DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A SMART PARKING LOT
J. A. Ogbekhiulu1 and A. M.
Epemu2
1Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering,
College of Engineering and Technology,
Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun Email: ogbekhiulu.joseph@fupre.edu.ng
This paper present the design and implementation of a smart parking lot. The design involves three parking lots and a prototype parking environment constructed with wood. The design was achieved by programming a PIC 16f84a using C program that receives its input from different infrared ray sensor located at the different entrance of the parking lots, then processes the input and sends the output to a seven segment display LCD. The design is a prototype that is intended to solve the issues of proper parking in urban areas, business centers, and University environment. It reduce the stress caused by indiscriminate parking of cars and any form of danger or insecurity to cars and owners. The prototype design was simulated in Proteus environment and then implemented. The results obtained indicates that parking of cars in urban areas, business center and University environment could be controlled and indiscriminate parking and theft of cars could be eliminated.
Key words: Prototype, simulated, parking, programing, environment
