Atienza Project Proposal
Atienza Project Proposal
MANILA
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
The motor is switched OFF when the overhead tank or container is FULL.
Here, the water level of the tank is indicated on LCD (Liquid crystal Display).
Using this system, we can avoid the overflow of the water.
We have already seen How water level indicator circuit works using AVR
Microcontroller in the earlier post. But, here we are designing the circuit
which is used to detect and control the water level automatically in overhead
tank using 8051 microcontroller.
In this system, water sensing can be done by using a set of 4 wires, which are
placed at different levels in tank. DC supply probe is placed at the base of the
tank.
This system mainly works on a principle that “water conducts electricity”. The
four wires which are dipped into the tank will indicate the different water
levels. Based on the outputs of these wires, microcontroller displays water
level on LCD as well as controls the motor.
Initially when the tank is empty, LCD will display the message LOW and motor
runs automatically. When water level reaches to half level, now LCD displays
HALF and still motor runs.
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
MANILA
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
When the tank is full, LCD displays FULL and motor automatically stops.
Again, the motor runs when water level in the tank becomes LOW.
The Collector terminals of the Transistors are connected to VCC and the
Emitter terminals are connected to PORT0 terminals (P0.0, P0.1 and P0.2).
PORT1 of the microcontroller is connected to the data pins of LCD and the
control pins RS, RW and EN of the LCD Display are connected to the P3.6,
GND and P3.7 respectively.