GSM BASED CAMPUS DISPLAY SYSTEM IN CEIS

BUILDING

BENJHON SARCE ELARCOSA

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ELECTRONICS

ENGINEERING

JUNE 2019
 INTRODUCTION

Background of the Study

Notice Board is the most uniform and primary apparatus in any

university, schools or public places like bus stations, railway stations

and parks. But fixing and changing various notices of instruction on a

day-to-day is a difficult process. The main objective of the project is to

develop a wireless notice board that displays messages send from the

user’s mobile. When a user sends a message, it is received by a SIM

inserted in GSM modem at the receiver unit. The GSM modem

interfaced with level shifter IC to Microcontroller. The message

received by the GSM is sent to the microcontroller that further

displays it on an electronic notice board (Srikanthan, et al, 2018).

According to the study of Anushree S P, et al (2014), in the

professional college campus, notices spring up from different officers

bringing reminders, warnings, advice, results, and appointments to be

placed on the notice board. As these notices are being placed on the

boards, some of the old notices are not removed and with time the

notice boards get filled up with relevant and irrelevant notice

messages, as a result of this, a person might not take caution of any

new notice being displayed as the person feels he cannot go through

the stress of browsing through the whole notice board searching for
relevant notices. Apart from that, at times the student would not know

the apprising that has occurred. Regular viewing is needed if he/she

wants to know about the events. But if the notice board includes 20

plus notices being displayed at a time there are possibilities that

students may not come across all of it; might miss few of them. It’s

impossible to accommodate all the info within the main notice board,

therefore chances of displaying department related information in the

departmental notice board is high, which again might remain unaware

from students notice.

A.Meenachi and S.Kowsalya (2016), renowned that a lot of

paper is been used to convey messages at large and which is later

wasted by the organizations. This in turn leads to a lot of deforestation

thus leading to global warming. Small innovative steps in making use

of technology for regular purposes would have an adverse effect on the

environment issues which we are presently concerned about.

In addition, it is a datum that one way to disseminate

information is through bulletin boards and this is used in ASSCAT,

CEIS building. A certain officer or faculty staff will write the

announcement in a paper and post it in the announcement board

which consumed so much time, papers and even money. Campus

Display System through paper in CEIS building has really problems

especially to the students. One must turn it around to see

announcements. There are many students and the CDS through

paper could not really noticeable to them one at a time.

Announcements are made by papers so there’s a possibility for it to be

removed and vandalized.

There are many existing solutions to reduce the common

problems of CDS through paper not only in ASSCAT-CEIS building

but also to the other places by making or scheming Wireless E-Notice

Board Using Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Technology, Remotely Controlled

Android Based Electronic Notice Board and etc. but the researcher

would propose a Campus Display System that will utilize the distinct

advantages of the Global System for Mobile communication (GSM).

One distinct advantage of the system compared to the other system

solutions is that one can post an announcement anytime and

anywhere to be displayed publicly through text messaging by the use

of GSM Module SIM900.

Objectives of the Study

The main objective of the study is to design and build a GSM

Based Campus Display System to display notices of the college that

can be made at low cost integrating the expansiveness of a wireless

cellular network and the effortlessness of information transfer through

the SMS with the coverage of campus display boards.

Specifically, it aims to achieve the following:

1. Determine the commonly used network.

2. Display date, time and temperature.

3. Determine the readability of the GSM-Based Campus Display

System.

4. Perform cost analysis.

Significance of the Study

The GSM Based Campus Display System (CDS) will provide flash

news or announcements to display on time. It is beneficial for the

CEIS faculty personnel and staff, students, college or organization and

to the future researchers.

To the CEIS faculty personnel and Staff, this will assist them to

publicize information easily without writing in a paper and posting it

to a certain bulletin boards. They can post important notices

anywhere and anytime.

To the students, this will help them be updated for the current

news and announcements of the college. Furthermore, this will

encourage them escalate the knowledge of designing and enhancing

the system to surface with a better and advanced project.

To the researchers, the study will broaden their knowledge about

application of wireless communication, Arduino programming and

interfacing.
 Scope and Delimitation of the Study

The display is limited only for CEIS building. This project will

make use of three Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card to be

operated. The system will be using GSM module sim900 to receive and

verify SMS coming from a valid sender. A valid sender could include

the CEIS Dean and the EISS President. A microcontroller (AT mega

2560) is needed to process the message and display it to the 12 feet

long scrolling LED Display. Front of CEIS Room 105 is needed to place

Campus Display System (CDS). If the system receives an SMS from a

valid sender, it will be treated and displayed. Other SMS from any

other mobile phone is discarded. Thus information from valid sources

can be publicized easily.

Time and Place of the Study

The study on GSM Based Campus Display System will be con

ducted in the College of Engineering and Information Sciences,

ASSCAT, Bunawan, Agusan del Sur. It will be started on January

2020 and it will be finished on May 2020.

Operational Definition of Terms

GSM Module sim900 is connected to a microcontroller. It will accept

a valid GSM network operator SIM card and act impartially like a

cellular phone with its own unique phone number. It can be used to

send or receive SMS from a valid sender.

Subscriber Identity Module is a regular chip-on card consisting of

user’s information. It is inserted in a slot available on the GSM

Modem. There are three sim cards needed in the project, the one that

inserted in the GSM Modem as the recipient and the two from the

CEIS Dean and EISS President.

WS2813B/Neopixel LED Strips an integrated light source that have

been integrated alongside a driver chip into a tiny surface-mount

package that is controlled through a single wire. For the system, there

will be two line displays. The first line LED display is 7 strips high and

12 ft. long. It functions as the main view of the project to display SMS

or announcements from the CEIS Dean and EISS President. The

second line is 7 strips high and 4 ft. long to display date, time and

temperature.

Arduino Mega is a small computer on a single integrated circuit

containing a processor core, memory and programmable I/O

peripherals. It will process and verify the message sent from the CEIS

Dean and EISS President. Once the message is verified and confirmed,
the microcontroller will send it to the 12 ft. long Neopixel LED to be

displayed publicly.

Arduino Uno is an open source microcontroller board based on the

microchip ATmega328P microcontroller that is equipped with sets of

digital and analog input/output pins. In the system, it will be

programmed to display the date, time and temperature for the second

line Neopixel LED Display.

AM2320 Temperature and Humidity Sensor use capacitive

humidity sensor and a thermistor. In the study, it measures the

surrounding’s temperature to be displayed in the second line Neopixel

LED Display of the system.

D61302 Real-Time Clock (RTC) is an integrated circuit that keeps

track of the current time to be displayed in the second line Neopixel

LED of the system

Power Supply is built to power the entire system of CDS for effective

operation. It embodies a transformer, a rectifier, a filtering capacitor

and a voltage regulator.

Valid sender is personnel that are verified to send SMS or certain

announcement to be displayed publicly. Valid senders may only

include the CEIS Dean and EISS President.

 Conceptual Framework

INPUT
PROCESS
Microcontroller
OUTPUT
GSM Modem Designing

SIM Card GSM-Based

Installing
Campus
Arduino Program Monitoring Display
Real Time Clock System
Testing
Module

AM2320 Evaluation
Temperature and
Humidity Sensor

Figure 1: Conceptual Framework of the GSM Based Campus Display

System in CEIS building

GSM Based Campus Display System is a system that will display

certain announcement from a valid sender. A valid sender may

initially subscribe his/her Subscriber Identity Module for

authentication to be operated using GSM module sim900. It is driven

by a power supply to perform the operation of the system. In GSM

Based Campus Display System, there are input variables necessary to

achieve objectives of the project; the power supply is needed to run

the system, the microcontroller will be programmed to do the decision

making based on the input from the GSM, and give output to the LED

Display.
 REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

For increasing the lack of frequencies in the radiotelephone

services with the development of cellular networks in the 1970’s which

in turn lead to introduction of AMPS (Advanced Mobile Phone System)

where the transmission was analog based. This was known to be the

first generation in cellular networks. The second generation in cellular

networks was based on digital transmission and was called with

various abbreviations as GSM (Global System for Mobile

communications), ERMES (European Radio Messaging System).

Various Cordless telephone standards were also introduced

throughout this time only. The third generation has risen with the

unification of different technologies and some of them that are

popularly known are FPLMTS (Future Public Land Mobile

Telecommunications System), UMTS (Universal Mobile

Telecommunication System), and IMT2000 (International Mobile

Telecommunication. The Arduino hardware platform already has the

power and reset circuitry setup as well as circuitry to program and

communicate with USB. In addition, the I/O pins of the

microcontroller are typically already fed out to sockets/headers for

easy access (This may vary a bit with the specific model).On the
software side, Arduino provides a number of libraries to make

programming the microcontroller easier. More useful are things such

as being able to set I/O pins to PWM at a certain duty cycle using a

single command or doing Serial communication. The greatest

advantage is having the hardware platform set up already, especially

the fact that it allows programming and serial communication over

USB. The word GSM Refers to Global System for Mobile

Communications. Nowadays many people are showing lot of interest

to know more about GSM related concepts. So, here we have surveyed

a list of various GSM based projects ideas which are having more

demand and very interesting to learn. [2] (Shukla, et al, March 2019)

In the work of [3], a multiuser SMS Based Wireless Electronic

Notice Board, the work is aimed at displaying notices in colleges on

electronic notice board by sending messages in form of SMS through

mobile phone. It is a wireless transmission system which has very

fewer errors and maintenance. When an authorized user sends a

notice from his system, it is received by Wi-Fi receiver. Wi-Fi is a

popular technology that allows an electronic device to exchange data

wirelessly over a computer network, including high-speed wireless

connections. With the development of cellular networks in the 1970’s

for increasing the lack of frequencies in the radiotelephone services

which in turn lead to introduction of AMPS (Advanced Mobile Phone

System) where the transmission was analog based. This was known to

be the first generation in cellular networks. The second generation

was based on digital transmission and was called with various

abbreviations as GSM (Global System for Mobile communications),

ERMES (European Radio Messaging System). Various Cordless

telephone standards were also introduced during this time only. The

third generation has risen with the unification of different

technologies; some of them which are popularly known are FPLMTS

(Future Public Land Mobile Telecommunications System), UMTS

(Universal Mobile Telecommunication System), and IMT-

2000(International Mobile Telecommunication) [4-12].

Message displayed on LCD Screen using GSM and Bluetooth

Technology

In this paper a project model for electronic notice board is

described which uses two different technologies, GSM and Bluetooth

for displaying on LCD screen. Here the main part is Microcontroller

8051. The microcontroller is interfaced with GSM Modem via MAX232

level convertor. It is used to convert RS232 voltage levels to TTL

voltage level and vice versa. The hardware also has a 64K EEPROM.

This EEPROM is used to store the timings and messages to be

displayed. While using Bluetooth technology, Bluetooth modem

fetches the message and sends it forward to the display board. When

using GSM technology, GSM module is used. [13] (Shah, 2015)

Android Based Wireless Notice Board and Printer

This project deals about an advanced Hi-Tech wireless Notice

Board. This system is enhanced to display the latest information

through an Android application of smart phones or tablet. While user

sends the message from the Android application device, it is received

and retrieved by the Bluetooth device at the display unit. The

Bluetooth access password will only be known to the user, it is then

sent to the microcontroller that further displays the notice sent from

the user on the electronic notice board which is equipped with a LCD

Monitor display. It uses an Arduino system (AVR microcontroller) to

control the operation. Bluetooth wireless technology is becoming a

popular standard in the wireless technologies. “Wireless printers”

refers to printers to printers in which a radio frequency (RF) connects

the printer to the network, a controlling PC, a handheld computer or

both. [14](Kadam, et al, 2015)

GSM Based Wireless Notice Board

This paper describes the design and construction of E-notice

board using GSM technology. The system consists of four basic units:

GSM modem, Raspberry pi board, LCD monitor and Mobile device.

The operation of the system is centered on Raspberry Pi Board. The

operation of system is such that the notice which is to be displayed is

send by the mobile device to the GSM modem and displayed on the
LCD monitor using Raspberry Pi board. The system is based on real

time process and saves lot of resources i.e. human effort. The main

objective of this paper is to develop a wireless e-notice board that

displays message sent from the user and to design a simple, easy to

install, user friendly system, user friendly system. Wi-Fi provides

higher data rates for multimedia access as compared to Bluetooth

which provides lower data transfer rates. Bluetooth are intended for

communication (about 10m), while Wi-Fi is designed for WLAN about

100m. [15] (Joshi, et al, 2016)

Android Controlled Digital Notice Board

This paper presents a model about advanced wireless notice

board. The project is built around ARM controller, Raspberry-pi which

is most important in this system. Display is obtained on LCD monitor

display. Remote control is the most popular system nowadays. The

main objective of this project as described in the project is to develop a

wireless notice board which can receive and display message sent

from the user. The project aims at designing LCD monitor based

message display controlled form an Android mobile phone. The

proposed system has a provision to communicate from Android phone

to LCD display board. Range of communication is large. Android

contains a full set of tools that have been built from the ground up

alongside the platform providing developers with high productivity and

deep insight into their applications. [16] (Repe, et al, 2016)

Remotely Controlled Android Based Electronic Notice Board

This project is dealing with hitch wireless electronic notice board.

The main aim of the project is to have an electronic notice board

where the least information can be shorted by the faculty to the

students using Wi-Fi through connection terminal app. This message

can be sent from any Smart phone with Android OS upon GUI based

on touch screen operation. Here 8051 Microcontroller is used. As the

Wi-Fi module has its own IP address and port number that will be

known only to the user the system becomes more secure. When the

user is sending the message from android application device will be

received by the Wi-Fi module. Along with the notice messages, date

and time, breaking news can be flashed timely. [17](Yakaiah, et al)

METHODOLOGY
 Method to be used

The study will use developmental method which aimed to design

and develop GSM Based Campus Display System in CEIS building.

The available devices used are microcontroller, SIM cards and

Neopixel LED Strips to display flash news and announcements

simultaneously including the date, time and temperature. The study

then will used GSM for better system. Furthermore, it also practices

survey method using questionnaire to determine the commonly used

network and to determine the readability of the display. Economic

analysis will be also applied in the study.

Sources of Data

The researcher will use temperature sensor as the primary source

for the temperature and RTC for the date and time to be displayed in

the second line of the Neopixel LED Display. For survey method, the

researcher will prepare questionnaire for the respondents. In

performing economic analysis, the basis will be the receipts of every

cash outflow that involves in the study.

Data Gathering Instrument and Procedure

 The instrument needed to gather data for Arduino code would be

mobile phone or laptop connected to the internet for google searching.

Once the researcher gathered the data or Arduino code, it will then

execute to the Arduino app in the pc or laptop and will be saved in the

SD card inserted in the microcontroller. In addition, the study will

also make used of RTC and Temperature sensor. The temperature will

monitor the temperature of the environment to be displayed in the

second line display. All the data gathered will be then stored in the

two Arduino SD cards, for the 12 ft. long scrolling message Neopixel

LED Display in the first line and for the 4 ft. long Neopixel LED

Display for the date, time and temperature. To determine the

commonly used network and the readability of the display, the survey

questionnaire will be the instrument to gather data from the one

hundred (100) randomly selected people of CEIS-ASSCAT.

Respondents of the Study

Before Developing GSM Based Campus Display System

One hundred (100) of the population of CEIS-ASSCAT will

randomly select to answer the ten (10) item survey statement about

the mobile service provider.

After Developing GSM Based Campus Display System

 One hundred (100) of the population of CEIS-ASSCAT will

randomly select to answer the survey questionnaire about the

readability of the display.

Treatment of Data

The data obtained from the accomplished questionnaire will be

classified, tallied and subjected top statistical analysis.

Also, the study will use summation of the points gathered in the

evaluation of the study.

Formula that will be used in the Study

The formula used in the study to identify the power and energy

of the system.

Power Output

P = V ×𝐼

Energy Output

E = P ×𝑇
 Economic Analysis of the Study

Cost analysis of GSM Based Campus Display System in CEIS

Building

Cost of GSM Based CDS

The cost of the system will be the sum of the material cost and

labor cost computed using the formula below:

CGBCDS= Mc + Lc

Where:

CGBCDS- Cost of the GSM Based CDS

Mc- Material cost

Lc- Labor cost

Benefit-Cost Ratio (BCR) is an indicator used in the study to show

the relationship between the relative costs and the benefit costs.

 If a project has a BCR greater than 1.0, the project is

considerable

 If a project’s BCR is less than 1.0, the project should not be

considered
 𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝐵𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑓𝑖𝑡𝑠
BCR=
𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝐶𝑜𝑠𝑡

Return of Investment (ROI) is the ratio of a profit or loss made in a

fiscal year expressed on the terms of an investment. It is expressed in

terms of percentage of increase or decrease in the value of the

investment during the year.

Net profit
ROI=
Total Investment

Description of the GSM Based Campus Display System in CEIS

Building

The Campus Display System using GSM is designed at the CEIS

building for displaying important news simultaneously. There are only

two valid senders which includes College Dean and the EISS

President. Each subscriber should be verified and authenticated in

order to be treated once they send an SMS to display in the CDS.

Microcontroller will be used to process the message and display it to

the 12 ft. long scrolling message Neopixel LED Display for the

information of everybody. Another microcontroller will also utilize for

the date, time and temperature along with the RTC and temperature

sensor.

Mobile Phone

GSM Modem

Microcontroller

LCD Display

Figure 2: Block Diagram of GSM Based Campus Display System in

CEIS Building

The block diagram of the Campus Display System using GSM in

figure 2 shows the flow of the system. The system is using GSM

Modem which receives, verifies and forwards the message to the

Microcontroller. Microcontroller is the second block. Microcontroller

processes the message and sends to the LCD. LCD works as the third

constituent part which displays the message until it is invoked by

microcontroller to display a new message.

 Start

Sending SMS

Verification

Receiving
SMS

Saving SMS

Fetching SMS

Checking
SMS

SMS Display

Figure 3: Flow-chart of GSM Based Campus Display System in CEIS

Building

Message will be sent from CEIS Dean or EISS President to the sim

number inserted in the GSM Module sim900. It will then undergo

phone number validation. After validation, it will be treated and stored

in Arduino SD Card and will be fetched from EEPROM bit-by-bit. SMS

will be checked in accordance to the font size and number of

characters. Finally, after the five steps it will be displayed publicly.

APPENDICES
 B Appendix Tables

Quantity Unit Estimated Price Description

1 pc Arduino Uno
1 pc Arduino Mega
1 pc GSM Module
Sim900
3 pcs SIM Card
1 pc RTC
1 pc Temperature
Sensor
18 ft Neopixel LED
Strips
m Connecting
Wires
plywood
power supply
Others

Total

Appendix Table 1. Materials to be used in Construction

Gantt Schedule of Activities

Curriculum Vitae
Personal Background

Name : Benjhon Sarce Elarcosa

Nickname : Benj/ Ben/ Jhon

Date of Birth : April 01, 1997

Place of Birth :Esperanza, Agusan del Sur

Home Address :P-10, Poblacion, Esperanza, Agusan del Sur

Name of Father : Bienvenido Colarat Elarcosa

Name of Mother :Dominga Ama Sarce

Name of Brother : Ernie Sarce Elarcosa

Name of Sisters : Maribeth E. Tesiorna

Chavaria E. Undayoy

Miraflor E. Lumpay

Jonabeth S. Elarcosa

Jovelisa S. Elarcosa

Resli S. Elarcosa

Loverslyn S. Elarcosa

Jonna Mae S. Elarcosa

Educational Attainment

Elementary : Esperanza Central Elementary School

Secondary : Esperanza National High School

Tertiary : Agusan del Sur State College of Agriculture

 and Technology

Seminar Attended:

Membership to Organization:

 P.I.O, Agusan del Sur State College of Agriculture and

Technology, Junior Institute of Electronics Engineers of the

Philippines (ASSCAT-JIECEP 201 5-2018)

 Treasurer, Agusan del Sur State College of Agriculture and

Technology, Engineering and Informatic Students Society

(ASSCAT-EISS 2018-2019)
 Block Diagram of the Study

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