Table of Contents

Abstruct.......................................................................................................i
1. Introduction (Background Information) ................................................1
2. Problem Description (Motivation, significance and Statement of the
problem)......................................................................................................2
2.1 Motivation ......................................................................................... 2
2.2 Significance of the project ................................................................. 2
2.3 Statement of the Problem .................................................................. 2
3. Objectives and scope of the project ........................................................ 3
3.1 General objective ............................................................................... 3
3.2 Specific objectives ............................................................................. 3
3.3 Scope of the project ........................................................................... 3
4. Literature review ..................................................................................... 4
5. Methodology ........................................................................................... 6
5.1 Introduction ....................................................................................... 6
5.2 Block diagram.................................................................................... 6
5.2.1 Description of Block Diagram .................................................... 7
5.3 Material required ............................................................................... 8
6. Procedure and Schedule .......................................................................... 9
7. Estimated cost Breakdown ..................................................................10
8. Bibliography/References .....................................................................11
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1. Introduction (Background Information)

Wireless communication has announced its arrival on big stage and the world is going
mobile. As we wish to control everything and without moving an inch. The main aim of
this project will be to design a SMS driven automatic display board which can replace
the currently used programmable electronic display. The message to be displayed is sent
through SMS from an authorized transmitter. The microcontroller receives the SMS,
validate the sender and display the desired information. The GSM based display board
can be used as add on to these display boards and make it truly wireless. The display
board program itself with the help of the incoming SMS with proper validation. Such a
system proves to be helpful for immediate transfer.

The core component of the system include Microcontroller, GSM modem. These
components are integrated with the display board and thus incorporate the wireless
features. The GSM modem receives the SMS. The attention commands are serially
transferred to the modem through serial transmit and connection. In return the modem
transmit the stored message through the same serial port. The microcontroller validates
the SMS and then display the message on the LED display board. Various time
division multiplexing techniques have been suggested to make the display board
functionally efficient. The microcontroller used in this case is ATMEGA32,
SIMCOM900A is used as the GSM modem. The data will be displayed only after
entering unique pass key. In addition to that address matching is done and data can be
received only by the dedicated receiver, and this data is displayed on LED display.

The main focus of the project is on displaying information to a dedicated LED display
by the any part of world using GSM network, which facilitate to control any message
board globally from any location.

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2. Problem Description (Motivation, significance and Statement of

the problem)

2.1 Motivation
 Controlling any message board globally from any location
 The project can be used for further application.
 Developing wireless communication

2.2 Significance of the project

Based on the principle of serial communication in collaboration with embedded system
this project is an implementation to the idea of wireless communication between
mobile phone and microcontroller. Therefore the significance of this project is passing
any message almost immediately without any delay just by sending SMS which is
better and more reliable than the old traditional way of attaching the paper on notice
board.

2.3 Statement of the Problem

Technology has advanced so much in the last decade or two that it has made life more
efficient and comfortable. The comfort of being able to send data from one particular
location has become imperative as it saves a lot of time and effort. Therefore there arises
a need to do so in a systematic manner in which we will try to implement with the system.
With the advancement and breakthroughs in technology over the years, the lives of
people have become more complicated and thus they have become busier than before.
With the adoption of this system, one can share information over certain things
that required constant attention. The application of the system comes in handy when a
certain company wants to announce things such as vacancy announcement, time table
schedule and so on, they can do without their presence by the transmission of a simple
text message from their mobile phone. The aim of this proposal is to develop a device
that allows for a user to remotely transmit a message using a cellular phone. This system
will be a powerful and flexible tool that will offer this service at any time, and from
anywhere with the constraints of the technologies being applied. The proposal approach
for designing this system is to implement a microcontroller-based control module that
receives its instructions and command from a cellular phone over the GSM network. The
microcontroller then will carry out the issued commands and then communicate with
LCD.

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3. Objectives and scope of the project

3.1 General objective

The general objective of this project is to develop GSM based e-noticeboard to allow
customer of the company to read announcement from the LCD.

3.2 Specific objectives

 Using GSM mobile we can send message to any distant located e-notice
board from any remote area.
 To save the time for the manager of the company.
 Unlike the paper it reduce the time delay and discardness
 To simulate electrical system and improve it into practical.
 To effectively receive and transmit data via SMS.
 To develop interfacing of LCD with microcontroller.

3.3 Scope of the project

The scope of the project GSM Based notice board system is immense. The future
implications of the project are very great considering the amount of time and resources
it saves. The project can be used as a reference to introduce users can access the services
of GSM Notice Board remotely and the customer of a certain company can be encourage
themselves to go in hand with such smart technology.

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4. Literature review
The word GSM Refers to Global System for Mobile Communications. Nowadays many
people are showing lot of interest to know more about GSM related concepts. So, here
we have surveyed a list of various GSM based projects ideas which are having more
demand and very interesting to learn. The following projects based on GSM technology
we surveyed would give better idea about the GSM technology practically.

William D. Richard, Member, IEEE, David E. Taylor, and David M. Zar, Member, IEEE,
Multiuser SMS Based Wireless Electronic Notice Board.

This is the project for displaying notices in colleges on electronic notice board
by sending messages in form of SMS through mobile; it is a wireless transmission system
which has very less errors and maintenance. The hardware board contains
microcontroller AT89c52 at the heart of the system. The microcontroller is interfaced
with GSM Modem via MAX232 level convertor. It is used to convert RS232 voltage
levels to TTL voltage levels and vice versa. The hardware also has a 64K EEPROM
chip AT24C64. This EEPROM is used to store the timings and messages to be displayed.
Hardware also contains a real time clock DS1307 to maintain track of time. A 16x2
Character LCD display is attached to microcontroller for display. Microcontroller coding
will be done using Embedded C and Kiel. PC Coding will be done using Visual Basic.
Multiple Users are authorized to update notices on the electronic notice board by
providing them password. [1]

The inspiration behind the wireless world came from the need to provide users with
mobility and to offer an alternative to the limitations of wired mediums. As a result, there
are various wireless mobile technologies like GSM, GPRS, WLAN, and Bluetooth
available. The user interface and the size of mobile devices are one of the main concerns
in the design of mobile devices. In this paper, we design a single layered touch screen
based user interface. Unlike conventional multi-layered user interface, a single-layered
user interface will make the user interface more user-friendly with smaller size. The
memory requirements can be further reduced by implementing it in low-level languages.
After design and implementation of the user interface, we integrate the user interface
with the hardware of mobile devices through serial port with the help of AT commands.
[2]

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GSM Based Display with Set of Tools

Presently, the wireless communication has announced its arrival on big stage and the
world is going mobile. We want to control everything and without moving an inch. This
remote of appliances is possible through Embedded Systems. The main aim of the project
will be to design a GSM based electronic notice board system which can replace the
currently used manually fixing announcement by using paper. It is proposed to design
receive SMS message display which can be programmed from an authorized mobile
phone. The message to be displayed is sent through an SMS from an authorized
transmitter. The tool receives the SMS, Validates the sending Mobile Identification
Number and send the desired information after necessary code conversions. [3]

The current trend of increasing instant messaging (IM) use and its potential growth
motivate this study. It offers a novel exploration of users’ preferences for IM in the
context of the use of other traditional and new communication media: face-to-face,
telephone, email, and short messaging service (SMS) in two distinct cultures: Australia
and China. It examines the impact of demographics, media experience, media richness
perception, and national culture on media preferences. Our results, based on a student
survey conducted in the two countries, show that women prefer IM for communication
activities that require more attention and personal presence and prefer email for
communication activities that require less personal presence. Communication
technology experience may predict the adoption of new technology, such as IM and
SMS, but has no effect on media that are already widely adopted, such as email. Email
was clustered with face-to-face and telephone as the most preferred media for any
communication activity, while IM and SMS clustered together and were the least
preferred media for communication. After controlling for demographics and media
experience, we found significant cultural differences in IM, telephone, and email
preferences. Chinese preferred to use IM and telephone, while Australians preferred
to use email. The cultural impact on technology use is persistent. [4]

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5. Methodology
5.1 Introduction
The goal of the system is to contribute to the user who wants to display a message from
distance when one cannot able to present physically. The design of the project is basically
divided into:

 Transmitting Section
 Receiving Section
Transmitting section consists of just mobile which has inbuilt by GSM modem for
wireless data transfer through GSM. GSM is a cellular network, which means that mobile
phone connect to it by searching for cells in the immediate vicinity.

Receiving section consists of

 GSM mobile consists of GSM modem. It is a wireless modem that works with
a GSM wireless network sending and receiving data through radio waves.
 Microcontroller and
 LCD

Then user send the message in his/her mobile phone by defining the message and then
the password of the system to the number of the subscriber identity module (SIM) which
is inserted in the display system modem. The microcontroller will read the message from
serial head phone and verify for the password if the password is correct then it will start
displaying the message in the display system.

5.2 Block diagram

MOBILE PHONE CELL PHONE TOWER GSM MODEM

POWER SUPPLY

LCD MICROCONTROLLER

Fig 1. Block Diagram of Overall System

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5.2.1 Description of Block Diagram

The figure shown above is the simple block diagram of the project. It is a simple
illustration of how the project will implement and the various parts involve in it. From
the above representation, the first Mobile station is used as a transmitting section
from which the subscriber sends text messages that contain commands and instructions
to the GSM modem which is based on a specific area where our control system is located.
This will be a moving message display, which can be used as the digital notice board,
and also a GSM modem, which is the latest technology used for communication between
the mobile and the embedded devices. System will work like when the user wants to
display or update the notice board, the user has to send the message from his mobile
defining the message and then the password of the system to the number of the SIM
which is inserted in the display system MODEM. Then the MODEM connected to the
display system will receive the SMS, the microcontroller inside the system is
programmed in such a way that when the modem receives any message the
microcontroller will read the message form serial port and verify for the password, if the
password is correct then it will start displaying the messages in the display system.
The messages are displayed on the LCD display. The prototype of the GSM based display
toolkit has facilities to be integrated with a display board thus making it truly mobile.
The toolkit accepts the SMS, stores it, validates it and then displays it in the LCD module.
The SMS is deleted from the SIM each time it is read, thus making room for the next
SMS.

Assuming that the Liquid Crystal Display is powered and operating properly, the
process of sending or transmitting a message will proceed through the following steps:

 The remote user sends text messages including commands to the receiver.
 GSM receiver receives messages sent from the user cell phone.
 GSM receiver decodes the sent message and sends the commands to the
microcontroller.
 Microcontroller issues commands to the LCD and the information sent will be
displayed.

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5.3 Material required

Software required

 Micro C
 MPLAB IDE
 Proteus
 ASM31.exe
 Express PCB

Hardware required

 Microcontroller(AT89C52)
 GSM Modem
 16x2 LCD (Liquid Crystal Display)
 Capacitors
 Transistor
 Resistors
 Buzzer
 Diodes
 Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs)
 SUBSCRIBER IDENTITY MODULE (SIM).......etc.

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6. Procedure and Schedule

Table 6.1: time chart

Plan Week Week Week Week Week Week Week Week Week
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Literature x x x x
Reviewing and
collecting document
System analysis and x x x
proposing solution

simulation and x x x
analysis of result

First draft thesis x

submission

Final paper x
preparation and
submission

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7. Estimated cost Breakdown

Table 7.1 Cost estimation
No. List of component Quantity Cost/unit Total cost

1 AT89C52 1 49 49

2 GSM Modem 1 250 250

3 LCD 1 165 165

4 LED 2 2 4

5 Capacitor 8 2 16

6 Transistors 4 3 12

7 resistors 10 3 30

8 buzzer 1 31 31

9 diodes 2 2 4

10 SIM 1 30 30

Grand total = 591 Birr

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8. Bibliography/References
[1] T.L.Singhal ,“Wireless communication”
[2] B. Barry, Microprocessor/Hardware Interfacing, Addison Wesley: New
York 201)
[3] International Journal of Electrical, Electronics and Data Communication, ISSN:
2320-2084
[4] Muhammad A. Mazidi “8051 microcontroller and Embedded systems ”
[5] Pawan Kumar, Vikas Bhrdwaj, Kiran Pal, Narayan Singh Rathor, Amit
Mishra,“GSM based e-Notice Board: Wireless Communication ”International
Journal of Soft Computing and Engineering (IJSCE) ISSN: 2231-2307, Volume-2,
Issue-3, July 2012.
[6] International Journal of Advanced Technology in Engineering and Science
Volume No.02, Issue No. 04, April 2014.
[7] http://www.gsm modem. GSM –module
[8] www.wikipedia.org
[9] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS

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