High Rise Building Elevation Monitoring System.

HIGH RISE BUILDING ELEVATION MONITORING SYSTEM

MOHD UZAIR BIN MOHD ALI

This report is submitted as partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the
Bachelor of Electronic Engineering (Industrial Electronics) With Honours

Faculty of Electronic Engineering and Computer Engineering
Univelsiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka

May 2008

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Ayer Keroh, 75450 Melaka

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Engineering (Industrial Electronics) With Honours."

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Dedicate to my father, my mother, my family members, my friends and my supervisor

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Thanks to Allah S.W.T, with His Compassion and Grace, I have managed to
complete the project with a group of knowledgeable people that made course while
doing my project a pleasant and exciting experience one. Their help and support
throughout is greatly appreciated. I would like to give the highest gratitude to my
supervisor, Mr. Tan Kim See, for his help and advice throughout the project especially
during difficult time. Not to forget, thanks to my beloved parents for their continued
encouragement and moral support.

I also wish to take this opportunity to acknowledgement to my housemate
(Azzad Firdaus, Farid, Haidy, Khairil Aizatt, Naszri,Seth, and Syed Syahmi), my fiiends

under same supervisor (Suhaimi and Intan Zura) and my classmates for their support
and assistance in this project.

ABSTRACT

This project is to study and come up with a system that can constantly monitor
the structure of a building that is always upright. Any slight change of the building
structure, either leaning to the right, left, forward or backward, it can be detected early
and send out an alarm to the authority to take the necessary precautions before a tragedy
happens. In this project, the optical technique will be used. The system developed will
provide a constant monitoring process to obtain the necessary data or information on the
building. The final task is to design a prototype transmitter and receiver system to
enable the monitoring process to take place. The objectives of this project are to
improve and generate new ideas based on the technology of optical technique in
monitoring the building. Furthermore, it is also to design a prototype of a transmitter and
receiver system that will be the main part of the project. This project requires a strong
knowledge in optical technology. Then, some knowledge on building structure will be
very usefil to implement the whole system. It is desirably hope that the development of
this monitoring system can be incorporated in new buildings so that the occupants can
be given early warning of the building not being upright anymore.


ABSTRAK

Projek ini adalah untuk mengkaji dan menghasilkan satu sistem yang boleh
berterusan memantau struktur sesebuah bangunan yang sentiasa berkeadaan tegak.
Sedikit perubahan iaitu apa-apa pergerakan bangunan ke kanan, ke kiri, ke hadapan dan
ke belakang dapat dikesan awal yang boleh membawa kepada langkah penting berjagajaga sebelum sesuatu tragedi berlaku. Dalam projek ini, teknik optikal akan digunakan
sebagai satu teknologi pengawasan untuk mendapatkan maklumat yang diperlukan, dan
pada masa yang sarna mereka bentuk sebuah alat pemancar prototaip dan sistem
penerima. Objektif-objektif projek ini adalah diharap dapat menjana idea baru
berhubung penggunaan teknologi optikal dalam pengawasan bangunan. Selain itu,
dengan adanya prototaip sistem pemancar dan sistem penerima yang menjadi bahagian
utarna projek ini diharap dapat menjamin tahap keselamatan dan perlindungan orang
ramai dengan memberi amaran awal sekiranya perubahan kecondongan bangunan dapat
dikesan.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER


TITLE

PAGE

PROJECT TITLE

i

REPORT STATUS VALIDATION FORM

ii

DECLARATION

iii

DEDICATION

v


ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

vi

ABSTRACT

vii

ABSTRAK

viii

CONTENTS

ix

TABLE LIST

xiii

FIGURES LIST

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SYMBOL, SHORT FORM & TERM LIST

xvi

APPENDIX LIST

xviii

INTRODUCTION
1.1

INTRODUCTION OF THE PROJECT

1.2

PROJECT OBJECTIVES

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PROBLEM STATEMENT

1.4

SCOPE OF WORK

1.5

METHODOLOGY

1.6

REPORT STRUCTURE

LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

2.2

OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT

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OPTICAL WIRELESS LINK BUDGET

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2.3.1 Optic losses
2.3.2 Space loss
2.3.3 Effect of the atmosphere
2.3.4 Detector noise
2.4

INFRARED RADIATION
2.4.1 Part of Infrared
2.4.2 Different region in the infrared
2.4.3 Telecommunication bands in the infrared
2.4.4 Heat
2.4.5 Applications

PROJECT METHODOLOGY
3.1

INTRODUCTION

3.2

COMPONENT SELECTION
3.2.1 Relay
3.2.2 IR Receiver
3.2.3 IR LED
3.2.4 LM555 Timer

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CIRCUIT DESCRIPTION AND CONSTRUCTION
3.3.1 Designing Printed Circuit Board (PCB)
3.3.2 Etching Process
3.3.3 Drilling Process

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3.4

3.3.4

Mounting Component on PCB

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3.3.5

Soldering Process

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3.3.6 Testing

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SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION

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HARDWARE DEVELOPMENT
4.1

INTRODUCTION

4.2

THE TRANSMITTER SECTION

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4.1.1

Circuit construction

4.2.2

Circuit operation

4.2.3

Schematic diagram of circuit

4.2.4

Circuit parts

4.2.5

PCB layout

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THE RECEIVER BOARD
4.3.1

Circuit construction

4.3.2

Circuit operation

4.3.3

Schematic diagram of circuit

4.3.4

Circuit parts

4.3.5

PCB layout

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

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5.1

RESULTS

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.5.2

ANALYSIS

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5.2.1

Analysis of the type IR Receiver that will

be used

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5.2.2 Analysis the sensing distance requirement

between transmitter and receiver circuit

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5.2.3 Analysis the project operation of building
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leaning

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DISCUSSION

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CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION
5.1

CONCLUSION

5.2

SUGGESTION

REFERENCES
APPENDIX

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TABLE LIST

TITLE

PAGE

Example of a 2.5 Gbls, 2km link budget with and without tracking

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Wavelength range for bands in the infrared

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Mounting Component in PCB

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Transmitter Part List

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Receiver Part List

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Comparisons of 2 lead pin IR receiver and 3 lead pin IR Receiver

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Electro-optical characteristic

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Analyses of project result

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FIGURE LIST

TITLE

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Process Flow Chart

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References Structure

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Normal Building

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Leaning of Building (1)

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Leaning of Building (2)

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Electromagnetic Spectrum Image

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Project Flow Chart

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Relay

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IR Receiver

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Sensing Distance of Transmitter and Receiver

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IR LED

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Operation of IR LED

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LM555 Timer IC

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Transmitter Schematic in ExpressSCH

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Receiver Schematic in ExpressSCH

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Transmitter Design in ExpressSCH

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Receiver Design in ExpressPCB

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Soldering Joint

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IR Transmitter modules

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Transmitter schematic

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Transmitter PCB layout

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IR Receiver modules

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Receiver schematic
Receiver PCB layout
2 lead pin IR Receiver

3 lead pin IR Receiver
The positions of IR Receiver
Sensing distance between transmitter and receiver
Overview of IR Transmitter module
Overview of IR Receiver module
Prototype of building
Building in an upright position
The leaning of building in forward position
The leaning of building in right position
The leaning of building in left position
The leaning of building in backward position

SYMBOL, SHORT FORM & TERM LIST

AC

Alternative Current

AM

Amplitude Modulation

CIE

International Commission on Illumination

CUL

Canadian Underwriters Laboratories

dB

Decibels

DC

Direct Current

EM1

Electromagnetic Interference

rb

Output Frequency

FIR

Far infrared

FLIR

Forward-looking infiared

FSO

Free Space Optics

GND

Ground

HgCdTe

Mercury Cadmium Telluride

Hz

Hertz

IC

Integrated Circuit

InGaAs

Indium Gallium Arsenide

InSb

Indium Antimonide

IIR

Intermediate infrared

IPC

Interconnecting and Packaging Electronic Circuit

IR

Infra Red

LED

Light Emitting Diode

LWIR

Long-wave infrared

MWIR

Mid-wave infrared

NIR

Near infrared

NC

Normally Close

NO

Normally Open

NPN

Not Pointing In

PbSe

Lead Selenide

PCB

Printed Circuit Board

PIC

Programmable Interface Controller/Pn>grarnmableIntelligent Computer

PNP

Points in Proudly

PR

Receiver Power

PT
rad

Transmitted Optical Power
Radian

R&D

Research and Development

RX

Receiver

SR

Receiver Sensitivity

SWIR

Short-wave infiated

THIGH

Time (output high)

TLOW

Time (output low)

TRX

Transceiver

TX

Transmitter

TTL

Transistor-Transistor Logic

TUV

Tuvalu(IS0 Country Code)

UL

Underwriter Laboratories

UV

Ultraviolet

VCC

Common-collector Voltage

VLWIR

Very-long wave infrared

'IR

Receiver Optics

'Is

Fraction of Transmitted Power Collected by the Receiver

'IT

Transmitter Optics

APPENDIX LIST

NO

TITLE

A

Infrared Emitting Diode datasheet

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B

Micro Embedded Intiared Receiver Module datasheet

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C

LM555 Timer IC datasheet

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D

Relay datasheet

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CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION

1.1

INTRODUCTION OF PROJECT
Incidents of tall buildings collapsing do happen and the trend of going for high

rise buildings either for ofice or domestic spaces is on the rise as the major activities
happen in the upmarket areas where land is scarce. As such, tall buildings keep popping
up. Minus earthquake, a building does not collapse out of the blue. Due to
indiscriminate development and lack of stringent enforcement, a lot of unnoticed
happenings to the earth at the buildings and surrounding areas take place. This earth
movement weakens the foundation of the buildings and over time, buildings can
collapse especially those on the slopes without any warning.
This project is to study and come up with a system that can constantly monitor
the structure of a building is always upright. Any slight change of the building's
elevation, either leaning to the right, left, forward or backward can be detected early and
can alarm the authority to take the necessary precautions before a tragedy happens. In
this project, optical technique will be used. A prototype transmitter and receiver system
will be designed for the purpose.

1.2

PROJECT OaJECTIVES
The objectives of this project are to improve and generate new ideas based on the

optical technology. The main objective is to design a system that can determine the
upright of the building whether it is the same or a change is observed such as it is
leaning to the left, right, forward or backward. If the building is found to be no longer
upright, an alarm can be sent out to the building management or the occupants in the
buildings to vacate the premise. Basically, it is a system to monitor the stability of the
buildings especially for sky scrappers in the city. This project, if successfblly developed,

can be recommended to all tall buildings and probably can prevent loss of lives.

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PROBLEM STATEMENT
The major problems that must be considered in order to achieve the objectives of

this project are the development and design of a system based on optical technology. A
sound understanding on the principles and application of optical techniques is of
paramount important. Once the data is received by the optical detector, it has to be
interpreted, computed and relayed to the control unit. The control unit can then activate
and send an alarm to notify all the occupants of the building. This automatic system will
be a much better system instead of depending on manual observation. It can operate
throughout the day, 24 hours a day without the help of guards.

1.4

SCOPE OF WORK

The scopes of this project will include:

1.

Development of a model to simulate as a tall building structure to
achieve the test the hnctionality of the project.

ii.

Sourcing for suitable and practical optical transmitter and receiver
circuits to be used for the project.

iii.

Conduct analysis, observations and data interpretation for the
information control unit.

iv.

Verify the fbnctionality of the system.

v.

In depth study on the subject matter such as theoretical engineering
principles and application.

vi.

Design and development of the complete system.

1.5

PROJECT METHODOLOGY
From the initial proposed idea to the final completion of the project, various

actions and processes have to be done. A specific schedule has to be drawn up as a guide
and check to ensure that the various scope of work is completed in time. The various
methods and processes include:
i.

Meet with the supervisor in order to understand the main idea of the
proposed project and to acquire suggestions and ideas on the
development and design of the project.

ii.

Gather information from different sources such as journal and the
established website.

iii.

Design Gantt chart for proper planning and execution of tasks to be
undertaken.

iv.

Literature review by reading up publications, thesis and articles by
distinguished writers in optical principles and applications.

v.

Design the prototype (Components and parts identification/specifications/
procurement)

vi.

Testing of prototype for functionality, diagnosis, and installation.

vii.

Preparation and presentation of technical report

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Does literature reviews

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Choosing the suitable circuit

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Built circuit boards and
assembling of component parts

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Test the circuit (receiver and

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Diagnose and

transmitter)

Trouble-shootin@
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IR LED is transmitting
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Any of 4 position IRR detector
sense the transmitter

LED and buzzer get the response
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Result taken
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Submit technical report

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Figure 1.1: Process Flow Chart

1.6

REPORT STRUCTURE
The report is divided into six chapters where the first chapter is about the overall

introduction of the project. It consists of the introduction of the project, objectives of
this project, problem statement and all the necessary scopes of work regarding the
project and methodology of the project which is put in practice throughout this project.
The second chapter is about literature review, initial findings, he study on the theory and
procedures that can be used in the project. The third chapter is mostly about the
methodology of the project that is about the process of the project, PCB development,
system composition and structures and methods of incorporation of the circuits and
system. The fourth chapter is concerning the hardware development, involving the
prototype circuit design and development. The fifth chapter covers the results and
analysis of the implemented system and to justify the functionality of every section to
meet the objectives. The last chapter deals on the conclusion of the project, suggestions
and future improvement on the project.