Final Year Project Report
Final Year Project Report
A Project Report on
“Design and Implementation of Wireless Sensor Network to Establish Communication
Between Sensors and Actuators in Vehicle”
CERTIFICATE
Certified that the Projectwork entitled “Design and Implementation of Wireless Sensor
Network to Establish Communication Between Sensors and Actuators in Vehicle”, is
carried out by Santosh Hampannavar(2KL17EC081), Rahul Patil (2KL17EC066), P. Vinayak
(2KL17EC053), Shivani Dalavi (2KL17EC086) are bonafied students of Department of
Electronics and Communication Engineering, K. L. E. Dr. M. S. Sheshgiri College of
Engineering and Technology, Belagavi, in partial fulfillment for the award of Bachelor of
Engineering in Electronics and Communication of the Visvesvaraya Technological
University, Belagavi, during the year 2020-21. It is certified that all correction/suggestions
indicated for internal assessment have been incorporated in the report and has been approved as
it satisfies the academic requirements in respect to project work prescribed for the said degree.
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DECLARATION
I hereby declare that the entire work embodied in this report entitled “Design and
Implementation of Wireless Sensor Network to Establish Communication Between
Sensors and Actuators in Vehicle” has been carried out by us at department of Electronics
and Communication Engineering, K. L. E. Dr. M. S. Sheshgiri College of Engineering and
Technology Belagavi, under the supervision of Prof. Vijay Rayar. The report has been
submitted in part or full for the award of any degree of this or any other university.
To the best of our knowledge the above statements made by the students Santosh
Hampannavar(2KL17EC081), Rahul Patil (2KL17EC066), P. Vinayak (2KL17EC053),
Shivani Dalavi (2KL17EC086) can be accepted for partial fulfillment of the requirements for
the degree of BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING.
Guide HOD
Prof. Vijay Rayar Dr. Rajashri Khanai
Acknowledgement
The project opportunity we had was a great chance for learning and professional development.
We are grateful for having a chance to meet so many wonderful people and professional who
led us through this project phase.
We express our deepest thanks to our internal guide Prof. Vijay Rayar Assistant professor,
Department of ECE for their careful and precious guidance which were extremely valuable for
our study both theoretically and practically.
We express our gratitude to thank Dr. Rajashri Khanai, Head of the ECE department for her
cordial support, valuable information and guidance, which helped us in completing this project
in various stages.
We would love to express our gratitude and thanks towards our beloved principal Dr. Basavaraj
Katageri. It is an honor to thank him for providing direction in all our endeavors.
We are grateful to our management for cooperative and inspiration and also special thanks to
teaching and non-teaching staffs for their kind support.
K. L. E. Dr. M. S. SHESHGIRI COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
VISION
MISSION
1. Engineering Knowledge: Apply the knowledge of mathematics, science, engineering fundamentals, and an
engineering specialization to the solution of complex engineering problems.
2. Problem Analysis: Identify, formulate, research literature, and analyze complex engineering problems
reaching substantiated conclusions using first principles of mathematics, natural sciences, and engineering
sciences.
3. Design/development of Solutions: Design solutions for complex engineering problems and design system
components or processes that meet the specified needs with appropriate consideration for the public health and
safety, and the cultural, societal, and environmental considerations.
4. Conduct Investigations of Complex Problems: Use research-based knowledge and research methods
including design of experiments, analysis and interpretation of data, and synthesis of the information to provide
valid conclusions.
5. Modern Tool usage: Create, select, and apply appropriate techniques, resources, and modern engineering
and IT tools including prediction and modelling to complex engineering activities with an understanding of the
limitations.
6. The Engineer and Society: Apply reasoning informed by the contextual knowledge to assess societal,
health, safety, legal and cultural issues and the consequent responsibilities relevant to the professional
engineering practice.
7. Environment and Sustainability: Understand the impact of the professional engineering solutions in
societal and environmental contexts, and demonstrate the knowledge of, and need for sustainable development.
8. Ethics: Apply ethical principles and commit to professional ethics and responsibilities and norms of the
engineering practice.
9. Individual and Team Work: Function effectively as an individual, and as a member or leader in diverse
teams, and in multidisciplinary settings.
10.Communication: Communicate effectively on complex engineering activities with the engineering
community and with society at large, such as, being able to comprehend and write effective reports and design
documentation, make effective presentations, and give and receive clear instructions.
11. Project Management and Finance: Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the engineering and
management principles and apply these to one’s own work, as a member and leader in a team, to manage
projects and in multidisciplinary environments.
12. Life-long Learning: Recognize the need for, and have the preparation and ability to engage in independent
and life-long learning in the broadest context of technological change.
P. Vinayak 2KL17EC053
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TITLE
LIST OF FIGURE
ABSTRACT
CHAPTER-1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Objective of the project
1.3 Literature review
CHAPTER-2 MATERIALS AND METHOD
2.1 Features of the NRF24L01
2.2 The Controller
2.3 The Sensor
2.4 Block diagram of WSN
CHAPTER-3 RESULT
3.1 The Working Protype
CHAPTER-4 CONCLUSION
4.1 Conclusion
5.2 Reference
LIST OF FIGURES
2.4.1 IR Sensor
ABSTRACT
Nowadays, there are more than 150 sensors inside a car which are connected via wires to
the Electronic Control Units (ECUs). The increase in the number of sensors put into a car adds
significant weight to the car and makes the wiring system more complex. Intra-car Wireless
Sensor Network (WSN) is therefore a promising solution for a automobile industry in the near
future as it eliminates the amount of wiring harness and simplifies the wiring structure. The
reduction in the weight of a car leads in a more efficient engine performance, better fuel
economy, and reliability.
In this paper, we propose a new WSN node using nRF24L01. This operates in license
free 2.4 GHz ISM band. This methods and ultra-low power hardware reduces the WSN power
consumption.
CHAPTER -1 INTRODUCTION
1.1. INTRODUCTION
Wireless sensor network (WSN) has been developing rapidly during the latest decade.
Computer science, automation technologies, radio frequency (RF) technology, electronics and
other related techniques have contributed extensively to the development of WSN technology
Wireless sensor networks are wireless networks composed of sensors, which monitor
surrounding condition as one system. These sensors are implemented by using microcontroller,
transceiver, etc. Sensor nodes are installed in the surrounding environment to monitor specific
environmental parameters and pass the collected data to the base station. Thus, WSN enables
access to harsh places or environments where are impossible to set up the cables. Consequently,
it is quite suitable to apply a wireless sensor system to obtain reliable data from the wireless
network for the purpose of monitoring and control.
Sensor nodes abilities limit depend on factors like power, processing power, storage and
communication capability. Information collected by nodes are sent to the base station by
unsecure means. The introduction of wireless sensors in vehicles is expected to bring numerous
benefits including simplification of wiring harnesses, reduced maintenance costs, reduction of
component variants and related quality and cost improvements. The impact of such a network
of in-vehicle wireless sensors on the vehicle electrical system needs to be carefully analysed
and accounted for in order to ensure sustainable operation of vehicle wireless sensors.
1.2. OBJECTIVES:
nRF24L01 is a single chip radio transceiver for the world-wide 2.4 - 2.5 GHz ISM band. The transceiver
consists of a fully integrated frequency synthesizer, a power amplifier, a crystal oscillator, a demodulator,
modulator and Enhanced ShockBurst™ protocol engine. Output power, frequency channels, and protocol setup
are easily programmable through a SPI interface. Current consumption is very low, only 9.0mA at an output
power of -6dBm and 12.3mA in RX mode. Built-in Power Down and Standby modes makes power saving
easily realizable.
Radio Frequency
The nRF24L01+ transceiver module is designed to operate in 2.4 GHz worldwide ISM frequency band
and uses GFSK modulation for data transmission. The data transfer rate can be one of 250kbps, 1Mbps and
2Mbps.
Power consumption
The operating voltage of the module is from 1.9 to 3.6V, but the good news is that the logic pins are 5-
volt tolerant, so we can easily connect it to an Arduino or any 5V logic microcontroller without using any logic
level converter.
The module supports programmable output power viz. 0 dBm, -6 dBm, -12 dBm or -18 dBm and
consumes unbelievably around 12 mA during transmission at 0 dBm, which is even lower than a single LED.
And best of all, it consumes 26 µA in standby mode and 900 nA at power down mode. That’s why they’re the
go-to wireless device for low-power applications.
SPI Interface
The nRF24L01+ transceiver module communicates over a 4-pin Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) with a
maximum data rate of 10Mbps. All the parameters such as frequency channel (125 selectable channels), output
power (0 dBm, -6 dBm, -12 dBm or -18 dBm), and data rate (250kbps, 1Mbps, or 2Mbps) can be configured
through SPI interface.
The SPI bus uses a concept of a Master and Slave, in most common applications our Arduino is the
Master and the nRF24L01+ transceiver module is the Slave. Unlike the I2C bus the number of slaves on the SPI
bus is limited, on the Arduino Uno you can use a maximum of two SPI slaves i.e. two nRF24L01+ transceiver
modules.
nRF24L01 working
The nRF24L01+ transceiver module transmits and receives data on a certain frequency called Channel.
Also in order for two or more transceiver modules to communicate with each other, they need to be on the same
channel. This channel could be any frequency in the 2.4 GHz ISM band or to be more precise, it could be
between 2.400 to 2.525 GHz (2400 to 2525 MHz).
Each channel occupies a bandwidth of less than 1MHz. This gives us 125 possible channels with 1MHz
spacing. So, the module can use 125 different channels which give a possibility to have a network of 125
independently working modems in one place.
RF channel frequency of your selected channel is set according to the following formula:
The nRF24L01+ provides a feature called Multi receiver. It’s an abbreviation for Multiple Transmitters
Single Receiver. In which each RF channel is logically divided into 6 parallel data channels called Data Pipes.
In other words, a data pipe is a logical channel in the physical RF Channel. Each data pipe has its own physical
address (Data Pipe Address) and can be configured. This can be illustrated as shown below.
The nRF24L01+ transceiver module uses a packet structure known as Enhanced ShockBurst. This
simple packet structure is broken down into 5 different fields, which are illustrated below.
The original ShockBurst structure consisted only of Preamble, Address, Payload and the Cyclic
Redundancy Check (CRC) fields. Enhanced ShockBurst brought about greater functionality for more enhanced
communications using a newly introduced Packet Control Field (PCF).
This new structure is great for a number of reasons. Firstly, it allows for variable length payloads with a
payload length specifier, meaning payloads can vary from 1 to 32 bytes.
Specification:
Fig.2.3.1 IR Sensor
IR sensor is an electronic device, that emits the light in order to sense some object of the surroundings. An
IR sensor can measure the heat of an object as well as detects the motion. Usually, in the infrared spectrum,
all the objects radiate some form of thermal radiation.
Pin Description
CHAPTER -3 RESULT
CHAPTER-4 CONCLUSION
4.1. CONCLUSION
It is possible to use wireless network instead of wired in vehicles with much secure
and reliable way.
Wireless sensor network will allow addition of sensor as plug and play devices
without installation of additional wiring network. It needs minimal maintenance.
The future developments in sensor nodes must produce very powerful and cost-effective devices, so that
they may be used in applications like underwater acoustic sensor systems, sensing based cyber-physical
systems, time-critical applications, cognitive sensing and spectrum management, and security and
privacy management. In this section we will look into all possibilities of further development in WSN
applications.
As application of low-power wireless protocols is increasing, we can envision a future in which wireless
devices, such as wireless keyboards, power-point presenters, cell phone headsets, and health monitoring
sensors will be ubiquitous. But the pervasiveness of these devices leads to increased interference and
congestion within as well as between networks, because of overlapping physical frequencies.
The inherent nature of WSNs makes them deployable in a variety of circumstances. They have the
potential to be everywhere, on roads, in our homes and offices, forests, battlefields, disaster struck areas,
and even underwater in oceans. This paper surveys the application areas where WSNs have been
deployed such as military sensing, traffic surveillance, target tracking, environment monitoring, and
healthcare monitoring
WSNs may be deployed in the near future as underwater acoustic sensor systems, sensing based cyber-
physical systems, time-critical applications, cognitive sensing and spectrum management, and security
and privacy management. These application areas are being researched extensively by various people
across the industry
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