SRI MAHALAKSHMI POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE

VAIRANKUPPAM, CUDDALORE – 5

ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING

REVIEW – 2

PROJECT TITLE – MICROCONTROLLER BASED VOTING MACHINE

NAME REG NO
P. VIJAYA KUMAR 17408368
M. MOHAMED THAMIM 17408342
S. SANKARAIYAR 17408351
M. EZHILARASI 17408333
J. PRAKASH 17408346

PROJECT GUIDE HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT

MR. K. GIRIVASAN M.Tech., MRS. S. DHIVYA B.E.,
MICROCONTROLLER BASED
VOTING MACHINE
 ABSTRACT
Voting is most pivotal process of democratic
society through which people determine it’s
government. Governments around the world are
increasingly considering the replacement of traditional
paper-based voting schemes with electronic voting
systems. Elections of Bangladesh are conducted most
exclusively using electronic voting machines developed
over the past three years. In this paper we describe the
design, construction and operation of a digital voting
machine using a microcontroller profoundly. Again we
also portray counting system of votes, market survey
and cost analysis.
 INTRODUCTION
There are many type of voting process
occur in different time and place from early
shape of hand rising to most modern type by
using Internet. Microcontroller is one of the
most powerful general purpose device which
is used in this project to realizing the voting
machine which have the ability to process
data in high speed, precise result and work
together with PC to manage the overall
operation.
 BLOCK DIAGRAM

LCD
SWITCH 1

LED
SWITCH 2
MICROCONTROLLER

BUZZER
SWITCH 3

POWER SUPPLY
SWITCH 4
MICROCONTROLLER
 The PIC microcontroller PIC16f877a is one of the
most renowned microcontrollers in the industry. This
controller is very convenient to use, the coding or
programming of this controller is also easier. One of
the main advantages is that it can be write-erase as
many times as possible because it use FLASH memory
technology. It has a total number of 40 pins and there
are 33 pins for input and output. PIC16F877A is used
in many PIC microcontroller projects. PIC16F877A
also have many application in digital electronics
circuits.
LCD
 We come across LCD displays everywhere
around us. Computers, calculators, television
sets, mobile phones, digital watches use some
kind of display to display the time. An LCD is
an electronic display module which uses liquid
crystal to produce a visible image. The 16×2
LCD display is a very basic module commonly
used in DIYs and circuits. The 16×2 translates
o a display 16 characters per line in 2 such
lines. In this LCD each character is displayed
in a 5×7 pixel matrix.
PUSH BUTTON
 A Normally Open (NO) Push Button is a push
button that, in its default state, makes no electrical
contact with the circuit. Only when the button is
pressed down does it make electrical contact with
the circuit.
When the button is pressed down, the switch
makes electrical contact and the circuit is now
closed. Therefore, electricity can now flow to the
other part of the circuit connecting to the push
button and make the device turn or power on the
respective part.
BUZZER
 A buzzer or beeper is an audio signalling
device, Which may be
mechanical,electromechanical,or piezoelectric
(piezo for short). Typical uses of buzzers and
beepers include alarm devices, timers, and
confirmation of user input such as a mouse
click or keystroke.