International Journal of Industrial Electronics and Electrical Engineering, ISSN(p): 2347-6982, ISSN(e): 2349-204X

Volume-6, Issue-1, Jan.-2018, http://iraj.in

SMART CAR PARKING SYSTEM
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VAISHALI VISPUTE, 2MAURTI LIMKAR.
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Lecturer, Armiet College,Mumbai University,Sapgaon,Shahpur
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Assistant Professor,Terna Engg College,Mumbai University, Navi Mumbai ,Nerul.
E-mail: 1v.vaishali@gmail.com, 2Marutilimkar123@gmail.com

Abstract- As the human population is increasing day by day so is the number of vehicle used by them. Thus it has become
necessary to have a good system to monitor and manage the parking space. It is also necessary to get parking place in the
already crowded places as number of two wheelers and four wheelers have increased by many folds in recent years. The
related work done in the parking management system has shown great promise and variety of technologies are being used to
overcome the parking problem. In this paper we try to discuss the implementation of parking system based on RFID
technology. RFID reader will read the information in the tag issued to the user. The system has PIC microcontroller to
control and process the incoming vehicle data and give entry to the authorized vehicles. GSM technology is used to get
reservations from the user. The system can be effectively used to manage the parking in various places. It provides secure
and less costly option for the current parking problems.

Key Words- GSM, RFID Technology, PIC controller, parking management, secure parking

I. INTRODUCTION
With urbanization the standard of living has
increased. The increasing human population have
started earning well which have allow them for more
expenditure on the desired items. Many people have
bought cars and two wheelers which are necessary for
travelling in the cities and across them as well. The
sudden increase in cars has led to traffic problems
and parking problems. People spend lot of time in
finding parking when they go out for some family
outing. Then there is traffic problem as people are
parking in roads and it also leads to quarrels and more
headache to people. People get late for important
work and also their vehicles sometime get towed
away by traffic police.
There are many people who like to park for free on
the streets. But it only leads to blockage of road for
other travelers and pedestrian. Also with so many
vehicles around the parking places get occupied in no
time. So other people have to hunt for parking places
and drive around for some time in the same area. It
only leads to chaos and loss of precious fuel and time.
People also get into unnecessary conflicts which
again leads to loss of time and our energy. Thus it is
clear that parking problems are growing at an
alarming rate.
are used to manage the parking places. The entry also
has made automatic and different authorization
techniques are also used for this purpose. In our
project we are using Radio frequency identification
technology (RFID) to authorize the entry and
automate the parking space management.
Radio frequency identification technology is very
useful in the parking systems. It can be used in office
complexes and also in the malls and buildings. The
use of RFID technology in automation has led to
reduction in the costs andstock shortage. It has wide
range of applications in healthcare, aviation,
transportation, supply chain management and other
industries. Companies are becoming more open to use
RFID technologies in automation and supply chain
management as they provide accurate real time
information and improve processing efficiency.
In our project there will be central system using PIC
controller. PIC is microcontroller used for many
embedded system projects and it is very useful to
develop a small embedded system. The controller will
be connected to the RFID reader through serial
communication protocol and it will get customer
information from their RFID tag. No one will be
allowed without valid RFID tag. All the system is
manage automatically and it be secured due to use of
RFID technology.

The problem of parking has given rise to many
parking spaces but they are managed manually. These
manual parking spaces are not equipped with security
functions and many times vehicles get stolen from
them. With new technologies parking spaces have
also undergone some changes. Intelligent parking
spaces are the solution for the parking problems.
These parking systems have different sensors
monitoring the parking lots and giving information
back to the centralized system. There are various
technologies like Bluetooth, sensor networks, NFC
II. SYSTEM DESCRIPTION
Proposed system is based on PIC controller and
requires input from IR sensors to check the vacant
parking places. These sensors will give output ‘1’ if
parking slot is occupied and it gives output ‘0’ if the
slot is not occupied. The system will have RFID
reader interfaced with PIC controller which will read
the RFID tags on incoming cars and give identity of
the incoming cars. The data from reader is passed to
computer which will have small program running

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which will authenticate incoming car and give entry for parking places to the system. System will check
to it. It also deducts the parking charge amount from the vacant slots and provide parking slot information
its account and will update the database. The system through SMS if it has empty parking slots.
also has GSM module so that customers can request

Circuit Description:
The circuit for proposed system is shown below.

This is Power supply for the circuit board. We are
using regulated power supply which makes use of
voltage regulators. Voltage regulators are used for
stabilizing the voltage at particular voltage level even
if there is fluctuation in the input voltage. We have
used dc barrel jack connector for connecting supply
voltage to the circuit board. It is then rectified using
full bridge rectifier. We are using rectifier IC DB107
for this purpose. LM7812 voltage regulator IC is used
to get 12V dc supply. This 12V supply is then given
to LM7805 voltage regulator IC which the gives %V
supply at its output. Capacitors are used to remove
ripples from the supply voltage and for filtering
purpose. We will use both 5V and 12V supply in the
circuit to power the controller and other ICs and
GSM modules.
Above figure shows main controller circuit for our
project. Controller is in the middle and all other
peripherals are connected to its various ports. LCD is
connected to Port D and first three port pins of port B.
IR sensors are connected to port pins RA1 and RA2.
Motor driver IC is connected to port C. Crystal
oscillator is connected to provide clock frequency to

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the controller. RFID module is connected to RC0 port from power supply circuit described above.
pin. All the ICs work on 5V supply which is obtained

When RFID module detects the RFID tag it will read
data from it. In this case data will be unique number
which is given to the customer. The number then
given to the controller through serial communication.
We are using MAX232 IC to regulate serial
communication between controller and RFID reader
module. The controller will then transfer it to the
computer system in which the database program is
running. This program will then checks this unique
number with the other numbers already present in the
database. If the match is found then it will signal the
controller that entry is valid and it can open the gate.
If there is no match then controller will give invalid
message and will not open the gate. In this circuit
gate is represented by the motor. Motor will be
rotated to open or close the gate. The LCD is used to
show different messages and also to show the vacant
places for parking the car. IR sensors are used to get
information about vacant parking places.

The user data is collected when they purchase their
RFID tags. Data Collection centres are allocated in
the different areas of the city which can be easily
reached. These centres sell the tags and also collect
the customer information for the database. After
collecting data, all the information is transferred to
the database. Thus all customers having tags are
easily identified and their in and out times are always
recorded.
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III. SOFTWARE DESCRIPTION
We will be using C programming language to
program the microcontroller. It will done in MPLAB
software.
MPLAB
MPLAB X IDE is a software program that runs on a
PC (Windows®, Mac OS®, Linux®) to develop

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applications for Microchip microcontrollers and
digital signal controllers. It is called an Integrated
Development Environment (IDE), because it provides
a single integrated "environment" to develop code for
embedded microcontrollers.
The MPLAB IDE provides the ability to:
 Create and edit source code using the built-in
editor.
 Assemble, compile and link source code.
 Debug the executable logic by watching
program flow with the built-in simulator or in
real time with in-circuit emulators or in-circuit
debuggers.
 Make timing measurements with the simulator
or emulator.
 View variables in Watch windows.
 Program firmware into devices with device
programmers
JAVA Programming and Database
Java is an object-oriented language developed by Sun
systems. Originally, it was developed for
microprocessor-empowered devices such as cable TV
switchboxes, but it has expanded and developed into
an industrial-strength programming language. Java is
very similar in syntax to C, but tends to be more
robust and simpler to use. The Java language
provides a wealth of classes, or blueprints, from
which programs can be built. Class libraries exist for
almost every type of programming problem.
Available libraries include GUI-based systems,
client-server networking solutions, mathematics,
graphics, Internet server pages and many more.
We are using JAVA programming for interfacing our
microcontroller based parking system with PC. With
this interfacing we can have user information directly
transferred to the PC which then will be compared
with the information in the database. We will use
serial communication for data transfer from
microcontroller system to the PC. In PC we will have
a small database system programmed in JAVA which
will have all the user information stored in it. For
database we will be using MICROSOFT ACCESS
database which will be accessed through JAVA
program.
Figure above shows LCD display showing two places vacant.So the next vehicle will go to either first or second.
Figure above shows there are no vacant places.
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JAVA provides support for industry-standard
databases that respond to SQL statements via JDBC
(Java Database Connectivity). The JDBC-ODBC
Bridge allows Java to interface with any ODBC
database. However, this connection is somewhat
inefficient, since two drivers are required to process
the database access. Many database supplies such as
Informix, Oracle and Sybase provide JDBC interfaces
that communicate directly with the database server.
However, these are not part of the Java language and
must be obtained from the vendor.
To use Microsoft Access with Java, you will first
have to set up an ODBC connection as below. Other
databases may need similar steps to create the
connection.
 From the control panel, select ODBC 32 bit
 This will bring up the ODBC Source
Administrator
 From the User DSN tab, choose Add
 This will bring up the Create new Data
Source window.
 Choose Microsoft Access and click Finish
 This will bring up the Microsoft Access
setup window.
 Enter a data source name (DSN) and
description. The name will be used to refer
to the database when setting up an URL for
the connection.
 In the Database panel, choose Select. This
will bring up a file browser from which the
database can be selected. Select the database
and click OK.
 From the Access setup screen, click OK.
 From the Data Source Administrator
screen,click OK.
IV. RESULT
The proposed system is implemented using DC motor
and RFID reader. The results show the proposed
system can be used in different car parking locations
and is very accurate. The IR sensor gives indication
for vacant places which is displayed on the LCD
display. RFID reader reads tags and the information
is send to PC. This information is matched with the
database and authorized person is given entry. Motor
is used to show the opening and closing of gates.
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CONCLUSION
The system is successfully implemented with PIC
microcontroller. System is designed using PCB
designing software ORCAD. Programming for the
system is done in MPLAB as mentioned above. The
system uses RFID technology for identification of the
authorized vehicles and GSM technology for
communication purpose. Smart parking concept can
work in actual situation and it can be implemented in
real life scenarios. Offices can have their employees
registered which will help in managing parking space
efficiently. It also enables the company to ensure that
only their staff will use that particular parking space.
The public places are also managed very well and
with GSM technology people can make booking for
parking in advance thus saving them lot of time. This
concept can help in solving parking problem
systematically and with less cost.
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