International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (IJTSRD)

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RFID Based Rotary Car Parking System

Aye Aye Nyein1, Ohnmar Win2
1Department of Electronic Engineering, Technological University (Mandalay), Mandalay, Myanmar
1Department of Electronic Engineering, Mandalay Technological University, Mandalay, Myanmar

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Ohnmar Win "RFID Based Rotary Car This paper deals with the manufacturing of a Prototype of Rotary Car Parking
Parking System" System using Sensors. Lack of space availability has always been a problem in
Published in urban areas and major cities and to add to it there are cars parked callously on
International Journal the streets that further limit the space. In order to handle the issue of parking
of Trend in Scientific in busy places various types of vehicle parking systems are used worldwide
Research and Rotary Automated Car Parking System and many more. This thesis work is
Development aimed to develop a scale down working model of a car parking system which
(ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456- will reduce the excess use of land space. This total prototype is powered by
6470, Volume-3 | IJTSRD27852 unipolar stepper motor. This model also uses a RFID Tag and Reader. When
Issue-5, August the car comes on the ramp the switch will be activated and the pallet comes to
2019, pp.1847-1849, carry the vehicle. When the switch will be operated by the operator, sprockets
https://doi.org/10.31142/ijtsrd27852 starts to rotate and the new space will be adjusted for new vehicle. Planners,
developers, architects are finding out solutions to tackle this problem of
Copyright © 2019 by author(s) and parking, so took this opportunity to bring this technology of an automated
International Journal of Trend in Scientific parking system which will reduce a lot of land space for parking purpose. By
Research and testing and analyzing the working model definitely get the view to develop the
Development Journal. parking lots at difficult and busy commercial places.
This is an Open
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I. INTRODUCTION
Today the world is developing and developing. From the saturated with commercial office buildings but not as many
past, people are inventing new things for higher living parking spaces. Drivers generally need to spend a significant
standards. People get the benefits of invention. It gives the amount of time circling the blocks around their destination
positive and negative effects to the world. Positive effects searching and waiting for available parking spaces. To
take the human kinds to higher living standards. But the overcome above problem there is need of an advanced car
other side, the planet is suffering the effect of invention. parking system.

This paper can be used in hotel, hostel, high buildings,

supermarkets and condos etc. Figure 1 shows the block
diagram of rotary car parking system.

II. IMPLEMENTATION OF ROTARY CAR PARKING SYSTEM

The following components are used for implementing the
rotary car parking system.
 Arduino Mega
 RFID
 IR Sensor
 Stepper Motor
 Servo Motor
 LCD Display

A. Arduino Mega
Figure 1 Block Diagram of Rotary Car Parking System All of it that were renowned for premier board, the Arduino
Uno. The Arduino Mega 2560, while slightly less well known,
As the city modernization progresses, the number of vehicles is the Uno’s bigger. The Arduino Mega 2560 is a beefy
increases accordingly, instead of taking public microcontroller board based around the powerful
transportation, people travel in personal vehicles to different ATmega2560 microprocessor with all the capabilities of four
locations in the cities for convenience and comfort. Due to Uno boards combined, and is capable of almost anything at
the lack of a well-planned policy for parking facilities, the it.
demand of parking spaces is generally much greater than the
supply. Additionally, downtown areas are gradually

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As stated before, the brain behind the Arduino Mega is the gate opens and the owner is allowed to enter the car parking
ATmega2560. Thanks to the ATmega2560 that is associated area. If not "THE CARD IS INVALID", servo gate still closes
crystal oscillator, the Arduino Mega sports 16 MHz clocking and the owner is not from this building. And then, 20x4 LCD
speed, as well as 256 KB of flash, 8 KB of SRAM and 4 KB of display is used for showing the information of inputs and
EEPROM. Because of its brawnier processor, the Mega has 54 outputs situations. The first line shows the request and
digital I/O pins (15 of which can provide PWM output) and position, the second line shows free space in car parking
16 analog pins, which is almost four times that of its Uno[1]. area, the third line describes card number that the owner
shows and the fourth line displays the showing card is valid
B. RFID Technology or invalid. Stepper motor is used only for rotating the
RFID (Radio-frequency identification), uses electromagnetic parking stairs.
fields to automatically identify and track tags attached to
objects. The tags contain electronically-stored information. If the owner requests some number, it rotates to reach that
Passive tags collect energy from a nearby RFID reader's number in front then it stops. L298N is used for driving and
interrogating radio waves. Active tags have a local power giving high current stepper motor. Then, six IR sensors are
source (such as a battery) and may operate hundreds of used for counting up from one to six are used the position of
meters from the RFID reader. Unlike a barcode, the tag need car stairs that is pasted on the floor of every parking. Two IR
not be within the line of sight of the reader, so it may be (IN and OUT) sensors are used where the car exists in
embedded in the tracked object. RFID is one method for parking area or not. Another one sensor (IR) is used to sense
Automatic Identification and Data Capture (AIDC). RFID tags the car is outing from the parking area and it is controlled to
are used in many industries, for example, an RFID tag servo gate. IR sensor IN the servo gate opens and not
attached to an automobile during production can be used to detected the servo gate closes. Keypad is used to call the
track its progress through the assembly line; RFID-tagged desire car parking from any stairs to the entry that can be
pharmaceuticals can be tracked through warehouses; and pressed '1' to '6' then the parking that the owner wants go to
implanting RFID microchips in livestock and pets allows for the entry gate. Finally, push button is used to open the servo
positive identification of animals [3]. gate.

C. IR Sensors
In this system, three IR sensors are used for checking car
entry and exit. Two IR (IN and OUT) sensors are used where
the car exists in parking area or not. Another one sensor (IR)
is used to sense the car is outing from the parking area and it
is controlled to servo gate. The car is detected by IR sensor
the servo gate opens and not detected the servo gate closes.

D. Stepper Motor and L298N Motor Driver

Stepper motor is used only for rotating the parking stairs. If
the owner requests some number, it rounds up to reach that
number in front of him and then it stops. It can't drive itself
directly from the output of arduino without using any driver.
There are many drivers to drive it but L298N driver is used Figure 2 Circuit Diagram of Rotary Car Parking System
in this thesis. 12 V supply is used mostly as an external
supply to one pin of L298N although it can give external IV. TEST AND RESULTS
supply from 6 V to 35 V. A. Simulation Result
In this software interface, all of the process is doing in
E. Servo Motor automatic system by using arduino software in C++
Servo motor is used as a gate at the entry of car parking area. programming language. If the car parking system is start
It is mostly as a gate in many projects because of rotating running, the owner gives the request with RFID card. When
only 180 degrees. In this thesis, it is used for two aims. One one card receives, the stepper motor runs and red led on and
aim is for IR sensor is detecting the car and another one is if green LED off. Checking always that the request and IR
RFID card reader correct code, the servo gate opens. sensor is equal or not. If still "No", the IR sensor counts up
one when the parking crosses through it.
F. LCD Display
20x4 LCD display is used for showing the information of
inputs and outputs situations. The first line shows the
request and position, the second line shows free space in car
parking area, the third line describes card number that the
owner shows and the forth line displays the showing card is
valid or invalid.

III. SYSTEM DESIGN

In Figure 2, Arduino is used for managing the processes of
inputs and outputs. RFID card reader is placed at the entry of
the car parking area which is used for checking the showing
card is correct or incorrect. After correct showing card, the
screen displays "THE CARD IS VALID" and then the servo Figure 3 Simulation Circuit of Rotary Car Parking System

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When the reading IR sensor and the RFID request are equal,
LED green is on and red is off. After the stepper motor is
stopped, another IR sensor IN check car in or not. At the
same time, IR sensor OUT also detects the car out or not. If IR
sensor IN is 1, car enter into the parking and if IR sensor
OUT is 1, car leaves from the parking and finally reaches end
process and loop always from the start. Figure 3 shows the
simulation circuit of rotary car parking system.

B. Experimental Results
The prototype for rotary car parking system is constructed
as shown in Figure 4. RFID reader reads the valid RFID card,
the stepper motor is for turning with step the fiber plate to
reach the desired position. Stepper motor has 4 wires
connect with L298N motor driver that is a junction for
stepper motor and Arduino. If the invalid card is read, the Figure 6 Top View of the Rotary Car Parking System
buzzer is ringing for one second and the gate will be closed.
V. CONCLUSION
The proposed rotary car parking system is efficient and less
time consuming as it uses an automation system the nearest
parking slot and also helps in tracking the number of cars
entered in the parking area which reduces human efforts.
The system provides high performance in tracking the car
entering and exiting from the parking area and also showing
its presence in a parking slot. By using this system, it doesn't
have to have any security and not need to have wide space.
The earlier system used only with button but now automatic
system with RFID card interfacing of the hardware circuit
with the computer. The circuit can be used at all places
Figure 4 Prototypes for Rotary Car Parking System starting from domestic to the industrial sectors. Therefore,
this thesis is compatible for any places such as
supermarkets, hotels, buildings and hospitals etc.

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