SYNOPSIS

“SOUJUNIOR”

“A WIRELESS PROGRAMMABLE CONTROL UNIT”

ABSTRACT: one of the most exiting and adventurous expeditions of this century was done not
by human being but by a small machine called “ soujunior ”. It was a kind of ROVER that
traversed all the ridges and grooves on a planet whose terrain was unknown to man of
yesteryears.
The basic technology of Soujunior, as all technicians might know, consists of a receiver unit
that receives signals or commands from humans on earth and executes the instructions on the
remote planet. It also has an on –board microcontroller which helps it to take decisions on its
own, in environments that are alien to human kind. In this project a similar concept is used .
Although it would not be as complex as the Rover, it serves its purpose.

BLOCK DIAGRAM:

WIRELESS IR/RF LINK

DEVICE
IR/FM
IR/FM 8051
PC TRANSMITER
RECEIVER CONTROL UNIT

This project basically consists of the following modules (refer block diagram of fig.1)
1.A PC from which information is transmitted to the control unit wirelessly, using either IR or
RF beam.
2. An 8051 control unit receives the signals serially and executes the instructions after it receives
the execute command from the PC.
3. An IR or a RF link. Here an IR link has been used to reduce the complexity of the project. But
with FM transmitters and receivers being easily available in the market, all one has
to do is to connect the final output stage at the respective ends.
“8051 MICROCONTROLLER – BASED CONTROL UNIT.
APPLICATIONS:
1. Can be used in Robots which work in Nuclear Reactor or where humans cannot work.
2. Can be used in Reveres like mars Explorer.