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Cellphone Based Device Control With Voice

Acknowledgement
Avigyan Datta Gupta1, Sayan Samanta2, Avishek Acharjee3
1,2

Future Institute of Engineering and Management, Kolkata-700150

3
Techno India, Kolkata-700150
Microcontroller [AT89C51]
Voice recording and playback device[APR9600]
DTMF receiver [MT8870]
Relay [ULN2003]
Power supply
LED
Resistors
Capacitors
Diodes
Switch
Crystal Oscillator
Electric mic
Speaker
Cellphone with headset
Software Components: Software components comprises of
the following: BASCOM microcontroller programming software
Assembly language

Abstract In this paper we have presented a circuit that

lets one to operate home appliances like light and water pump
from office or any other remote place. So if one forgets to
switch off light or other appliances while going out, it helps to
turn off them with your cell phone.The cell phone works as
the remote control for home appliances.One can control the
desired appliance by pressing the corresponding key. The
system also gives you voice acknowledgement of the appliance
status.
Keywords Microcontroller,Embedded System, Circuit
Description, Detailed Pin Description.

I. INTRODUCTION
In recent years, there has been a rapid increase in
wireless network deployment and mobile device market
penetration. With various research that promises higher
data rates, future wireless networks will likely become an
integral part of the global communication infrastructure.
Ultimately, wireless users will demand the same reliable
service as today's wire-line network provides. Through our
device controller we can represent a safe & secure wireless
communication with proper authentication and less loss of
data.
The circuit of our proposed project has two parts:
(i)The hardware part (ii)The software part
The hardware part comprises of microcontroller
AT89C51,
DTMF
decoder
MT8870,
voice
recording/playback device APR9600 and a few discrete
components. Microcontroller AT89C51 is the heart of the
circuit. It is a low-power, high performance, 8bit
microcontroller with 4 KB of flash programmable and
erasable read only memory used as on-chip program
memory, 128 bytes of RAM, 32 individually programmable
input/output lines, a five vector two-level interrupt
architecture, on-chip oscillator and clock circuitry.
The software part consists of a program for the
microcontroller is written using BASCOM microcontroller
programming software.

B. Introduction To Embedded Systems

I) Definition:
Embedded System
Any sort of device which includes a programmable
computer, but itself is not intended to be a general-purpose
computer[1].
II) What is an Embedded System
An embedded system is a microcontroller / digital signal
microprocessor based system that is designed to be flexible
and built to control or monitor the functions of equipment,
machinery, plant and many devices in common use today.
III) Desktop vs. Embedded System
In contrast to Desktops that performs a Variety of tasks
an Embedded System performs a Single, Well-Defined
Task. The System has a Processor, Associated Peripherals,
and Software for a Specific Purpose.
For example, in a Mobile Phone the Embedded
Processor needs to Process Voice (to Send and Receive
Speech Signals) as well as implement Communication
Protocols. The Hardware is Custom Built for the Specific
Purpose. Unlike a PC, embedded system is not designed
to be programmed by an end user. Embedded system
always runs a fixed application.

A. Components Required
Hardware Components: Hardware components comprises
of the following:-

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damage the device. This damage cause a serious
interruption in our task schedule, besides some loss of
money and time also. But it is not always possible for us to
switch off the devices from the remote place. So our aim is
to control the household devices from the remote places.
We use wireless network to implement our project.
Through our device controller project we try to represent a
safe & secure wireless communication to control the
devices.[2],[3],[4],[5]

II. METHODOLOGY
A. Problem Description
In recent years our modern life style becomes so busy
and full of task schedule that we often forget to do some
simple duties. Such as forget to switch of our household
appliances. We don't bother about our these types of
carelessness every time, but this can give us real trouble
sometime. Unnecessarily energy is consumed. For too
much consumption of energy, the generated heat can

Status Indicator

Voice Controlling &

Playback Device

AT89C51

Microphone

Speaker
SwitchTo Decode
Board

Microcontroller

DTMF Decoder
Relay Driver

Fig-1 Functional Block Diagram

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Fig- 2 Circuit Diagram

B.

Circuit Description

Port pins P2.0 through P2.4 are configured to receive the

decoded DTMF signal from DTMF receiver MT8870.The
DTMF decoder is used for decoding the mobile signal.
It gets DTMF tone from the mobile headsets speaker
pins and decodes it into 4-bit digital signal. The DTMF
decoder is operated with a 3.579MHz crystal (Xtal2).In
DTMF receiver MT8870 (IC3), capacitor C12 is used to
filter the noise and resistors R6 and R7 helps to amplify the
input signal using the internal amplifier. Pin 16 of IC3
connected to resistor R5 provides the early steering output.
It goes high immediately when the digital algorithm detects
a valid tone pair (signal condition). Any momentary loss of
signal condition causes ESt to return to low state. Pin 17 of
Ic3 connected to capacitor C11 is bidirectional, acting as
steering input/guard time output (St/Gt). A voltage greater
than threshold of the steering logic Vtst detected at St
causes the device to register the detected tone pair.

It comprises of microcontroller AT89C51, DTMF

decoder MT8870, voice recording/playback device
APR9600 and a few discrete components. Microcontroller
AT89C51 is at the heart of the circuit. It is a low power,
high-performance, 8-bit microcontroller with 4kB of
PEROM used as on-chip program memory, 128 bytes of
RAM used as internal data memory, 32 individually
programmable I/O lines divided into four 8-bit ports, two
16-bit programmable timers/counters, a five-vector twolevel interrupt architecture, on-chip oscillator and clock
circuitry .A 11.0859 MHZ crystal (Xtal1) is used to provide
basic clock frequency of microcontroller. Capacitor C3 and
resistor R3 from the power-on reset circuit, while push-toon switch S20 is used for manual reset .Port pins P1.0
through P1.7 of the microcontroller are configured to get
the input from switches S1 through S8.pins from port P1
are pulled high via resistor network RNW1.

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C. Component Values and Ratings

The guard time output resets the external steering time

constant , and its state is a function of ESt and the voltage
at St. Port P3 pins P3.6 and P3.7 of IC1 are configured to
select the control source for the devices. These are connected to

SL
No.
1

DIPswitches S17 & S18 and pulled high via resistors R2 and R1,
respectively.

Here, we are using two control sources, switches and

mobile's key. DIP switches S17 & S18 select the control
sources. Pin 2.5 of Port P2 is configured to show the rest
status. That is, if none of the control sources is selected by
DIP switches S17 & S18, LED1 glows. Resistor R14 limits
the current through LED1.
Voice acknowledgement is provided by APR9600 (IC2).
It is a single-chip voice recording and play back device that
can record and play multiple message at random or in
sequential mode for 60 seconds. The user can select sample
rates with corresponding-quality recording lengths.
Microphone amplifier, automatic gain control circuits,
internal output amplifier and message management are
some of the features of the APR9600.Here the APR9600 is
configured in random-access mode, which supports two,
four & eight messages of fixed durations. The length of
each message is the total recordings length available
divided by the total number of memory segments/tracks
enabled. Audio processor can store up to eight voice
messages. Port P0 pins & P2.7 are configured to
communicate with IC2. Port P0pins trigger selection of the
message. Port pin P2.7 is the input signal to identify
whether the voice message is playing or not.
Pins P3.0 through P3.5 of port P3 control the devices
with the help of relays RL1 through RL6 via relay IC4.A
speaker is connected to IC2 for audio output. The speaker
output drives the microphone input of the mobile for audio
acknowledgement. An electrets microphone MIC1 is
connected to IC2 to record the voice in IC2. Led2 flashes to
show the busy status of IC2 during recording & playback.
The audio message to be recorded in APR9600, by using
trigger switches S9 through S16. SPST switch S19 is
closed for recording and switch S19 is opened for
playback.

Name of
the
components
AT89C51

APR9600

Values

Ratings

4K PEROM,

0-20 MHz,

CMOS, 8 bit

5V15%

Operating Current:

5V20%

25 mA typical.
Standby Current: 1
uA typical.
3

MT8870

3.579545MHz,

5V 5%

MAX: 7V, 10mA,

500mW
4

7806

6v

1A, 6V,4% , Ta
= -40C to
+125C

1N4007 diode

8pF junction

Peak reverse

capacitance

voltage:1000v,
peak rev current:
5uA

Resistors

10K,100K, 470K,

W, 5%

220K ,39K,4.7K,

CARBON

1K, 220K, 470 ohm

7

Capacitors

33pF, 0.1uF

ceramic

Capacitors

10uF, 4.7uF, 22uF,

16v, 50v

1000uF

electrolytic
polyester

Capacitors

0.22uF, 0.47uF

10

Crystal

11.0592 MHz, 3.579

oscillator

MHz

Speaker

16ohm

11

1W

Table 1: Table for component values and ratings

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D. AT89C51 Specification
I)
Diagram of Microcontroller Used ie AT89C51:

Port 1
Port 1 is an 8-bit bi-directional I/O port with internal
pull-ups. The Port 1 output buffers can sink/source four
TTL inputs. When 1s are written to Port 1 pins, they are
pulled high by the internal pull-ups and can be used as
inputs. As inputs, Port 1 pins that are externally being
pulled low will source current (IIL) because of the internal
pull-ups. In addition, P1.0 and P1.1 can be configured to be
the timer/counter 2 external count input (P1.0/T2) and the
timer/counter 2 trigger input (P1.1/T2EX), respectively, as
shown in the following table.
Port 2
Port 2 is an 8-bit bi-directional I/O port with internal
pull-ups. The Port 2 output buffers can sink/source four
TTL inputs. When 1s are written to Port 2 pins, they are
pulled high by the internal pull-ups and can be used as
inputs. As inputs, Port 2 pins that are externally being
pulled low will source current (IIL) because of the internal
pull-ups. Port 2 emits the high-order address byte during
fetches from external program memory and during accesses
to external data memory that use 16-bit addresses (MOVX
@ DPTR). In this application, Port 2 uses strong internal
pull-ups when emitting 1s. During accesses to external data
memory that use 8-bit addresses (MOVX @ RI), Port 2
emits the contents of the P2 Special Function Register. Port
2 also receives the high-order address bits and some control
signals during Flash programming and verification.

Table 1: Pin out diagram of AT89C51

(II)

Detailed Pin Description of Microcontroller Used

i.e. AT89C51:

Port 3
Port 3 is an 8-bit bi-directional I/O port with internal
pull-ups. The Port 3 output buffers can sink/source four
TTL inputs. When 1s are written to Port 3 pins, they are
pulled high by the internal pull-ups and can be used as
inputs. As inputs, Port 3 pins that are externally being
pulled low will source current (IIL) because of the pull-ups.
Port 3 also serves the functions of various special features
of the AT89C51, as shown in the following table.

VCC
Supply voltage.
GND
Ground
Port 0
Port 0 is an 8-bit open drain bi-directional I/O port. As
an output port, each pin can sink eight TTL inputs. When
1s are written to port 0 pins, the pins can be used as highimpedance inputs. Port 0 can also be configured to be the
multiplexed low-order, address/data bus during accesses to
external program and data memory. In this mode, P0 has
internal pull-ups. Port 0 also receives the code bytes during
Flash programming and outputs the code bytes during
program verification. External pull-ups are required during
program verification.

RST
Reset input. A high on this pin for two machine cycles
while the oscillator is running resets the device.
ALE/PROG
Address Latch Enable is an output pulse for latching the
low byte of the address during accesses to external
memory.

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This pin is also the program pulse input (PROG) during
Flash programming. In normal operation, ALE is emitted at
a constant rate of 1/6 the oscillator frequency and may be
used for external timing or clocking purposes. Note,
however, that one ALE pulse is skipped during each access
to external data memory. If desired, ALE operation can be
disabled by setting bit 0 of SFR location 8EH. With the bit
set, ALE is active only during a MOVX or MOVC
instruction. Otherwise, the pin is weakly pulled high.
Setting the ALE-disable bit has no effect if the micro
controller is in external execution mode.

XTAL1
Input to the inverting oscillator amplifier and input to the
internal clock operating circuit.
XTAL2
Output from the inverting oscillator amplifier.
III. CONCLUSION
So, in this project we have shown that using a simple
extra cellphone, you can control your power hungry home
appliances. This will eventually reduce your carbon
footprint, as well as your electricity bill. Many similar
zigbee based controller are already in market, but that will
limit your within a range upto 100 meters. This cost
effective solution has a great potential in our everyday busy
schedule.

PSEN
Program Store Enable is the read strobe to external
program memory. When the AT89C52 is executing code
from external program memory, PSEN is activated twice
each machine cycle, except that two PSEN activations are
skipped during each access to external data memory.

REFERENCES

EA/VPP
External Access Enable. EA must be strapped to GND in
order to enable the device to fetch code from external
program memory locations starting at 0000H up to FFFFH.
Note, however, that if lock bit 1 is programmed, EA will be
internally latched on reset. EA should be strapped to VCC
for internal program executions.
This pin also receives the 12-volt programming
enablevoltage (VPP) during Flash programming when 12volt programming is selected.

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system by Wayne Hendrix Wolf. Chapter 1.2.
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[3 ] http://akizukidenshi.com/download/apr9600.pdf
[4 ] http://www.diodes.com/datasheets/ds28002.pdf
[5 ] http://www.datasheetarchive.com

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