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Microcontroller Based Wireless 3D Position Control

for Antenna
Amritha Mary A. S.1, Divyasree M V2, Jesna Prem2, Kavyasree S M2, Keerthana Vasu2
1
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Electronics & Communication, Mohandas College of Engineering, Kerala University, Trivandrum-695544,
Kerala, India
2
Students, Dept. of Electronics & Communication, Mohandas College of Engineering, Kerala University, Trivandrum-695544, Kerala, India

Abstract: The idea is to develop a system which will control the movement of the dish antenna in all direction through an android
application. The main application of using a dish is to receive signal from satellite and other broad casting sources. In order to position
the dish to the exact angle to receive the maximum signal of a particular frequency it needs to be adjusted manually. In order to
overcome the difficulty of adjusting manually, this proposed system helps in adjusting the position of the dish through an android
application device. Remote operation is achieved by any smart-phone with android OS. The different directions of the dish are attained
by using two servomotors, one move in vertical and other in horizontal direction. The servo motor actions are controlled by the micro
controller.

Keywords: Dish antenna, Microcontroller, Android, Raspberry PI

1. Introduction 2. Objective and Scope

Dish Antenna positioning or tuning is very important for A. Objective
getting standard broadcast signals from a satellite. The dish
must be pointed at a precise angle to get the strongest The Automatic Antenna Positioning system primarily
possible signal. If the dish position is adjusted manually, it functions to identify the source of signal. The signal may be
became too cumbersome to align it at the best possible of any type and any kind, it automatically /manually
position. Therefore, the required system is designed with an identifies the presence of a particular signal and the antenna
advanced technology in order to achieve the best possible will remain stationary as long as the signal link is
position of the dish by remote operation. The main intention established. Whenever the signal link breaks between the
of this project is to control a dish position remotely using an antenna and the satellite or source the antenna revolves
Android application, which is capable of receiving the continuously in search of the signal. This system also has
typical broadcast signals from the satellite. The main advance connectivity with the monitor/LCD screen to
application of using a dish is to receive signal from satellite indicate the antenna position.
and other broad casting sources. In order to position the dish
to the exact angle to receive the maximum signal of a B. Scope
particular frequency it needs to be adjusted manually.
IOT is used to communicate between phone and controlling The In modern world there is threat to perceptions to air
system. The „Internet Of Things‟ is the internetworking of defense from the enemy. Major establishments need to be
physical devices, vehicles (also referred to as "connected guarded against any possible attack from the enemy. For this
devices" and 'smart devices"), buildings and other items- the automatic antenna positioning systems are necessary.
embedded with electronics, software, sensors, actuators, and
network connectivity that enable these objects to collect and 3. Detailed Block Diagram
exchange data.

Raspberry pi processor uses most modern Mqtt IoT protocol

to communicate with the mobile phone. The Raspberry Pi is
a series of credit card -sized single-board computers
developed in the United Kingdom by the Raspberry-pi
foundation to promote the teaching of basic computer
science in schools and developing countries. The Raspberry
Pi hardware has evolved through several versions that feature
variations in memory capacity and Peripheral-device
support. The Raspberry Pi is a low cost, credit-card sized
computer that plugs into a computer monitor or TV, and uses
a standard keyboard and mouse. It is a capable little device
that enables people of all ages to explore computing, and to
learn how to program in languages like Scratch and Python.

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C. AT mega -16 microcontroller that provides a highly-flexible and cost-
effective solution to many embedded control applications.
The ATmega16 is a low-power CMOS 8-bit microcontroller The ATmega16 AVR is supported with a full suite of
based on the AVR enhanced RISC architecture. By program and system development tools including: C
executing powerful instructions in a single clock cycle, the compilers, macro assemblers, program debugger/simulators,
ATmega16 achieves throughputs approaching 1 MIPS per in-circuit emulators, and evaluation kits.
MHz allowing the system designed to optimize power
consumption versus processing speed. E. Raspberry PI Basics

D. AVR studio

The AVR core combines a rich instruction set with 32

general purpose working registers. All the 32 registers are
directly connected to the Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU),
allowing two independent registers to be accessed in one
single instruction executed in one clock cycle. The resulting
architecture is more code efficient while achieving
throughputs up to ten times faster than conventional CISC
microcontrollers. The ATmega16 provides the following
features: 16 Kbytes of In-System Programmable Flash
Program memory with Read-While-Write capabilities, 512
bytes EEPROM, 1 Kbyte SRAM, 32 general purpose I/O
lines, 32 general purpose working registers, a JTAG interface A complex IC that integrates the major functional elements
for Boundary-scan, On-chip Debugging support and into a single chip or chip set. It is a programmable processor
programming, three flexible Timer/Counters with compare with on chip memory and with accelerating function
modes, Internal and External Interrupts, a serial hardware (e.g. GPU).It has both hardware software and
programmable USART, a byte oriented Two-wire Serial analog components. The advantages of using a system on
Interface, an 8-channel, 10-bit ADC with optional chip is that it reduce overall system cost It has increase
differential input stage with programmable gain (TQFP performance with low power consumption and reduce size.
package only), a programmable Watchdog Timer with
Internal Oscillator, an SPI serial port, and six software F. Python
selectable power saving modes. The Idle mode stops the
CPU while allowing the USART, Two-wire interface, A/D Python is a widely used high level, general- purpose,
Converter, SRAM; Timer/Counters, SPI port, and interrupt interpreted, dynamic programming language .Its design
system to continue functioning. The Power-down mode philosophy emphasizes code readability, and its syntax
saves the register contents but freezes the Oscillator, allows programmers to express concepts in fewer lines of
disabling all other chip functions until the next External codes than possible in languages such as C++ or Java .The
Interrupt or Hardware Reset. In Power-save mode, the language provides constructs intended to enable writing clear
Asynchronous Timer continues to run, allowing the user to programs on both a small and large scale.
maintain a timer base while the rest of the device is sleeping.
Python supports multiple programming paradigms, including
The ADC Noise Reduction mode stops the CPU and all I/O object-oriented, imperative and functional programming or
modules except Asynchronous Timer and ADC, to minimize procedural styles. It features a dynamic type system and
switching noise during ADC conversions. In Standby mode, automatic memory management and has a large and
the crystal/resonator Oscillator is running while the rest of comprehensive standard library. Python interpreters are
the device is sleeping. This allows very fast start-up available for many operating systems, allowing Python code
combined with low-power consumption. In Extended to run on a wide variety of systems. Using third-party tools,
Standby mode, both the main Oscillator and the such as Py2exe or Py installer, Python code can be packaged
Asynchronous Timer continue to run. The device is into stand-alone executable programs for some of the most
manufactured using Atmel‟s high density non volatile popular operating systems, so Python-based software can be
memory technology. The On-chip ISP Flash allows the distributed to, and used on, those environments with no need
program memory to be reprogrammed in-system through an to install a Python interpreter. C Python, the reference
SPI serial interface, by a conventional non volatile memory implementation of Python, is free and open-source software
programmer, or by an On-chip Boot program running on the and has a community-based development model, as do
AVR core. nearly all of its variant implementations. C Python is
managed by the non-profit Python Software Foundation.
The boot program can use any interface to download the
application program in the Application Flash memory. G. Embedded C
Software in the Boot Flash section will continue to run while
the Application Flash section is updated, providing true Embedded C is a set of language extensions for the C
Read-While-Write operation. By combining an 8-bit RISC language programming by the C standards committee to
CPU with In-System Self-Programmable Flash on a address commonality issues that exist between C extensions
monolithic chip, the Atmel ATmega16 is a powerful for different embedded systems. Historically, embedded C

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programming requires nonstandard extensions to the C 5) In mass communication systems in moving vehicles.
language in order to support exotic features such as fixed
point arithmetic, multiple distinct memory banks, and basic 6) In solar panels.
I/O operations. In 2008, the C Standards Committee
extended the C language to address these issues by providing 7. Conclusion
a common standard for all implementations to adhere to. It
includes a number of features not available in normal C, such The automatic antenna positioning system primarily
as, fixed-point arithmetic, named address spaces, and basic functions to identify the source of signal. The idea is to
I/O hardware addressing. Embedded C uses most of the develop a system which will control the movement of the
syntax and semantics of standard C, e.g., main ( ) function, dish antenna in all direction through an android application.
variable definition, data type declaration, conditional The main application of using a dish is to receive signal from
statements (if, switch, case), loops (while, for), functions, satellite and other broad casting sources. In order to position
arrays and strings, structures and union, bit operations, the dish to the exact angle to receive the maximum signal of
macros, etc. Looking around, we find ourselves to be a particular frequency it needs to be adjusted manually. In
surrounded by various types of embedded systems. Be it a order to overcome the difficulty of adjusting manually, this
digital camera or a mobile phone or a washing machine, all proposed system helps in adjusting the position of the dish
of them has some kind of processor functioning inside it. through an android application device. Remote operation is
Associated with each processor is the embedded software. If achieved by any smart-phone with android OS. The different
hardware forms the body of an embedded system, embedded directions of the dish are attained by using two servomotors,
processor acts as the brain, and embedded software forms its one move in vertical and other in horizontal direction. The
soul. It is the embedded software which primarily governs servo motor actions are controlled by the micro controller.
the functioning of embedded systems. Android application is developed in-order to control the
motion of dish antenna. In the app we can provide the
4. Working horizontal and vertical angle for rotating the dish antenna.
The features of IOT are exploited to communicate between
We control the movement of the dish antenna in all direction phone and controlling system. Raspberry pi processor uses
through an android application. The different directions of most modern Mqtt IOT protocol to communicate with the
the dish are attained by using two servomotors. The servo mobile phone. The raspberry pi downloads the position
motor actions are controlled by the micro controller. The information upload by the mobile through Mqtt. The
features of IOT are exploited to communicate between phone controller uses the data collected from the processor to
and controlling system. Raspberry pi processor uses most control the servo motor. This android app also has the
modern Mqtt IOT protocol to communicate with the mobile provision to show the current position of the antenna. For
phone. The Raspberry Pi is a series of credit card -sized this, the mobile downloads the data uploaded (Mqtt) by the
single-board computers developed in the United Kingdom by raspberry pi about the current position.
the Raspberry-pi foundation to promote the teaching of basic
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