Raspberry Pi Wireless Notice Board

SMART WIRELESS NOTICE BOARD DISPLAY AND VOICE ALERT SYSTEM USING RASPBERRY PI
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
In today’s world of connectedness, people are becoming accustomed to easy access to

information. Whether it’s through the internet or television, people want to be informed and
up-to-date with the latest events happening around the world. Sharing information is the main
motto of any communication technology. In our day-today life, we are using many notice
boards in home, office and public places like airport, bus stands, hospitals etc. Notice Boards
are an important medium for displaying information and keeping people informed. The
traditional notice boards involve the pinning up of printed or handwritten information on a
board. But this has the disadvantages of dependency on a person for pinning up notices and
wastage of paper. Some developments in notice boards, in an attempt to overcome above-
mentioned drawbacks, include display of data on a screen using wireless communication.
1.1 SCOPE
The Raspberry Pi is a low cost, credit-card sized computer that plugs into a computer
monitor or TV, and uses a standard keyboard and mouse. It is a capable little device that
enables people of all ages to explore computing, and to learn how to program in languages
like Scratch and Python. It’s capable of doing everything which can be done by desktop
computer, such as browsing the internet and playing high-definition video, to make spread
sheets, word-processing and playing games.
In today’s world of connectedness, people want to be informed and updated with the
latest events happening around the world. Notice boards are an important medium for
displaying information and keeping people informed. In our day-today life, we are using
many notice boards in home, office and public places like airport, bus stands etc. The
traditional notice boards involve the pinning up of printed or handwritten information on a
board. But this has the disadvantages of dependency on a person for pinning up notices and
wastage of paper. Developments in notice boards, in an attempt to overcome above-
mentioned drawbacks, which includes display of data on a screen, voice alert system and
informing through SMS using wireless communication. We use GSM network so that the
notice can be sent from practically any location on the globe and it will be displayed on the
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING, BCE, SHRAVANABELAGOLA 1

screen. Notice Board is used in various institutes to display notices and these boards are
managed manually. It is a long process to put up notices on the notice board. This wastes a lot
of resources like paper, printer ink, man power and also loss of time. In this paper we have
proposed a system which will enable people to wirelessly transmit notices on notice board
using Wi-Fi.
1.2 OBJECTIVES
 To develop a Wireless Notice Board that Display Message Sent from the User.
 To develop voice alert system for the announcement of notices.
 To send notice as a message to different users mobile number.
 To reduce the human effort, paper work, printer ink and cost for manual changing of
the notices.
 To design simple and User friendly system that helps user to keep track of notice
board every day.
 To interface in a public addressing system.
1.3 PROBLEM DEFINITION
Notice board is primary thing in any institution/organization or public utility places

like bus station, railway station and parks etc. The notice boards are being handled manually
in many applications. In order to put up notices on the board lot of resources such as paper,
printer ink are wasted and in addition it consumes a lot of time to make notification. Pinning
up of printed/handwritten notices on a board also creates dependency on a person to pin up
notice.
To overcome above mentioned drawbacks we are proposing a system which is low
cost and energy efficient. The proposed system is wireless electronic notice board which
employs Raspberry Pi controller to receive notices and displays on LCD. System also
announces notices using speaker. The notices are also sent to authorized users mobile
numbers.

1.4 EXISTING SYSTEM
 To avoid manual pinning up of notice, electronic wireless notice board has been
implemented
 Raspberry pi 3 is used as microcontroller, it is third generation raspberry pi
 Linux based operating system is implemented.
 Notice is displayed on desktop screen.
 Cell phone is used to send the notice as message using GSM technology.
 The notice sent is also obtained in the form of speech through interfaced speakers
1.5 PROPOSED SYSTEM
 The main objective of our project system is to develop a wireless notice board that
displays the message on an output LCD display sent from the user and to design a
simple, easy to install, user friendly system.
 Raspberry Pi Zero W is used as microcontroller to interface the devices.
 Rasbian OS is implemented which supports Python language to run the raspberry pi
 VNC viewer is installed and used as server/client mechanism.
 LCD screen is used to display notice. The screen is of 18.5in and resolution of
1366*768 pixels.
 By using system, notice is typed and sent to the raspberry pi.
 Speaker is used to obtain voice alert regarding new notice.
 Notice is also sent as mail to different users email ids which will be pre-provided in
the code.
1.6 METHODOLOGY
The notice to be displayed is sent as a Mail. This makes it immune to noise. Also, Wi-
Fi networks are relatively free of errors. This mail is received and this mail is sent to the
Raspberry Pi by Wi-Fi at regular interval of time. This is done by the means of establishing
serial communication between the Raspberry Pi and Wi-Fi

The mail is transmitted by Wi-Fi. The Raspberry Pi after decoding the received data
sends it to the display. The Raspberry Pi has two video output options – composite (Radio
Corporation of America - RCA) and High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI). HDMI
OUT of the Raspberry Pi is connected to the Display screen. The operating system used in
Raspberry Pi is Raspbian and the programming language used for Raspberry Pi is Python.
The system includes Python coding which is done on Raspberry Pi for the generation of
speech signal based on the user defined input text. A simple File Accessing Protocol (FAP) is
adapted to achieve the task of retrieving the audio files on the database.
Speech synthesisation can be performed in number of ways one of them is Unit

Selection Synthesis which provides with more naturalness and efficiency based on that unit is
used like phoneme, diphone, syllable etc. A text-to-speech system was developed for
converting Thai text to speech (TTTS). The TTTS consists of four modules including that
text, text processing, dictionary, lookup and speech synthesis
Here we have also developed system to work for notice announcement, hence the
speakers are connected as audio output. An audio amplifier circuit is used to enhance the
volume through Raspberry Pi. The power requirement of the Raspberry Pi board is 10 watt,
and it is regulated DC. Digital notice board receives the message from authorized user and
displays it on LCD which is situated at remote location, at same time this message will be
sent to different users mobile numbers that are stored in microcontroller memory.
This project saves time, energy and hence environment. Cost of printing and
photocopying is also reduced as information can be given to a large number of people from
our fingertips. The system has capable to give the output in audio as well as a visual output.
1.7 HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE REQUIREMENT
1.7.1 HARDWARE REQUIREMENT
 Raspberry Pi 3B+ model

 LCD display
 Speaker
 Amplifier
1.7.2 SOFTWARE REQUIREMENT

 Python
 VNC viewer
 Operating system
o Linux
o Raspbian
CHAPTER 2
LITERATURE SURVEY
Malghe Prasad, Chaskar Aishwarya, Shingote Neha, Korade Sayali4, Rane S.P, “ GSM

based display system using Arduino ”, International Journal of Advance Engineering

and Research Development Technophilia, Volume 5, Special Issue 04,Feb- 2018.
To reduce paper work and time, this paper is implemented in such a way that, the GSM
module which is located at digital notice board receives the message from authorized user
and displays on notice board which is situated at remote location and at the same time this
message is also sent to different user’s mobile numbers that are stored in microcontroller
memory.GSM Modem is used to receive message from the authorized user. This GSM
modem requires a SIM card from a wireless carrier in order to operate.The message can be
first received display in standard language, the same message can be converted to another
language and the message can be displayed.
Ashwini G. Buchande Shweta G. Balkhande B. S. Rakhonde, “ Large Screen Wireless

Notice Display System Using Raspberry pi ”, International Journal of Emerging
Technologies in Engineering Research (IJETER), Volume 6, Issue 3, March- 2018.
This paper drastically reduce the cost involved, consume smaller amount of power
and help in achieving quality of service. The Raspberry Pi is a series of small single-board
computers developed in the United Kingdom by the Raspberry Pi Foundation to promote the
teaching of basic computer science in schools and in developing countries. It saves resources
and time. Data can be sent from remote location. User authentication is provided. Previously
the notice board using GSM was used in that there was the limit of messages but in our
system Multimedia data can be stored on chip or on SD card. Text messages and multimedia
data can be seen always. The software which is used in this project is Filezilla.
Ramya R, Priyanka M, Bavithra N “Wireless E-notice Board using Bluetooth

Technology ” International Journal of Engineering Research and Technology (IJERT)
Volume-6, Issue 7, 2018.
This paper deals with an innovative rather an interesting manner of intimating the
message to the people using a wireless electronic display board which is synchronized using
the Bluetooth technology. This will help in passing any message almost immediately without
any delay just by sending a SMS which is better and more reliable than the old traditional
way of passing the message on notice board. This proposed technology can be used in
colleges many public places, malls or big buildings to enhance the security system and also
make awareness of the emergency situations and avoid many dangers. Using Bluetooth

module display the message onto the display board. In this paper Bluetooth module, Arduino,
8x8matrix, display, microcontroller, multi terminal are used.
Waseem Akhtar, Mohd Amir Umar, Sachin Pandey, Sudhanshu Tripathi, Prashant
Ranjan, Pushparaj Singh “ Wireless Electronic LCD Notice Board Using GSM
Technology ” International Journal of Latest Technology in Engineering, Management
& Applied Science (IJLTEMAS) Volume VI, Issue IV, April-2017.
GSM system has evolved as a replacement for first generation analog cellular networks.
GSM modem works on frequency ranges 850/900/1800/1900 MHz It works well for SMS,
voice calls and data transfer applications.This paper proposes a GSM based wireless
electronic notice board system which can replace the current programmable electronic
display. It enables to write the message in a cellphone and send it as SMS which is displayed
on the LCD display. Everything is controlled without moving an inch.GSM is globally
accessed by more than 200 countries. GSM is optimized for duplex voice
telephony.Alphanumeric LCD’s have limitations on size as well as number of characters.
Mr. P.Yakaiah, Bijjam Swathi, M.Jhansi, B.Nikhila, K.Shiva Prasad, “ Remotely

Controlled Android Based Electronic Notice Board “, International Journal of Scientific
Development and Research (IJSDR) Volume 2, Issue 4, April-2017.
Wireless communication technique is implemented which encorporates sending the

message from android application device this will be received by the wi-fi-module. Wi-fi
module used is Esp8266. A 3.3v Dc supply is required for this module. If the power supply
exceeds more than 3.3v the module will get damage. The microcontroller used is 8052
microcontroller. This requires 5v supply which is used to control all the functions of devices.
Max 232 IC transmitted output pin (T2) is connected to the receiver pin of Wi-Fi module and
receiver (R2) INPUT pin is connected to the transmitter pin of Wi-Fi module.
Tejas Dabhire, Gaurav Harne, Akash Bokde, Shubham Matre, ” Digital Wireless
Notice Board ”, International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology
(IRJET) ,Volume 04, Issue 06 , June-2017..
Wireless system transmit notices on a notice board using Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi can pass
information for about 100 meter distance Wi-Fi data rate has 1 or 2 Mbps. It access
numerous point and to support network interfaces. This system was implemented by using

Raspberry Pi, Wi-Fi Adapter, Key HDMI Interface. An authorized user sends the image of
notice via personal computer using a client based server over the Wi-Fi network towards the
raspberry pi, Raspberry pi receives the notice and stores it in its memory and then display the
images according to the program. The notice can be modified and altered according to client
needs. Electronic Notice Board is one of the application where WIFI and Raspberry pi can be
used effectively. A moving display with variable speed can also be used in place of static
display.
Er. G.Jalalu1, Er. Polepogu Rajesh, ” Wireless Electronic Notice Board Using
Raspberry Pi 3 ”, International Journal for Research in Applied Science &
Engineering Technology (IJRASET), Volume 5 , Issue VI,June- 2017.
The main aim of this proposed paper is to drastically reduce the cost service, this
project achived by using computer/laptop as a transmitter, Raspberry PI 3 model B as a
receiver, Wi-Fi for data transmission and LED/LCD screen as a display. Wireless Fidelity
(Wi-Fi) is a technology that allows electronic devices to connect to a wireless LAN (WLAN)
network, mainly using the 2.4 gigahertz (12 cm) UHF and 5 gigahertz (6cm) SHF ISM radio
bands. A WLAN is usually password protected, but may be open, which allows any device
within its range to access the resources of the WLAN network. The Wi-Fi Router is shown
below Wi-Fi provides higher data rates for multimedia access as compared to both Zigbee
and Bluetooth, where authorized user sent the message to Rasberry pi board using Wi-fi,
required SD card stores the sent message in Rasberry pi, then sent message will be displayed
on LED/LCD display. When both the transmitter and receiver are connected to the same
network, then the notices are displayed on the monitor. Recent versions of Raspbian have
been based on Debian Wheezy, but Raspbian has now been updated to the new stable version
of Debian which is called Jessie.
Suma M N, Amogh H Kashyap, Kajal D, Sunain A Palekar, ” Voice Over WiFi Based
Smart Wireless Notice Board ”, SSRG International Journal of Electronics and
Communication Engineering ( SSRG – IJECE ) – Volume 4, Issue 6,June- 2017.
This paper deals wireless notice board, this paper proposed a system which will
enable people to wirelessly transmit notices on a notice board (LED Display) using
Bluetooth. This paper is achived by using Bluetooth, Android, ATMega-16 Controller, LED
Display. In which only authorized people can access the notice board using Android

application. Once the owner connects Android application device to this system through the
Bluetooth, then the owner can send the information to Bluetooth receiver. The Bluetooth
receives the message from the android device that is sent to a microcontroller of AVR family.
The microcontroller displays the message on a LED screen.
Satish D, Jadhav, Yogita Mistry, “ IOT Based Electronic Notice Board “, International
Journal Of Current Engineering And Scientific Research (IJCESR) , Volume-4, Issue-
11, 2017.
Notice boards are playing very important role in our day to day life. By replacing
conventional Analog type notice board with digital notice board one can make information
dissemination much easier in a paperless community. Here the admin can control notice
board through internet. So information can be send anywhere in the world and can be
displayed within seconds. Information may be in the form of text, image, pdf etc. PC is used
for sending information and Raspberry pi is connected to internet at the receiving side. In
addition to this an application which is installed on the administrator mobile phone can serve
the same purpose. This application also contains a speech to text converter .So the admin can
send text messages through his/her own voice. In this paper Internet of things, raspberry pi
are used to implement the system.
S.Arulmurugan, S.Anitha, A.Priyanga, S.Sangeethapriya, “ Smart Electronic Notice

Board Using WI-FI “, IJISET - International Journal of Innovative Science,
Engineering & Technology, Vol. 3 Issue 3, March 2016.
In the present generation the advertisement notice boards are being managed
manually. This process is difficult to involve in order to put a notices on the notice board.
There is a lot of waste things like paper, manpower and also brings the loss of time. To
overcome this wireless notice board system is proposed. In this paper the proposed system
transmits notices on a notice board using Wi-Fi. Wi-Fi can pass information for about
100meter distance Wi-Fi data rate has 1 or 2 Mbps, It access numerous point and to support
network interface. It also makes the system compatible with more than one wireless
technology. This paper describes the Wi-Fi based LCD display. In this paper we used Wi-Fi
interface, ARM cortex, LCD.
Chandani Maurya, Dr. M. B. Mali, ” Wireless Notice Display ”, International Journal

of Advanced Research in Computer and Communication Engineering, Vol. 5, Issue 6,

June-2016.
The proposed system uses ZigBee module for wireless communication. ZigBee
module will be interfaced via USB to serial converter. The ZigBee module is used to receive
and transmit the data. ZigBee device is often used in mesh network to transmit data over
longer distances for wireless communication For the timing information GPS model is used.
Additionally, the matrix board will display the temperature, humidity and the time. If any
data (notice) is received by ZigBee module the notice will be displayed immediately. It can
be used for both indoor and outdoor purposes.
Prof. S. D. Joshi1. Prof. Kishor Kumbhar. Prof. Akash Kshirsagar Suraj Demgunde, ”
Android based Wireless Notice Board ”, IJSRD - International Journal for Scientific
Research & Development, Vol. 4, Issue 01, 2016.
The system enables people to wirelessly transmit notices on a notice board (LED
Display) using Bluetooth. Wireless electronics notice board is developed as user friendly
notice board with wireless concept that offers the flexibility to control the notice board within
range 10 meters. The Bluetooth receives the message from the android device that is sent to a
microcontroller of AVR family. The microcontroller displays the message on a LED screen.
This project is achived by using Bluetooth, Android, ATMega-16 Controller, LED Display.
The main intention of this project is to display the latest information or notice on the notice
board through smart phone.Using small android application we can write message and send it
to the notice board through wireless technology.
P. S. Sonawane, N.V. Bhamare, S.S. Bothe, S.S. Jadhav, “ RF Based Wireless Notice
board ”, IOSR Journal of Computer Engineering (IOSR-JCE) e-ISSN: 2278-0661,p-
ISSN: 2278-8727,PP 15-17 2016.
Wireless electronic notice board is designed as a user friendly notice board with
wireless concept that offers flexibility to control the notice board within a range of 25 meters.
The input of the system is PC. The PC is connected to the electronic notice board by using
RF technology. The purely DC supply is connected to the Microcontroller 89S52. This paper
uses microcontroller 89S52, which is the heart of the project. RF transmitter and receiver is
used to communicate with each other, it operates on the operating frequency 2.4GHZ. For
RF module 5V DC Supply is required, 5V power is also supplied to Max232 and
microcontroller, LED.

Nivitha S R, Pujitha. R, Preethi Selvaraj & Yashvanthini S.M “SMS based Wireless
notice board with Monitoring system ” International Journal of Advanced Electrical and
Electronics Engineering (IJAEEE) ,Volume-2, Issue-3,2013.
This paper is designed using ARM-LPC2148 interfaced with Graphical Display.

Information has to be updated in a notice board, it has to be done manually. Only a single
notice can be sent to all of the notice boards irrespective of their place, in order to overcome
this disadvantage, multiple displays along with a decoder are used to select a particular
display. The corresponding information is sent through an ARM controller by using GSM
technology. The monitoring system consists of an image sensor which captures the images
and the images can be transferred through an USB port to a PC for storage purposes. In this
paper LPC2148, GSM, e-notice board, Monitoring system are used.
P.V.N. Reddy, “ Text to Speech Conversion Using Raspberry Pi for Embedded System “,
International Journal of Innovative Research in Science, Engineering and Technology,
Vol. 1, Issue 1, November 2012.
In this paper the proposed system converts the input string of text into the
corresponding speech using Raspberry Pi. The fastest and effective way of communication is
language. Limited and proper combination of words with grammar rules gives a clear picture
of the ideas or thoughts that speaker wants to convey. The system includes Python coding
which is done on Raspberry Pi for the generation of speech signal based on the user defined
input text. A simple File Accessing Protocol (FAP) is adapted to achieve the task of
retrieving the audio files on the database. This paper also throws light on the mechanism and
strategy used to convert the text input to speech output.

CHAPTER 3
HARDWARE DESCRIPTIONS
RASPBERRY PI
Raspberry Pi is a small single board computer developed in United Kingdom by the

raspberry foundation. It is a low cost, credit card sized computer that plugs into a computer
monitor or TV, and uses a standard keyboard and mouse. Raspberry Pi has the ability to
interact with the outside world and has been used in a wide array of digital maker projects.
Several generations of Raspberry Pi’s have been released. All models feature a
Broadcom system on a chip (SoC) with an integrated ARM-compatible central processing
unit (CPU) and on-chip graphics processing unit (GPU).
There are different models of raspberry pi has been developed such has Raspberry pi

1- B, A, B+,A+, Raspberry pi 2-B, Raspberry pi Zero- Zero, W/WH Raspberry pi 3 A+,B+,B.

In this project Raspberry Pi Zero W has been implemented.
3.1 Raspberry Pi Zero W
F
igure 3.1: Raspberry Pi Zero W
A Raspberry Pi Zero with smaller size and reduced input/output (I/O) and general-
purpose input/output (GPIO) capabilities was released in November 2015. The next version
of Raspberry pi zero is the Raspberry Pi Zero W which was launched on 28 Feb 2017.
The ultra- small and ultra-slim Raspberry Pi Zero W (wireless) is the smallest form
factor Raspberry pi with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity on board. It is 40% faster than the
original Raspberry pi but measures only 65mm long by 30mm wide and 5mm deep.
Specifications:
Microcontroller Raspberry pi zero w
SOC type Broadcom BCM2835
Core type ARM1176JZF-S
No. of cores 1
GPU Video core Ⅳ

CPU clock 1GHz
RAM 512MB
USB port micro and micro OTG
HDMI port Mini
Analog video out via unpopulated pin
Analog audio out HDMI audio
SD/MMC micro SD
Wi-Fi 802.1n
Bluetooth 4.1
Height 1.18in
Width 2.5in
Depth 0.19685in
Weight 0.31746 oz (9g)
Power ratings 180mA
Power source micro USB or GPIO
Operating voltage 5DC
Pins 40 GPIO pins
3.2 LCD
display
Figure 3.2: LCD

display
A liquid-crystal display (LCD) is a flat-panel display or other electronically modulated

optical device that uses the light-modulating properties of liquid crystals. Liquid crystals do
not emit light directly, instead using a backlight or reflector to produce images in color or
monochrome. LCDs are available to display arbitrary images (as in a general-purpose
computer display) or fixed images
Specifications
 Resolution The resolution of an LCD is expressed by the number of columns and

rows of pixels (e.g., 1024×768). Each pixel is usually composed 3 sub-pixels, a red, a
green, and a blue one.
 Spatial performance: For a computer monitor or some other display that is being
viewed from a very close distance, resolution is often expressed in terms of dot pitch
or pixels per inch, which is consistent with the printing industry.
 Temporal performance: the temporal resolution of an LCD is how well it can

display changing images, or the accuracy and the number of times per second the
display draws the data it is being given. LCD pixels do not flash on/off between
frames, so LCD monitors exhibit no refresh-induced flicker no matter how low the
refresh rate.
 Color performance: There are multiple terms to describe different aspects of color
performance of a display. Color gamut is the range of colors that can be displayed,
and color depth, which is the fineness with which the color range is divided.
 Brightness and contrast ratio: Contrast ratio is the ratio of the brightness of a full-
on pixel to a full-off pixel. The LCD itself is only a light valve and does not generate
light; the light comes from a backlight that is either fluorescent or a set of LEDs.
Working principle

Figure 3.3: LCD working
LCD is combination of two states of matter that is solid and liquid. LCD works on
the principle of blocking light. LCD uses a liquid crystal to produce a visible image. Liquid
crystal display is composed of several layers which include two polarized panel filters and
electrodes. Light is projected from a lens on a layer of liquid crystal. The combination of
colored light with the grayscale image of the crystal forms a colored image. Then the image
is displayed on screen.
3.3 Speaker
Figure 3.4: Speaker
Speaker is an electronic device which converts an electrical audio signal into a

corresponding sound. The speakers receive audio input from a device such as a computer or
an audio receiver.
Specifications:

Rated power: Speaker can handle nominal (or even continuous) power and also peak (or
maximum short-term) power.
Impedance: Speaker has typically 4ohms, 8ohms.
Baffle or enclosure type: Speaker is Sealed or bass reflex.
Frequency response: Speaker includes variance limit of frequency, such as within

+ or – 2.5dB.
Sensitivity: Speaker sensitivity is specified in dB and measured at 1meter with an input

1watt.
Working Principle
Speakers are made up of a cone, an iron coil, a magnet and housing (case). When
the speaker receives electrical input from a device, it sends the current through the causing it
to move back and forth. This motion then vibrates the outer cone, generating sound waves
picked up by the receiving device.

CHAPTER 4
SOFTWARE DESCRIPTIONS
4.1 Raspbian OS
Raspbian is a debian-based computer operating system for raspberry Pi. There are
several versions of rasbian including rasbian stretch and rasbian Jessie. It is used as primary
operating system for the family of raspberry pi single-board computers. Rasbian is highly
optimized for the raspberry pi line’s low-performance ARM CPU’s.
Rasbian uses PIXEL, Pi Improved X-window Environment and Light weight as its
main desktop environment. It is composed of a modified LXDE desktop environment and the
open box stacking window manager.
The distribution is shipped with a copy of computer algebra program mathematica and
a version of mine craft called mine craft pi as well as lightweight version of chromium.

Figure 4.1: Rasbian OS
4.2 Python
Python is an interpreted, high-level, general-purpose programming language. Python

has a design philosophy that emphasizes code readability using significant whitespace. It
provides constructs that enable clear programming on both small and large scales. Python
features a dynamic type system and automatic memory management. It supports multiple
program paradigms, including object-oriented, imperative, functional and procedural, it also
has a comprehensive standard library.
Python works on different platforms such as Windows, Mac, Linux and Raspberry Pi.
Python has syntax that allows developers to write programs with fewer lines than some other
programming languages. Using Python enables quick prototyping. Python uses new lines to
complete a command. Python relies on indentation, using whitespace, to define scope such as
the scope of loops, functions and classes.
Python is used on a server to create web applications. It is also used alongside

software to create workflows. Python can be connected to database systems to read and
modify files. Python handles big data and performs complex mathematics.
4.3 VNC Viewer
In computing, virtual network computing (VNC) is a graphical desktop-sharing

system that uses the remote frame buffer protocol (RFB) to remotely control another
computer. It transmits the keyboard and mouse events from one computer to another, relaying
the graphical-screen updates back in the other direction, over a network.

Figure 4.2: VNC Viewer
VNC is platform-independent, there are clients and servers for many GUI-based
operating systems. Multiple clients can be connected to VNC server at the same time. The
VNC client is the program that represents the screen data originating from the server,
receives updates from it, and presumably controls it by informing the server of collected local
input.
VNC is compatible with any operating system. Computers are networked with TCP/IP
and should have open ports allowing traffic from the IP addresses of devices which are
connected to VNC viewer.

Figure 4.3: Window pops up with Rasbian icon
The VNC protocol is based on transmitting graphic primitive from server to client and
event messages from client to server. VNC viewer is installed on a local computer and
connects to the server component, which must be installed on the remote computer.
The server transmits a duplicate of the remote computer’s display screen to the
viewer. It also interprets commands coming from the viewer and carries them out on the
remote computer.
CHAPTER 5
WORKING PRINCIPLE
5.1 BLOCK DIAGRAM

Figure 5.1: Block diagram of wireless Notice board system
Raspberry pi zero w: The Raspberry Pi Zero W is the extended version of pi zero family
with built in Wi-Fi and bluetooth. It has 1 GHz single-core Broadcom B CM2835 CPU,
512MB of RAM, 40-pin header. Pi zero w also includes 802.11n Wi-Fi and bluetooth 4.0.
Raspberry Pi Zero Wis interfaced with LCD display, Speaker and it is also used to
send notice as mail to authorized users mail ids. Using VNC viewer access is obtained
through raspberry pi. Raspbian OS is used to write Python code and the code is dumped into
the Raspberry Pi.
Notice is typed using application window and sent into the raspberry pi, then the
notice is displayed, obtained as voice alertness and also notice is sent as mail.
LCD display: A liquid-crystal display is a flat-panel display and it uses the light modulating
properties of liquid crystals. Liquid crystals do not emit light directly, instead it uses reflector
or backlight to produce images in color or monochrome.
In this project we are using screen size of 18.5in, display resolution of 1366*768
pixels, aspect ratio of 16:10 display screen in order to display the notice through LCD screen.
LCD screen is interfaced to Raspberry Pi Zero W through HDMI port.
Power supply: System is provided with 230volts, 50 Hz AC supply. The raspberry pi is

connected to the system adapter. Power requirement of Raspberry Pi Zero W is 5V 2A.
Speaker: Speaker is electronic device which converts electrical signals into corresponding
sound waves. Speaker is interfaced to Raspberry Pi Zero Wand outputs voice alert regarding
arrival of new notice when it is enabled.
Sending mail: Code is also written to send notice as mail to different users mail ids. This
function is carried out by raspberry pi microcontroller. Raspberry pi uses Wi-Fi network to
mail the notice to authorized users mail ids.
5.2 FLOW CHART
Notice boards are used in different types of organizations for communication

purposes. Using notice board is an effective way for displaying information and to
communicate with people. Changing different notice day by day is difficult process and
consumes more time.
To overcome this problem, here is the project which deals with an innovative wireless
notice board. The main objective of this project is to design a notice board that displays
various notices sent from the system through LCD display.

Figure 5.2: Flow chart
The operation of the electronic notice board includes following flow:

 Raspberry Pi Zero W is the microcontroller used to interface LCD display, Speaker

and also used to send notice as a mail to different users mail ids
 Raspbian OS and VNC viewer is installed to the system.
 Connection is made according to block diagram.
 Raspberry pi is switched ON, connection is made between raspberry pi and VNC
viewer by entering IP address of Wi-Fi network in VNC viewer.
 By entering username and password, we get access through raspberry pi
microcontroller.
 Raspbian window pops up with all the application icons, using commander window
Python code is written to display notice, to get voice alert of new message and to send
notice as mail to different users mail ids.
 To write the notice an application window will be available, to get into this
application window authorized username and password is required.
 Using application window notice is typed and by pressing the send button notice is
displayed on LCD screen.
 Option is provided to choose whether the speaker should be enabled or disabled. By
choosing speaker enable option voice alert is obtained about new notice arrival.
 The notice is also sent as mail to different authorized users mail ids.
CHAPTER 5
INTERMEDIATE RESULT

5.1 WORK DONE

LCD screen is interfaced with raspberry Pi Zero W and the notice is displayed on
LCD screen.
5.2 WORK YET TO BE DONE
 Speaker has to be interfaced with Raspberry Pi Zero W to get voice alert
regarding notice
 Notice has to be mailed to the authorized persons email ids.
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Signature of Students:
Harshitha S 4BB15EC008 ______________________

Lohith K 4BB15EC014 ______________________
Meghana A Y 4BB15EC017 ______________________

Shashikala M N 4BB15EC024 ______________________
Mr. Shreyans Sugga Smt. Ramamani K

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SMART WIRELESS NOTICE BOARD DISPLAY AND VOICE ALERT SYSTEM USING RASPBERRY PI

In today’s world of connectedness, people are becoming accustomed to easy access to

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1.3 PROBLEM DEFINITION

Notice board is primary thing in any institution/organization or public utility places

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1.4 EXISTING SYSTEM

1.5 PROPOSED SYSTEM

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Speech synthesisation can be performed in number of ways one of them is Unit

1.7 HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE REQUIREMENT

1.7.1 HARDWARE REQUIREMENT

 Raspberry Pi 3B+ model

1.7.2 SOFTWARE REQUIREMENT

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based display system using Arduino ”, International Journal of Advance Engineering

Ashwini G. Buchande Shweta G. Balkhande B. S. Rakhonde, “ Large Screen Wireless

Ramya R, Priyanka M, Bavithra N “Wireless E-notice Board using Bluetooth

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Mr. P.Yakaiah, Bijjam Swathi, M.Jhansi, B.Nikhila, K.Shiva Prasad, “ Remotely

Wireless communication technique is implemented which encorporates sending the

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S.Arulmurugan, S.Anitha, A.Priyanga, S.Sangeethapriya, “ Smart Electronic Notice

Chandani Maurya, Dr. M. B. Mali, ” Wireless Notice Display ”, International Journal

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This paper is designed using ARM-LPC2148 interfaced with Graphical Display.

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Raspberry Pi is a small single board computer developed in United Kingdom by the

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1- B, A, B+,A+, Raspberry pi 2-B, Raspberry pi Zero- Zero, W/WH Raspberry pi 3 A+,B+,B.

3.1 Raspberry Pi Zero W

Microcontroller Raspberry pi zero w

SOC type Broadcom BCM2835

Core type ARM1176JZF-S

GPU Video core Ⅳ

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CPU clock 1GHz

USB port micro and micro OTG

HDMI port Mini

Analog video out via unpopulated pin

Analog audio out HDMI audio

Weight 0.31746 oz (9g)

Power ratings 180mA

Power source micro USB or GPIO

Operating voltage 5DC

Pins 40 GPIO pins

Figure 3.2: LCD

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A liquid-crystal display (LCD) is a flat-panel display or other electronically modulated

 Resolution The resolution of an LCD is expressed by the number of columns and

 Temporal performance: the temporal resolution of an LCD is how well it can

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Figure 3.3: LCD working

Figure 3.4: Speaker

Speaker is an electronic device which converts an electrical audio signal into a

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Impedance: Speaker has typically 4ohms, 8ohms.

Baffle or enclosure type: Speaker is Sealed or bass reflex.

Frequency response: Speaker includes variance limit of frequency, such as within

Sensitivity: Speaker sensitivity is specified in dB and measured at 1meter with an input