SYNOPSIS

Headlights of vehicles pose a great danger during night driving. The drivers of

most vehicles use high, bright beam while driving at night. This causes a

discomfort to the person travelling from the opposite direction. He experiences a

sudden glare for a short period of time. This is caused due to the high intense

headlight beam from the other vehicle coming towards him from the opposite

direction. We are expected to dim the headlight to avoid this glare. This glare

causes a temporary blindness to a person resulting in road accidents during the

night. To avoid such incidents, we have fabricated a prototype of automatic

headlight dimmer. This automatically switches the high beam into low beam thus

reducing the glare effect by sensing the approaching vehicle. It also eliminates the

requirement of manual switching by the driver which is not done at all times

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 LIST OF CONTENT

CHAPTE TITLE PAGE

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SYNOPSIS
LIST OF CONTENT
LIST OF FIGURES
LIST OF ABBREVATION
LIST OF TABLES
1 CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
1.1 GENERAL
1.2 EXISTING SYSTEM
1.3 PROPOSED SYSTEM
2 CHAPTER 2
LITERATURE SURVEY
3 CHAPTER 3
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
3.1 BLOCK DIAGRAM
3.2 CIRCUIT DIAGRAM
3.3 WORKING PROCEDURE
4 CHAPTER 4
HARDWARE SPECIFICATION

4.1 MICROCONTROLLER

4.1.1 INTRODUCTION
4.1.2 PIC (16F877)
4.1.3 FEATURES OF PIC
4.1.4 PIN DIAGRAM OF PIC 16F877A
4.1.5 ARCHITECTURE OF PIC16F877A
4.1.6 I/O PORT

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 4.1.7 MEMORY ORGANIZATION
4.1.8 INSTRUCTION SET SUMMARY
4.1.9 Q CYCLE ACTIVITY
4.2 POWER SUPPLY
4.2.1 POWER SUPPLY UNIT
4.2.2 STEP DOWN TRANSFORMER
4.2.3 VOLTAGE REGULATORS
4.2.4 FILTERING UNIT
4.2.5 RECTIFIER UNIT
4.3 ALCOHOL SENSOR
4.3.1 INTRODUCTION
4.3.2 FEATURES
4.3.3 PIN DIAGRAM
4.3.4 WORKING PRINCIPLE
4.4 RELAY
4.4.1 INTRODUCTION
4.4.2 LATCH RELAY
4.4.3 POLE AND THROW
4.5 D.C MOTOR
4.5.1 INTRODUCTION
4.5.2 PRINCIPLES OF OPERATION

4.5.3 ELECTROMAGNETS AND MOTORS

5 CHAPTER 5
SYSTEM SPECIFICATION
5.1 SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS
5.1.1 EMBEDDED C
5.1.2 PCW COMPILER
5.2 PROGRAM CODE

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6 CHAPTER 6
MERITS & APPLICATION
6.1 ADVANTAGE
6.2 APPLICATION
7 CHAPTER 7
CONCLUSION
REFERENCE
COST ESTIMATION

LIST OF ABBREVATION
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SYMBOLS EXPANSIONS

DC Direct current
POR Power-on reset
PWRT Power-up timer
OST Oscillator start-up timer
WDT Watchdog timer
ICSP In-circuit serial programming
AC Alternative current
SPDT Single Pole Double Throw
DPDT Double Pole Double Throw
NO Normally open
NC Normally closed
CO Change-over
DT Double-throw

LIST OF FIGURES
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1 Block Diagram of proposed system

2 Circuit Diagram of proposed system
3 Pin Diagram of PIC16F877A
4 Architecture of PIC16F877A
5 Q cycle activity
6 General Block of Power Supply Unit
7 Power Supply Unit
8 Pin Diagram of Alcohol Sensor
9 Basic Circuit of Alcohol sensor
10 SnO2 Becomes Semiconductor
11 Production of Current
12 Relay circuit diagram
13 Working Principle of Motor
14 DC Motor
15 Armature
16 Commutator
17 Electric motor

LIST OF TABLES

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TABLE NAME OF THE TABLE PAGE
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1 Ports of PIC 16F877

2 Bank selection of PIC 16F877