GHANA TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY COLLEGE

(GTUC)

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATION ENGINEERING
PROJECT TITLE:

BILINGUAL GSM SUPPORTED E-NOTICE BOARD

USING GSM TECHNOLOGY

TSIKPOR OBED YAO JUNIOR

B010913126
QUAYE VICTOR TETTEH
B010913078

Chapter 1: Introduction
1.1 Background Of the Study
In this modern 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. A lot of paper is been used and which is later wasted by the organizations. This
in turn leads to a lot of deforestation thus leading to global warming. 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. Now-a-days
advertisement is going digital. The big shops and the shopping centers use digital
displays now. Also, in trains and buses the information like platform number, ticket
information is displayed in digital boards. People are now adapted to the idea of the
world at its finger-tips. The use mobile phones have increased drastically over years.
Control and communication has become important in all the parts of the world. The
main aim of this paper 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 receive cum display toolkit which can be programmed
and later be used from an authorized mobile phone. The GSM modem receives a
message from the authorized mobile phone and the message is extracted by the
microcontroller from the GSM modem and is displayed on the LED display board.
Serial communication is used for the entire process from GSM module to
Microcontroller and from microcontroller to the LED display. The three devices are
powered by the same power supply. 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.

1.2 Problem Statement

The electronic notice board is one of the best medium to communicate with the mass
media. Notice boards are the commonly used at the public utility places.
The project, GSM Supported E-Notice Board is an SMS-based and Android driven
Digital display board system, designed to improve the noticing processes by using
GSM. The proposed system will help to display notices from anywhere with the help
of users of Android mobile phone, wirelessly without connecting to the internet.
Android application provides security to the system. User sends the notice by SMS,
which is received at GSM modem and displayed on LCD notice board. This project is
my experiment on real time noticing.
1.3 Objectives
This project is an implementation to the idea of the wireless communication between
a mobile phone and a microcontroller.
To build a complete wireless notice board.
To study the operation of wireless communication using GSM.
1.4 Significance
The importance of this work includes the following:
Easy access to publicity of messages or notice from anywhere.
Saves time and energy.
Long range and faster means of conveying information.
In colleges wherein students and staffs can be informed simultaneously in no
time.
Latency involved in using of papers in displaying of notices is avoided and the
information can be updated by the authorized persons.
1.5 Scope of the Study
First we tried to display the notices with the LED display but as it lead to the complex
circuit for the construction of display we decided to carry on with the LCD display.
As future development commercial model can be able to display the notice using the
big size LED display. In our project we are sending messages via GSM network and
displaying only one message at a time due to time constraints.

Our prototype is mainly used for the text notice display.

1.6 Methodology
The whole process can be described from the block diagram.

MOBILE
PHONE

CELLPHON
E
TOWER

GSM
MODEM

MICRO
CONTROLL
ER

DISPLAY
UNIT

1.7 Layout of the Project

The Chapter 2 gives detailed literature explanation regarding the existing wireless
technology and various microcontrollers. It has also described the basic concepts of
wireless communication.
The Chapter 3 deals with the hardware & software used in implementation of GSM based
notice board.
In Chapter 4 we have discussed about the PCB layout, interface details, schematic
diagram of GSM based notice board.
In Chapter 5 we have given conclusion and the future scope of project GSM based notice
board.