Inefficient parking in large cities is a big problem—studies have shown that drivers looking for open parking can account for as much as 30% of traffic congestion in a city, which translates into high gas costs and greenhouse gas emissions levels. To address the problem, we’ve built a simple IoT parking management system designed to make parking in large metropolitan areas more efficient. It uses a sensor to detect when parking spaces are available, and then updates an iOS app so that open spaces are easy to find. It also alerts traffic agents when a car has overstayed its allotted time in a space.
The application uses a Texas Instruments CC3100 BoosterPack connected to a MSP430 LaunchPad and an ultrasonic rangefinder to detect the presence of a car in a parking space, and uses Temboo’s Parse and PagerDuty Choreos to publish the information.
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Parts: MSP430F5529 LaunchPad, CC3100 BoosterPack, Maxbotix Ultrasonic Rangefinder, wires
When a car leaves or enters the parking space, the CC3100 BoosterPack creates a Parse Object with information about the parking space availability and location. The code for the Parse CreateObject Choreo can be generated here: [ Ссылка ]
When the parking space is occupied for a longer duration than is allowed, a PagerDuty alert is sent to a Parking Enforcement Agent. You can generate code for the PagerDuty TriggerEvent Choreo here: [ Ссылка ]
Finally, the iOS app checks for open parking spaces using Temboo’s Parse Query Choreo; the code for that can be generated here: [ Ссылка ]
Track: Montemartre
Artist: Jahzzar
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