Arduino Based Wireless Notice Board using Bluetooth

Group Members:
Roshaan Ahmad Siddiqui 2017-CE-02
Uzair Faseeh 2017-CE-14
Rija Khizar 2017-CE-55
Azka Javaid 2017-CE-56

Submitted to:
Mr. Raja Muzammil

Computer Engineering Department, UET Lahore

Introduction

In this world Mobile Phones and the related technologies are becoming more and more
prevalent. Various technical arenas in the field of Telecommunication and Embedded
Systems are becoming omnipresent in the people. The use of cell phones has rapidly
increased over the last decade and a half upgradation in networking technologies has
encouraged the development and growth of very dense networks. Now-a-days the general
mass prefer communicating while on the move therefore landlines usage has been drastically
reduced. Notice boards are one of the widely used ones ranging from primary schools to
major organizations to convey messages at large. Small innovative steps in making use of
technology for regular purposes would have an adverse effect on the environment issues
which we are presently concerned about.
The main aim of this project is to design a SMS driven automatic display Board which can
replace the currently used programmable electronic display and conventional notice boards. It
is proposed to design to receive message in display toolkit which can be used from an
authorized mobile phone. The whole process can be described from the transmitter and
receiver section. The BLUETOOTH module receives a message from the authorized mobile
phone and the message is extracted by the microcontroller from the BLUETOOTH module
and is displayed on the LCD display board. This proposed system in this paper has many
upcoming applications in educational institutions and organizations, crime prevention, traffic
management, railways, advertisements etc. Been user friendly, long range and faster means of
conveying information are major bolsters for this application. By using this proposed
methodology, we can enhance the security system and also make awareness of the emergency
situations and avoid many dangers.

Problem Statement

A lot of paper has been used and is later wasted by the organizations which leads to a lot of
deforestation thus leading to global warming and notice is an indispensable requirement for
public places and organizations to connect or communicate with people in one way or both. ,
A wireless electronic notice board system can be easily realized by using any of the low
power consuming wireless technologies (like Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, RF, XBEE, GSM) replacing
the need of paper notice board.

Objective

Our objective is to develop a wireless notice board that displays notices and the project is
based on the HC-05 Bluetooth module, controlling LCD displays using an android
application.

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Architecture

Components:
1. Breadboard.
2. HC-05 Bluetooth module.
3. 16x2 LCD display
4. Arduino UNO or Nano.
5. Some wires.
6. 1K OHM Resistor
7. Mobile phone from Android.

Steps for the architectural setup:

1. Connect the LCD with the breakout board ; if used for better connections.
2. Connect the Bluetooth with the Arduino with the following connections.
a. Connect the TX of the arduino to the RX of the Bluetooth
b. Connect the RX of the arduino to the TX of the Bluetooth
c. Connect VCC on arduino board to the +5v of the bluetooth as well as ground to
ground.
3. Write the code for the LCD and arduino automation app.
Includes reading data from Arduino automation app and then embedding the code to
display that piece of message on the LCD.
4. Switch on the Hardware.
After switching ON the hardware, note the led on the bluetooth blinks good and the LCD
displays the title with a scrolling to the Left.
5. Open ‘Arduino Bluetooth Control’ app.
Install Arduino Bluetooth control app from playstore from the following link.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com....
6. Display the message on the LCD.
Using the mobile app, type anything you want to display on the LCD.

Software

Arduino IDE is used for programming Arduino board. LCD’s library (#include ) is used,
which is already available in the latest IDE’s library. Here, the baud rate or speed of serial
communication is set to 9600. For serial communication, inbuilt functions such as
serial.begin(), serial.available() and serial.readString() are used.

Code

#include <LiquidCrystal.h>
#include <SoftwareSerial.h>

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LiquidCrystal lcd (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9);
SoftwareSerial mySerial (2, 3); //(RX, TX);

String val = "No Data";

String oldval;
String newval = "No Data";
int i = 0;

void setup()
{
lcd.begin(16,2);
mySerial.begin(9600);
Serial.begin(9600);
lcd.setCursor(0, 0);
lcd.print("Wireless Notice");
lcd.setCursor(0, 1);
lcd.print(" Board ");
delay(3000);
lcd.clear();
lcd.print("Welcome!");
}

void loop()
{
val = mySerial.readString();
val.trim();
Serial.println(val);
if(val != oldval)
{
newval = val;
}
lcd.clear();
lcd.setCursor(i, 0);
lcd.print(newval);
i++;
if(i >= 15)
{
i = 0;
}
val = oldval;
}

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Diagram

Working

This wireless LCD display shows information sent from a smartphone. The user can send text
messages with up to 32 alphanumeric characters to the LCD within Bluetooth range of about
few metres.In this Project the App from the phone sends bluetooth packets to the Bluetooth
module of arduino, after pairing with it. Since Bluetooth is a wireless connection the notice
board can be easily updated just by typing in and sending a message in the format
“*<MESSAGE>#”. The phone will form bluetooth packets and send it to the bluetooth
module where it will be read by the arduino and the code will execute to display the message
that was sent on the LCD, the Message will be scrolling from right to left continuously so
longer texts can also be shown on the screen.

Project extension and implementation in other ways

1. Educational organizations’ (schools and colleges). To inform any changes in the

timetable or important information
2. Hospitals. To inform a doctor’s name and her or his department

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3. Restaurants. To inform the kitchen staff
4. Offices. To inform the status (busy, available, out of the office, etc.) of the boss inside
the office

References

1. https://www.ijert.org/research/wireless-e-notice-board-using-bluetooth-technology-
IJERTCONV6IS07092.pdf
2. https://create.arduino.cc/projecthub/Ramesh_Dofbot/arduino-based-wireless-notice-
board-using-bluetooth-360189
3. https://www.ijeat.org/wp-content/uploads/papers/v10i1/A17761010120.pdf
4. https://www.instructables.com/Wireless-Notice-Board-Bluetooth/
5. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/304230445_Small_and_medium_range_wireles
s_electronic_notice_board_using_Bluetooth_and_ZigBee