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INTRODUCTION
RESEARCH FRAMEWORK
Theoretical Framework
By installing a Bluetooth network in the office, workers can do away with the
complex and tedious taskof networking between the computing devices, yet have
the power of connected devices. Each Bluetooth device could be connected up
to 200 other devices making the connection of every device with every other
possible. Since it supports both point to point and point to multipoint it will
virtually make the maximum number of simultaneously linked devices unlimited.
The Bluetooth technology connects all office peripherals wirelessly. Connect
PC or notebook to printers, scanners and faxes without the ugly and troublesome
cable attachments. Users can increase their freedom by connecting the mouse or
the keyboard wirelessly to the computer.
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Bluetooth allows the users to have three way phones. At home, the phone
functions as a portable phone. When on the move, it functions as a mobile
phone. And when the phone comes within range of another mobile phone with
built-in Bluetooth wireless technology it functions as a walkie-talkie.
In meetings and conferences, users can transfer selected documents
instantly with selected participants, and exchange electronic business cards
automatically, without any wired connections.
It connects wireless headset to mobile phone, mobile computer or any
wired connection to keep hands free for more important tasks when users were
at the office or in the car.
A. Operating Frequency
Bluetooth networking transmits data via low-power radio waves. It
communicates on a frequency of 2.45 gigahertz (actually between 2.402 GHz
and 2.480 GHz, to be exact). This frequency band has been set aside by
international agreement for the use of industrial, scientific and medical devices
(ISM).
B. Power Requirements
One of the ways Bluetooth devices avoid interfering with other systems is
by sending out very weak signals of about 1 mill watt. By comparison, the most
powerful cell phones can transmit a signal of 3 watts. The low power limits the
range of a Bluetooth device to about 10 meters (32 feet), cutting the chances of
interference between your computer system and your portable telephone or
television. Even with the low power, Bluetooth doesn't require line of sight
between communicating devices. The walls in the house won't stop a Bluetooth
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signal, making the standard useful for controlling several devices in different
rooms.
C.
devices in the same 10-meter radius. Bluetooth uses a technique called spreadspectrum frequency hopping that makes it rare for more than one device to be
transmitting on the same frequency at the same time. In this technique, a device
will use 79 individual, randomly chosen frequencies within a designated range,
changing from one to another on a regular basis. In the case of Bluetooth, the
transmitters change frequencies 1,600 times every second, meaning that more
devices can make full use of a limited slice of the radio spectrum. Since every
Bluetooth transmitter uses spread-spectrum transmitting automatically, its
unlikely that two transmitters will be on the same frequency at the same time.
D.
Network Architecture
When Bluetooth-capable devices come within range of one another, an
electronic conversation takes place to determine whether they have data to share
or whether one needs to control the other. The user doesn't have to press a
button or give a command -- the electronic conversation happens automatically.
Once the conversation has occurred, the devices -- whether they're part of a
computer system or a stereo -- form a network. Bluetooth systems create a
personal-area network (PAN), or piconet, that may fill a room or may encompass
no more distance than that between the cell phone on a belt-clip and the headset
on your head. Once a piconet is established, the members randomly hop
frequencies in unison so they stay in touch with one another and avoid other
piconets that may be operating in the same room.
(http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/bluetooth2.htm, 18 December 2011)
Bluetooth Pairing Procedures
Windows XP comes with a Bluetooth configuration utility that you can use
to help define a new device that we can connect to. We will use this utility to set
up a virtual serial port that we can use to communicate with the Bluetooth
enabled device.
This configuration utility can be found under the Windows Control Panel,
and then launch the Bluetooth Devices application.
Click the "Add" button to begin configuring the virtual serial link as shown
in Figure 1.
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Conceptual Framework
The design of the project follows the set of frameworks illustrated on
Figure 7. The follow-up discussion elaborates the input, process and output
frameworks.
The INPUT is a Bluetooth-enabled mobile phone that will serve as the
alternative remote control for both the television and the DVD player. The mobile
phone that would be use should be operating and running under the Android
Operating System. A passkey will be required by the Bluetooth module in order to
pair the phone and the microcontroller. The Bluetooth module will serve as the
receiver while the Bluetooth-enabled mobile phone will act as the transmitter. The
phones Bluetooth must be turned on to communicate with the device. An
application should be installed to the phone to control the device and to have a
virtual remote control interface. The infrared remote controller of an appliance
can be decoded by an IR receiver circuit to decode its infrared signals and to
search for compatible codes stored in the microcontroller.
The PROCESS is handled by the microcontroller which will process most
of the function to control the television with a Bluetooth-enabled phone. The
Bluetooth modules main purpose to the design is to receive signals from the
phone and the receive signal will be the inputs on the microcontroller so that the
microcontroller can generate outputs based on the received command signal
from the phone. The microcontroller is also the one responsible for the security
measures of the pairing process for it stored the passkey needed to access the
device.The microcontroller then process the Bluetooth signal from the phone and
decodes each signal that represents unique commands with its respective
outputs generated by the microcontroller. The designated output pins of the
microcontroller based on the program loaded to it will have an infrared transmitter
to transmit infrared signals to the infrared receiver of the appliances. The
instruction from the phone will be translated to infrared signals by the
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PROCESS
Android Phone
OUTPUT
Microcontroller
IR-based Appliances
- Transmits Bluetooth
- Requests
control
passkey
signal
code and establish Bluetooth connection
- Initializes device pairing
- Receives control signal from the remote control
- Generates outputs based on the input control signals
- Decodes remote control signals
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Accuracy;
Reliability;
Usability;
Security
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Below are the lists of the following objectives for the proposed design
project:
1. To perform the functions of the Alternative IR-based Appliance Remote
Controller and Decoder via Bluetooth technology of Android Phone in
terms of:
1.1 Accuracy;
1.2 Reliability;
1.3 Usability;
1.4 Security
2. To establish a connection between Bluetooth and Infrared.
3. To develop a functional system that will enable the android phone to act as
an alternative IR-based appliance remote controller.
on
the
information
that
they
gatheredwhile
developing the proposed design, the researchers are gaining great knowledge in
concepts, and theories which give them the strong ideas and fundamental in
building and designing the project. The problems that they are facing while doing
the design makes their thinking more straight forward to the things needed to
create the project.
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television and the power, eject, play, stop, next, previous, rewind and fast forward
feature of the DVD.
The prototype is only limited and applicable to specific brand of appliances
such as a television and a DVD player for the demonstration of the project. But it
is possible to apply in any IR based appliances by adding their respective
decoded control signals.
Definition of Terms
This part of the chapter is a collection of all terms used specifically those
terms which is unusual and needs deeper explanations and discussion in order
to be fully understood. These terms also clarifies its intended meanings based on
the usage in the study and to avoid confusion with terms which can be used in
different manners.
Android.It
is
an operating
system
for
mobile
devices such
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can
use.
The
routines,
sometimes
called modules,
sending output to
the disk,
the display
and
screen,
keeping
controlling peripheral
track
devices such
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