggunakan bunyi ultrasonik. Peranti ultrasonik beroperasi pada
frekuensi diantara 40 kHz sehingga 250 kHz. Konsep projek mi yang menggunakan
skrin LCD untuk memaparkan bacaan jarak yang diukur dan pengguna boleh
menggunakan butang suis sernasa niiai ukuran diambil. Dalam litar projek mi
mempunyai butang suis seperti "Send", "Store", "Mask" dan suis "Recall". Projek
mi menggunakan mikro pengawal PlC 16F84A, yang dianggap sebagai komponen
utama di bahagian perkakasan, yang boieh menyimpan sehhgga 32 ukuran, di mana
PlC mi akan mengawal keseluruhan operasi litar sernasa pengukuran dilaksanakan.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER TITLE PAGE

DECLARATION 1

DEDICATION U

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Ill

ABSTRACT iv

ABSTRAK V

JABLE OF CONTENTS vi

LIST OF TABLES X

LIST OF FIGURES Xi

LIST OF SYMBOLS Xl'

LIST OF APPENDICES XIII

1 INTRODUCTION 1

1.1 Project Background , 1

1.2 Project Objective 2
1.3 Scope of Project 2
1.4 Problem Statement 3
1.5 Report Outline 4
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2 LITERATURE REVIEW 5

2.1 Ultrasonic Sensor 5

2.1.1 Advantages of Ultrasonic Sensor 7
2.1.2 Ultrasonic Transducer 8
2.2 PlC Microcontroller 9
2.2.1 Plc 161784A 10
2.2.2 central Processing Unit (CPU) 11
2.3 Types of Oscillators 13
2.3.1 XT Oscillator 13
2.3.2 RC Oscillator 14
2.4 Alphanumeric Liquid Crystal Display
(LCD) Module 15
2.5 XTAL 16
2.6 Integrated Circuit (IC) LM358 16

3 METHODOLOGY 18

3.1 Introduction 18
3.2 Software 20
3.2.1 Design Circuit and Simulation 20
3.2.2 PlC programming 21
3.2.3 Printed Circuit Board (PCB) 23
3.3 Hardware 24
3.3.1 Transmitter / Receiver 25
3.3.2 Sampling and Data Storage 25
3.4 Test on Training Board 26
3.5 Design Prototype 26
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4 RESULT AND DISCUSSION 27

4.1 Introduction 28
4.2 Software 28
4.3 Circuit Application 29
4.3.1 Power Supply 29
4.3.2 Amplification 30
4.3.3 Calculation 30
4.3.4 Measurement Recording 31
4.3.5 Playback 32
4.3.6 EEPROM Reset 32
4.3.7 Masking 33
4.4 Measuring the Distance 33
4.4.1 Flat Surface 33
4.5 Experimental Result 35
4.6 Discussion 36
4.6.1 The Speed of Sound 36
4.6.2 Wave Models 38
4.6.3 Frequencies 40

5 CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION 42

5.1 Conclusion 42
5.2 Recommendation 43

REFERENCES . 44
APPENDICES 45
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APPENDIX A (Gantt Chat PSM I and PSM 2) 46

APPENDIX B (Full Circuit) 47
APPENDIX C (PlC 16F84A Datasheet) 48
APPENDIX D (LM358 Datasheet) 50

APPENDIX E (LM7805 Datasheet) 51

APPENDIX F (Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) Datasheet) 52
 LIST OF TABLES

TITLE NO. TITLE PAGE

Table 2.1 LCD pin connection 15

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LIST OF FIGURES

FIGURE NO. TITLE PAGE

Figure 2. 1 An echo received by the transducer 6
Figure 2.2 Reflected beam misses the transducer 6
Figure 2.3 Ultrasonic transmitter and receiver transducer 8
Figure 2.4 PlC 1 6F84A pin description 10
Figure 2.5 The internal reset circuit 12
Figure 2.6 Connecting the oscillator 13
Figure 2.7 connecting resonator to microcontroller 13
Figure 2.8 RC Oscillator 14
Figure 2.9 Actual picture of crystal oscillator 16
Figure 2.10 IC LM358 17
Figure 2.11 IC LM358 pin description 17
Figure 3.1 Flow chart of implementation planning 19
Figure 3.2 Circuit Drawing for Project 21
Figure 3.3 PiCkit 2 programmer software 22
Figure 3.4 Position of PlC at USB Programmer 22
Figure 3.5 Schematic Using Eagle 5. 1.0 23
Figure 3.6 PCB Layout Using Eagle 5. 1.0 23
Figure 3.7 Circuit Layout to Print 24
Figure 3.8 Project Prototype 26
Figure 3.9 Project Prototype from top view 27
Figure 4.1 Simulation by using Multisim 11 software 29
Figure 4.2 Reflection of the Ultrasonic wave 34
Figure 4.3 Plane parallel wave model 39
Figure 4.4 Spherical waves from a point source 39
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LIST OF SYMBOLS

Hz Hertz
A Ampere
TX Transmitter
RX Receiver
CPU Central Processing Unit
mt meter
EM! electromagnetic interference
dB decibel
V Voltage
DB Data Bus
VCC Collector Supply Voltage
VEE Emitter Supply
LED light emitting diode
LM358 Dual Op-Amp
LM7 805 Voltage regulator
DC Direct Current
EEPROM electrically erasable programmable read-only memory
Degrees
mm milimeter
PlC Peripheral interface Controller
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LIST OF APPENDICES

APPENDIX TITLE PAGE

A Gantt chart PSM I and PSM 2 46

B Full Circuit 47
C PIC16F84A Datasheet 48
C LM358 Datasheet 50
D LM7805 Datasheet 51
E Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) Datasheet 52
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CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION

1.1 Project Background

Linear measurement is a problem that a lot of applications in the industrial and

consumer market segment have to contend with. Infrared, radar and laser technology
had been apply in the distance measurement but it need high cost and the distance
that can be measured is short especially for infrared which in a range are less than 1
meter. So, this project does not use the application of those sensors but had
implemented the ultrasonic sensor. Ultrasonic technology is one of the solutions used
to optimized balance between cost and the device features. The ultrasonic distance
measurer is used 'mainly when a non-contact measurer is irequired.

The Smart Distance Measurement Detector using PlC is an efficient way to

measure distance and check measurement value that is stored in memory, where the
device can record and recall 32 distance measurements, 'allowing several readings to
be taken before copying them into paper. Besides, the devices have 4 switches that
are:-
•• Send - Basic correction mode
+ Store - EEPROM measurements clear (timing factors untouched)
+ Mask - Mask correction rnode
• Recall - clear entire EEPROM data and set default timing factors

The PlC microcontroller (1C2) is the mastermind that controls the whole
operation. When prompted by pressing of Send button, the PlC will transmit a series
of 40 kHz pulses via the ultrasonic transmitting transducer (TX). The pulses are
accurately generated.

1.2 Project Objective

The purposed of these projects are to design and create a suitable electronic distance
measuring device. The objectives of the projects are:

+ To create an electronic measuring device using PlC 16F84A

+ To determine the distance of object with ultrasonic sensor for indoor use
+ To get an accurate measurement
+ To inform user about the total distance by displaying on Liquid Crystal
Display (LCD)

1.3 Scope of Project

Project scope is the combination of objectives and requirements necessary in order to

make sure that project run in the limited boundary. The scopes of this project are:

+ The implementation of ultrasonic sensor into the device

+ Design an appropriate program using PlC 16F84A microcontroller
+ To develop hardware circuit and software programming
+ Purposed the usage of Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) for displaying result
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1.4 Problem Statement

In the construction field, the usage of electronic measuring device is still not
widely used yet. Due to the high cost of these equipments at market, an economic
way needs to think of in order to create an accurate measuring device with low cost.

Nowadays, measuring distance is considered as problem in construction field or

indoor measuring activities because this task is made by using measuring tape. The
problem will occur when using measuring tape where we need at least 2 persons to
measure between two distances. Besides, it is not have a perfect accuracy due to
parallax and obstacle in their way.

Improvement had been done where some products have infrared light emitters
and receivers to determine an object's distance. Other devices have laser-based
systems which have improved accuracy and precision. Presently, the detection
techniques of laser, radar, and infrared ray have been widely applied at the aspect of
obstruction detection and distance measurement. Because of the expensive price, the
distance measurement system of laser and radar is only set on the minority of
instruments. For infrared sensor, the range of the distance that can be measured is
very short with only a range of 4-30 cm [1].

Therefore, this project is necessary to do the process of measurement quickly

and accurate without doing measurement manually, it also has the advantages to
store measurement as many as 32 memories at one time.
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1.5 Report Outline

This report consists of five chapters which Chapter 1 cover about the
background, problem statement, objectives, project scope and report outline as
additional part to summarize for the whole chapter of the report.

There will be discussing on how Ultrasonic works and it's advantages,

Microcontroller, CPU, and other related component in this project. The source had
been taken from some source such as Internet, magazines, encyclopedia and other
thesis that have similar problem statement and different approach. All reference had
been cited on the last part of this thesis

For the Chapter 3, there will have a discussion about the methodology. Having
a clear description of the methods that will be used and accomplish the project
objectives to make a strong application even more competitive. For this project
methodology, there will have some discussion on how the project was organized and
the flow of the system designed. Before developing the prototype, the simulation has
been done to make sure that the circuit would be working properly. Thus, it can be
divided into two parts, hardware development and software development which
involve the overview of PlC microcontroller, circuit and PCB fabrication.

For the Chapter 4, the result and overall discussion will be presented with some
of proof. The result are categorized into three parts includes the hardware, software
and analysis of the system. Last but not least, Chapter 5 will be having the
conclusion to conclude overall results. It is also includes recommendation for the
project to improve in near future.
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CHAPTER 2

LITERATURE REVIEW

2.1 Ultrasonic Sensor

Ultrasonic (US) sensors are also widely used to measure distances. Thus they
have provided a reliable source of obstacle detections. Since they are not vision-
based, they are useful under conditions of poor lighting and transparent objects.
However, ultrasonic sensors have limitations due to their wide beam-width,
sensitivity to specular surfaces, and the inability to discern objects within 0.5 m.
Because of the typical specular nature of the ultrasonic waves reflection, only
reflecting objects that are almost normal to the sensor acoustic axis may be
accurately detected [2].

Most ultrasonic sensors use a single transducer to both transmit the sound
pulse and receive the reflected echo, typically operating at frequencies between 40
kHz and 250 kHz. A variety of different types of transducers are used in these
systems [3].

Ultrasonic is one of the distances measuring sensors that had been studied.
Ultrasonic transducers measure the amount of time taken for a pulse of sound to
travel to a particular surface and return as the reflected echo[4] Typically, an
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ultrasonic rangefinder sends a 'ping' and waits to hear an echo. Sound waves
propagate from the transmitter and bounce off objects, returning an echo to the
receiver (below left). If the speed of sound is known, the distance to an object can be
calculated from the time delay between the emitted and reflected sounds. While the
principle of calculating distance from the time of travel is simple, there are many
limiting factors to consider. Sound diverges very rapidly, so transducers are carefully
designed to produce as small a beam as possible. While some applications require a
wide beam, a narrow beam improves the range and reduces background interference.
There is a direct relationship between beam width and target surface angle: the wider
the beam, the greater the possible angle between the transducer and the surface.
When the angle is too great (>12 degrees), the reflected beam misses the transducer
as Figure 2. While some surfaces may produce scattered diffuse reflections, these are
much weaker and are not used for distance measuring purposes.

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Figure 2.1: An echo received by the transducer

Figure 2.2: Reflected beam misses the transducer

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The speed of sound varies with temperature: as air gets warmer, sound travels
faster. Hence ultrasonic systems must incorporate a thermometer to estimate the
current speed of sound. While the ambient air temperature can be measured, other
warming effects, such as convection and turbulence, can cause errors in the
calculated distance. Humidity alters the attenuation of sound in air, which determines
the maximum range of an ultrasonic device. Attenuation is also related to the
frequency of the emitted sound: higher frequencies improve the sampling resolution,
but attenuate more thus reducing the range [4].

The attenuation of sound in air increases with the frequency, and at any given
frequency the attenuation varies as a function lof humidity. The value of humidity
that produces the maximum attenuation is not the same for all frequencies J.

2.1.1 Advantages of Ultrasonic Sensor

When used for sensing functions, the ultrasonic method has unique advantages
over conventional sensors:

i. Discrete distances to moving objects can be detected and measured.

ii. Less affected by target materials and surfaces, and not affected by color.
Solid-state units have virtually unlimited, maintenance free life. Can detect
small objects over long operating distances.
iii. Resistance to external disturbances such as vibration, infrared radiation,
ambient noise, and EMI radiation.
iv. Excellent long term stability
V. Low power consumption and low cost realization
vi. Directional sensitivity
vii. High structural resolution due to large bandwidth
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viii. Remote measurement, low interference with objects to be detected,

sensitivity to virtually all kinds of objects
ix. Imperviousness to wetness, contamination or wear

2.1.2 Ultrasonic Transducer

There are two main types of transducer used to transmit ultrasonic signals.
They are the Piezo type and the electrostatic type. It is even possible to send
ultrasonic signals using a conventional high frequency electromagnetic speaker
(tweeter) [6].

Figure 2.3: Ultrasonic transmitter and receiver transducer

The general transducer design features a piezo ceramic disc bender that is
resonant at a normal frequency of 20 - 60 kHz and radiates or receives ultrasonic
energy. They are distinguish from the piezo ceramic audio transducer in that they
produce sound waves above 20 kHz which are inaudible to human and the ultrasonic
energy is radiated or receive in a relatively narrow beam.

The open type ultrasonic transducer design exposes the piezo bender bonded
with a metal conical cone behind a protective screen. The enclosed type transducer
design has the piezo bender mounted directly on the underside of the top of cases
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which then machined to resonant at the desired frequency. Following are the
specifications of ultrasonic.
Specifications:

• Sensitivity: -38dB
• Impedence: >1k *
• Operating Voltage: 3V - 20V
• Mounting: solder pad

2.2 Plc Microcontroller

A PlC is a Programmable Integrated Circuit microcontroller, a 'computer-on-

a-chip'. They have a processor and memory to run a program responding to inputs
and controlling outputs, so they can easily achieve complex functions which would
require several conventional ICs. The PlC can received inputs, stored or registers,
processed such as added or subtracted and sent out the output.

The PlC microcontroilers are base on RISC (Reduced Instruction Set

Computer) architecture; therefore use a relatively small number of instructions. Most
PICs used 35 instructions compared to some general-purpose microprocessors (like
Motorola 68000 and Intel 8085) that may have several hundred.

Important feature of modem PlC devices is the use of electrically erasable

and programmable Flash memory for program storage. These Flash memory devices
are often denoted are much easier to work with for one-off prototyping because
ensure and reprogramming is greatly simplified
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2.2.1 Plc 16F84A

PlC 1617 84A perfectly fits many uses, from automotive industries and
controlling home appliances to industrial instruments, remote sensors, electrical door
locks and safety devices, it is also ideal for smart cards as well as for battery
supplied devices because of its low consumption.

EEPROM memory makes it easier to apply microcontrollers to devices where

permanent storage of various parameters is needed (codes for transmitter, motor
speed, receiver frequencies, etc).

PlC 16F84A have total of 18 pins and have the following meaning:

RA2 .-. El -+ RM
R48 .-. RAO
RMITOCKI IX - IM OSJi/Clj(jN

CER - [3 - OSC2/CLJ( OUT

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Figure 2.4: PIC16F84A pin description

OSC 1/CLKIN: Oscillator crystal input

External clock source input
OSC2/CLKOIJT: Oscillator crystal output
Connects to crystal or resonator in crystal oscillator mode
MCLR (iv): Master clear (reset) input
Programming voltage input
This pin is an active low reset to the device
RAO-RA3: Bi-directional 110 port
RA4ITOCKI: Bi-directional I/O port
Clock input to the TMRO timer/counter
RBO/INT: Bi-directional I/O port
External interrupt pin
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R13l-RB7: Bi-directional 110 port

Vss : Ground
VDD : Bi- Positive supply (+2.OV to +5.5V)

2.2.2 Central Processing Unit (CPU)

Central processing unit (CPU) is the brain of a microcontroller. CPU

connects all parts of the microcontroller into one whole.. Surely, its most important
function is to decode program instructions. This transition from a letter to binary
form is done by translator such an assembler translator,.

Arithmetic logic unit is responsible for performing operations of adding,

subtracting, moving (left or right within register) and logic operations. Moving data
inside a register is also known as "shifting". PlC! 6F84A contains 8-bits arithmetic
logic unit and 8-bits work register.

PlC I 61784A can work with 4 different configurations of an oscillator. Since

configurations with crystal oscillator and resistor-capacitor (RC) are the ones that are
used most frequently. Microcontroller type with a crystal oscillator has in its
designation XT, and a microcontroller with RC pair has ;a designation RC.

Reset is used for putting the microcontroller into a known condition. That
Practically means that microcontroller can behave rather inaccurately under certain
undesirable conditions. In order to continue its proper functioning it has to be reset,
meaning all registers would be placed in a starting position. Reset can also be used
when trying out a device as an interrupt in program execution, or to get a
microcontroller ready when loading a program [7].

In order to prevent from bringing a logical zero to MCLR pin accidentally,

MCLR has to be connected via resistor to the positive supply pole. Resistor should
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be between 5 and 10k. This kind of resistor, whose function is to keep a certain line
on a logical one as a preventive, is called a pull up.

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Figure 2.5: The internal reset circuit

Microcontroller PlC 16F84A knows several sources of resets:

a) Reset during power on, POR (Power-On Reset)

b) Reset during regular work by bringing logical zero to MCLR
microcontroller's pin
c) Reset during SLEEP regime
d) Reset at watchdog timer (WDT) overflow
e) Reset during WDT overflow during SLEEP work engine
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2.3 Types of Oscillators

2.3.1 XT Oscillator

Crystal oscillator is kept in metal housing with two ceramic capacitors of

30pF whose other end is connected to the ground needs to be connected with each
pin. Oscillator and capacitor can be packed in joint case with three pins. Such
element is called ceramic resonator and is represented in charts like the one below.
Center pins of the element are ground, while end pin is connected with OSC 1 and
OSC2 pins on the microcontroller [7].

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Figure 2.6: Connecting the oscillator

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Figure 2.7: Connecting resonator to microcontroller