APPLICATIONS OF SHORT-RANGE WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES TO INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION: A ZIGBEE APPROACH

In industries, there will be various loads to be operated and these loads are to be operated at some specific intervals according to our requirements and also based on the devices constraints. For these purposes, a person should be employed to monitor the status of the loads. But there may be chances that the person may forget to operate these loads. And also it is not an easy task for a person to operate these loads manually as these loads run with high currents and high power consumption. This project gives the best solution for electrical power wastage. Also the manual operation is completely eliminated. This project does this application using wireless concept. The wireless technique used here is the Zigbee Technology. Zigbee is a specification for a suite of high level communication protocols using small, low-power digital radios based on the IEEE 802.15.4-2003 standard for wireless personal area networks (WPANs), such as wireless headphones connecting with cell phones via short-range radio. The technology defined by the Zigbee specification is intended to be simpler and less expensive than other WPANs, such as Bluetooth. Zigbee is targeted at radio frequency (RF) applications that require a low data rate, long battery life, and secure networking. The loads like lights, motors, heaters, power controlling system and also current through the loads can be controlled in this project. We can control all loads at a time from one place without connecting any physical wire between loads and control room. Push-to-on switches are provided to switch on/off different electrical loads and to vary the speed level of the fan or a motor. These switches are interfaced to the Zigbee module. This module continuously reads the status of the switches and transmits the data.

At the receiving end, the Zigbee receiver receives this data and presents it to the microcontroller. Now, the controller reads this data and performs the corresponding action i.e., switch on/off corresponding load according to the user requirement. SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE TOOLS: Software Tools: 1. Keil compiler 2. Orcad. 3. Proload Hardware Tools: 1. Microcontroller AT89S52. 2. Zigbee transceivers 3. MAX232 4. LCD 5. Switches

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