Proteus ISIS Research Articles

Prediction of Freshwater Fish Disease Severity Based on Fuzzy Logic Approach, Arduino IDE and Proteus ISIS

Prediction of Freshwater Fish Disease Severity Based on Fuzzy Logic Approach, Arduino IDE and Proteus ISIS

Simulation and Construction of a Solar Powered Smart Irrigation System Using Internet of Things (IoT), Blynk Mobile App

Aims: To simulate and construct a solar powered smart irrigation system using Blynk Mobile App.
 Study Design: Experimental design through simulation studies and internet of things.
 Place and Duration of Study: Department of Physics, Nasarawa State University Keffi, Nigeria, between July 2021 and March 2022.
 Methodology: The system was simulated using Proteus ISIS Version 8.6. It consists of two main units that is transmitter and receiver. The transmitter consists of a sensor circuit that senses the soil moisture, humidity and temperature. Then the Node MCU microcontroller collects the data and sent to the Blynk Mobile App (Receiver). The circuit was tested at two different conditions of the soil; Wet soil and Dry soil.
 Results: Output performance analysis when the water level in soil (Moisture) was high, indicated Temperature value 28.3°C, Humidity 72%, and the Pump was OFF. When the water level in soil was mild, temperature was 60°C, Humidity 68%, and pump was turned ON. The pump is activated to switch ON as far as the water reservoir is having enough water and will switch OFF when the required level of moisture in the soil is achieved. The solar power ensured constant power supply, while the Blynk Mobile App ensured real time data monitoring by the Farmer even when he is far away from the farm.
 Conclusion: This system is an improve irrigation system that supports low water and electricity consumption as well as efficient monitoring for increase farmers’ output.

Data communications network for real-time industrial control systems

The advancements in network technologies and the evolution of the Internet of Things (IoT) have made supporting industrial control systems over probabilistic data networks promising. However, control systems’ communication over the traditional data networks is faced with problems of instability in feedback control and poor quality of performance due to time-varying data propagation delay. This paper presents two approaches that can enable real-time industrial control over non-deterministic computer networks allowing control system designers to take advantage of the existing communication infrastructures. The first approach is based on system-level interaction over two wires network called the collaboration network. The second approach is based on the implementation of the virtual local area network (VLAN). This method allows real-time control of industrial equipment or systems over IP-based networks while other computers are connected. Nodes providing real-time control services have the same PortID on the VLAN switch. This approach minimizes data traffic and reduces time-varying delay in system control over IP networks. The first approach was modeled and simulated using Proteus ISIS software. Two PIC16F877A microcontrollers were used to represent two nodes. CISCO packet tracer was used in the second approach to model and simulate IP-based control system communications over the traditional data network. Results indicate that the use of a two-wire collaborative network approach to a real-time control system is effective but requires an additional network alongside the main data traffic channel. VLAN, therefore, presents a more flexible approach that relies on the same infrastructures.

Performance enhancement of dual axis solar tracker system for solar panels using proteus ISIS 7.6 software package

In this article, a standalone solar tracking system is intended and successfully synchronized using proteus 7.6 ISIS. Best at instantly aligning a solar panel with the position of the sun, resulting in a 40% increase in efficiency. A low-cost solar tracking detector is being used to rotate the solar panel paired to the motor at such a specific angle to rotate 180°s in 8 steps per day with better accuracy. A microcontroller (Atmega3285P) is used as a control unit, and ADC ports are used to interconnect sensor units. To interconnect a solar array, the motor driver ULN 293D is also used to rotate the solar panel at the highest solar power angle. The modeling is performed in two ways, using four LDRs and eight LDRs, and the results of both are measured. The simulation and analysis results show that the maximum current drawn by the solar tracking sensor is less than 0.5 mA. “Proteus 7.6 ISIS” and “Arduino UNO” and “Code Vision AVR” are used to write the program code and to burn over Atmega3285P for parameters estimation.

Proteus ISIS simulation for power factor calculation using zero crossing detector

One of the important parameters for electrical systems is the power factor (cos phi), which is the ratio of the real power (watt) to the apparent power (volt ampere). The best cos phi value is between 0.85 to 1. A resistive load causes the voltage and current in equal phase angle, while the inductive load causes the current to lag behind the voltage. On the other hand, the capacitive load causes the current to precede the voltage (leading). A simulation to determine the power factor of an electrical network can be done with Proteus ISIS software by creating a phase detection circuit. Automatic control can be done by a microcontroller. This simulation circuit can be used as power factor correction, a trigger angle on SCR trigger for DC motor speed control, for rocket launch angle adjuster, to measure the angle of inclination, and other uses relating to angle adjustments.

Development of IoT Weather Monitoring System Based on Arduino and ESP8266 Wi-Fi Module

In the paper, the hardware and software of the IoT weather monitoring system have been developed. The hardware of the IoT weather monitoring system consists of the microcontroller device which is developed on the Arduino Mega2560 board, digital pressure, temperature and humidity sensor BME280, Wi-Fi module ESP-01 built on the ESP8266 chip and the 16×2 alphanumeric LCD based on the Hitachi HD44780 controller. The electronic circuit and the model of the microcontroller weather monitoring device have been created in Proteus VSM. The operation algorithm of the IoT weather monitoring system has been developed. The IoT device monitors such weather parameters as: atmospheric pressure, temperature and relative humidity. The software modules for communication with the BME280 sensor and Wi-Fi module ESP-01 and main data collection and acquisition software for the ATmega2560 microcontroller of the Arduino Mega2560 board have been created. The software for communication with the ThingsBoard IoT platform and Mosquitto MQTT broker has been created. The dashboards for weather data visualization on the IoT platform ThingsBoard using ThingsBoard Dashboard and from the Mosquitto MQTT broker using Node-RED have been created. The operation of the microcontroller weather monitoring device has been simulated in Proteus ISIS. The prototype of the microcontroller weather monitoring device has been built on a solderless breadboard and the operation of the IoT weather monitoring system has been tested.

Design and Development of IOT based Low Power Consumption in Employee Meeting Rooms

In this paper, We design and implement IOT based low power system that can be used in employee meeting rooms. The design is based on number of employees entering and leaving the room and automates room AC, lights and room freshners using relay device. The system designed counts number of employees entering the room using IR device and updates the number using counter and automates electrical appliances of the room and when leaving automatically switches off the devices. The power consumed is updated using ESP 8266 in the cloud called thing speak where the data can be evaluated and analyzed per day and per month. The system has 20*4 LCD which displays the complete details of the employees and electrical appliances. The working of the system starts with the entering of an employee in the room, the buzzer beeps and LED turns on. Arduino Mega is used as a central processor that controls all the appliances. The code is written in C and simulation is done using Proteus ISIS. Finally, the implemented system shows the energy consumption per day and per month and a detailed comparative analysis is done with and without connecting the system which shows a better saving of energy in the employee room. The methodology adapted for our work is V-methodology.

IOT based Monitoring and Detection of Electromagnetic (EM) Radiation Levels

EM radiations are considered as one of the major reasons for effecting and heating up the body tissues that could even burn when exposed at certain frequencies. At lower frequencies, external electric and magnetic fields induce circulating currents inside the body and radiations from EM devices are very harmful for human health. One such example is mobile phones which we always carry and utilize in our daily routines. Radiations emitted from mobile phones are harmful to human health. Hence, it is of paramount importance to detect and monitor EM radiation levels so that preventive measures could be taken to minimize or to completely avoid such radiations at prohibited areas such as Hospitals. The main aim of the proposed work is real time monitoring of the EM radiations emitted from mobile phones and comparing with FCC and ICNIRP levels that is allowed for general public. The system is mainly composed of arduino uno, RF detector and receiver, 16*2 LCD display, ESP 8266. Arduino Uno acts as a controller and responsible for converting voltage level to electric field value. RF receiver with RF detection circuit detects the radiations from the surrounding. 16*2 LCD will display electric field value. If the electric-filed value is greater than the allowed range, the piezo electric buzzer will turn on. The ESP8266 Wi-Fi module will upload the electric-field value data on the Think Speak cloud so that the radiations level can be monitored remotely. Simulation is done using proteus ISIS and finally the hardware is implemented to showcase the results.

Design and Development of Remote Alarm System for Detecting Weak Radio Frequency Signals at Deserts and Mountains to Alert Admin Users for location tracking

One of the major problem faced by Communication Engineers group is when configuring cell phone towers in remotely areas such as mountains and hills as most of the times they lose communication with the control station and unable to track the location of vehicles. The proposed work aims to develop remote alarm system to detect and track vehicles before entering no coverage areas. Remote Alarm Systems are also called as Security or dual alarm systems useful to track the location of vehicles when they enter in to weak/no coverage areas. They are used to detect weak RF signals when the vehicles enter in to weak/no coverage areas such as valleys, Hills, Mountains, Forests and where the range is limited and poor signal strength. Arduino is used to process the RF signals received from RF detector by evaluating the signal strengths falling below or above -95dB and through GPS and GSM , the location and messages are sent to the admin users of control station to update the status of field engineers. Hence the location of vehicles in remote areas can be detected before entering no coverage areas and hence the vehicles can be traced easily. The simulation results are obtained using proteus ISIS, the programming is done using C++ and finally, hardware prototype is demonstrated.

Simulation of power supplies used for nonlinear electrical discharges

This work will present an analysis of the functionality of power supplies producing laboratory controlled electrical discharges using pulsed variation of voltage. The analysis is done on simulated electrical parameters using PROTEUS ISIS software. Furthermore in this paper there will also be presented a simulation of plasma discharge used with power supplies in order to assesstheparameters in functionality of these power supplies.
 

Design and Hardware Implementation Considerations of Modified Multilevel Cascaded H-Bridge Inverter for Photovoltaic System

Inverters are an essential part in many applications including photovoltaic generation. With the increasing penetration of renewable energy sources, the drive for efficient inverters is gaining more and more momentum. In this paper, output power quality, power loss, implementation complexity, cost, and relative advantages of the popular cascaded multilevel H-bridge inverter and a modified version of it are explored. An optimal number of levels and the optimal switching frequency for such inverters are investigated, and a five-level architecture is chosen considering the trade-offs. This inverter is driven by level shifted in-phase disposition pulse width modulation technique to reduce harmonics, which is chosen through deliberate testing of other advanced disposition pulse width modulation techniques. To reduce the harmonics further, the application of filters is investigated, and an LC filter is applied which provided appreciable results. This system is tested in MATLAB/Simulink and then implemented in hardware after design and testing in Proteus ISIS. The general cascaded multilevel H-bridge inverter design is also implemented in hardware to demonstrate a novel low-cost MOSFET driver build for this study. The hardware setups use MOSFETs as switching devices and low-cost ATmega microcontrollers for generating the switching pulses via level shifted in-phase disposition pulse width modulation. This implementation substantiated the effectiveness of the proposed design.

Seedlings Emergence in Compacted Soil as Measured by a Pressure Transducer

Research was conducted to obtain an instrument for a more precise method of measuring seedlings emergence, also to indicate the amount of pressure exerted by seedlings before emerging to the surface, hence the design and fabrication of a data logger capable of measuring and logging the pressure exerted by seedlings of maize (hypogeal) and okra (epigeal) in emergence study on compacted Egbeda soil series (Ultisol). The PIC18F4550 Microchip microcontroller unit serves as the heart of the data-logging system, while seedling emergence pressure was determined using MPX5050DP pressure sensor (0-5000 milibar). The date and time were monitored with DS1307 RTC (Real Time Clock) timer, 24LC512 a 512 kbit EEPROM was used as the storage unit and LCD LM016L was used as the display unit. The circuit was designed with Proteus ISIS. The software that interfaced the design with computer was designed with Microsoft Visual Studio using Visual Basic.NET. The experiment was conducted at the departments

A COST EFFECTIVE SOLAR CHARGE CONTROLLER

This paper contains the design, construction and implementation of an efficient solar charge controller at low cost. The charge controller is implemented using an inexpensive PIC microcontroller with the help of solar panel and battery. It is also simulated by using Proteus ISIS ® Professional package for different PV cell and battery voltage levels. This solar charge controller (SCC) has the properties to disconnect as well as reconnect the battery during battery overcharging condition or under discharging condition. LCD is used here as the battery voltage level indicator and to display load connection and disconnection status. LED is used to show the condition of the charge controller. This charge controller deals with the PIC16F73 microcontroller and MOSFET to control the system and coordinate with the activity in the SCC. The source code for the PIC16F73 microcontroller is written in the professional programming language Proton IDE to obtain very accurate and effective connecting or disconnecting action automatically. The low cost construction and practical implementation of this smart solar charge controller indicates that it functions properly .

INTELLIGENT FAULT DETECTION DEVICE FOR WIND TURBINE IN REAL TIME CONDITION MONITORING

Wind power has progressed nowadays because the proliferation of wind parks and their operation in supplying the national electric grid with low cost and clean resources. Hence, there is an increased need to establish a proactive maintenance for wind turbine machines based on remote control and monitoring which rely heavily on the timely delivery of safety real-time data for offshore or inaccessible locations through a wireless connection while the wired method has many flaws. The objective of this strategy is to prolong wind turbine lifetime and to increase productivity. The hardware of a remote control and monitoring system for wind turbines Park is designed by taking advantage of GPRS or Wi-Max wireless module to collect data measurements from different wind machines sensors through IP based multi-hop communication. Computer simulations with Proteus ISIS and OPNET tools have been conducted to evaluate the performance of the studied system. Study findings show that the designed device achieves a satisfactory performances and it is suitable for application in a wind park.

Wind Turbine Fault Detection System in Real Time Remote Monitoring

In new energy development, wind power has boomed. It is due to the proliferation of wind parks and their operation in supplying the national electric grid with low cost and clean resources. Hence, there is an increased need to establish a proactive maintenance for wind turbine machines based on remote control and monitoring. That is necessary with a real-time wireless connection in offshore or inaccessible locations while the wired method has many flaws. The objective of this strategy is to prolong wind turbine lifetime and to increase productivity. The hardware of a remote control and monitoring system for wind turbine parks is designed. It takes advantage of GPRS or Wi-Max wireless module to collect data measurements from different wind machine sensors through IP based multi-hop communication. Computer simulations with Proteus ISIS and OPNET software tools have been conducted to evaluate the performance of the studied system. Study findings show that the designed device is suitable for application in a wind park. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11591/ijece.v4i6.6479

AVR Microcontroller Implementation for Customized Sound Generation

In this paper, we have proposed a technique by which customized sound can be generated using 8 bit AVR microcontroller. Any sound file chosen from computer can be integrated in microcontroller programming which is written in C and compiled by AVR libc compiler. An 8 bit DAC connected to PORT A of AVR microcontroller takes data of sound file as input and gives converted analog sound signal as output. An audio amplifier based on LM386 Op-Amp circuit amplifies the sound signal which is finally connected to 8Ω speaker for audible sound output. This circuit has been simulated using Proteus ISIS 7 Virtual System Modeling (VSM). DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11591/ijece.v2i1.139 Full Text: PDF