Members:

Nisheeth Gupta (MEC 08)
Nitin Kumar (MEC 08)
Arvind Jain (MEC 08)
Amit Birla (MEC 08)

A brief description of the project:

Traffic congestion is one of the worst problems in many countries. Traffic congestion wastes a huge portion of the fuel and creates environmental problem. INTELLI TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM (ITCS) aims to make the present traffic lights on a crossing more effective and less time consuming. In our project we used Computer simulation which provides an appealing approach to analyze traffic flow & signal light timing. In our system we have touch sensors(on every lane ) on which when a car passes it sends a signal to computer.A software counts cars on each side and signals green light accordingly.

Underlying Principles / Technical Details

It uses parallel port to receive signals as well as it controls all the green lights.
There are touch sensors installed on each lane which when pressed send a signal to computer. There counting process through software goes on and accordingly it signals the green light.

Problems addressed by the envisioned product and the solution offered:

In normal traffic light system, the green lights are on for a specific period and sequence(for changing lights) is uniform. So whether there are 10 or 100 vehicles at any side the duration of green light remains constant which wastes a lot of time and money. Also if, of the four sides, if any one side is having heavy rush or relatively more traffic from other 3 sides then also the green light of that particular side is on for same time period as for other three sides, and it gets turn after a long time only. What our system does is.it removes this present fault.

A Step Forward…

The system here we are demonstrating is just a prototype. It can be upgrade easily to have some avant-grade features as…

• A micro controller can be used instead of a computer which reduces its cost and compactness to great extent.
• Interlinking of different crossing light systems having this feature is easy and can be a very effective tool for handling huge rush.
• This project can be modified easily to work for any other similar thing like parking area etc.

Members:

Shashank Jain (MEC 08)
Saurabh Srivastava (MEC 08)
Tarun Gupta (MEC 08)

The System

The Advanced car security system (ACSS) aims to make the present car security systems more secure and reliable. The ACSS is an attachment to the existing central locking system of the car. It is an interface of car security system with DTMF (Dual tone multi frequency) TELEPHONE. The phone line for which has been fed from base terminal (which woks on CDMA technology and give output in DTMF mode). What this system does is, when there is a breach with the security of the car this system makes a phone call to you or to the Police Station And give the listener the complete identification of the car as colour, model and number of the car.

Peripheral Implementation

The process of making the phone call is a step-by-step procedure, which includes different steps as
1. Hanging up the phone.
2. Dialing a previously stored telephone number.
3.Playing the recorded message for stipulated time.
4.Then again hanging down the phone to redial the no.

All these have achieved using a DECADE COUNTER for which time period has been set using a timer IC which is producing a square pulse 7.5 sec.

Base Telephone and Tape-Recorder

• Simple Base phone has been used for which phone line has been fed from Wireless Base Terminal.
• For dialing purposes its redialing key has been connected to relay using Sl100 transistor.
• A tape recorder is used to play the already recorded message .The power supply of which is connected to a relay.


This can be attached in parallel to the central locking system (CLS) or independent to the CLS. This does not use the battery of the car so can act as 2nd step to car security after CLS.

The USP

The simple and low cost design of ACSS makes its fabrication easy and provides good value for money (It saves your car from being stolen.) the basic circuitry involved very simple just very few common IC`s are used and a base phone equipment is used which makes the system very affordable. The existing central locking systems of the cars can be installed with ACSS with just Rs.300.It is but obvious that the marketability of this project is really great. Moreover, if it is implemented on large scale the wireless base terminal we are using can be provided by any Mobile Company at a cost of Approx. Rs.1000/annum or less, which is meager in comparison to Rs12000 we used to pay to car insurance companies per year. Thus, it has very good commercial importance.

A Step Forward…

The system here we are demonstrated is just a prototype. It can be upgrade easily to have some avant-grade features as…

• By interfacing with a GSM or CDMA mobile phone the compactness of the system can be increased.
• Another very useful and spectacular advancement is to attach a GPS (Global Positioning System) to this system, which simultaneously locate the position of the car.

Till now this innovative technology has not been used commercially in India. However, GPS's are available in countries like U.K. which is used as a locater only. The diversity of our idea lies in the fact that we are using it for the security of car and preventing the car from being stolen.

The various projects made under TAC during and for TECHNEX 2005 are :

1. Advanced Car Security System
2. Automatic Vending Machine
3. Electronic Drafter
4. Furo-Bike
5. Intelli Traffic Control System
6. Model of an Underwater Vehicle
7. Hovercraft

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For further details, contact at tacitbhu@yahoo.com

Also available at yahoogroups: tacitbhu@yahoogroups.com

Workshop on Aeromodelling to be conducted for first year students after Dusshera break. Dates to be decided yet.
For further details contact:
- A. B. Siva Avinash (Chem 07)(09839045121)
- K. Arjun (Chem 07)

Workshop on Lego Mindstorms to be conducted for the selected first year students on the basis of the previous workshops after Dusshera break on 28-30th October'05.
For further details contact:
- Shashank Jain (Mech 08)
- Kapil Bhushan Srivastava (Mech 08)(09839329020)

Workshop on AUTOCAD to be conducted after Dusshera break. Dates to be decided yet
For further details contact:
-Vibhav Agrawal(MEC 06)(9839264715)

Some of the Undergoing Projects are as follows:

1. Bipod
2. Automation of Electric Car to make it Autonomous
3. Short Range Adhoc System