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Driver Information System Using Zigbee
Abstract
Many a times the warning sign on the road sides becomes difficult to watch for the drivers and the
driver may sometimes miss the warning notes. These warning notes may be speed breaker ahead or
narrow bridge or even accident zone etc. This becomes tedious during rainy seasons and at nights.
Sometimes the boards may be so dirty and the driver may not read anything and even if he tries to
read it with a wide eye there is a chance for the drive to lose concentration on the road.
For this a portable unit is placed inside the vehicles and it communicates with the roadside systems
at all times. So the position of each vehicle can be very easily known by the roadside system and also
the system has all the details of roads and emergency station such as hospitals stored in it. So
whenever the information is needed such information is automatically passed on to the vehicle
from roadside system and the driver in the vehicle can get a clear idea of the contents received.
A Zigbee system is placed along with the microcontroller. The microcontroller at all times receives
the information and displays the information using the dedicated LCD display. Further the same is
used to announce to the driver about the hurdles such as speed breakers. This voice alerting system
helps the drivers to concentrate on the road without even worrying about the sign boards near the
road.
Additionally, once implemented the system can be used for applications like driver drowsiness
detection. Using accelerometers and automatic voice alerts, to alert the driver. Also in case of an
accident this system can be used to alert emergency services using the Zigbee transceivers along the
road. For this an additional GPS receiver is placed in the vehicle. This entire system can be used for
detecting the health status of driver, check drunk and drive and also accident detection can be done.

Existing System
1. In the existing system we have to look at the sign boards for direction
2. Drivers will not be aware of speed breakers at night

Proposed System
1. A portable unit is placed inside the vehicles and it communicates with the roadside systems
at all times
2. A voice announcement is given to the driver about the hurdles such as speed breakers
3. In case of an accident it automatically gives alert to emergency services using the Zigbee
transceivers.





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Block Diagram

PIC18F45K22
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MODULATION
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USB to UART Interface
USB Port
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Power
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Power LED
VEHICLE MODULE - INFORMATION RECEIVING UNIT
HIGHWAY MODULE-INFORMATION TRANSMITTER UNIT
Alarm
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Software Tools
1. MPLAB IDE
2. Or CAD
3. Eagle
4. Visual Basic

Hardware Required
1. Microcontroller 18F45K22 I/P
2. Zigbee
3. GPS Receiver
4. PC Interfacing
5. LCD Display
6. Speaker




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