REMOTE ALIGNMENT OF 3D DISH POSITIONING BY ANDROID APPLICATION

ABSTRACT

The project is designed to develop a dish positioning system which can be operated by using an Android application. The main application of using a dish is to receive signal from satellites and other broadcasting sources. In order to position the dish to the exact angle to receive the maximum signal of a particular frequency, it needs to be adjusted manually. In order to overcome the difficulty of adjusting manually, this proposed system helps in adjusting the position of the dish through an Android application device. Remote operation is achieved by any smart phone!Tablet etc., with Android "#, upon a $%I &$raphical %ser Interface' based touch screen operation. This system consists of two motors that enable the dish to move both in hori(ontal and vertical direction. The Android application device acts as a transmitter whose data is received by )luetooth device which is interfaced to a microcontroller of *+,- family. The )luetooth device sent data to the microcontroller which is transmitted from Android application device. The microcontroller sends control signals to the motors through an interface I. also /nown as motor driver I.. The )luetooth device serially communicates with the microcontroller. The power supply consists of a step down transformer 01+!-02, which steps down the voltage to -02 A.. This is converted to 3. using a )ridge rectifier. The ripples are removed using a capacitive filter and it is then regulated to 4,2 using a voltage regulator 5*+, which is required for the operation of the microcontroller and other components.

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HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS: *+,- series 6icrocontroller, )luetooth device, 6otor 3river, Resistors, .apacitors, 3iodes, Transformer, 2oltage Regulator, 3. 6otors.

SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS: 7eil compiler 8anguage9 :mbedded . or Assembly Android Application