Computer
Engineering 195
Senior Project:
S.J.S.U. 10th Street
Garage
Parking Monitor Control Module
This project is to develop a
parking garage monitoring system for the 10th street garage of San José State
University or any other parking lots. It will
replace the parking garage system and provide better access and garage information to
students. The functions of this system are
classified into two groups: Monitoring functions and Maintenance functions.
The
Problem
The
overgrowing students at San Jose State University provoke different problems that hinder
the students to focus on their studies. One
of the most common problems that each one of us has probably experienced within our stay
in this school is the parking situation.
With
this problem at stake we are proposing for a centralized garage monitoring system. The objective is to monitor each level of each
garage and gives an output of how many cars are in a level of a garage and automatically
compare this to the maximum amount the this level can occupy and construct a signal if
these level is full or not.
This project's conception was brought about by most of our own
personal experience with the San Jose State University parking problem. As we all know
through experience that it has been very difficult to find a parking spot in these garages
especially in the morning. Compounding the problem, traffic also get affected in the
surrounding areas.
The Solution
Our proposed solution would be the installation of an up to the minute parking monitoring system. This system would actually count the number of cars entering and exiting the garage. There would be a light indicator outside the building to indicate whether the garage is full or not. There would also be light indicators before you enter each floor. The overall system would be monitored by the S.J.S.U. traffic department and another monitor located by the parking lot attendant booth. This system can be calibrated daily or once a week depending on how far off the actual count of cars and the computer count is.
Project
Overview
The Monitoring functions:
· Status for parking garage building (full or not).
· Display total car count for each floor (up to the second).
· Display car count for each building.
· Status for each floor (full or not).
The
Maintenance access functions:
· Load car count into each individual counter for each floor of the
parking garage building. This automatically updates the total count of vehicles for the
whole building.
· Reset car counter to zero for each floor.
The picture above would show how the Monitoring system would be built outside the Parking structure.
Above is the prototype of the Parking Monitor Control Module. This module was then wired to connect with Altera's programmable logic board. Click on the image below to see some of the coding done through Altera's Maxplus II programable Logic Development Software.
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Coding was done through Altera's Maxplus II programable Logic Development Software. Click on the figure below to visit Altera's website.
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**Images here are property of Altera Corporation.
