TABLE OF CONTENT

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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

1.1 Problem Statement 6

1.2 System Design 6

CHAPTER 2: LITRATURE SURVAY 7

CHAPTER 3: HARDWARE REQUIRMENT

3.1 Atmega328 9

3.2 LCD 14

3.3 NodMcu 19

3.4 RTC Module 22

3.5 Power Supply 24

3.6 List of component with price 27

CHAPTER 4: IMPLEMENTATION

4.1 Hardware Implementation 28

4.1.1 Block Diagram 28

4.1.2 Explanation of Block Diagram 29

4.1.3 Circuit Diagram 30

4.2 Software Implementation 31

4.2.1 Source Code 31

CHAPTER 5: FUTURE SCOPE 34

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CONCLUSION 35

REFERENCES 36

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 LIST OF FIGURE

Sr. No. Name of Figure Page No.

1 Fig. 1 Block Diagram of Atmega328 11

2 Fig. 2 Pin Diagram of Atmega328 12
3 Fig. 2 Pin Diagram of 16X2 LCD 16
4 Fig. 4 NodeMCU 20
5 Fig. 5 Pin Diagram of NodeMCU 21
6 Fig. 6 RTC Module 23
7 Fig 7 Power Supply Design 25
8 Fig 8 Block Diagram 30
9 Fig 9 Circuit Diagram 32

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 LIST OF TABLE

Sr. No. Name of Table Page No.

1 Table 1 GPIO Pin of NodeMCU 22

2 Table 2 List of Components 29

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 ABSTRACT

This project presents a digital notice board using WiFi module. The idea behind this

project is to provide its users with a simple, fast and reliable way to put up important notices

in an P10 Display where the user can send a message to be displayed in the P10 Display. The

message can be sent through an android application designed in this project, through the WiFi

module . So, notices can be put up in an P10 Display display from any location in the world.

It uses a microcontroller for system control, WiFi based technology for communication and

sends the message through the android application. The project consists of a Atmega328-8 bit

AVR based microcontroller, WiFi module, an P10 Display, and an android application for

user interface with the hardware. This device can be used anywhere irrespective of the place

of deployment provided mobile network connectivity is available

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 CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION

As technology improves, efficient, financially affordable and highly productive

output becomes an absolute necessity, and this leads us to be more inclined towards
using automated control systems. Human intervention, although it offers variety, adaptability
and interactivity, could lead to errors, as it is a natural and inevitable result of this variability.
Hence, automation of a system is an accepted means to minimize human error and its impact.
Applying this to the situation under scrutiny now, the traditional methods of writing typing
the notice on paper, and having a man/woman deliver the notice to the respective groups, or
having himher paste the notice on the notice board, is prone to errors. The person delivering
could deliver it to the wrong group, or tamper with the information being sent, etc. With the
electronics industry moving at a fast pace, we are able to solve many such problems with
digital replacements. Our project, Multi Electronic Notice Board, aims at eliminating the use
of paper in offices, schools & colleges, and other institutions; also minimizing the risk of
errors, by replacing project with P10 Display.

In this project, a hardware capable of displaying notices electronically using an

android application has been built. In order to display notices, a user can use the android
application to type a notice and click on the send button to get it displayed. The functionality
can be used only if wiFi module is connected to hot spot of the host. The hardware consists of
an AVR based microcontroller Atmega328 that communicates to the application through a
WiFi module to receive messages. Atmega328 itself retrieves message and sends signal to
switch on/off a device or display a notice. The motivation behind such a project is mainly to
reduce physical effort for operating appliances especially for aged people. Another reason for
this project is overusage of paper in educational institutions for printing notices. Due to
mushrooming paper usage day by day, lot of trees are being cut which is harmful for the
environment. So, if notices are displayed everywhere electronically, it would reduce paper
usage and make communication easier and faster. A GSM based system is exible, durable
without any risk of getting hacked. Such a system has a low cost of installation and
maintenance.

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1.2 Problem Statement

The idea behind this project is to provide its users with a simple, fast
and reliable way to put up important notices in an P10 where the user can
send a message to be displayed in the P10. The message can be sent
through an android application designed in this project

1.3 Objective of the project

Presently almost all electronic notice boards are designed using

wired system.
One of the drawbacks of the design is the system is inflexible in term of
placement.
The common notice board cannot be placed anywhere because of the
messy wire.
The aim of this project is to develop a digital notice board that will be used
at the faculty in order to display latest information through WiFi module.
The message can be send through android application

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 CHAPTER 2

LITERATURE REVIEW

Literature survey is mainly carried out in order to analyze the background of

the current project which helps to find out flaws in the existing system and guides on
which unsolved problems we can work out. So, the following topics not only illustrate
the background of the project but also uncover the problems and flaws which motivated to
propose solutions and work on this project. GSM network is widely used today whether it is
for calling or SMS. Also some of the places needs urgent notices like in college, railway
stations share-market , and this notice should be in real-time , so we need a real-time notice
[1]. This project is our experiment to give a start to the era of real-time noticing. This project
is about writing the message which is to be displayed in mobile and send it as SMS to other
side. This received message is fetched into Microcontroller and after authentication
it is displayed on LCD screen. Also by interfacing a voice data recording IC with
Microcontroller we can also do announcements in real-time.

This paper is designed using ARM-LPC2148 interfaced with Graphical Display. At

present, when information has to be updated in a notice board, it has to
bedone manually. Also in present electronic systems, no matter how many displays
are present, only a single notice can be sent to all of the notice boards irrespective
of their places. In order to overcome this disadvantage, multiple displays along with
a decoder are used to select a particular display and the corresponding information
is sent through an ARM controller by using GSM technology [2]. The entries can
be documented and a record may be maintained for future use by using visual basic.
The controller has internal a real time clock used for synchronization of data. A resistive
touch screen is used to access the previous notices and also progress details.
The monitoring system consists of an image sensor which captures the images for the
specified amount of time and the images can be transferred through an USB port to
a PC for storage purposes.

This paper is developed a GSM based notice board display using ARM7 controller
along with LED array. The microcontrollers provide all the functionality of the
display notices and wireless control. The Display is obtained on a 7X96 Light Emitting Diode
(LED) dot matrix display. A desired text message from a mobile phone

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is sent via a Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) to the GSM module
located at the receiving end [3]. The GSM modem is connected, through MAX 232
Integrated Circuit (MAX 32IC), to the ARM7 microcontroller. The message that is
stored in the Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory (EEPROM)
is then displayed on the LED dot matrix display. This hardware uses regulated 5V,
500mA power supply. A three-terminal LM7805 is employed for regulation of the
voltage. A bridge type full-wave rectifier is used to rectify the AC output of the secondary of
230/12V step down transformer. The system was tested to work according
to specification.

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. One of such applications is public addressing system (PAS).
Many companies are manufacturing audio / video systems like public announcement system,
CCTV, programmable sign boards etc. But all these systems are generally hardwired,
complex in nature and difficult to expand. So, by adding wireless communication interface
such as GSM to these systems, we can overcome their limitations .Now a days LED Message
Scrolling Displays are becoming very popular .These displays are used in shopping malls,
theaters, public transportation, traffic signs, highways signs, etc.This paper describes the
GSM based LED display [4]. Now a days, Scrolling LED Displays are normally used in
stationaries, railway stations, banks, etc. everywhere in the daily occupational life. This LEDs
are preprogrammed in sense that they are already programmed to display a particular
message; in case of editing or manipulating the message a person is needed around
the display either by leased media or some kind of wireless media(within a limited
area) which itself is an disadvantage because a the person cannot be always present
at the location of the display board; a person might be at some other place and it is
urgent for the person to display the message on the LED display board which is at a
distant place, so this type of Scrolling LED Displays are not effective in all situations
and also this display board cannot be placed anywhere because of complex and delicate
wiring. GSM based LED Scrolling Display Board is a model for displaying notices
or messages within any networked area through SMS which can be send by mobiles [5].

The Project aims to provide the services of communication with LED displays
remotely using GSM (that is by using SIMs SMSs via mobile phones) and updating
message instantly on display board unlike a desk bound device such as PC or laptop.

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The user can update it even from a remote distant with simple user interaction.
Everything around us is becoming smart such as smart phones, smart televisions, smart
refrigerators, so why not smart displays boards for advertisements and
notices. Display boards are primary thing in any institute, organization, public utility
places like bus stops, railway stations, parks, shopping malls to display information
regarding platforms, various advertisements about the products, or important notices.
People are now adapted to the idea of the world at its fingertips. The old wired display
boards are controlled by microcontroller. To change message, we need to change the
microcontroller program code again and again. By adding GSM wireless communication
interface, we can overcome these limitations [6]. It is a start to the era of smart
and real-time displaying of messages on display boards. This paper explains the development
of GSM based Smart LED Display Boards using Short Message Service(SMS).

Summary

Literature survey is mainly carried out in order to analyze the background of the
current project which helps to find out flaws in the existing system and guides on which
unsolved problems we can work out.

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 CHAPTER 3

HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS

3.1 IC Atmega328

Introduction

The Atmel ATmega8A is a low-power CMOS 8-bit microcontroller based on the AVR
enhanced RISC architecture. By executing powerful instructions in a single clock cycle, the
ATmega8A achieves throughputs close to 1MIPS per MHz. This empowers system designer
to optimize the device for power consumption versus processing speed.

Features

• High-performance, Low-power Atmel AVR 8-bit Microcontroller

• Advanced RISC Architecture

– 130 Powerful Instructions - Most Single-clock Cycle Execution

– 32 x 8 General Purpose Working Registers

– Fully Static Operation

– Up to 16MIPS Throughput at 16MHz

– On-chip 2-cycle Multiplier

• High Endurance Non-volatile Memory segments

– 8KBytes of In-System Self-programmable Flash program memory

– 512Bytes EEPROM

– 1KByte Internal SRAM

– Write/Erase Cycles: 10,000 Flash/100,000 EEPROM

– Data retention: 20 years at 85°C/100 years at 25°C(1)

– Optional Boot Code Section with Independent Lock Bits

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• In-System Programming by On-chip Boot Program

• True Read-While-Write Operation

– Programming Lock for Software Security

Block Diagram

Fig. 1 Block Diagram of Atmega328

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Pin Diagram

Fig. 2 Pin Diagram of Atmega328

Pin Descriptions

VCC

Digital supply voltage

GND

Ground

Port B (PB7:PB0) – XTAL1/XTAL2/TOSC1/TOSC2

Port B is an 8-bit bi-directional I/O port with internal pull-up resistors (selected for each bit).
The Port B output buffers have symmetrical drive characteristics with both high sink and
source capability. As inputs, Port B pins that are externally pulled low will source current if
the pull-up resistors are activated. The Port B pins are tri-stated when a reset condition
becomes active, even if the clock is not running. Depending on the clock selection fuse

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settings, PB6 can be used as input to the inverting Oscillator amplifier and input to the
internal clock operating circuit. Depending on the clock selection fuse settings, PB7 can be
used as output from the inverting Oscillator amplifier. If the Internal Calibrated RC Oscillator
is used as chip clock source, PB7:6 is used as TOSC2:1 input for the Asynchronous
Timer/Counter2 if the AS2 bit in ASSR is set. The various special features of Port B are
elaborated in Alternate Functions of Port B and System Clock and Clock Options.

Port C (PC5:PC0)

Port C is a 7-bit bi-directional I/O port with internal pull-up resistors (selected for each bit).
The Port C output buffers have symmetrical drive characteristics with both high sink and
source capability. As inputs, Port C pins that are externally pulled low will source current if
the pull-up resistors are activated. The Port C pins are tri-stated when a reset condition
becomes active, even if the clock is not running.

PC6/RESET

If the RSTDISBL Fuse is programmed, PC6 is used as an I/O pin. Note that the electrical
characteristics of PC6 differ from those of the other pins of Port C. If the RSTDISBL Fuse is
un-programmed, PC6 is used as a Reset input. A low level on this pin for longer than the
minimum pulse length will generate a Reset, even if the clock is not running. The minimum
pulse length is given in Table 30-5. Shorter pulses are not guaranteed to generate a Reset. The
various special features of Port C are elaborated in Alternate Functions of Port C.

Port D (PD7:PD0)

Port D is an 8-bit bi-directional I/O port with internal pull-up resistors (selected for each bit).
The Port D output buffers have symmetrical drive characteristics with both high sink and
source capability. As inputs, Port D pins that are externally pulled low will source current if
the pull-up resistors are activated.

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The Port D pins are tri-stated when a reset condition becomes active, even if the clock is not
running. Port D also serves the functions of various special features of the ATmega8A as
listed in Alternate Functions of Port D.

RESET

Reset input. A low level on this pin for longer than the minimum pulse length will generate a
reset, even if the clock is not running. The minimum pulse length is given in Table 30-5.
Shorter pulses are not guaranteed to generate a reset.

AVCC

AVCC is the supply voltage pin for the A/D Converter, Port C (3:0), and ADC (7:6). It
should be externally connected to VCC, even if the ADC is not used. If the ADC is used, it
should be connected to VCC through a low-pass filter. Note that Port C (5:4) use digital
supply voltage, VCC.

AREF

AREF is the analog reference pin for the A/D Converter.

ADC7:6 (TQFP and QFN/MLF Package Only)

In the TQFP and QFN/MLF package, ADC7:6 serve as analog inputs to the A/D converter.
These pins are powered from the analog supply and serve as 10-bit ADC channels.

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3.5 Power Supply:-

Fig 7 Power Supply Design

Types of DC power supply:

1. Unregulated DC power supply

2. Regulated DC power supply

Unregulated DC power supply

An unregulated power supply is circuit which converts AC into a fluctuating DC which gets
change according to variation in input AC as well as change in load current.

Regulated DC power supply

A dc power supply which maintains the output voltage constant irrespective of ac mains
fluctuations or load variations is known as regulated dc power supply.

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Need of regulated power supply:

The function of a linear voltage regulator is a convert a varying DC voltage to a constant,

often specific, lower DC voltages. when an unregulated DC power supply is the energy
source, its output voltage will also vary with changing input voltage. To circumvent this,
some power supplies use a linear voltage regulator to maintain the output voltage at a steady
value, independent of fluctuations in input voltage and load impedence. Linear regulators can
also reduce the magnitude of ripple and noise present appearing on the output voltage.

Step down transformer:

The step down transformer is used to step down the main supply voltage from 230V AC to
lower value. The step down transformer is static device which decreases mains to the desired
value without changing its frequency. It generates pure sine wave with zero average value to
the rectifier circuit.

Rectifier unit

The rectifier unit is used to convert the AC voltage into its corresponding DC voltage. There
are half-wave ,full-wave, and bridge wave rectifiers are available for these specific function.
The most important and simple device used in rectifier circuit is the diode. The simple
function of diode is to conduct when forward bias and not conduct in reverse bias. During the
positive half-cycle of secondary voltage, one end of the secondary winding becomes positive
and other end negative. This makes two diode forward biased while remaining two diodes as
reverse biased. Therefore, only two forward biased diode will be in series through the load. It
may seen that current flows from top to bottom of the load.

During the negative half cycle of secondary voltage, the polarity of voltage across secondary
gets reverse. This makes previous reverse biased diodes as forward biased and vice versa.
These two diodes will be now in series through the load. It may be seen that again current
flows from top to bottom of the load i.e. in the same direction as for the positive half cycle.
Therefore the pulsating dc output is obtained across load.

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The reasons for choosing the bridge rectifier are:
The TUF is increased to 0.812 as compared the full wave rectifier.
The PIV rating requirement of each diode is Vm and not 2Vm as in two diode rectifier.

Input filters
Capacitors are used as filter. The ripples from DC voltage are removed and pure DC voltage
is obtained. And also these capacitors are used to reduce the harmonics of the input voltage.

Regulator unit
Regulator requires the output voltage to be always constant. The output voltage is maintained
irrespective of the fluctuations in the input AC voltage. As the AC voltage changes, the DC
voltage also changes. Thus to avoid this regulators are used.

Output filter
The filter circuit is often fixed after the regulator circuit. capacitor is most often used as
filter. The principle of the capacitor is to charge and discharge. It charges during the positive
half cycle of the AC voltage and discharges during the negative half cycle so, it allows only
AC voltage and does not allow the DC voltage.

IC voltage regulators
Voltage regulator comprise a class of widely used ICs. Regulator IC units contain the
circuitry for reference source, comparator amplifier, control device, and overload protection
all in a single IC.

Fixed positive voltage regulators

The series 78xx regulators provide fixed positive voltages from 5 to 24V, last two digits xx of
this number indicates the output voltage of this regulator IC. Maximum unregulated
permissible input voltage to these regulators IC is provided by manufacturer in data sheets
(mostly this value 37VDC). A 78xx is connected to provide voltage regulations with output
from this unit of +vdc. An unregulated input voltage Viis filtered by capacitor c1 and
connected to the ICs IN terminal. The IC’s OUT terminal provides a regulated +v, which is
filtered by capacitor c2.The third IC terminal is connected to ground. While the input voltage
may vary over some permissible voltage range and the output load may vary over some

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acceptable range, the output voltage remains constant within specified voltage variations
limits. These limitations are spelled out in manufacturer’s specification sheets.

3.6 List of component with price

Sr. No. Component Rate QTY Price

1 Power Supply 5V 5Amp 800 1 800
2 P10 Display 1200 3 3600
3 Atmega328 900 1 900
4 NodeMCU 550 1 550
5 RTC Module 320 1 320
6 LM35 250 1 250
Total 6420/-

Table 2 List of Components

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 CHAPTER 4

IMPLIMENTATION

4.1 Hardware Implementation

4.1.1 Block Diagram:

P10
HC-05 Controller
Display

Fig 8 Block Diagram

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4.1.3 Circuit Diagram:

Fig 9 Circuit Diagram

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4.2 Software Implementation

4.2.1 Source Code:

#include <SPI.h> //SPI.h must be included as DMD is written by SPI (the IDE
complains otherwise)

#include <DMD.h>

#include <TimerOne.h>

#include "SystemFont5x7.h"

#include "Arial_black_16.h"

//Fire up the DMD library as dmd

#define DISPLAYS_ACROSS 2

#define DISPLAYS_DOWN 1

DMD dmd(DISPLAYS_ACROSS, DISPLAYS_DOWN);

//number max of characters in your message

#define max_char 100

char message[max_char]; // stores you message

//char mess[max_char];

char r_char; // reads each character

byte index = 0; // defines the position into your array

int a;

//char greeting[] = "Avinash D. Sonawane";

char greeting[] = "Receiving Wait...";

char msg0[250]="Wait";

char str[250];

int temp1=0,i=0,j=0,k=0;

/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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 Interrupt handler for Timer1 (TimerOne) driven DMD refresh scanning, this gets

called at the period set in Timer1.initialize();

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

void ScanDMD()

dmd.scanDisplayBySPI();

void setup(void)

//initialize TimerOne's interrupt/CPU usage used to scan and refresh the display

Timer1.initialize( 5000 ); //period in microseconds to call ScanDMD. Anything

longer than 5000 (5s) and you can see flicker.

Timer1.attachInterrupt( ScanDMD ); //attach the Timer1 interrupt to ScanDMD

which goes to dmd.scanDisplayBySPI()

//clear/init the DMD pixels held in RAM

dmd.clearScreen( true ); //true is normal (all pixels off), false is negative (all pixels
on)

Serial.begin(9600);

strcpy(message,greeting);

void loop(void)

serialEvent();

if(temp1==1)

dmd.clearScreen( true );

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 j=0,k=0,temp1=0;

while(j<i)

while(str[j]=='{')

j++;

while(str[j]!='}')

msg0[k++]=str[j++]; //Mode

j++;

msg0[k]='\0';

for(i=0; i<99; i++){

message[i] = '\0';

strcpy(message,msg0);

i=0;

j=0;

k=0;

//prepares the display to print our message

dmd.selectFont(Arial_Black_16);

//displays the message

dmd.drawMarquee(message ,max_char,(32*DISPLAYS_ACROSS)-1 ,0);

long start=millis();

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 long timer=start;

boolean ret=false;

while(!ret)

if ((timer+30) < millis()) {

ret=dmd.stepMarquee(-1,0);

timer=millis();

delay(3000);

void serialEvent()

while(Serial.available())

char ch=(char)Serial.read();

str[i++]=ch;

if(ch == '}')

temp1=1;

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FUTURE SCOPE

The display unit can range from P10 scrolling displays to P10
monitors. The
LED scrolling displays can be set up at public transport places such as bus
stations,
railway stations and airports. They can also be used in offices and similar
organizations for sending notices. The P10 monitors can be setup on
school and college
campuses for sending out notices. Also, as an extension to the current
message displaying template, multiple messages can be displayed at a
time, by dividing the screen
to the required number of parts. A commercial model can be able to
display more than one message at a time.In our project we are sending
messages via WI-FI network and displaying on a LED by utilizing AT-WF
commands. The same principle can be applied to control electrical
appliances at a distant location. Robots can be controlled in a similar
fashion by sending the commands to the robots. These commands are
read by using AT-WF commands and appropriate action is taken. This can
be used for spy robots at distant locations, utilized by the military to
monitor movement of enemy troops.

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 CONCLUSION

The prototype of the proposed WI-FI based electronic notice board was successfully
designed. It can be easily integrated with all general-purpose display board thus proving its
mobility. The message is transferred using wireless technology and is eventually obtained on
the LED matrix. Thus we are using modern technology to replace conventional display
boards the android app interface can make this system even more user friendly and popular.
The system accepts the message from app 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 meant for that particular display unit, it decided based on IP address. This
system supports only one message at a time. The proposed system can
be efficiently used for transfer of message instantly on campus. The WI-FI based smart
electronic notice board is efficiently designed. the smart electronic notice board system
accepts new SMS, validate it, store it and display it on 8X8 LED panel. It reduces the overall
development cost and also minimizes the complexity.Therefore, smart electronic notice board
system becomes smarter, efficient, robust and portable.

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