Android Mobile Operated Car Control

Abstract

I think one of the major achievements achieved by computers besides doing complex calculations and its contribution to scientific research is in the field of making everyday tasks simpler. I reckon, almost every person who owns/drives a car has always thought of one thing every once in a while, their vehicle’s fuel economy. Well, I thought why not give a solution to their problem and have some kind of a system to help them keep track of it. Besides that, why not provide them with some kind of a car control in their hands. Talking of the problem, I had to make some kind of a system to control/keep track of various features of a car, beginning with fuel economy. The solution I came up with was an embedded system interfaced with an Android mobile application. Initially, we planned on implementing only a fuel economy calculator but later, we decided on adding some other features such as a gauge to show the engine’s temperature and a light control system. The embedded system consists of a microcontroller board – Arduino Uno, which is based on the ATmega328(datasheet), a few sensors – primarily a sensor to measure analogue signals and to measure the fuel level.