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IOT based DC Motor Controlling & Monitoring System
Kajal Dhawale1, Neha Chourasia2, Sandip Buradkar3 Soniya Milmile4
1,2,3,4
Assistant Professor, ETC Department/Guru Nanak Institute of Engineering & Technology Dahegaon,
Kalmeshwar Road, Near Radha Swami Satsang, Nagpur-441501, Maharashtra, India
Abstract:- DC motor plays a very important role in II. LITERATURE SURVEY
different industrial applications. This project deals with
a system that protects the DC motor as well as helps in 1] In their paper, Tan, Lee and Soh (2002) proposed
controlling and monitoring various parameters like
the development of an Internet-based system to allow
temperature, speed, etc with the help Internet of Things
monitoring of important process variables from a
(IoT). This project makes use of NodeMCU-ESP8266
Wi-Fi modules, a DC motor, temperature sensor (NTC distributed control system (DCS). This paper proposes
thermistor), relay, etc. We are using the IoT for the hardware and software design considerations which
process monitoring and control which allows us to enable the user to access the process variables on the
control various operations from a very long distance and DCS, remotely and effectively.
web server to store real time values. Here the whole 2] Potamitis, Georgila, Fakotakis, and Kokkinakis, G.
system is going to be controlled by using a user interface (2003) suggested the use of speech to interact remotely
(pc or smartphone). The signals can be transmitted and with the home appliances to perform a particular
received by using the IoT cloud interface with the help of
action on behalf of the user. The approach is inclined
the Wi-Fi module ESP8266 (NodeMCU). This system is
for people with disability to perform real-life
design to control DC motor without shuting off whole
system i.e. without break in work. It helps to monitor the operations at home by directing appliances through
system and if temperature goes high, it will reduces its speech. Voice separation strategy is selected to take
temperature by rotating a DC motor in anticlock wise appropriate decision by speech recognition.
direction and without causing any damage to the system. 3] Prof. Era Johri Dept. Of Information And
Technology K.J.Somaiya College Of Engineering
Keywords- DC motor, IoT, Node MCU wi-fi, Sensors, etc VIDYAVIHAR, MUMBAI “Remote Controlled
Home Automation Using Android Application via
I. INTRODUCTION WiFi Connectivity”.
4] Prakash, Chetna, and Sanjeev Thakur. "Smart Shut-
IoT based embedded systems are used in various fields Down and Recovery Mechanism for Industrial
to grown up with the latest technology. So we have Machines Using Internet of Things." 2018 8th
decided to implement this system for protecting, International Conference on Cloud Computing, Data
controling and monitoring of DC motors in the Science & Engineering (Confluence). IEEE, for
industry. In various industries numbers of DC motors predictive maintenance of motors in the industries,
are used for various applications so maintenance of monitoring needs to be performed continuously so as
those motors were a difficult task for the operators in to determine any degradation in performance or failure
the industry. But by the use of IoT based system any of the motors. The recovery mechanism provides a
operator can check any motor’s present status from the back-up machine which is started when the main
control room. He can record real time readings of motor is shut down. This helps in decreasing the loss
various parameters like voltage, current and that would occur during the downtime. This increases
temperature by using IoT based system on a single the reliability.
computer screen. Also if he find any abnormal 6] Şen, Mehmet, and Basri Kul. "IoT-based wireless
condition in any motor of the plant he can stop the induction motor monitoring.” Scientific Conference
motor from the control room by the use of IoT based Electronics (ET), 2017 XXVI International. IEEE,
system. 2017. In this way, the production process is not
impeded and the required maintenance or replacement
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can be performed with the least possible disruption. ESP8266 start collecting real time readings of
This study has provided statistics not only for creating temperature and according to that the whole system
mathematical models but also for enabling the CMS works. When their is possibility of DC motor to get
operator to establish a motor maintenance schedule. closed then motors start rotating in anticlock wise
direction. All the real time readings get stores on web
III. METHODLOGY page which is designe to monitore and control whole
system. With the help of that web page, we can also
The main methodology of this entire project is control the speed of DC motors.
depends on IoT based embedded system so interfacing
of all hardware with wi-fi and internet is very
important part in its functioning. The whole
programming is done in IDE and then it is load in the
Node MCU and with the help of wi-fi and various
sensors we have achieved the required goals like
providing protection to motor from the abnormal or
faulty conditions. Also study and observing of various
parameters of motor like temperature, current and
voltage. Controlling of motor is another very
important factor in this project. Total functioning of
project in terms of block diagram is shown in the Fig
1. Fig 2. Testing of Hardware
V. RESULTS
In this project we have achieved results regarding
humidity, temperature, load current etc as shown in
Fig 2. The parameters are shown on the display to
monitor, to control and to protect the motor. In harsh
condition the motor will automatically gets off. In this
way we protect whole system by damaging and
breaking whole setup without manual efforts.
Fig 1. Block Diagram
IV. HARDWARE
This system is embedded system so hardware is very
crucial part of this system. The most important
hardware is Node MCU 8266 wi-fi. Through the Node
MCU 8266 wi-fi all other hardwares like temperature
sensor, DC motors are interfaced with the IoT system. Fig 3. Software Testing
We have used Voltage Sensor Module to measure
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