Design and Construction of Constant Moving Message Display (Notice Board) - 1
Design and Construction of Constant Moving Message Display (Notice Board) - 1
(NOTICE BOARD)
BY
ADAMU BABA
(2017/HND/EE/ET/015)
DECEMBER 2019.
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DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF CONSTANT MOVING MESSAGE DISPLAY
(NOTICE BOARD)
BY
ADAMU BABA
(2017/HND/EE/ET/015)
DECEMBER, 2019.
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DECLARATION
I hereby declare that this project work was undertaken by me and is a record of my own work. It
has not been presented before, in any previous application. References made to published
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APPROVAL PAGE
This project titled “Design and Construction of constant moving message display (notice board)”
meet the regulation governing the award of Higher National Diploma of the Department of
Electrical And Electronic Engineering Technology of the Federal Polytechnic Damaturu, Yobe
State and it is approved for its contribution to acknowledge and literacy progression.
Supervisor
Signature: __________________________
Date: ______________________________
Head of Department
Signature: __________________________
Date: ______________________________
External Examiner
Signature: __________________________
Date: ______________________________
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DEDICATION
This work is dedicated to God Almighty who kept me throughout the period of my Engineering
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I give thanks to Almighty Allah (S.W.T) for giving me strength, power and overseeing my
I hereby acknowledgement the immense contribution of the following toward the success of this
project: - Engr. Hamza Abba, the project supervisor, Engr. Ibrahim M. Harram the project
With a deep sense of appreciation, My father, Musa B. Mohammed and my mother Saadatu
Dauda Suleiman and friends for their immense support toward this period, morally and
financially. Kudos also goes to my mentors Musa B. Mohammed, for always being in my side,
advice and encourage whenever I try to give up. May Allah (S.W.T) reward them abundantly,
Amin.
Finally I will never forget to show my appreciation to all my lecturers of the department
especially Engr. Aishatu Aliyu Garga and Engr. Hamza Abba for given free lecture note
(handout) throughout the period of my studies May Allah (S.W.T) reward u in abundance
ameen.
Oh God it is actually not easy but with your help it is now over after all the hardship, pressure
and hatred I am now confirm Graduate of Electrical and Electronics Engineering Technology
ALHAMDULILAH
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ABSTRACT
The implementation of a Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) dot matrix moving message display
system which show a text containing 23 characters (i.e., GREAT DEPT. OF ELECT. ENGRG)
is achieved in this work using a PIC16F648A Microcontroller, The microcontroller is
programmed using Assembly language, with MPLAB software and a PIC Programmer .The
LEDs are controlled by signals from the microcontroller and decade counters in a sequential
manner which results in the moving message. In this work, we make use of a 49*8 dot matrix
display made up of 392 low power Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs). The connection is done in
such a way that the cathodes of all the LEDs on a particular column are connected together while
the anodes of all the LEDs on a particular row are also connected together. This gives each row
and column a separate line and allows the LEDs on each of these rows or columns to be powered
by the same line. A limiting resistor for the eight (8) output lines of the microcontroller to the
LEDs on the dot matrix is used. and a dynamic display scheme is also employed.. In this system,
the LEDs is not lit continuously but is sequentially lit by scanning in a “vertical strobe” or
“horizontal strobe”. In the vertical strobe mode, information is addressed to the display by
selecting a single row at a time, energizing the appropriate LED(s) in that row and proceeding to
the next row. In the horizontal strobe mode, a single column is chosen at a time The dynamic
display scheme employed in this work helped to improved the brightness of the display and
also save energy consumed by the hardware.
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TABLE OF CONTENT
Cover page………………………………………………………………………………………i
Title page………………………...………………………………….…………………………..ii
Declaration page………………….….…………………………….…………………………...iii
Approval page..…………………………………………………….…………………………...iv
Dedication page…….………….………………………………….…………………………….v
Acknowledgment………………………….……………………………………………………vi
Abstract…………………………………………………………………………………………vii
Table of Content………………………………………………………………………………..viii
List of Figure……………………………………………………………………………………xi
List of table……………………………………………………………………………………..xii
Abbreviation……………………………………………………………………………….…..xiii
1.1 Background…………………………………………………………………………………1
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2.1 Introduction ……………………………………………………………………………...…4
3.1 Introduction………………………………………………………………………………….8
3.2.4 REGULATOR……………………………………………………………………………..13
3.3.2. Resistor……………………………………………………………………………………11
3.3.3. Capacitor………………………………………………………………………………… 11
3.3.4 Regulator………………………………………………………………………………….. 12
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3.6 Vero Board Work Or Soldering Work. ………………………….……………………….…13
3.7 Precautions………………………………….…………………….…………………………14
4.3 Result……………………………………...…………………………………….…………...16
4.4 Discussion………………………………………………………………………………...….17
5.1 Introduction…………………………………………………………..……………………...18
5.2 Summary………………………………………………………………..……………………18
5.3conclussion ………………………………………………………………..….………………18
5.4 Recommendation…...…………………………………………………….………………….19
Reference …………………………………………………………………….……………...…..20
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LIST OF FIGURE
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LIST OF TABLE
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LIST OF ABBRVIATION
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
This project describes the development of a useful and entertaining way to demonstrate the
capability of green power in Atwater Kent to the students and faculty of WPI. We planned to do
soon the vacant wall within newly renovated lounge area. We needed our display to be able to be
capable of being updated frequently with new information, and wanted to have the option of
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expanding its size and capabilities as well. Various technical arenas in the field of
Telecommunication and Embedded Systems are becoming omnipresent in the people (Sarode A,
2012). The use of cell phones has rapidly increased over the last decade and a half up gradation
in networking technologies has encouraged the development and growth of very dense networks.
Notice boards are one of the widely used ones ranging from primary schools to major
organizations to convey messages at large. This in turn leads to a lot of deforestation thus leading
to global warming. Small innovative steps in making use of technology for regular purposes
would have an adverse effect on the environment issues which we are presently concerned about.
It is proposed to design to receive message in display toolkit which can be used from an
authorized mobile phone. The whole process can be described from the transmitter and receiver
section. The BLUETOOTH module receives a message from the authorized mobile phone and
the message is extracted by the microcontroller from the BLUETOOTH module and is displayed
on the MATRIX display board. Serial to parallel communication is used for the entire process
from WIFI module to Microcontroller and from microcontroller to the matrix display. And for
By using this proposed methodology we can enhance the security system and also make
The biggest problem involving constant moving message display is not utilizing them for your
business or organization. If zoning allows them and traffic counts indicate digital displays would
work in attracting more business to your location than cost, then there’s a problem if you don’t
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For those wise people already using digital signs, a common problem is under-utilizing the
technology. LED’s overtook incandescent bulb technology years ago, yet there are still
companies operating the old bulb-type units at great cost. Another problem is not utilizing full-
color technology. Now that prices of full-color displays have dropped to former one-color price
ranges, many people limit their potential for impact of sign communications by continuing to
The aim of this project is to design and construct an electronic notice board which can replace
The proposed project has many upcoming applications in educational institutions and
organizations, crime prevention, traffic management, railways, advertisements etc. Been user
friendly, long range and faster means of conveying information are major bolsters for this
application.
The project can be applied in areas such as subways, buses and bus station, train and train
station, shopping malls, schools, conference hall, road highways, colleges and hospital for
displaying all useful institutional information for visitors and this application are also used in
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CHAPTER TWO
LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 INTRODUCTION
This chapter, Contains a review of theories, previous studies, methods, work done by other
authors or previous students project relevant to the topic and their implications to the project
carried out.
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In the mid-1990s, cost-effective traffic light lamps using LEDs were developed. Prior to this,
traffic lights were designed using incandescent or halogen light bulbs. Unlike the incandescent-
based lamps, which use a single large bulb, the LED based lamps consist of an array of LED ele-
ments, arranged in various patterns. When viewed from a distance, the array appears as a
continuous light source. A wireless system was designed wherein the display board need not be
reprogrammed to display a new mes- sage. This paper was aimed to develop a mobile sign board
which makes the user to change the scrolling message using SMS service instantaneously. The
user can update it even from a remote distant. Once read, the SMS is deleted making entry for
next incoming SMS (Gupta H, Shukla P, Nagwekar A.2013). One of the main interesting
applications that have led the use of embedded system in communication is the public addressing
system. The audio or video systems like public announcement system, CCTV and programmable
sign boards are generally hardwired and hard to enlarge. These limitations can be trounced by the
use of wireless interface such as GSM. Currently LED message scrolling displays are attracting
many researchers in the com- munity (Ketkar PU, Tayade KP, 2013). A LED scrolling message
display system using Android application was designed. This system used Bluetooth technology
to communicate from Android phone to LED display board (Sooxma Technology, 2010).
Message displaying system using LED has become a significant part of many applications
concentrating on brightness and power saving concept. The low power consumption and longer
life span of LED ensures that the number of applications using them will increase further in near
future. This message displaying system uses 5 mm LED and microcontroller M68HC11. This
system can display 8 alphanumeric characters in one time whereby the arrangement of LEDs is
using matrix display with less connection needed. Multiplexing and matrix addressing method is
applied to control the turn on and off of LED in that particular time (Bin Zohedi FN, 2007).
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Because of less maintenance, the wireless com- munication is identified as a perfect solution for
home
network, and its great demand can be recognized in data transfer using mobile applications. A
simple GSM technology to receive and display the messages was used in (Kumar P, Bharadwaj
V, 2012). Looking into the present trend of information transfer, it is seen that vital notice take
time to be displayed on the displaying boards. The advancement in the technologies related to
wireless communication has led to the emer- gence of several engineering designs to aid the
human requirements. Kamboj and Abrol6 presents a combina- tion of wireless technology with
LED display boards to overcome the difficulties faced by the existing message display modules
using any wired entries like computer, keyboard or less distance remote control. The message is
sent through a cell-phone which is accepted by the GSM module SIM 300 (master). Number
authentica- tion is done by AT89S52 microcontroller and the stored numbers in EEPROM is
compared with the incoming number. The message will be valid only after the incom- ing cell
phone number is validated. Authentication result is displayed on LCD. Further the same SMS is
itself sent by GSM module (master) to multiple LED display boards which are connected via
different GSM modules (slaves). In (Kamboj R, Abrol P. 2013), a system to display the message
received by the cell or a modem was proposed. Microcontroller controls the system using
authentication and attention (AT) com- mands. This system is easy, robust to use in normal life
by any-one at any place. A LED display control system can also be designed using advanced
reduced instruction set computer machines and field programmable gate array(D alwadi DC,
Trivedi N.2011). According to module structure characteristics of the Red, Green, Blue (RGB)
three colours LED display and the dynamic scanning display of the LED display. This system
supports texts and pictures to display with full colour LED screen and a remote data
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transmission. A microcontroller based display system with the size of six 32×32 dot matrix
Chinese characters by a dynamic scan mode is discussed in(S ong Y, Feng Y,2011). The system
can be divided into two small display screens which can display 24 Chinese characters. The
display contents and scrolling speed can be adjusted according to user requirements. LED
display notice board is an economical solution for displaying messages with various changing
effects and can be applicable in shops, restaurants, pharmacies, etc. These boards can be large
LED panels or LED dot matrix displays which could be in mono, bi, and multicolour. The power
consumption of these boards is less. This can dis- play static and dynamic messages(W
imalasena H.(2013).
In this project work, the author constructed a constant moving message display. Hence though
the system is versatile it is not cost effective and somehow complex considering the construction
The contribution towards gap identified in the literature review is use of a constant moving
message display and also the constant moving message display, using microcontroller.
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CHAPTER THREE
3.1 INTRUDUCTION
This chapter contains information on the material used, method selected and the realization
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3.2.1 HARDWARE
Led
Atmega3270
Resistor
Capacitor
Voltage regulator
3.2.2 SOFTWARE
To commence the system construction, all necessary components required were first obtained
from the market. Some of the components that needed to be tested to make sure they are well
functioning before using them are being tested and found satisfactory.
electronics prototyping platform based on flexible, easy-to-use hardware and software. It’s
intended for artists, designers, hobbyists, and anyone interested in creating interactive objects or
environments”. In simple terms, the Arduino is a tiny computer system that can be programmed
There are different kinds of Arduino boards varying in physical size, the number of input and
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This project will incorporate an LED, a keypad, a fingerprint sensor, and a real time clock which
in total will require 23 digital pins. The LED and real time clock must be powered with at least
5V to work optimally, the code for the program will exceed a thousand lines meaning the board
must be embedded with a microcontroller with large flash memory to run the sketches and
finally, a lot of “String” variables will be used to hold values like candidate/delegate name,
phone number, voting pins and so on. This also implies a need to have a lot of memory available
called SRAM
The decision to use the Arduino Mega 3270 board was justified as it has the following
specifications.
Digital pins 54
Operating voltage 5V
Analog pins 16
EEPROM 4KB
SRAM 8KB
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Figure 3.1 the circuit layout of Arduino mega 3270 (retrieved from www.fritzing.org)
3.3.2. RESISTOR
Resistor is an electronic component that opposed the flow of an electric current in to a circuit, it
can be group in to a passive electrical component. For the sake of this work we use for resistors
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in which three are fix, having 10kΩ, 4.7kΩ and 1.5kΩ and the other one is variable resistor in
which his resistance to flow of electricity can varied, having a value of variation 10kΩ.
3.3.3. CAPACITOR
Capacitor is also an electrical component which can store and release electrical energy, it can be
polarize and non -polarize but the polarized one is use for our construction. It is connected in
parallel with variable resistor to provide balance, stability and delay to the control circuit.
3.3.4 REGULATOR
Regulator is a device that automatically controls the flow of voltage in to the circuit, for this
work i use 7805 and 7812 for control circuit and relay operation respectively.
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Figure 3.4. Regulator
Soldering iron
Lead wax
Connecting wire
Multi-meter
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The project design was carried out using Proteus software. The system circuit diagram is as
shown below
3.6 SOLDERING
After the components arrangement and testing on the breadboard, they are now being transferred
to a Vero board for soldering using all the necessary equipment and following all necessary
precaution. Figure 3.6 shown layout of the main system circuit being soldered on the Vero board.
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Figure 3.6 Soldering work
3.7 PRECAUTIONS
Always return the soldering iron to its stand when not in use. Never put it down on the
work bench.
The completed work was tested before assembling them. This was necessary since
microcontroller is a voltage sensitive component that gets damaged easily. The aim was to make
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sure that all the LED on the display panel or board was lighting correctly. The link to the
microcontroller ports was also confirmed. When the output from the power supply was
connected to Vcc terminals, the LED started displaying. The whole assemblage was carefully
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CHAPTER FOUR
TEST, RESULT AND DISCUSSION
4.1INTRODUCTION
This chapter presents the different test carried out with the corresponding results obtained as well
1 Transformer test using multi-meter. Transformer was tested: the both terminal
2 LED test using multi-meter. LED was tested; the terminals are working
properly.
4.3 RESULTS
2. LED test: the result of the LED test was working satisfactory.
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3. Transformer test: the result of the transformer test was satisfactory.
4. Overall project test: the result obtained from the system test was found to be satisfactory.
The result of the tests performed above suggested that the system sub-units are effectively design
and when coupled will give a satisfactory result as with regards the system as a whole. From the
test conducted and result obtained, it was found that the system is short circuit and open circuit
free.
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CHAPTER FIVE
5.1 INTRODUCTION
This chapter covers the summery, conclusion and recommendation on this project. Possible
5.2 SUMMARY
In this project all the loop holes in the existing product. This project proposes an idea to develop
a sign board in which the messages are continuously running, where it empowers the user to
change the messages using SMS instantaneously and also desk bound device such as PC or
laptop. It has a dual system in terms of changing message display. It uses dual power supply such
as solar power and Alternative Current (AC) power which creates the ability to work at any
situation. The new design includes a motion detector which switches off the system
automatically after working hours and will switch on automatically if any motion is sensed by
5.3 CONCLUSION
A Moving Message Display system has been designed, analyzed and implemented. The
completed system was able to display the message of text containing 23 characters (i.e., DEPT.
OF ELECT. ENGRG) The system would be found useful in applications which require
Museums, etc. Its benefits cannot be over- emphasized in these days of technological
advancements.
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5.4 RECOMMENDATION
This system design could be further improved. On this ground, the following recommendations
could be considered. A solar panel could be added to outdoor models to provide constant power
supply to the system, and a Radio frequency transmitter and receiver module could be added to
the system to send the information to be displayed wirelessly from a remote computer.
5.4 REFERENCES
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Sooxma Technology (2010). Android Controlled Scrolling LED Message Display. Hyderabad,
India.
B in Zohedi FN, (2007). Wireless electronic notice board. Faculty of Electrical & Electronics
K umar P, Bharadwaj V, Pal K, Rathor NR, Mishra A (2012). GSM based e-Notice Board:
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K amboj R, Abrol P, (2013). Design and development of GSM based multiple LED display
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W imalasena H. LED Notice Board; (2013).
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