SMART HANDGLOVE FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED

A PROJECT REPORT

Submitted by

RAMYA.V (111514107046)

SUSITHRA.M (111514107055)

VANITHA.T (111514107057)

in partial fulfillment for the award of the degree

of

BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING

IN

ELECTRONICS AND INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEERING

R.M.D ENGINEERING COLLEGE

KAVARAIPETTAI

ANNA UNIVERSITY: CHENNAI 600 025

APRIL 2018
 ANNA UNIVERSITY : CHENNAI 600 025

BONAFIDE CERTIFICATE

Certified that this project report titled “SMART HANDGLOVE FOR

VISUALLY IMPAIRED” is thebonafide work of “V.RAMYA
(111514107046), M.SUSITHRA (111514107055), T.VANITHA
(111514107057)” who carried out the project work under my supervision.

SIGNATURE OF THE HOD SIGNATURE OF THE

Dr.A.CHILAMBUCHELVAN.,ME.,Ph.D., SUPERVISOR
HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT, Mrs.L.AQUILINE LYDIA M.E.,
Electronics and Instrumentation, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR,
R.M.D Engineering College, Electronics and Instrumentation,
Kavaraipettai, R.M.D Engineering College,
Chennai-601206. Kavaraipettai,
Chennai-601206.
 CERTIFICATE OF EVALUATION

College Name RMD ENGINEERING COLLEGE

ELECTRONICS & INSTRUMENTATION

Department
ENGINEERING

Semester 08

Name of the
Title of Project Name of the Students with Register Numbers Supervisor with
Designation

RAMYA.V (111514107046)
Mrs.L.AQUILINE
SMART SUSITHRA.M (111514107055) LYDIA.,M.E,
HANDGLOVE Assistant Professor,
VANITHA.T (111514107057)
FOR VISUALLY Electronics &
IMPAIRED Instrumentation
Engineering

The report of the project work submitted by the above students in partial fulfillment for the award
of Bachelor of Engineering Degree in ELECTRONICS & INSTRUMENTATION Engineering
of Anna University was evaluated and confirmed to be the report of the work done by the above
students and then evaluated.

Submitted the project during the viva voce held on ____________

INTERNAL EXAMINER EXTERNAL EXAMINER

 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The success of any project is in the hard work of those undertaking it and the undeniable
and inevitable support of peers and well-wishers. I am grateful to all who lent us their kind
cooperation and encouragement to enable us to complete this project successfully.

It is my immense pleasure to express my deep sense of gratitude to our chairman Thiru

R.S.MUNIRATHNAM, our vice chairman Thiru R.M.KISHORE and our director Thiru
R.JOTHI NAIDU, for the facilities and support given by them in the college.

I am extremely thankful to our principal Dr.K.SIVARAMPh.D., for having given us

an opportunity to serve the purpose of any education.

I am indebted to Dr. A. CHILAMBUCHELVAN,M.E, Ph.D., Head of the

Department of Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering, for his valuable guidance and
useful suggestions during the course of the project.

I am are very thankful to our project coordinator Mrs. N. PADMAVATHI

M.E,(Ph.D.).,Associate Professor in the Department of Electronics and Instrumentation
Engineering, for her valuable suggestions and guidance for completion of this project on time.

I extend our sincere thanks and gratitude to our project guide Mrs.L.AQUILINE
LYDIA M.E., Assistant Professor in the department of electronics & Instrumentation
Engineering for providing the necessary literature, guidance and constant encouragement for
successful completion of this Project.

Last but not the least, I wish to thank all the teaching and non-teaching staff of
Electronics & Instrumentation Department, for their blessings and for their constant support
throughout our dissertation.
 TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER TITLE PAGE NO

ABSTRACT 1
LIST OF FIGURES
LIST OF ABBREVATIONS

1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 GENERAL 2
1.2 OBJECTIVE 3

2 INTRODUCTION TO ARDUINO
2.1 OVERVIEW 4
2.2 FEATURES 5
2.3 PIN DESCRIPTION 5
2.4 SOFTWARE DESCRIPTION 7

3 LITERATURE SURVEY
3.1 EXISTING SYSTEM 9
3.2 DISADVANTAGES 9

4 PROPOSED SYSTEM DESIGN

4.1 BLOCK DIAGRAM 10
4.1.1 BLOCK DIAGRAM DESCRIPTION 11
4.2 PROPOSED SYSTEM ADVANTAGES 13

5 SOFTWARE COMPONENTS
6 HARDWARE COMPONENTS
6.1 HC SERIES BLUETOOTH MODULE 19
6.2 ARDUINO UNO 23
6.3 MOTOR DRIVER 26
6.4 VIBRATIONAL MOTORS 28
6.5 CAPACITIVE TOUCH SENSORS 31
6.6 MOBILE PHONE 34
6.7 POTENTIOMETER 36
6.8 ULTRASONIC SENSOR 39
6.9 LCD DISPLAY 42
6.10 POWER SUPPLY 46

7 SOFTWARE IMPLEMENTATION 51

8 RESULT AND DISCUSSION

57
9 CONCLUSION

59
10 REFERENCES 60
 LIST OF FIGURES

Fig No Title PAGE No

1.1 Braille pattern 3
2.1 Arduino 4
2.2 Arduino pin description 6
4.1 Block Diagram 10
6.1.1 Bluetooth Module 19
6.1.2 HC-05 connections to arduino 21
6.3 ULN2003 26
6.4.1 Vibrational Motors 28
6.4.2 Motor circuit diagram 30
6.5.1 Capacitive Touch sensor 31
6.5.2 Schematic diagram of touch sensor 32
6.5.3 Results of touch sensor 33
6.6.1 Android 34
6.6.2 Application Flowchart 35
6.7.1 Potentiometer 36
6.7.2 Potentiometer circuit diagram 37
6.7.3 Potentiometer construction 38
6.8 Ultrasonic Sensor 39
6.9 LCD display 42
6.10.1 Regulated power supply 47
6.10.2 Inputs for powering Arduino 48
 LIST OF ABBREVATIONS

GPS - Global Positioning System

GUI - Graphical User Interface
IDE - Integrated Development Environment
PWM - Pulse Width Modulation
LED - Light Emitting Diode
SMS - Short Message Service
BPS - Baud rate Per Second
APK - Android Package Kit
USB - Universal Serial Bus
MCU - Multipoint Control Unit
EMF - Electro Motive force
LCD - Liquid Crystal Display