VISVESVARAYA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

JNANA SANGAMA, BELAGAVI – 590018,

KARNATAKA

PROJECT PHASE – I REPORT

On
“SMART NOTICE BOARD”
Submitted
In partial fulfilment of the requirement for the award of the Degree
of
BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING
IN
ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATION
ENGINEERING
BY

BASAVARAJ MAILAR [1JV19EC001]

NEELANJAN M [1JV18EC007]
BALAJI S N [1JV19EC002]
VINAY K K [1JV19EC009]
Under the guidance
of
Mrs. ASHA S R[Ph.D]
Assistant Professor,
Department of ECE,
JVIT.

JNANAVIKAS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATION
ENGINEERING
Bengaluru-Mysore Road, Bidadi-562109
2022 – 2023
 VISVESVARAYA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY,
BELAGAVI
JNANAVIKAS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATION
ENGINEERING
BENGALURU -MYSORE ROAD, BIDADI -562109

CERTIFICATE
Certified that the Project Phase-I work entitled “SMART NOTICE BOARD” carried out by
NEELANJAN M (1JV18EC007), BALAJI S N (1JV19EC001), BASAVARAJ MAILAR
(1JV19EC002), VINAY KK (1JV19EC009), are Bonafede students of Jnanavikas Institute of
Technology are submitted in partial fulfillment for the award of the Bachelor of Engineering in
Electronics and Communication Engineering from Visvesvaraya Technological
University,Belagavi during the year 2022-2023. It is certified that all corrections/suggestions indicated
for internal assessment have been incorporated in the report deposited in the departmental library. The
project reporthas been approved as it satisfies the academic requirement in respect of seminar
prescribed for the said degree.

Mrs. ASHA S R Dr. PUTTAMADEGOWDA J

Assistant Professor, Head of the Department,
Department of ECE, Department of ECE,
JVIT, BIDADI. JVIT, BIDADI.
 VISVESVARAYA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY,
BELAGAVI
JNANAVIKAS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATION
ENGINEERING
BENGALURU -MYSORE ROAD, BIDADI -562109
DECLARATION
We NEELANJAN M (1JV18EC007) BALAJI S N (1JV19EC001), BASAVARAJ MAILAR
(1JV19EC002), VINAY KK (1JV19EC009) students of 7th semester B.E in Electronics And
Communication Engineering, Jnana Vikas Institute of Technology, Bidadi, hereby declare that the
phase I project work entitled “SMART NOTICE BOARD” has been carried out by us and submitted in
partial fulfillment of the course requirements for the award of degree of Bachelor of Engineering, from
Visvesvaraya Technological University during 2022- 2023 is a record of an original work done by us
under the guidance of Mrs. ASHA S R (Ph.D) Asst Professor , Department of Electronics And
communication and Engineering, JVIT, Bidadi. The results embodied in this work has not submitted
toany other University or Institute for the award of any degree.

NEELANJAN M
USN: 1JV18EC007
Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,
Jnanavikas Institute of Technology,
Bengaluru-562109 Signature of the Student

BALAJI SN
USN: 1JV19EC001
Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,
Jnanavikas Institute of Technology,
Bengaluru-562109 Signature of the Student

BASAVARAJ MAILAR
USN: 1JV19EC002
Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,
Jnanavikas Institute of Technology,
Bengaluru-562109 Signature of the Student

VINAY KK
USN: 1JV19EC009
Department of Electronics & Communication
Engineering, Jnanavikas Institute of Technology,
Bengaluru-562109 Signature of the Student
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Any achievement, be it scholastic or otherwise does not depend solely on the individual
efforts but on the guidance, encouragement and cooperation of intellectuals, elders and
friends. A number of personalities, in their own capacities have helped me in carrying out
this project work. I would like to take this opportunity to thank them all.

I have great pleasure in expressing my deep sense of gratitude to founder Sir C.M.
LINGAPPA, Chairman for having provided us with a great infrastructure and well-
furnished labs.

I take this opportunity to express my profound gratitude to Dr. A.V. SEETHA GIRISHA,
Principal for his constant support and encouragement.

I would like to express my heart full thanks to Dr. PUTTAMADEGOWDA J, Head of the
Department, Electronics and Communication Engineering, JVIT, Bidadi who has
guided me in allaspects.

I would like to extend my thanks to my guide Mrs. ASHA S R (Ph.D) Assistant Professor,
Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, JVIT, Bidadi for his
encouragement and suggestion, given to me in course of my project works.

I would like to mention special thanks to all my Teaching Faculties of Department of

Electronics and Communication Engineering, JVIT, Bidadi for their valuable support
and guidance.

I would like to thank to my Family and Friends for their unforgettable support and
encouragement.

NEELANJAN M [1JV18EC007]
BALAJI S N [1JV19EC001]
BASAVARAJ MAILAR [1JV19EC002]
VINAY KK [1JV19EC009]
 CONTENTS
Chapter No. Description Page No.

Abstract i
List Of Figures ii

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Introduction 3
1.2 Existing System 3
1.3 Proposed System 4

CHAPTER 2 LITRATURE REVIEW

2.1 Literature Survey 5

CHAPTER 3 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

3.1 Hardware Requirements 6
3.1.1 Renesas Board 6
3.1.2 LCD Display 7
3.1.3 GSM 8
3.1.4 Buzzer 9

3.2 Software Requirements 9

3.2.1 Renesas Cubesuite+ 9
3.2.2 Embedded C 10
3.2.3 Android studio 11

CHAPTER 4 SYSTEM DESIGN

4.1 Implementation 12
4.2 Block diagram 13

CONCLUSION 14

4.2.1 ADVANTAGES
4.2.2 DISADVANTAGES

FUTURE SCOPE 14
REFERENCES 15
 LIST OF FIGURES

Figure No. Description Page No.

3.1.1 64 Pin Renesas Microcontroller Board 6

3.1.2 LCD Display 7

3.1.3 GSM Network 8

3.1.4 9
6V buzzer (DC)
3.2.1 Cubesuite+ 10

3.2.2 Embedded C Programming 10

3.2.3 Android Studio 11

4.1 Flow Chart 12

4.2 Flow Chart 13

4.3 Diagram Of Smart Notice Board 13

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CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION
1.1 INTRODUCTION
Notice board is an essential information gathering system in our life. In our day-to-
day life we can see notice boards in various places like, educational institutions, railway
stations, shopping malls, Bus stations, offices etc. So, we can say that Notice boards are the
places to leave public information such as advertise events, announce events or provide
attention to the public, etc. Now-a-days a separate person is needed to stick the information
on the notice board. It will lead to loss of time as well as usage of man-power. In
conventional analog type notice boards paper is the main medium for information exchange.
We know that information counts are endless. So, there is a usage of huge amount of paper
for displaying those endless counts of information. The problems faced by the wooden or
conventional type notice boards are resolved by the implementation of our digital notice
board. It will bring an advanced means of passing notices around the world in a much easier
and efficient way. We use Renesas and make an efficient notice board which not only
displays the message on an LED. Also, only respective authority can send information. This
system is brought forward to tackle problems like disabilities like not being able to hear or
see. Unlike a regular notice board, our system concentrates on providing the information to
all kinds of people.

1.2 EXISTING SYSTEM

 GSM based LED scrolling display board; GSM modem communicates with the
microcontroller through asynchronous serial communication.

 The microcontroller transmits a set of commands to read the message sent by the user.
The quick display of message using wireless data transfer in smart notice board.

 The GSM based system offers flexibility to display faster than the programmable
system. This system is easy, robust, to use in normal life by anyone at any place with
less errors and maintenance.

 The paper titled as design and implementation of multiple LED notice boards by using
Renesas states that the proposed system is handled by numerous transmissions and the
message feeds on only one receiver.
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 Microcontroller controls multiple LEDs to enhance the message pattern. Here the
distance of wireless communication is limited, and this method is not suitable for long
distance communication.

1.3 PROPOSED SYSTEM

 In this proposed system, the message sent from an authorized user to the GSM module
we open the app and give some message, the GSM module takes that message and
sends it to the Arduino which has a code written in it in Embedded C, for the message
to go from the GSM to the LED.

 Arduino converts the message and sends it to the Renesas which has a code written
conversion. The message gets stored in the buffer and if it’s valid, the message gets
displayed on the LED.

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CHAPTER
02
LITERATURE REVIEW

2.1 LITERATURE SURVEY

1. Dharmendra Kumar Sharma and Vineet Tiwari, IEEE 2015 introduces a low cost,
handheld, wireless electronic notice board by using Atmel's ATmega32
microcontroller and different wireless technologies.

(Bluetooth and ZigBee) and their performance analysis based on the parameter such
as range, BER (bit error rate), RSSI (Received signal strength indicator), signal
attenuation and power consumption. The board receives serial information from
wireless module receiver and shows it on the graphical liquid display. We have
realized a common communication receiver hardware for notice board having
compatibility with both wireless modules i.e., Bluetooth and ZigBee.

2. Aniket Pramanik, Rishikesh and Vikash Nagar, IEEE 2016 During this project, a
hardware capable of controlling home appliances and displaying notices electronically
using an android application has been built. So, the hardware can perform broadly two
functions. In order to display notices, a user can use the same application to type a
notice and click on the send button to get it displayed. Both the functionality can be
used only if enough balance amounts is left in the user's SIM card since each access
transacts a fixed amount for SMS. The hardware consists of an ARM based
microcontroller LPC2148 that communicates to the application through a GSM
mobile communication network module which uses a SIM card to receive messages.

3. Neeraj Khera and Divya Shukla, IEEE 2016 has developed a simple and low-cost
Android based wireless notice board. They proposed system uses either Bluetooth or
Wi-Fi based wireless serial data communication. For this purpose, Android based
application programs for Bluetooth and Wi-Fi communication between Android based
personal digital assistant devices and remote wireless display board are used.

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CHAPTER
03
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

3.1 HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS

 Renesas Board
 LED Display
 GSM
 Buzzer

3.1.1 RENESAS BOARD

 Renesas microcontroller surpasses its predecessor i.e., 8051 family of

microcontrollers, with various in-built features.

A few of the many features are mentioned below.

 Renesas is a 16bit microcontroller.

 Minimum instruction time can be changed from ultra-low speed (30.5us) to high
speed (0.03125us).

16 to 512KB of ROM and 2 to 32KB of RAM are available depending upon the series and
number of pins.

On-chip high-speed (32 MHz to 1 MHz) as well a low-speed (15 KHz) oscillator is present.

 10bit resolution A/D converter (6 to 26 channels depending upon the series)

 Totally 3 UART for Serial Interface
 Totally 0-7 channels for timer with built in PWM features.
 Most of the pins of Renesas have multi-task features.
 Cost of Renesas microcontroller is comparatively less.
 Rigid body of microcontroller hence less prone to damages due to electrostatic charge.
 Operates with 5v power supply.

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Fig. 3.1.1: 64 pin Renesas Microcontroller Board

3.1.2 LCD DISPLAY

A liquid crystal display (LCD) is a flat panel display, electronic visual display, based
on on Liquid Crystal Technology. A liquid crystal display consists of an array of tiny
segments (called pixels) that can be manipulated to present an information. Liquid crystals
do not emit light directly instead they use light modulating techniques. LCD are used in a
wide range of applications, including computer monitors, television, instrument panels,
aircraft cockpit displays, signage, etc. They are common in consumer devices such as video
players, gaming devices, clocks, watches, calculators, and telephones.

LCDs are preferred to cathode ray tube (CRT) displays in most applications because

1. The size of LCDs come in wider varieties.

2. They do not use Phosphor, hence images are not burnt-in.
3. Safer disposal
4. Energy Efficient
5. Low Power Consumption

Fig 3.1.2: LCD DISPLAY

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3.1.3 GSM
GSM stands for Global System for Mobile Communications formerly called as Groupe
Special Mobile. This is a standard set developed by the European Telecommunications
Standards Institute (ETSI) to describe technologies for second generation (or "2G") digital
cellular networks.

The GSM standard initially was used originally to describe switched circuit network for
full duplex voice telephony to replace first generation analog cellular networks. The standard
was expanded over time to include first circuit switched data transport, then packet data
transport via GPRS (General packet radio service). Packet data transmission speeds were
later increased via EDGE. The GSM standard is succeeded by the third generation (or "3G")
UMTS standard developed by the 3GPP. GSM networks will evolve further as they begin to
incorporate fourth generation (or "4G") LTE Advanced standards. "GSM" is a trademark
owned by the GSM Association. GSM networks operate in a number of different carrier
frequency ranges (separated into GSM frequency ranges for 2G and UMTS frequency bands
for 3G), with most 2G GSM networks operating in the 900 MHz or 1800 MHz bands. Where
these bands were already allocated, the 850 MHz and 1900 MHz bands were used instead (for
example in Canada and the United States).

Fig. 3.1.3: Structure of a GSM network

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3.1.4 BUZZER

An audio signaling device like a beeper or buzzer may be electromechanical

or piezoelectric or mechanical type. The main function of this is to convert the signal from
audio to sound. Generally, it is powered through DC voltage and used in timers, alarm
devices, printers, alarms, computers, etc. Based on the various designs, it can generate
different sounds like alarm, music, bell & siren.

The pin configuration of the buzzer is shown below. It includes two pins namely
positive and negative. The positive terminal of this is represented with the ‘+’ symbol or a
longer terminal. This terminal is powered through 6Volts whereas the negative terminal is
represented with the ‘- ‘symbol or short terminal and it is connected to the GND term.

Fig. 3.1.4: 6 Volts Buzzer (DC)

3.2 SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS

 Renesas Cubesuite+
 Embedded C

3.2.1 RENESAS CUBESUITE+

CubeSuite+ is an integrated development environment (IDE) Note for the

microcontrollers. By integrating the necessary tools for each development phase, it is possible
to perform all phases in software development using just this product, without the need to use
many different tools separately. As an example, the output from the design phase is
automatically reflected in the debug phase. CubeSuite+ also has an update feature to
automatically obtain this product upgrades via the network, making it simple to maintain the
environment required for software development (free downloadable tools excluded).

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Fig. 3.2.1: Logo of CubeSuite+

3.2.2 EMBEDED C

Embedded C is a set of language extensions for the C programming language by the C

Standards Committee to address commonality issues that exist between C extensions for
different systems. Embedded C programming typically requires nonstandard extensions to the
C language in order to support enhanced microprocessor features such as fixed-point
arithmetic, multiple distinct memory banks, and basic I/O operations. The C Standards
Committee produced a Technical Report, most recently revised in 2008 and reviewed in
2013, providing a common standard for all implementations to adhere to. It includes a
number of features not available in normal C, such as fixed-point arithmetic, named address
spaces and basic I/O hardware addressing. Embedded C uses most of the syntax and
semantics of standard C, e.g., main () function, variable definition, datatype declaration,
conditional statements (if, switch case), loops (while, for), functions, arrays and strings,
structures and union, bit operations, macros, etc.

Fig. 3.2.2: Logo of Embedded C Programming

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3.2.3 ANDROID STUDIO

Android is an open source and Linux-based Operating System for mobile devices such
as smartphones and tablet computers. Android was developed by the Open Handset Alliance,
led by Google, and other companies. Android offers a unified approach to application
development for mobile devices which means developers need only develop for Android,
and their applications should be able to run on different devices powered by Android. The
first beta version of the Android Software Development Kit (SDK) was released by Google
in 2007 where as the first commercial version, Android 1.0, was released in September
2008.On June 27, 2012, at the Google I/O conference, Google announced the next Android
version, 4.1 Jelly Bean. Jelly Bean is an incremental update, with the primary aim of
improving the user interface, both in terms of functionality and performance. The source
code for Android is available under free and open-source software licenses. Google publishes
most of the code under the Apache License version 2.0 and the rest, Linux kernel changes,
under the GNU General Public License version 2.

Fig. 3.2.3: Logo of Android Studio

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CHAPTER 4

SYSTEM DESIGN

4.1 METHODOLOGY OR IMPLEMENTATION

Block
Diagram
Analysis

Hardware
testing as
per project

Test Code
preparation
for Peripherals

Logic
Developmen
t as per
project

Final Testing of
the project as
per Conditions

Fig. 4.1: Flow Chart

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Connect VDD, VSS, LEDA, LEDK

Pins for Power and Contrast
Adjustments

RS, EN, R/W And data Pins

Assigned to Ports

EN=1, RS=1 , R/W=0 for data write

Data in DB0-7 is sent through Port

Pins

Data is Displayed on the Panel

Fig. 4.1: Flow Chart

4.2 BLOCK DIAGRAM

LCD

LED
DISPLAY

GSM RENESAS

BUZZER

POWER
SUPPLY

Fig. 4.2: Block Diagram of Smart Notice Board

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4.2.1 ADVANTAGES

 To make the proposed system more user friendly we make a displaying information.

4.2.2 DISADVANTAGE

 Currently this system is totally dependent on the sim card service provider to
perform the transmission and reception, so any problem with the service provider
will affect our system.

 Secondly this system has a wide bandwidth, which can be optimized by modifying
the protocols or platform of the system.

 This provides a discussion on present trends in technology and how exactly, simple
carry-to-use devices play a vital role in day-to-day life.

FUTURE SCOPE
16x4 LCD Display can be replaced by other LCDs which can display more characters
according to the need. Currently only one message can be displayed at a time this can be
overcome by using many LCDs to display different messages.

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CONCLUSION
The proposed system deals about the design of smart and efficient notice board which
overcomes the disadvantages of the existing notice system. It accepts the message, stores it,
and displays it on the LED screen and also gives out voice announcements. It is an eco-
friendly design which uses less man power to display important information. It gives quick
exchange of data and is less expensive to introduce and keep up. This project gives an
effective method for showing messages on Notice Board utilizing Wireless Technology. It
likewise gives client validation to maintain a strategic distance from any abuse of proposed
framework. With the usage of latest technology like Raspberry Pi, a very high output
accuracy can be achieved.

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