Jasia Ahsan, Nathaniel Mwangi,Nahush Acharya, Neville Mascarenhas and Chowdhury Ibnee Aziz

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Wireless Sensor Parking Locator System
Jasia Ahsan, Nathaniel Mwangi,Nahush Acharya,
Neville Mascarenhas and Chowdhury Ibnee Aziz
jxa0350001_at_utdallas.edu, nwm041000_at_utdallas.edu,
nra062000_at_utdallas.edu, nrm034000_at_utdallas.edu
and cfi051000_at_utdallas.edu
Department of Electrical Engineering Erik Jonsson
School of Engineering Computer
Science University of Texas at Dallas Richardson,
Texas 75083-0688, U.S.A.
Project Results
Project Goals

• To design a parking system capable of detecting
  the empty parking spaces in a parking lot.
• Transfer the data collected from the parking lot
  sensor to a computer server wirelessly.
• To exhibit the collected data to the user through
  a website.
• To achieve the desired objectives in the most
  cost efficient way.

Project Overview

• Parking Lot
• Ultrasonic Sensor is used to detect the presence
  of a vehicle in the parking lot. Range 60
  inches.
• MSP430 ez430-RF2500 The analog output from the
  sensor is processed by MSP430 and the data is
  transmitted using CC2500 transceiver.
• The End-device i.e. the sensor and the
  microprocessor is powered through a 3V battery.
• The microprocessor is programmed using the C
  programming language.
• The data is received at the access point by
  another MSP430 ez430-RF2500 connected to a
  computer through the USB port.
• The data is stored in the database which uploads
  the number of parking space available for a
  particular parking lot.

• Successful integrated the sensor, microcontroller
  and RF board.
• Created a database using Microsoft Access which
  automatically updates the number of parking
  spaces available depending on the input from the
  transceiver.
• The website continuously updates the information
  obtained from the database so that users are
  provided with the latest data.

Project Conclusions

• Successful integrated the sensor, microcontroller
  and RF board to detect the presence of objects
  and send data wirelessly.
• Learned to work in a team environment.
• The use of magnetic sensor can reduce the cost of
  the project. However, it requires the sensor to
  be embedded in the asphalt.