Design and Implementation of a Digital Speedometer

Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Award of Bachelor of Engineering

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

The dashboard instrument cluster in a car organizes a variety of sensors and gauges, including the oil pressure gauge, coolant temperature gauge, fuel level gauge, tachometer, and more. But the most prominent gauge and perhaps the most important, at least in terms of how many times you look at it while driving is the speedometer. The job of the speedometer is to indicate the speed of a car in miles per hour, kilometers per hour, or both. Even in late-model cars, it’s an analog device that uses a needle to point to a specific speed, which the driver reads as a number printed on a dial. As with any emerging technology, the first speedometers were expensive and available only as options. It wasn’t until 1910 that automobile manufacturers began to include the speedometer as standard equipment. One of the first speedometer suppliers was Otto Schulze Auto meter (OSA), a legacy company of Siemens VDO Automotive AG, one of the leading developers of modern instrument clusters. The first OSA speedometer was built in 1923 and its basic design didn’t change significantly for 60 years. In this project report, high lights will be on the history of speedometers, how they work and digitalization of speedometers, add-on speed checker, and what the future may hold for speedometer design, below is a pictorial overview of a speedometer.

Fig1.1: A modern speedometer.

1.2 THE AIM AND OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT

To design a digital speedometer.

Incorporate a speed monitor concerning the set threshold.

1.3 SCOPE OF THE PROJECT

Actualization of speed using analog to digital conversion technique;

Displaying the analog value in a digital format using an alphanumeric LCD;

Entering the speed limit using a keyboard built around to push to make switches (mode and adjustment keys)

Implementing hall the effective technique.

PROJECT REPORT ORGANIZATION

Chapter one is the introductory chapter of the project, chapter two highlights the literature review of the project, chapter three highlights the system operation chapter four circuit design and implementation, chapter five testing, and results of the project, chapter six summary, recommendation, and conclusion of the project non-chapter pages are the reference page and appendix.