TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter TOPIC Page No.

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Abstract i

Acknowledgment ii

List of Figures v

List of Tables vi

List of Acronyms vi
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1. INTRODUCTION

1.1 Embedded systems 1

1.2 Application of embedded systems 2

1.3 Importance of parking space 3

1.4 Parking space design 3

1.5 Problem description 4

1.6 Need for the proposed project 4

1.7 Objective 5

1.8 Organization of thesis 5

2. LITERATURE SURVEY 6
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3. METHODOLOGY

3.1 Block diagram 11

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3.2 Hardware Requirements

3.2.1 Ultrasonic sensor 12

3.2.2 Node MCU 13

3.2.3 Arduino UNO 15

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 3.3 Software Requirements 18

3.3.1 Arduino IDE 18

3.3.2 HTML 20

3.4 Algorithm 21

3.5 Flowchart 21

4. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 22

4.1 Interfacing ultrasonic sensor to Arduino Uno 22

4.2 Connection of Arduino Uno and Node MCU 24

4.3 Complete system 26

CONCLUSION AND FUTURE SCOPE 29

REFERENCES 30

APPENDICE

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 LIST OF FIGURES

Figure no. Figure Name Page no.

3.1 Block diagram 11

3.2 Ultrasonic sensor 12

3.3 Node MCU 13

3.4 Arduino UNO board 16

3.5 Arduino start-up window 18

3.6 Arduino welcome window 18

3.7 HTML – 5 20

3.8 Flowchart 21

4.1 Ultrasonic sensor connected to Arduino UNO 22

4.2 Ultrasonic sensor detecting the parked car 23

4.3 Status of one parking slot displayed in serial monitor 23

4.4 Hardware connection of parking space 1 24

4.5 Status of one parking space displayed in web page with all 25

slots filled

4.6 Status of one parking space displayed in web page with two 25

slots filled

4.7 Hardware connection of complete prototype 26

4.8 Smart parking platform prototype 26

4.9 Webpage displaying the status of parking space 1 27

4.10 Webpage displaying the status of parking space 2 28

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 LIST OF TABLES

Table no. Table Name Page no.

3.1 Pin mapping for Node MCU 14

LIST OF ACRONYMS

HTML Hyper Text Markup Language

IDE Integrated Development Environment

GPIO General Purpose Input / Output

MCU Microcontroller Unit

Wi-Fi Wireless Fidelity

TCP Transfer Control Protocol

UART Universal Asynchronous receiver and Transmitter

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