PROPOSAL FOR WEB BASED NOTICE DISPLAY

SYSTEM USING GSM

PREPARED BY 5 th YEAR COMPUTER

STREAM GROUP ONE STUDENTS:

NAME OF STUDENT ID

1) NEBRU BASAZINEW…………………………………….0915/08
2) YIKEBERU MAFEGNAW….…………………………….1167/08
3) FIREKIDAN BELAY……….…………….………….……0547/08

ADVISOR: Ms. FREHIWOT K.(BSc)

FEB 2012 E.C

DEBRE BERHAN ETHIOPIA
ABSTRACT
Notice board is primary thing in any institution or organization or public utility places like bus
stops, railway stations or parks. But sending various notices day to day is a tedious process. This
paper deals with advanced notice board. It presents an SMS based notice board incorporating the
widely used GSM to facilitate the communication of displaying message on notice board via
user’s mobile phone. The proposed system is a combination of hardware as well as software. The
hardware module constitutes of GSM modem, Arduino board, and LCD display. The software
module also consists of HTML, CSS based website code and C language based Arduino code.
In this proposed system the idea of Web Controlled Digital Notice Board Using GSM Technology
has been presented. So our main aim is to reduce paper work and time At present, when
information has to be updated in a notice board, it has to be done manually. To change message
on display, it needs to change microcontroller program code again. By adding web controlled
communication interface to this system, we can make smart noticeboard to overcome these
limitations. Wireless notice board is very selective term for this project, as it has a very wide scope
rather than just being a simple notice board. in this system we can display a message or notice to
some display device like LCD, and this message can be easily set or changed from anywhere in
the world, just by using the SMS facility of your mobile handset. Whatever notice we want to
display, just send the SMS of that text, with some prefix and suffix.

Keywords: GSM, LCD, SMS

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TABLE OF CONTENT

Title page
ABSTRACT ........................................................................................................................ i
TABLE OF CONTENT.................................................................................................... ii
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION ............................................................................ 1
1.1 Statement of the problem ....................................................................................... 2
1.2 Objectives................................................................................................................. 2
1.2.1 Main objective ............................................................................................................ 2
1.2.2 Specific objective ........................................................................................................ 2
CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW ............................................................... 3
2.1 Limitations of existing technology ......................................................................... 4
CHAPTER THREE: METHODOLOGY ...................................................................... 5
3.1 Working ................................................................................................................... 5
3.1.1 Arduino ....................................................................................................................... 5
3.1.2 GSM Module SIM900A ............................................................................................. 5
3.1.3 LCD Display 16×2 ...................................................................................................... 5
3.1.4 HTML, CSS, PHP ...................................................................................................... 6
3.1.5 SIM Card .................................................................................................................... 6
3.2 General system configuration ................................................................................ 6
3.3 Deliverable outcomes .............................................................................................. 7
3.4 Scope and limitation of the study .......................................................................... 8
3.4.1 Scope............................................................................................................................ 8
3.4.2 Limitation ................................................................................................................... 8
CHAPTER FOUR: TIME SCHEDULE AND BUDGET PLAN ................................. 9
4.1 Work plan (time schedule) ..................................................................................... 9
4.2 Budget plan ............................................................................................................ 10
REFERENCE .................................................................................................................. 11

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 CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION
In this modern world, nowadays everyone needs a comfort living life. Man has researched different
technology for his need. In today’s world of full of connectedness, people are becoming habitual
to easy access to information. Whether the information is received through the internet or
television, people want to be informed and up-to-date with the latest events happening around the
world. Wired network connection such as Ethernet has many drawbacks depending on the need
and type of connection. Now a day’s people like and prefer wireless connection rather than wired
connection because wireless connection can interact with people easily and it require less time.
In the last couple of decades, communication technology has developed by leaps and bounds. The
use of “Embedded System in Communication” has given rise to many interesting applications.
Everything around us is becoming smart such as smart phones, smart refrigerators, so why not
smart notice boards. At present, when information has to be updated in a notice board, it has to be
done manually. To change message on display, it needs to change microcontroller program code
again. By adding GSM wireless communication interface to this system, we can make smart
noticeboard to overcome these limitations. So we have interfaced GSM Modem with
microcontroller and implemented a SMS transmission and reception technique. The message on
display is easily changed by sending SMS to it. Wireless notice board is a means of wireless data
transfer for quick display of messages in real time. Being GSM- based system, it offers flexibility
to display flash news or announcements faster than the programmable system. GSM-based display
system can be used at other public places like schools, hospitals, railway stations, colleges, banks
etc. This system is easy, robust, to use in normal life by anyone at anyplace with less errors and
maintenance.
This gave us the idea to use mobile phones to receive message and then display it on an electronic
board. The GSM technology is used. GSM stands for Global System for Mobile Communication.
Due to this international roaming capability of GSM, we can send message to receiver from any
part of the world. It is has the system for SMS Short Message Service. This project is a remote
notice board with a GSM modem at the receivers end. So if the user wants to display any message,
he can send the information by SMS and thus update the LCD display accordingly. As engineer’s
main aim is to make life simple with help of technology, this is one step to simplify real time
noticing.

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 1.1 Statement of the problem
Now-a-days advertisement is going digital. Different companies, big shops and the shopping
centers use digital displays now. Also, in trains and buses the information like platform number,
ticket information is displayed in digital boards. People are now adapted to the idea of the world
at its finger-tips. The use of mobile phones have increased drastically over years. So using such
things as opportunity making a modernized wireless notice board by integrating this highly needed
digital advertisements and highly adopted mobile phone by using website through internet and also
SMS using GSM system is important. Because sending various notices day to day is a tedious
process.
So, this project deals with advanced notice board. It presents an SMS based notice board
incorporating the widely used GSM to facilitate the communication of displaying message on
noticeboard via user’s mobile phone and also it will accept notice message from the website that
is prepared for it.

1.2 Objectives
1.2.1 Main objective
The main objective or aim of this project is: - To design and implement a web based notice display
system using GSM.
1.2.2 Specific objective
Wireless electronics notice board is developed as user friendly notice board with wireless
concept that offers the flexibility to control the notice board within range of GSM Communication
System.
To develop a wireless notice board that will be used by the faculty in order to display latest
information at its respected institutions.
To reduce the messy wiring of earlier electronic wired model.
To increase speed of communication.
To promote the reusability of existing design and decrease the area required which will
manage the cost factor.

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 CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW
With the development of cellular networks in the 1970’s for increasing the lack of frequencies in
the radiotelephone services which in turn lead to introduction of AMPS (Advanced Mobile Phone
System) where the transmission was analog based. This was known to be the first generation in
cellular networks. The second generation was based on digital transmission and was called with
various abbreviations as GSM (Global System for Mobile communications), ERMES (European
Radio Messaging System). Various Cordless telephone standards were also introduced during this
time only. The third generation has risen with the unification of different technologies; some of
them which are popularly known are FPLMTS (Future Public Land Mobile Telecommunications
System), UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunication System), and IMT-2000.
The word GSM stands for Global System for Mobile Communications. Nowadays interest
regarding GSM related concepts is increasing. So, we have surveyed a list of various GSM based
projects ideas which are having more demand and very interesting to learn. The projects based on
GSM technology we surveyed gave us better idea about the GSM technology.
A. GSM based Data Acquisition system: This is a process control system that enables
the operator to regulate and monitor that are spread along various places. This project
monitors various parameters like light intensity, humidity, wind direction, temperature,
rainfall, etc. This system eliminating the need for man power to visit each site for inspection
and data collection thus saving money and time. All types of industries are using these
systems for example food processing, electrical distribution and security alarms.
B. SMS based teaching and learning system: SMS technology is one the most stable
technologies around the world. Most of the students carry mobile phones with SMS facilities
that can be used for teaching and learning. This project lets the student know about the topic
studied earlier s it gives a review on the topic as well notifies them about the further topic to
be studied. This project system is capable of supporting administrative teaching and learning
activities through the help of SMS technology.

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2.1 Limitations of existing technology
Currently we rely on the conventional technique of using paper for notices. This is time
consuming method.
This leads to wastage of paper. Renovation of the notice needs a new hardcopy.
All notice boards presently rely on wired electronic systems. One of the major drawbacks
of this design is its inflexibility or its bulkiness. The messy wirings in these systems make it
difficult to place anywhere.
To overcome the above limitations we will use GSM Modem which would provide
Wireless medium, better reliability and ease of sharing information over a wireless media and
there will be integrated website as another choice for notice to be dispayed.

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 CHAPTER THREE: METHODOLOGY
For successful completion of our work we will use different materials that can be integrated
together to give the desired output or to achieve our goal. Hence under this topic we will put all
the materials that we will use in the project and also we will tell the method how those are
integrated together and how they works.

3.1 Working
To understand the working of our project, understanding of main components used is required.
They are mentioned below.

3.1.1 Arduino
Arduino is an open source programmable circuit board that can be integrated into a wide variety
of maker space projects both simple and complex. This board contains a microcontroller which is
able to be programmed to sense and control objects in the physical world. By responding to
sensors and inputs, the Arduino is able to interact with a large array of outputs such as LEDs,
motors and displays. Because of its flexibility and low cost, Arduino has become a very popular
choice for makers and maker spaces looking to create interactive hardware projects.

3.1.2 GSM Module SIM900A

A GSM module or a GPRS module is a chip or circuit that will be used to establish communication
between a mobile device or a computing machine and a GSM or GPRS system.
The SIM900A is a complete Dual-band GSM/GPRS solution in a SMT module which can be
embedded in the customer applications. Featuring an industry-standard interface, the SIM900A
delivers GSM/GPRS 900/1800MHz performance for voice, SMS, Data, and Fax in a small form
factor and with low power consumption.

3.1.3 LCD Display 16×2

Liquid crystal displays (LCDs) are a commonly used to display data in devices such as calculators,
microwave ovens, and many other electronic devices.
The 16×2 LCD display is a very basic module commonly used in circuits. The 16×2 translates
a display 16 characters per line in 2 such lines. In this LCD each character is displayed in a 5×7
pixel matrix.

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 3.1.4 HTML, CSS, PHP
HTML
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) is the standard markup language for documents designed
to be displayed in a web browser. It can be assisted by technologies such as Cascading Style Sheets
(CSS) and scripting languages such as JavaScript.
CSS
Cascading Style Sheets, or CSS, allow you to specify things like the font you want
on your page, the size of your text, whether the page is to have 2 columns, whether
your text is to be in bold or italics, and so on. In other words, it is the part that lets
you control the appearance of your web page
PHP
PHP is a popular general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited to web
development. PHP code may be executed with a command line interface (CLI),
embedded into HTML code, or used in combination with various web template
systems, web content management systems, and web frameworks.
3.1.5 SIM Card
SIM Card
A subscriber identity module or subscriber identification module (SIM), widely
known as a SIM card, is an integrated circuit that is intended to securely store the
international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) number and its related key, which
are used to identify and authenticate subscribers on mobile telephony devices (such
as mobile phones and computers). It is also possible to store contact information on
many SIM cards. SIM cards are always used on GSM phones; for CDMA phones,
they are only needed for newer LTE-capable handsets. SIM cards can also be used
in satellite phones, smart watches, computers, or cameras.
3.2 General system configuration
Let us tell you the general configuration of those devices listed and explained above to construct
the desired system.

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This project ‘web based notice display system using GSM’ will be a notice display system that
will allow the intended user to display their notice on both notice display board and website that
is prepared for it simultaneously. The GSM module will be responsible to accept text messages
from the owner’s mobile phone and transfer the message to the Arduino board and based on the
instruction loaded on it, the Arduino will filter and send the message(if valid) to the Liquid Crystal
Display to be displayed.
And the system also have a designed website that the website will have a feature for the
administrator to control all the process. The admin can write a notice on both the display board
and the website. Also the admin can decide whether or not the message should be display both on
the website and on the display board. Or the admin can control the system to transmit different
messages on the two.
Let we put the general block diagram of the system for you to understand it better.

Figure 1 General block diagram

3.3 Possible outcomes

Possible outcomes and conclusion
If the prototype of the proposed GSM based electronic notice board is successfully designed, it
can be easily integrated with all general purpose display board thus proving its mobility. The
system will accepts the message to be displayed in the form of Short Message Service (SMS),
stores it, checks for its validation and then displays it on the display unit if it from an authorized
user. This system will supports only one message at a time. Fatherly, this limitation can be tackled

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by use of higher end microcontroller and extended RAM. The proposed system can be efficiently
used for transfer of message instantly in the campus.

3.4 Scope and limitation of the study

3.4.1 Scope
The system can accept, process, display and store notice data’s.
Real time and updated message will be displayed.
Unwanted or unnecessary message will not appear on the board.
The notice that is displayed on the board via website will be stored with respect to
time and date.
The system can reduce the manpower as well as the human work.

3.4.2 Limitation
Only one message can be displayed at a time.
The system will be network dependent.

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 CHAPTER FOUR: TIME SCHEDULE AND BUDGET PLAN
4.1 Work plan (time schedule)

Feb March Apr May June

weeks weeks weeks weeks weeks

Activity 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

Proposal preparation,
presentation and
submission.
Proposal approval and
other consultation

Data collection and

literature review

System development and

analysis

Final document preparation

and test the demo version

Submission of final report

and presentation

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 4.2 Budget plan

No Description Unit (model) Quantity Price (ETB) Total price (ETB)

1 Flash disc 16 GB 1 300 300
2 Payments for ETC 6-10 minute per Averagely 0.5 birr per 160
For communication meeting for 40 days minute
3 Personal computers laptop Hp core i5,i3 and 4 Free -
and desktop dell Desktop
4 Application software Average size 4 Free -
2GB
5 Arduino board Uno 1 600 600
6 LCD Display LCD 2*16 1 204 204
7 GSM Module GSM SIM900 1 147 147
8 Bread Board REES52 REES_2 1 300 300
9 SIM Card GSM 1 15 15
Total 1726

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