Published Paper Details:

Lack of space availability has always been a problem in urban areas and major cities and to add to it there are cars parked callously on the streets that further limit the space. In order to handle the issue of parking in busy places various types of vehicle parking systems are used worldwide namely Multi-level Automated Car Parking, Vertical Car Parking System, Volkswagen Car Parking and many more. The present project work is aimed to develop a reduced working model of a car parking system for parking 6 cars within a parking area of two cars. The platform is fabricated to suit the working model. The procurement and manufactured items are in hand and are ready to be assembled with the structure. This model is further useful for various branches of engineering in order to develop different types of automations like PLC, micro controller and computerization. By testing and analysing the working model we can definitely get the view to develop the parking lots at difficult and busy commercial places. The Slot uses a microcontroller along with sensing circuits monitoring entry and exit of cars. The car owners are allowed an entry only if their RFID card is swiped .The amount in the card automatically gets reduced with a display indication besides indicating the available number of parking. For loading the amount 2 push buttons are used and SW2. Example is shown for 6 cards but it can be extended to many numbers. On every parking 10rs is deducted from the card and each card can be easily recharged up to 500rs. There are two push buttons to increment and decrement the amount in the card. An H-bridge arrangement operates the entry and exit boom motors operating clockwise and anticlockwise for opening and closing. A buzzer sound comes while the card is swiped. Upon every entry of a car the parking availability gets reduced by one number while every exit the number increases. A standard power supply is used. A seven segment display displays the status of every action done and the amount deducted or incremented during recharging.