Automated Car Parking System
What is this project?
The Automated Car Parking System is a hardware project I built for my Microprocessor and Embedded Systems course. It is a small-scale model of a smart parking system that automatically checks if a car has proper access, detects free parking slots, and shows the status on a display — all without any manual attendant.
How it works
- An RFID reader scans a card to verify entry access at the gate
- A servo motor automatically opens and closes the entry barrier
- IR sensors detect whether each parking slot is empty or occupied
- An LCD display shows real-time slot availability and status
- LED indicators (red/green) mark occupied and free slots at a glance
How it was built
The whole system runs on an Arduino microcontroller programmed in C++. I connected and coded the RFID module, servo motor, IR sensors, LEDs, and an LCD display together on a breadboard, wiring each component to the correct pins and writing the logic to read sensor data and control the gate and display in real time.
Why I built it
This project let me apply classroom concepts on microcontrollers and embedded systems to a real, working prototype — combining sensors, actuators, and code to solve a practical everyday problem: automating vehicle parking management.