Mid Term Project Report- GSM Based Flood Notification System, B.tech Final Year project, work progress till 7th sem

1. Project Report
for the project titled
GSM Based Flood Notification System
Submitted towards the partial fulfillment of requirement
Of
Bachelor of Technology in Electronics & Communication Engineering
Submitted by
Anshul Joshi
110070102032
Ankit Rayal
110070102028
B. Tech ECE IV Year
Batch -2011-2015
Submitted to
Mr. Vivek Srivastava
&
Mr. Bharat Kumar
Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering
Dehradun Institute of Technology
Autonomous College Affiliated to
Uttarakhand Technical University
November 2014

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INDEX
S.No Topic Page No.
1. Introduction 3
2. Objective and Work-Flow 4
3. Requirements of the Project 5-6
 Hardware Requirements
 Software Requirements
 Flow And Block Diagram
4. Recommendations 7
5. Work On the Project 8-10
6. Feasibility 11
7. Applications 12
8. References 13

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CHAPTER 1- INRODUCTION
The global climatic change during the first half of the twentieth century has brought a tremendous impact on the high mountainous glacial environment. Due to the faster rate of ice and snow melting, possibly caused by the global warming, the sea level is increasing rapidly and resulting in a sudden discharge of large volumes of water and debris causing flooding of the low lying areas. With this ever-increasing regularity of flood damage, a definite need has emerged for an early warning for regions deemed to be 'at high risk' from flooding. Furthermore, the high level of damage to properties and loss of lives are the underlying factor in the development an early warning system - Flood Level Monitoring System.
Currently in the South Pacific the Metrological departments get the weather data from the satellite and then predict the average rainfall in the area. Research has been done on Flood monitoring system using GIS hydrological model in China. Again with the use of satellite this system reads the water level and then subtracts the surface elevation to get the height of flood. Moreover most of Flood level systems depend on satellite to predict the flood data. However there was a need of a system which automatically reads the data rather than predicting in the threatened area and then alerts the residence instantly.
Mobile Phones have become one of the most popular communication devices amongst the people all over the world. At present with the world population of around 6.7 billion, 60% use mobile phones. This is about 4.1 billion mobile phone users and this assistive technology is used in all facets of our livelihood. Since the GSM network started its operation in 1991, the SMS has become popular as it provides cheap, convenient and a faster method of communication. Recent advances in the automation showed an advert of SMS based intelligent homes which are designed to alert the users via SMS in case of emergencies. The owners of smart homes can inter alia switch on/off their lights and appliances via SMS from work, functions or anywhere away from home. Zigbee and Wi-Fi technology is also used for wireless remote controlling; however the distance is very small when compared to GSM control.

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CHAPTER 2- OBJECTIVE AND WORK-FLOW
The objectives of the project are:
 Study of GSM Technology.
 Study of working and interfacing of GSM Module.
 Study of 8051 microcontroller programming using Embedded C.
 To learn about the basics of Eagle Software.
 Implementation of the required circuit on the PCB.
 Testing of project.
The Work-Flow model for the Project is-
 3 Months- Literature Review of GSM Technology, GSM Module and 8051 programming and with basic designing.
 3 Months-To further carry on with designing.
 3 Months- Programming of the microcontroller and interfacing of the devices along with testing of the circuit on PCB.
 3 Months- Finalizing the Project work accompanied with the aim of successful testing of the project and Completion of the Project Report.

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CHAPTER 3- REQUIREMENTS OF THE PROJECT
3.1- Hardware Requirements
8051 series microcontroller, GSM Module, LCD, Transformer and Regulator.
3.2- Software Requirements
Eagle Software, Knowledge of Embedded C
3.3 Flow diagram of the project
Flow Chart of the Project
The system reads the water level through the water level sensing device and by converting the analog signal to digital it calculates the height, if the height is greater than the threshold defined by the designer the system sends the SMS to the concerned authorities regarding the rise in the water level. The system further keeps on checking the level of the water and provides an efficient notification system.

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Block Diagram Of the project

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CHAPTER 4- RECOMMENDATIONS MADE DURING SYNOPSIS PRESENTATION
The following recommendations were made by HOD Sir during synopsis presentation of the project-
 To design water sensor on our own rather than using the sensor module.
 To try to fabricate maximum components on the PCB like Voltage supply, MAX-232 circuit.
 To try to add a mechanism to change the number fed, to which the warning through SMS would be delivered.
 To try to calculate the rise time and velocity of the water if possible.

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CHAPTER 5- WORK ON THE PROJECT
We have been working regularly to keep up the progress of the project as per our planned schedule and have been continuously trying to incorporate the recommendations made by HOD Sir during the presentation on project synopsis.
So far we have been successful to keep up with the schedule and have incorporated major recommendations made by HOD Sir.
 Sensor Design- We searched for the alternatives for sensor design and during our search came though a simple yet efficient sensor design which we implemented.
We tested the sensor design and it worked successfully, the design has been shown to our project guide i.e. Ms. Anamika Kumari and HOD Sir.
Sensor Design

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A Snapshot of the sensor
 Work On PCB- So far we have fabricated the PCB using Eagle Software and have mounted some basic components and base of the components on the PCB.
PCB Layout

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Circuit Diagram of PCB
Snapshot of PCB (Till Now)

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CHAPTER 6- FEASIBILTY OF THE PROJECT
Mobile Phones have become one of the most popular communication devices amongst the people all over the world. At present with the world population of around 6.7 billion, 60% use mobile phones. This is about 4.1 billion mobile phone users and this assistive technology is used in all facets of our livelihood. Since the GSM network started its operation in 1991, the SMS has become popular as it provides cheap, convenient and a faster method of communication. Recent advances in the automation showed an advert of SMS based intelligent homes which are designed to alert the users via SMS in case of emergencies. The owners of smart homes can inter alia switch on/off their lights and appliances via SMS from work, functions or anywhere away from home. Zigbee and Wi-Fi technology is also used for wireless remote controlling; however the distance is very small when compared to GSM control.
The main advantage of the project are-
 Immediate warning provided by the GSM system as compared to Satellite monitoring.
 Cheap operation cost provided through use of SMS service.
 Rapid growth of Mobile Industry.
 Availability of Mobile to nearly every household or locality.
 Ability to inform the authorities directly without any middlemen being involved.

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CHAPTER 7- APPLICATIONS
The Project offers tremendous applications, some of which are listed below:
 Monitoring of flood over remote areas.
 Immediate alert of increasing water along the railway tracks to the station master.
 Direct notification to the concerned authorities.
 Fast service is provided which is essential to make people cautious of danger.
 Can also be fitted in the Glacier regions to keep a check on unexpected rapid melting of the glaciers.
 Possibility to feed multiple contacts numbers and reset them using EEPROM.

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CHAPTER 8- REFRENCES
Research Papers-
1. Bula Internet (2004), Fiji ICT Case Study, International Telecommunication Union.
2. Rastin Pries, Tobias HoBfeld, and Phuoc Tran-Gia (2006), “On the Suitability of the Short Message Service for Emergency Warning Systems” 0-7803-9392-9/06, 2006 IEEE.
3. Donglin Wang, Sandeep Chandana, Renlun He, Jiuqiang Han, Xiangyu Zhu, Ke Zou and Yong He, “Intelligent Sensor Design in Network based Automatic Control” 2010 IEEE.
WEB-
1. National Science and Technology Development Agency, Klong 1, Klong Luang, Pathum Thani, 12120 Thailand, “Real-time flood monitoring and warning system” Mar. - Apr. 2011.
2. GSM,Wikipedia.org, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GSM.