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Smartphone Controlled Electrical Machine

Asst.Prof. S.Ashadevi
UG Students: M.Pradeepkumar, P.V.Ramdas, R.Rajesh, M.Sharanya, J.Sathyapriya,
Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Sri Krishna College of Technology,
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
[email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected].
Abstract - This project deals with the android based Wi-Fi
motor control system. To implement the system MIT app
developer-2, Arduino microcontroller board, Bluetooth
module and Android operating system are correlated. The
system is capable of controlling the induction motor
without manual switches and reduces the wirings in
conventional system and hence the maintenance gets
reduced. Implementing this system in industrial
automation application, convenience of controlling the
speed and tasks like start, stop, jogging and braking of the
induction motor is achieved remotely by using Android
based smart phones. This operation is achieved by any
smart phone or Tablet with Android OS with Graphical
User Interface based touch screen operation. Android
Mobile acts as a transmitter and Bluetooth module as a
receiver which is interfaced to the microcontroller and
connected to the induction motor with controlling and
other switching electronic devices depending upon
various purposes.

this project, Android mobile is used as a remote

controller.

Keywords: MIT App Inventor, Android OS, Smartphone,

Bluetooth, Induction motor, Motor Control APP.

Smart Phone Remote

I. INTRODUCTION
Automation using smart phone is an emerging
concept that attracts the synergy of several areas of
information technology and engineering field. A lot
of researches have been going on in the recent years
to increase the use of smart phone in controlling
various equipment. According to the studies, around
75% of electrical machines comprises of motors
which makes the importance of electrical industries.
This system makes the use of smart phone for the
efficient and effective control which provides user
friendly interface controlling the various operations
of electrical machines. The induction motors are
widely used in numerous domestic and industrial
applications. So, they are called as the workhouse of
the motion industry. It is important to control the
speed of induction motors for efficient control
strategies and for reducing operation cost. Here, the
speed is controlled with the help of android
application. Android is an open source mobile
operating system (OS) designed for touch screen
mobile devices such as smart phones and tablets. In

Fig. 1.1 Block Diagram

II. WORKING
Android mobile acts as a transmitter and Arduino act
as a receiver. Bluetooth interface is used to send and
receive data. Since, the load is connected in series
with TRIAC, it is controlled based on the received
signal and the speed control of induction motor is
achieved. To improve the quality of the product,
many industrial applications require adjustable speed
and constant speed. Due to rapid and continuous
advancement in automation process various remote
control techniques have been involved. In recent
technology various alternate techniques are available
for the different speed operation.
Here, the signal to the motor is initiated by the
android APP from the mobile. The signal is
transmitted over Bluetooth interfaced with Arduino
Board. The Arduino board is connected with
induction motor through control and switching
circuits thus the control of motor is achieved.

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Fig. 2.1 Android app

Main activity page

Fig. 2.2Android app

Manual activity page

Above figures show the screen shot of motor controlled app

developed by using MIT App inventor, Fig2.2 show the
manual control of the Induction motor.

III. SOFTWARE
For this project, MIT App Inventor is used which is
the latest app development tool for the android
devices. (The android apps are generally developed
using JAVA language). The MOTOR CONTROL
App consists of five buttons and each button has
different control bytes which are transmitted over
Bluetooth for processing. The app consists of options
in the main menu as shown in Fig 2.1. This app
searches the Bluetooth devices along with their MAC
addresses which is connected with the machine. The
user has to select the particular MAC address. When
a particular MAC address is selected, the status is
shown on the screen is Connected. Now the app is
connected and various operations of machine can be
controlled.
It does not require the prior knowledge of software
language to write the coding. It is an open-source
web application for android app development. It
allows the user to create a computer logical
programming for developing Android application. It
uses graphical interface which allows the user to
drag-and-drop visual objects to create an application
that runs on Android devices. The App consists of
blocks which are used to build various coding for the
app development.
IV. ARDUINO

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easily. It has both a physical programmable circuit

board which is a microcontroller and an Integrated
Development Environment for writing software on
the board. It is used to develop interactive objects,
taking inputs from various switches or sensors and
controlling the motors and other physical outputs. It
provides a standard form factor that breaks the
functions of the microcontroller into a many
accessible packages. It simplifies the process of
working with microcontrollers but also has an
advantage of clear programming. Arduino UNO is a
microcontroller board which has 14 digital
input/output pins of which 6 pins are used as a PWM
outputs, 6 analog inputs, 16 MHz of clock speed,
USB connection, and reset Button. It contains
everything needed to support a microcontroller and
connect UNO to computer via USB cable or power it
with dc adaptor to get started.
V. BLUETOOTH
Bluetooth is one of the best ways for wireless
communication. Bluetooth receives data serially in
RS 232 format. We need to build a circuit because
Bluetooth understands data in RS 232 standard and
Arduino controller understands Data in TTL format.
So we choose Bluetooth module with TTL Logic Bluetooth HC-05.
Bluetooth
is
a
technology
for
wireless
communication. Bluetooth divides transmitted data
into packets, and transmits each packet into 79
designated Bluetooth channels. Each channel has a
bandwidth of 1 MHz the connection can be of pointto-point or multi point where it can be extended up to
10 meters. The transfer rate of the data is 1Mbps to
2Mbps.
VI. SPEED CONTROLLING
The speed control system consists of Thyristor
module with PWM Triggering. The mobile device
transmits the input control signals command by the
Bluetooth module so that it can be varied by the gate
triggering as well as the commands at various speeds.
IDE displays the control system identification of the
input signal. If falling edge and raising edge are at the
same point, then the input signal is TRIAC signal. If
falling edge and raising edge are at different points,
then the input signal is PWM or analog signal. Again
if falling and raising edge are at same point, then the
signal is the analog signal.

Arduino is a fast developing open-source platform

which has all the interfaces that can be possessed

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6.1 TRIAC TRIGGERING WITH PWM

One of the goals is to achieve the ability to control
multiple electronic devices using the precise time
signal generated by the RTC chip (bq3287). For
electronic devices up to two amperes, a relay should
be capable to handle the load and for high voltage
and current home appliances such as water heaters,
the relay becomes more expensive and less reliable.
So, we turned to a solution of using an opto-coupler
isolated TRIAC circuit. This circuit uses a BTA41
TRIAC as a main switching device. The opto-coupler
is used to trigger the TRIAC in Semiconductors
MOC3061.
6.2 SPEED SENSOR
The speed can be measured using different kinds of
sensors operating on various principles. A proximity
sensor senses the presence of objects without any
physical contact. The proximity sensor emits an
electromagnetic field and changes the return signal.
The object being sensed is referred as the proximity
sensors target. For metal targets, an inductive
proximity sensor is used. In this case, the speed of the
rotating machine part (Shaft, Gears, and Cams, etc.)
is monitored directly, so that special or additional
sensing elements are not necessary. The measuring
time depend upon the digital input pulse train. A noncontact proximity sensor provides the user to
implement the encoders or tachometer generators.
Since, the sensors are not in contact with the
application, it can be easily replaced.

VII. HARDWARE
For hardware, Arduino UNO is used which is
supported by Bluetooth module HC-05 and a
switching circuits and timers. It is the main
component which has digital outputs. It is an opensource board which can be programmed easily to get
the desired output.
VIII. CONCLUSION
The objective of the project has been achieved by
developing hardware and software for controlling the
speed of the induction motor using Android
application. It provides an easy and wireless control
of the motor, thus reduces the wiring of the motor
controlling circuit. It provides the use of existing
Android mobile as a remote control unit of a motor
by installing an android app.
IX. RESULT
The Motor control android APP is designed. The
control signals are transmitted from the Smartphone
and corresponding signals are received at the output
terminals of Arduino board. Various signals are
initiated and verified.

6.4 JOGGING AND INCHING

Jogging is the repeated starting and stopping of a
motor in short bursts to perform a particular
movement. This is usually done for positioning on
equipment like conveyors or cranes to a particular
location. The motor is operated on full power and a
special Jogging circuits are also available. Inching is
similar to Jogging and it involves short thrusts of
motion at reduced power and the motor is made to
run at reduced voltage. Jogging should not be done
more than 5 times in a minute, because jogging can
cause the motor to overheat. If Jogging is done
frequently, the starter of the motor should be de-rated.

Fig. 9.1 Serial Monitor Received Control Signal

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