An electric-pole tilt notification system/ Tugume, Kenneth.

CHAPTER ONE................................................................................................................. 1
INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................. 1
1.1 BACKGROUND.................................................................................................. 1
1.2 PROBLEM STATEMENT....................................................................................... 2
1.3 OBJECTIVES........................................................................................................... 3
1.3.2 Specific Objectives. ............................................................................................3
1.4 JUSTIFICATION. .................................................................................................... 3
1.5 Scope......................................................................................................................... 3
CHAPTER TWO ................................................................................................................ 4
LITERATURE REVIEW ................................................................................................... 4
2.0 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................... 4
2.1 DEFINITIONS, DESCRIPTIONS AND CONCEPTS ............................................ 4
2.1.1 RF Transmitter/Receiver pair .............................................................................4
2.1.2 GSM technology. ................................................................................................4
2.1.3 Database System.................................................................................................4
2.1.4 The accelerometer sensor....................................................................................5
2.1.5 Microcontroller. ..................................................................................................5
2.2 THE EXISTING TILT DETECTION SYSTEMS. .................................................. 5
2.2.1 Vibration Monitoring of Power Distribution Poles. ...........................................5
2.2.2 Electrical & Mechanical Fault Alert Traffic Light System Using Wireless
Technology. .................................................................................................................7
2.4 COMPARISON BETWEEN THE NEW AND THE EXISTING SYSTEM......... 10
2.5 TECHNOLOGIES USED....................................................................................... 10
CHAPTER THREE .......................................................................................................... 11
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METHODOLOGY ........................................................................................................... 11
3.0 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................. 11
3.1 DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS............................................................. 11
3.1.1 Requirement elicitation.....................................................................................11
3.2 REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS............................................................................. 12
3.3 SYSTEM DESIGN. ................................................................................................ 12
3.3.1 Design tools. .....................................................................................................12
3.4 SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION. ........................................................................... 13
CHAPTER FOUR............................................................................................................. 14
SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND DESIGN............................................................................. 14
4.0 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................. 14
4.1 REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS............................................................................. 14
4.1.1 Functional Requirements. .................................................................................14
4.1.2 Non-Functional Requirements..........................................................................14
4.2 SYSTEM DESIGN. ................................................................................................ 15
4.2.1 Logic design......................................................................................................16
4.2.2 Conceptual design.............................................................................................16
4.3 SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT;................................................................................. 20
4.3.1 The Development Platform...............................................................................20
4.3.2 Code design of the system ................................................................................20
4.3.3 The circuit diagram for the system ...................................................................23
4.3.4 The system operation ........................................................................................23
CHAPTER FIVE .............................................................................................................. 24
IMPLEMENTATION AND TESTING ........................................................................... 24
5.1 SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION............................................................................ 24
5.2 SYSTEM TESTING ............................................................................................... 24
5.2.1 Unit testing........................................................................................................24
5.2.2 Integration testing. ............................................................................................25
5.2.3 System testing ...................................................................................................26
5.2.4 Validation of the system ...................................................................................... 26
5.2.5 Verification .......................................................................................................... 26
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CHAPTER SIX................................................................................................................. 28
DISCUSSIONS AND RECOMMENDATION................................................................ 28
6.0 INTRODUCTION. ................................................................................................. 28
6.1 DISCUSSION OF THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE SYSTEM. ......................... 28
6.2 CHALLENGES FACED. ....................................................................................... 28
6.3 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE WORK. ................................................ 29
6.4 CONCLUSION....................................................................................................... 29
REFERENCES ................................................................................................................. 30
APPENDIX....................................................................................................................... 31

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