Automated Car Parking

The aim of this IOT based project was to design and build a prototype of an automated parking system which will provide a solution for the problems encountered in today’s parking lot management systems. To complete this project, RFID technology, RFID readers, RFID labels, barriers are used as the main components and all of these hardware are interfaced by using Arduino Mega board. The software handled the management, controlling, transaction, reporting and operation tasks for parking lots. Space availability can be checked remotely by using internet and a web browser. Check-ins and check-outs of the parking-lots is controlled with RFID readers, labels and barriers. Costs for parking is deducted considerably using this technology. Drivers will not have to wait for the identification of their vehicles as it will be done automatically by the tags that are provided to them. This will not only save the his/her time and car’s fuel but also ensure security as only the registered tags (users) are allowed to enter. This project has basically solved the problems of efficient management of parking spaces in extremely busy areas by developing a prototype which is user friendly, secure, fast and providing information of parking space remotely. The end result of the project was satisfactory because all the test cases worked as aimed and intended. P.S.: Remote access (IOT) doesn’t work yet