A PROJECT REPORT ON

“IOT FRAMEWORK FOR MONITORING

THE CONDITION OF THE ROADS”
A Project report submitted in partial fulfilment of the
requirement for the award of the degree of
BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY
IN
ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING
Submitted by
NAME REGISTER NUMBER

R.Pavithra 18091A04D5
T.Sai Charishma 18091A04G2
L.Sridhar Yadav 18091A04K3
S.Akbar Basha 18091A0406

Under the Esteemed Guidance of

DR. P. V. GOPI KRISHNA RAO Ph.D, MISOI, MIAENG
Professor, ECE Department

(ESTD -1995)
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING
RAJEEV GANDHI MEMORIAL COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
& TECHNOLOGY
(AUTONOMOUS)
Affiliated to J.N.T.U.A – Anantapuramu, Approved by A.I.C.T.E., New Delhi,
Accredited By N.B.A & NAAC with ‘A+’ Grade – New Delhi
NANDYAL – 518501, Kurnool Dist. A.P.
Year:2021-22
 RAJEEV GANDHI MEMORIAL COLLEGE OF
ENGINEERING &TECHNOLOGY
(AUTONOMOUS)
Affiliated to J.N.T.U.A – Anantapuramu, Approved by A.I.C.T.E.,
New Delhi, Accredited By N.B.A & NAAC with ‘A+’ Grade – New
Delhi NANDYAL – 518501, Kurnool Dist. A.P.

(E STD–1995)

CERTIFICATE
This is to certify that the dissertation entitled “ IOT FRAMEWORK FOR
MONITERING THE CONDITION OF THE ROADS ” that is being
submitted by R. PAVITHRA (18091A04D5), T. SAI CHARISHMA
(18091A04G2), L. SRIDHAR YADAV (18091A04K3), S. AKBAR BASHA
(18091A0406) is under the guidance of DR. P. V. GOPI KRISHNA RAO,
Professor ECE department, for Mini Project of the award of B. Tech Degree in
ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING in the RAJEEV
GANDHI MEMORIAL COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY
(Autonomous), Nandyal (Affiliated to J.N.T.U.A, Anantapuramu) is a record
of Bonafide work carried out by them under our guidance and supervision

HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT: PROJECT GUIDE:

Dr. K.MALLIKARJUNA Dr. P.V.GOPI KRISHNA RAO
M.Tech, Ph.D, MISTE, FIETE, MIE Ph.D, MISOI, MIAENG

Professor and H.O.D Professor

Signature of the External

Examiner Date:
 CANDIDATE’S DECLARATION

We hereby declare that the work done in this project titled “ IoT Framework
for Monitoring the Condition of the Roads ” submitted towards completion
of mini project in IV Year I Semester of B. Tech (ECE) at the Rajeev Gandhi
Memorial College of Engineering & Technology (Autonomous), Nandyal. It is
an authentic record our original work done under the guidance of Dr. P.V.
GOPI KRISHNA RAO Ph.D, MISOI, MIAENG, Professor, Dept. of ECE,
RGMCET, Nandyal. We have not submitted the matter embodied in this
project for the award of any other Degree in any other degree in any other
institutions.

By:

R.Pavithra (18091a04d5)

T.Sai Charishma (18091a04g2)

L.Sridhar Yadav (18091a04k3)

S.Akbar Basha (18091a0406)

Place: Nandyal

Date:
 ACKNOWLEDGMENT

We manifest our heartier thankfulness pertaining to your contentment over our

project guide Dr. P.V.GOPI KRISHNA RAO Ph.D, MISOI, MIAENG, Professor of
Electronics and Communication Engineering department, with whose adroit
concomitance the excellence has been exemplified in bringing out this project to
work with artistry.

We express our gratitude to Dr. k. Mallikarjuna, Head of the Department of

Electronic and communication Engineering department, all teaching and non-teaching
staff of the Electronics and Communication Engineering department of Rajeev
Gandhi Memorial College of Engineering and Technology for providing continuous
encouragement and cooperation at various steps of our project.

At the outset we thank our honourable Chairman Dr. M. Santhiramudu, for

providing us with exceptional faculty and moral support throughout the course.

Involuntarily, we are perspicuous to divulge our sincere gratefulness to our

principal, Dr. T. Jayachandra Prasad who has been observed posing valiance in
abundance towards our individuality to a acknowledge our project work tangentially.

Finally, we extend our sincere thanks to all the Staff Members of ECE
Department who have co-operated and encouraged us in making our project
successful.

Whatever one does, whatever one achieves, the first credit goes to the Parents
be it not for their love and affection, nothing would have been responsible. We see in
every good happens to us their love and blessings.

SUBMITTED BY

R.Pavithra (18091a04d5)

T.Sai Charishma (18091a04g2)

L.Sridhar Yadav (18091a04k3)

S.Akbar Basha (18091a0406)

 ABSTRACT

The fatal accidents on the roads remain a global concern. The

development of the effective strategies to reduce such fatal accidents requires
the identification of various risk factors including the road condition. Road
surface monitoring is a key factor to provide smooth and safe road
infrastructure to road users. The key to road surface condition monitoring is to
detect road surface irregularities, cracks, and bumps, which affect driving
comfort and on-road safety.

With this regard, the project is aimed to construct a system that detects
uneven roads and alert the respective government authorities. Here, we can use
IoT model to detect the road surface irregularities, which could change the way
government agencies monitor and plan for road maintenance. A vehicle gets
affected by more vibrations when passing over any irregular road surface rather
than over a smooth one. With this vibration-based approach, road surface
irregularities can be detected and informed to the respective authorities.

By this way we can detect irregularities on road surfaces and can reduce
them by informing to the respective authorities to reduce the fatal accidents and
increase the smooth and safe road infrastructure to road users.
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CONTENTS

TOPICS Page No
CHAPTER -1

1. INTRODUCTION 5-6

1.1 Introduction 5
1.2 Block Diagram 6

CHAPTER -2
2. DESCRIPTION OF HARDWARE COMPONENTS 7-22

2.1 Arduino Uno 7-11

2.2 MPU 6050 Sensor 11-15

2.3 GPS Module 15-17

2.4 GSM Module 17-19

2.5 Battery 20

2.6 Bread Board 21

2.7 Jumper wire 21-22

CHAPTER -3

3. DESCRIPTION OF SOFTWARE 23-30

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CHAPTER -4

4. PROJECT METHODOLOGY 31-36

4.1 Hardware Connection Diagram 31

4.2 Operation of Circuit Diagram 32

4.3 Coding 33-35

4.4 Advantages 36

4.5 Applications 36

CHAPTER -5

5. CONCLUSION AND FUTURE SCOPE 37

5.1 Conclusion 37

5.2 Future Scope 37

REFERENCES 38

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LIST OF FIGURES

Figure Name Page No

1.2.1 Block Diagram 6

2.1.1 Pin Diagram of Arduino R3 9

2.2.1 Piezoelectric Accelerometer 12

2.2.2 Piezoelectric Gyroscope 13

2.2 .3 Pinout of MPU6050 13

2.3.1 GPS 16

2.4.1 GSM SIM800L 19

2.5.1 Battery 20

2.6.1 Bread Board 21

2.7.1 Connecting Wires 22

3.1.1 Launching Arduino 26

3.1.2 Create New Project 27

3.1.3 Selection of Arduino Uno 27

3.1.4 Selection of ATmega328p 28

3.1.5 Selection of Serial Port 29

3.1.6 Uploading the Program 29

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4.1.1 Hardware Circuit Connection 31

LIST OF TABLES

Table Name Page No

2.1.2 Specifications of Arduino Uno R3 10

2.2.4 Pin Description of MPU6050 14

2.4.1 Pin Description of GSM Modem 18

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CHAPTER -1

INTRODUCTION
1.1 Introduction
India is a fastest developing country after China. Although India is
doing exceptionally well in certain field, they majorly lack in road ways.
Roads are the dominant means of transportation in India today. However
roads here are narrow and congested with poor quality and is not maintained
properly. This road condition is a boosting factor for traffic congestion and
number of road accidents. To overcome this pathetic condition many
technologies have been implemented and integrated with road safety.

IoT is an ever-growing network of physical objects that feature an IP

address for internet connectivity. Main enabling factor of this promising
paradigm is the communications solutions. The concept is basically
connecting any device with an on and off switch. Accordingly to the analyst
firm at Gartner there will be over 26 billion connected devices by 2020. The
IoT is considered as a gaint network of connected “things” (which also include
people).

Information gathering is the first step in IoT. Then the information sensed
are transferred to the next level of processing. For this they either require Wi-
Fi or WAN for communication.

Sensor is a device used for detecting and measuring of physical property

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and records, indicates or otherwise response to it. In simple words they are
used to detect events or changes in environment and send it to a controller.

GSM module sends the location of the uneven road detected by the sensors
using GPS module to the respective authorities.

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1.1 Block Diagram

Vibrations

MPU 6050 Arduino

Sensor GSM
Uno

Mobile

GPS

Fig 1.2.1 Block Diagram

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CHAPTER-2
DESCRIPTION OF HARDWARE COMPONENTS

2.1 Arduini UNO R3

Arduino Uno is a microcontroller board based on the

ATmega328P. It has 14 digital input/output pins (of which 6 can be
used as PWM outputs), 6 analog inputs, a 16 MHz ceramic
resonator(CSTCE16M0V53-R0), a USB connection, a power jack, an
ICSP header and a reset button. It contains everything needed to
support the microcontroller; simply connect it to a computer with a
USB cable or power it with a AC-to-DC adapter or battery to get
started.

"Uno" means one in Italian and was chosen to mark the release
of Arduino Software (IDE) 1.0. The Uno board and version 1.0 of
Arduino Software (IDE) were the reference versions of Arduino, now
evolved to newer releases. The Uno board is the first in a series of USB
Arduino boards, and the reference model for the Arduino platform; for
an extensive list of current, past or outdated boards see the Arduino
index of boards.

Pin Specifications of Arduino Uno

The pin configuration of the Arduino Uno is shown below. It

comprises of eight pins where the function of each pin is discussed

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below.

Vin: This is the input voltage pin of the Arduino board used to provide
input supply from an external power source.

5V: This pin of the Arduino board is used as a regulated power supply
voltage and it is used to give supply to the board as well as on board
components.

3.3V: This pin of the board is used to provide a supply of 3.3V which is
generated from a voltage regulator on the board.

GND: This pin of the board is used to ground the Arduino board.
Reset: This pin of the board is used to reset the microcontroller. It is
used to Resets the microcontroller.

Analog Pins: The pins A0 to A5 are used as an analog input and it is

in the range of 0-5V.

Digital Pins: The pins 0 to 13 are used as a digital input or output for
the Arduino board.

Serial Pins: These pins are also known as a UART pin. It is used
for communication between the Arduino board and a computer or
other devices. The transmitter pin number 1 and receiver pin
number 0 is used to transmit and receive the data resp.

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External Interrupt Pins: This pin of the Arduino board is used to

produce the External interrupt and it is done by pin numbers 2 and 3.

PWM Pins: This pins of the board is used to convert the digital
signal into an analog by varying the width of the Pulse. The pin
numbers 3,

5, 6, 9, 10 and 11 are used as a PWM pin.

LED Pin: The board has an inbuilt LED using digital pin-13. The

LED glows only when the digital pin becomes high.

AREF Pin: This is an analog reference pin of the Arduino board. It

is used to provide a reference voltage from an external power
supply.

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Fig 2.1.1 Pin Diagram of Arduino Uno R3

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Specifications of Arduino UNO R3

Table 2.1.2 : Specifications of Arduino UNO R3

Microcontroller ATmega328P
Operating Voltage 5V
Input Voltage (recommended) 7-12V
Input Voltage (limit) 6-20V
Digital I/O Pins 14 (of which 6 provide
PWM output)
PWM Pins 6( Pin 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, and 11)
Analog Input Pins 6
Communication protocol UART x 1, SPI x 1, I2C x 1
DC Current per I/O Pin 20 mA
ICSP Header 2
32 KB (ATmega328P) of which
Flash Memory
0.5 KB used by the bootloader
SRAM 2 KB (ATmega328P)
EEPROM 1 KB (ATmega328P)
Clock Speed 16 MHz
LED_BUILTIN 13
Power Sources Power Jack, USB port, Vin pin
Length 68.6 mm

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Width 53.4 mm

Weight 25 g
DC Current for 3.3V Pin 50 mA

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Arduino Uno R3 Applications

1) Arduino Uno is used in Do-it-Yourself projects prototyping.

2) In developing projects based on code-based control

3) Development of Automation System
4) Designing of basic circuit designs.
5) Weighing Machines.

6) Traffic Light Count Down Timer.

7) Parking Lot Counter.

8) Embedded systems.

9) Home Automation.
10) Industrial Automation.
11) Medical Instrument.
12) Emergency Light for Railways.

2.2 MPU 6050

MPU 6050 is a 6 DOF (Degrees of Freedom) or a six axis

IMU sensor, which means that it gives six values as output. Three
values from the accelerometer and three from the gyroscope. The
MPU 6050 is a sensor based on MEMS (Micro Electro Mechanical
Systems) technology. Both the accelerometer and the gyroscope is
embedded inside a single chip. This chip uses I2C (Inter Integrated
Circuit) protocol for communication.

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Working Principle of MPU6050

Working Principle of Accelerometer

2.2.1 Piezo Electric Accelerometer

An accelerometer works on the principle of piezo electric effect.

Here, imagine a cuboidal box, having a small ball inside it, like in the
picture above. The walls of this box are made with piezo electric
crystals. Whenever you tilt the box, the ball is forced to move in the
direction of the inclination, due to gravity. The wall with which the
ball collides, creates tiny piezo electric currents. There are totally,
three pairs of opposite walls in a cuboid. Each pair corresponds to an
axis in 3D space: X, Y and Z axes. Depending on the current produced

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from the piezo electric walls, we can determine the direction of

inclination and its magnitude.

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Working Principle of Gyroscope

2.2.2 Piezo Electric Gyroscope

Gyroscopes work on the principle of Coriolis acceleration.

Imagine that there is a fork like structure, that is in constant back
and forth motion. It is held in place using piezo electric crystals.
Whenever, you try to tilt this arrangement, the crystals experience
a force in the direction of inclination. This is caused as a result of
the inertia of the moving fork. The crystals thus produce a current
in consensus with the piezo electric effect, and this current is
amplified. The values are then refined by the host microcontroller.

Pin Specifications of MPU 6050

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Fig 2.2.3 Pinout of MPU6050

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Table 2.2.4: Pinout of MPU6050

Pin Pin name Descriprtion

01 Vcc This pin is used for Supply

Voltage. Its input Voltage is +3 to
+5V
02 GND This pin is used for Ground

03 SCL This pin is used for clock pulse

for I2C communication
04 SDA This pin is used for transferring
data through I2C
communication
05 Auxiliar It can be used for other interfaced
y Serial other I2C modules with MPU6050
Data(XDA)
06 Auxiliar It can also be used for other
y Serial interfaced other I2C modules
Clock(XCL) with
MPU6050
07 AD0 If more than one MPU6050 is
used in a single MCU, then this
pin can be used to vary address
08 Interrupt(int) This pin is used to indicate
that data is available for
MCU to read

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MPU6050 Features

 MEMS 3-aixs accelerometer and 3-axis gyroscope values

combined

 Power Supply: 3-5V

 Communication : I2C protocol

 Built-in 16-bit ADC provides high accuracy

 Built-in DMP provides high computational power

 Can be used to interface with other IIC devices like

magnetometer

 Configurable IIC Address

 In-built Temperature sensor

2.3 GPS

The Global Positioning System (GPS) is the most widely used

satellite navigation system around the world. It is one of the Global
Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) that provides geolocation, time,
and velocity information. GPS is operational since 1978 and globally
available since 1994. The latest GPS receivers provide geolocation
with an accuracy of 30 centimeters. The GPS system is owned by the
United States government and is maintained by the United States

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Space Force.

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Fig 2.3.1 GPS

Uses Of GPS

GPS is a powerful and dependable tool for businesses and

organizations in many different industries. Surveyors,
scientists, pilots, boat captains, first responders, and
workers in mining and agriculture, are just some of the
people who use GPS on a daily basis for work. They use GPS
information for preparing accurate surveys and maps, taking
precise time measurements, tracking position or location,
and for navigation. GPS works at all times and in almost all
weather conditions.

There are five main uses of GPS :

1. Location — Determining a position.

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2. Navigation — Getting from one location to another.

3. Tracking — Monitoring object or personal movement.

4. Mapping — Creating maps of the world.

5. Timing — Making it possible to take precise time

measurements.

2.4 GSM MODEM

The Global System for Mobile Communications

(GSM) is a standard developed by the European
Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) to describe
the protocols for second-generation (2G) digital cellular
networks used by mobile devices such as mobile phones
and tablets.

A GSM/GPRS modem is a class of wireless modem,

designed for communication over the GSM and GPRS
network. It requires a SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) card
just like mobile phones to activate communication with the
network. Also, they have IMEI (International Mobile
Equipment Identity) number similar to mobile phones for
their identification.

1. The MODEM needed AT Commands, for interacting with processor

or controller, which are communicated through serial communication.

2. These commands are sent by the controller/processor.

3. The MODEM sends back a result after it receives a command.

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4. Different AT commands supported by the MODEM can be sent by

the processor/controller/computer to interact with the GSM and
GPRS cellular network.

Table 2.4.1 Pin specification Of GSM Modem

Pin Name Pin Description

NET Helical Antenna interface

VCC Power supply(3.4v - 4.4v)

Hard RESET pin, pull this pin low for 100ms to perform
RST a hard reset.

Serial Communication – Data Receiving pin

Serial Communication – Data Transmitting pin

GND GND connection

SPK- Differential Speaker Positive Terminal

SPK+ Differential Speaker Negative Terminal

MIC- Differential microphone Negative pin

MIC+ Differential microphone Positive pin

Pin activates/deactivates sleep mode. Pulling it

HIGH will put the module in sleep mode, disabling
DTR serial communication. Pulling it LOW will wake the
module up

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RING The pin acts as a Ring Indicator.

Fig 2.4.1 GSM SIM800L

Applications of GSM Modem

1. Communicate with long distance

2. IOT Embedded firmware design

3. Load control using GSM

4. GSM-based mobile phone design

Advantages Of GSM Modem

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1. SIM800L is small in size and it supports Micro SIM card

2. Sim800L module supports quad-band GSM/GPRS network

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2.5 BATTERY

The nine-volt battery, or 9-volt battery, is a common

size of battery that was introduced for the early transistor
radios. It has a rectangular prism shape with rounded edges
and a polarized snap connector at the top. This type is
commonly used in walkie talkies, clocks and smoke
detectors. Most nine- volt alkaline batteries are constructed
of six individual 1.5 V LR61 cells enclosed in wrapper. These
cells are slightly smaller than LR8D425 AAAA cells and can
be used in their place for some devices, even though they are
3.5mm shorter. Carbon-zinc types are made with six flat
cells in a stack, enclosed in a moisture-resistant wrapper to
prevent drying. Primary lithium types are made with three
cells in series. 9-volt battery accounted for 4% of alkaline
primary battery sales in the United States in 2007, and 2% of
primary battery sales and 2% of secondary battery sales in
Switzerland in 2008.

2.5.1 Battery

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2.6 BREAD BOARD

A breadboard is a solderless device for temporary

prototype with electronics and test circuit designs. A printed
circuit board (PCB) mechanically supports and electrically
connects electrical or electronic components using
conductive tracks, pads and other features etched from one
or more sheet layers of copper laminated onto and/ or
between sheet layers of a non- conductive substrate.
Components are generally soldered on to the PCB tooth
electrically connect and mechanically fasten them to it.

Fig 2.6.1 Bread Board

2.7 Connecting Wires

Jumper wires are simply wires that have connector

pins at each end, allowing them to be used to connect two
points to each other without soldering. Jumper wires are
typically used with breadboards and other prototyping tools
in order to make it easy to change a circuit as needed. In

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fact, it doesn’t get much more basic than jumper wires.

Connecting wires allows an electrical current to travel from
one point on a circuit to another, because electricity needs a
medium through which to move. In the case of computers,
wires are

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embedded into circuit boards, carrying pulses of

electricity that are interpreted as binary signals of zeros and
ones. Most wires in computers and electronic components
are made of copper or aluminum. Copper is cheap and
electrically conductive. Silver has higher conductivity but is
far more expensive.

Fig 2.7.1 Connecting Wires

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CHAPTER-3

SOFTWARE DECSRIPTION

3.1 ARDUINO SOFTWARE(IDE)

The Arduino Integrated Development Environment – or

Arduino Software (IDE) - contains a text editor for writing code,
a message area, a text console, a toolbar with buttons for
common functions and a series of menus. It connects to the
Arduino and Genuino hardware to upload programs and
communicate with them.

Programs written using Arduino Software (IDE) are called

sketches. These sketches are written in the text editor and are
saved with the file extension .ino. The editor has features for
cutting/pasting and for searching/replacing text. The message
area gives feedback while saving and exporting and also
displays errors. The console displays text output by the Arduino
Software (IDE), including complete error messages and other
information. The bottom righthand corner of the window
displays the configured board and serial port. The toolbar
buttons allow you to verify and upload programs, create, open,
and save sketches, and open the serial monitor.

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FILE IN ARDUINO SOFTWARE:

New

Creates a new instance of the editor, with the bare minimum structure of a
sketch already in place.
Open

Allows to load a sketch file browsing through the computer

drives and folders.
Open Recent

Provides a short list of the most recent sketches, ready to be

opened.
Sketchbook

Shows the current sketches within the sketchbook folder

structure; clicking on any name opens the corresponding
sketch in a new editor instance.
Examples

Any example provided by the Arduino Software (IDE) or library

shows up in this menu item. All the examples are structured
in a tree that allows easy access by topic or library.
Close

Closes the instance of the Arduino Software from which it is

clicked.

Save

Saves the sketch with the current name. If the file hasn't been
named before, a name will be provided in a "Save as.." window. Save
As...
Allows to save the current sketch with a different name.

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Page Setup

It shows the Page Setup window for printing.

Print

Sends the current sketch to the printer according to the

settings defined in Page Setup.

Preferences

Opens the Preferences window where some settings of the IDE

may be customized, as the language of the IDE interface.

Quit

Closes all IDE windows. The same sketches open when Quit
was chosen will be automatically reopened the next time you
start the IDE.
Open source and extensible hardware:
The plans of Arduino boards published under a creative common
license, so experienced circuit designers can make their own version
of the module, extending it and improving it.
Open source and extensible software:
The Arduino software is published as open source tool and the
language can be expanded through C++ libraries

Steps for using Arduino IDE:

Step 1: Get an Arduino board and a USB cable Step

Download Arduino IDE software

Get the latest version from the download page. When the

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download page finishes, unzip the downloaded file. Make sure

to preserve the folder structure. Double-click the folder to open
it. There should be a few files and sub- folders inside.

Step 3: Power up the board

The Arduino Uno, Mega, Duemilanove and Arduino Nano

automatically draw power from either, the USB connection to
the computer or an external power supply. If you are using an
Arduino Diecimila, you have to make sure that the board is
configured to draw power from the USB connection. The power
source is selected with a jumper, a small piece of plastic that
fits onto two of the three pins between the USB and power jacks.
Check that it is on the two pins closest to the USB port.
Connect the Arduino board to your computer using the USB cable.
The green power LED (labelled PWR) should glow.download page
finishes, unzip the downloaded file. Make sure to preserve the
folder structure. Double-click the folder to open it.

Step 4: Launch Arduino IDE

Fig 3.1.1: Launching Arduino

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After your Arduino IDE software is downloaded, you need

to unzip the folder. Inside the folder, you can find the application
icon with an infinity label (application.exe). Double-click the icon
to start the IDE.

Step 5: Create a new project to write the code

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Fig 3.1.2: Create New project

Step 6: Select of Arduino board

Fig 3.1.3: a) Selection of Arduino UNO

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Fig 3.1.4: b) Selection of ATmega328p(Old bootloader)

Step 7: Selection of Serial port

Select the serial device of the Arduino board. Go to Tools →

Serial Port menu. This is likely to be COM5 or higher. To find out, you
can disconnect your Arduino board and re-open the menu, the entry
that disappears should be of the Arduino board. Reconnect the board
and select that serial port.

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Fig 3.1.5: Selection of Serial port

Step 8: Upload the program to board

Before explaining how we can upload our program to the board,

we must demonstrate the function of each symbol appearing in
the Arduino IDE toolbar.

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Fig 3.1.6: Uploading the program

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A − Used to check if there is any compilation

error. B − Used to upload a program to the
Arduino board. C − Shortcut used to create a
new sketch.

D − Used to directly open one of the example sketch.

E − Used to save your sketch.
F − Serial monitor used to receive serial data from the board

and send the serial data to the board.

To upload the code into Arduino compile the code first, if there is
no errors click the upload button. Wait a few seconds; if the
upload is successful, the message “Done uploading” will appear
in the status bar and the LED on the board will blink for the
second.

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CHAPTER -4

PROJECT METHODOLOGY

4.1 Hardware Connection Diagram

Fig 4.1.1 Hardware circuit connections

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4.2 Operation of Circuit Diagram

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4.3 Coding

#include<TinyGPS.h>
#include<SoftwareSerial.h>
#include<MPU6050_tockn.>
#include <Wire.h>

MPU6050 mpu6050(Wire);
SoftwareSerial Gsm(7, 8);
Char phone_no[]=”6303776381”;
TinyGPS gps;

void setup()
{
Float c;
Serial.begi(9600);
Gsm.begin(9600);
delay(100);
Wire.begin();
mpu6050.begin();
}
void loop()
{

bool newData=false;
unsigned long chars;
unsigned short sentences, failed;
mpu6050.update();
Serial.print("accAngleX:");
Serial.print(mpu6050.getAccAngleX());

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c=mpu6050.getAccAngleX();
for (unsigned long start = millis(); millis()-start<1000;)
{
while(Serial.available())
{
char c=Serial.read();
Serial.print(c);
if(gps.encode(c)){
if(c>15 || c<-6)
{
newData=true;
}

if(newData)

{
float flat, flon;
unsigned long age;
gps.f_get_position(&flat, &flon, &age);

Gsm.print("AT+CMGF=1\r");
delay(400);
Gsm.print("AT+CMGS=\"");
Gsm.print(phone_no);
Gsm.println("\""); delay(300);
Gsm.print("http://maps.google.com/maps?q=loc:");
Gsm.print(flat==TinyGPS::GPS_INVALID_F_ANGLE?0.0:flat,6);

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Serial.print(","); Gsm.print(flon==TinyGPS::GPS_INVALID_F_ANGLE?
0.0:flon,6); Gsm.print("longitude is");

Gsm.print(flon); Gsm.print("latitude is");

Gsm.print(flat);
Serial.println("latitude and longitudeare:");

Serial.print(flon);
Serial.println(flat);
delay(200);
Gsm.println((char)26);
delay(200);

Gsm.println();
delay(5000);

Serial.println(failed);

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4.4 Advantages
1. It is helpful in finding the abnormalities on the road surface.

2. It is cost efficient system and easy to implement.

3. Because of usage of MPU 6050 sensor the accuracy of the system

will increase when compared to other vibration sensor systems.

4. It is portable.

5. No violation charges will be applied.

4.5 Applications

1. Can be mass implemented on the government vehicles or at an

attractive subsidized scheme on private vehicles.

2. Can also be used as accident detection system system with small

modifications.

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CHAPTER -5

CONCLUSION AND FUTURESCOPE

5.1 Conclusion

In fast developing countries like India roads are the major source of
Transport. The key to road surface condition monitoring is to
detect road surface irregularities, cracks, and bumps, which
affect driving comfort and on-road safety. In this regard we build
a system which detects any abnormality on the road surface due
to hump or potholes and it immediately sends that information
to the authorized department so that it may take required
measures to solve the probl2m and reduce the risk of accidents.

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5.2 Future Scope

Implementation of cameras or Laser technology can boost the

accuracy of the data collection with their own drawback of complexity and
more costly. By looking at the data on road accidents, technological
developments should be promoted for effective and innovative solutions.

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REFERENCES

[1] Pothole Detection System Based On Iot (researchgate.net)

[2] “Pothole Detection System for Monitoring Road Using IoT” (ijaerd.com)

[3] MPU6050 Module Pinout, Configuration, Features, Arduino Interfacing &

Datasheet (components101.com)

[4] Interface GSM Module to Arduino - Send and Receive SMS

(circuitstoday.com)

[5] How to Interface GPS Module (NEO-7m) with Arduino - Arduino Project
Hub
[6] Video Youtube URL:

1.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUcrrCJd1sY

2.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwCtzGK9bmE

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