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Solution
Implementation
Easy to install
Possible Solutions
Image Recognition
Pressure Sensors
Other/Novel Solution
Problems
Image recognition is too
processing intensive and
cannot be sustained on
battery.
Using 3 Pressure
sensors to determine the
load variation and using
this to monitor the status
however this solution
was too costly
Why Neoprene?
Neoprene was chosen because it Is resistant to many chemicals and
oil
Has excellent stretching
capabilities while remaining strong
enough to be elastic.
Has average elongation of 250%
Has Average of 900 PSI tensile
strength
Handles most tough industrial
environments and moderate to
heavy alkaline and chemical
resistive situations.
Why IR Sensor?
TSOP 1738 IR sensor was chosen
because It does not require metallic surface
like inductive/capacitive pickup
Min blind range issue not present
like Ultrasonic Sensor
Possible Solutions
To develop a device/sensor
which-
IR Proximity Sensors
Ultrasonic Proximity
Senses the level of sewage
Sensor
Communicates to cloud
Is waterproof
Problems
IR sensors need a large
amount of power for
long range also
reflectivity of sewage
can vary
Waterproof
Low Cost
Solution
Low Cost
Microcontroller
AVR MCU
AVR MCU was considered because it Has a lot of chips in the DIP area.
Prices of both MCUs is nearly the
same.
Has a basic development board
called Arduino which uses Atmel
AVR atmega chips.
No C compiler support.
Full development boards are a tad
bit expensive.
Has less support of onboard extras
like Ethernet, RF or USB.
Writing assembly in AVR
environment is easier and hasslefree as instuctions are simple and
easy.
VS
PIC MCU
PIC MCU was considered because It has a lot of chips in the DIP area.
No C compiler support.
Battery
Challenge
To select a battery which-
Long Lasting
Works in Hostile
environment
Possible Solutions
Alkaline Battery
Li Battery
Li-SOCl2 Battery
Problems
Both Alkaline and Li
batteries have high self
discharge current and
have low power density
Battery
Lithium Thionyl Chloride Li-SOCl2 battery
becomes obvious solution as
Estimated Cost
Battery Rs 107
IR sensor Rs 50
Total=
Rs1382 with Ultrasonic Sensor