2014 IEEE 6th International Conference on Adaptive Science & Technology (ICAST), 2014
This paper seeks to establish the need to develop a model for reliability performance evaluation ... more This paper seeks to establish the need to develop a model for reliability performance evaluation of power distribution companies in Nigeria. In this regard, an ICT based framework for the evaluation is proposed, while the challenges that are likely to militate against the implementation of the proposed framework were highlighted with their proffered solutions. In this paper, Enugu Electricity Distribution Company was used as a case study to show that the proposed Independent Data Acquisition Center (IDAC) model will work provided the field data namely System Average Interruption Duration Index (SAIDI) and System Average Interruption Frequency Index (SAIFI) are made available. The Independent Data Acquisition Center was simulated using vb.net leveraging on IEEE standard 1366-2012. Finally, this research is on-going with a focus on the development of an effective data capturing system for SAIDI and SAD7I. When fully integrated, the entire system would be of great help to individuals, respective companies and government domains for quick objective evaluation of the power distribution reliability in Nigeria.
3rd IEEE International Conference on Adaptive Science and Technology (ICAST 2011), 2011
Abstract Contemporarily, owing to astronomical advancements in the very large scale integration (... more Abstract Contemporarily, owing to astronomical advancements in the very large scale integration (VLSI) market segments, hardware engineers are now focusing on how to develop their new digital system designs in programmable languages like very high ...
2014 IEEE 6th International Conference on Adaptive Science & Technology (ICAST), 2014
A liquid dispenser is a system or a machine which is designed and capable of responding to an ins... more A liquid dispenser is a system or a machine which is designed and capable of responding to an instruction or request made by the user in other to dispense a particular liquid. This paper developed a liquid dispenser leveraging microcontroller technology with added features that eliminates manual operation of the dispenser's pumps. This is achieved by the use of cup sensor in the control unit that automatically detects the presence of cups or other container. It also solve the issue of overflow of fluid due to loss of concentration by the introduction of electronic keypad which enables the users to input their desired quantity. The system code implementation was implemented with Assembly language via a notepad editor saved as .asm file. The saved file was compiled with an assembler (MIDI - 51) which generated three files; hex file, obj file and list file. The hex file was used for the simulation of the design in Proteus 7.7 professional and burning of the microcontroller for construction. The outcome at the end of the specified design period was a working prototype that was able to dispense a liquid if the user activates the button from the keypad. The results shows that cup sensor carries out its sensing functionality satisfactorily.
Educational institutions' administrators in our country and the whole world are concerned about r... more Educational institutions' administrators in our country and the whole world are concerned about regularity of student attendance. Student overall academic performance is affected by it. The conventional method of taking attendance by calling names or signing on paper is very time consuming, and hence inefficient. This problem gave birth to research on Radio frequency identification (RFID) authentication with face processing and recognition though in this paper we basically highlighted on the face processing and recognition. The system is made up of a camera which take the photos of individuals and a computer unit which performs face detection (locating faces from the image removing the background information) and face recognition (identifying the persons) First, face images are acquired using webcam to create the database. Face recognition system will detect the location of face in the image and will extract the features from the detected faces. As a result of feature extraction process, templates or eigenfaces are generated which are reduced set of data that represents the unique features of enrolled user's face. These templates are stored in database after eigenface calculation. The basis of the eigenfaces calculation in this work is the Principal Component Analysis (PCA). The Principal Component Analysis is a method of projection to a subspace and is widely used in pattern recognition. The objectives of PCA are the replacement of correlated vectors of large dimensions with the uncorrelated vectors of smaller dimensions and to calculate a basis for the data set. C# was used for serial communication, the image training, detection and recognition and for the application interfaces, and in connection other physical components. At the end of this research work, we were able to achieve a classroom attendance system that uses the students' images for authentication and at the same time, it is able to have high level of security and privacy because another student can never take attendance for the other.
In this paper, a self diagnostic system for maintenance of traffic light system is developed. The... more In this paper, a self diagnostic system for maintenance of traffic light system is developed. The quality of light produced by the light emitting element of traffic light system at remote site is monitored via graphical user interface (GUI). The remote system’s status report obtained from the GUI helps the maintenance operator(s) to change or repair the traffic light head at appropriate time. The remote site consists of a prototype T-Junction traffic light, controlled by an intelligent processor (microcontroller) which also monitors and diagnoses fault(s) in the system and alerts the central server via GSM modem interfaced to it. The microcontroller emulates the attention (AT) command of the modem and uses it to send fault alert in form of short message service (SMS) to the host server. The server has GSM receiver interface to it through a smart level converter (max 232). The tools used in the development of the prototype T-junction traffic light include proteus Virtual Simulation Module Software Development Kit (VSMSDK) used to develop the GUI and the host server, macro integrated development environment(MIDE) used to edit and assembly the software program. Wellon programmer was used to transfer the assembled program to the microcontroller chip. The results showed that proteus professional, though primarily a virtual development tool can also be used for real time development of a prototype embedded system, reducing design-market time. Keywords: Self diagnostic, graphical user interface, proteus VSM, real time development, prototype embedded system
2014 IEEE 6th International Conference on Adaptive Science & Technology (ICAST), 2014
This paper seeks to establish the need to develop a model for reliability performance evaluation ... more This paper seeks to establish the need to develop a model for reliability performance evaluation of power distribution companies in Nigeria. In this regard, an ICT based framework for the evaluation is proposed, while the challenges that are likely to militate against the implementation of the proposed framework were highlighted with their proffered solutions. In this paper, Enugu Electricity Distribution Company was used as a case study to show that the proposed Independent Data Acquisition Center (IDAC) model will work provided the field data namely System Average Interruption Duration Index (SAIDI) and System Average Interruption Frequency Index (SAIFI) are made available. The Independent Data Acquisition Center was simulated using vb.net leveraging on IEEE standard 1366-2012. Finally, this research is on-going with a focus on the development of an effective data capturing system for SAIDI and SAD7I. When fully integrated, the entire system would be of great help to individuals, respective companies and government domains for quick objective evaluation of the power distribution reliability in Nigeria.
3rd IEEE International Conference on Adaptive Science and Technology (ICAST 2011), 2011
Abstract Contemporarily, owing to astronomical advancements in the very large scale integration (... more Abstract Contemporarily, owing to astronomical advancements in the very large scale integration (VLSI) market segments, hardware engineers are now focusing on how to develop their new digital system designs in programmable languages like very high ...
2014 IEEE 6th International Conference on Adaptive Science & Technology (ICAST), 2014
A liquid dispenser is a system or a machine which is designed and capable of responding to an ins... more A liquid dispenser is a system or a machine which is designed and capable of responding to an instruction or request made by the user in other to dispense a particular liquid. This paper developed a liquid dispenser leveraging microcontroller technology with added features that eliminates manual operation of the dispenser's pumps. This is achieved by the use of cup sensor in the control unit that automatically detects the presence of cups or other container. It also solve the issue of overflow of fluid due to loss of concentration by the introduction of electronic keypad which enables the users to input their desired quantity. The system code implementation was implemented with Assembly language via a notepad editor saved as .asm file. The saved file was compiled with an assembler (MIDI - 51) which generated three files; hex file, obj file and list file. The hex file was used for the simulation of the design in Proteus 7.7 professional and burning of the microcontroller for construction. The outcome at the end of the specified design period was a working prototype that was able to dispense a liquid if the user activates the button from the keypad. The results shows that cup sensor carries out its sensing functionality satisfactorily.
Educational institutions' administrators in our country and the whole world are concerned about r... more Educational institutions' administrators in our country and the whole world are concerned about regularity of student attendance. Student overall academic performance is affected by it. The conventional method of taking attendance by calling names or signing on paper is very time consuming, and hence inefficient. This problem gave birth to research on Radio frequency identification (RFID) authentication with face processing and recognition though in this paper we basically highlighted on the face processing and recognition. The system is made up of a camera which take the photos of individuals and a computer unit which performs face detection (locating faces from the image removing the background information) and face recognition (identifying the persons) First, face images are acquired using webcam to create the database. Face recognition system will detect the location of face in the image and will extract the features from the detected faces. As a result of feature extraction process, templates or eigenfaces are generated which are reduced set of data that represents the unique features of enrolled user's face. These templates are stored in database after eigenface calculation. The basis of the eigenfaces calculation in this work is the Principal Component Analysis (PCA). The Principal Component Analysis is a method of projection to a subspace and is widely used in pattern recognition. The objectives of PCA are the replacement of correlated vectors of large dimensions with the uncorrelated vectors of smaller dimensions and to calculate a basis for the data set. C# was used for serial communication, the image training, detection and recognition and for the application interfaces, and in connection other physical components. At the end of this research work, we were able to achieve a classroom attendance system that uses the students' images for authentication and at the same time, it is able to have high level of security and privacy because another student can never take attendance for the other.
In this paper, a self diagnostic system for maintenance of traffic light system is developed. The... more In this paper, a self diagnostic system for maintenance of traffic light system is developed. The quality of light produced by the light emitting element of traffic light system at remote site is monitored via graphical user interface (GUI). The remote system’s status report obtained from the GUI helps the maintenance operator(s) to change or repair the traffic light head at appropriate time. The remote site consists of a prototype T-Junction traffic light, controlled by an intelligent processor (microcontroller) which also monitors and diagnoses fault(s) in the system and alerts the central server via GSM modem interfaced to it. The microcontroller emulates the attention (AT) command of the modem and uses it to send fault alert in form of short message service (SMS) to the host server. The server has GSM receiver interface to it through a smart level converter (max 232). The tools used in the development of the prototype T-junction traffic light include proteus Virtual Simulation Module Software Development Kit (VSMSDK) used to develop the GUI and the host server, macro integrated development environment(MIDE) used to edit and assembly the software program. Wellon programmer was used to transfer the assembled program to the microcontroller chip. The results showed that proteus professional, though primarily a virtual development tool can also be used for real time development of a prototype embedded system, reducing design-market time. Keywords: Self diagnostic, graphical user interface, proteus VSM, real time development, prototype embedded system
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by the light emitting element of traffic light system at remote site is monitored via graphical user interface (GUI). The
remote system’s status report obtained from the GUI helps the maintenance operator(s) to change or repair the traffic
light head at appropriate time. The remote site consists of a prototype T-Junction traffic light, controlled by an intelligent
processor (microcontroller) which also monitors and diagnoses fault(s) in the system and alerts the central server via
GSM modem interfaced to it. The microcontroller emulates the attention (AT) command of the modem and uses it to
send fault alert in form of short message service (SMS) to the host server. The server has GSM receiver interface to it
through a smart level converter (max 232). The tools used in the development of the prototype T-junction traffic light
include proteus Virtual Simulation Module Software Development Kit (VSMSDK) used to develop the GUI and the host
server, macro integrated development environment(MIDE) used to edit and assembly the software program. Wellon
programmer was used to transfer the assembled program to the microcontroller chip. The results showed that proteus
professional, though primarily a virtual development tool can also be used for real time development of a prototype
embedded system, reducing design-market time.
Keywords: Self diagnostic, graphical user interface, proteus VSM, real time development, prototype embedded system
by the light emitting element of traffic light system at remote site is monitored via graphical user interface (GUI). The
remote system’s status report obtained from the GUI helps the maintenance operator(s) to change or repair the traffic
light head at appropriate time. The remote site consists of a prototype T-Junction traffic light, controlled by an intelligent
processor (microcontroller) which also monitors and diagnoses fault(s) in the system and alerts the central server via
GSM modem interfaced to it. The microcontroller emulates the attention (AT) command of the modem and uses it to
send fault alert in form of short message service (SMS) to the host server. The server has GSM receiver interface to it
through a smart level converter (max 232). The tools used in the development of the prototype T-junction traffic light
include proteus Virtual Simulation Module Software Development Kit (VSMSDK) used to develop the GUI and the host
server, macro integrated development environment(MIDE) used to edit and assembly the software program. Wellon
programmer was used to transfer the assembled program to the microcontroller chip. The results showed that proteus
professional, though primarily a virtual development tool can also be used for real time development of a prototype
embedded system, reducing design-market time.
Keywords: Self diagnostic, graphical user interface, proteus VSM, real time development, prototype embedded system