WIRELESS ORDERING SYSTEM

Many times in hotel we have to wait for a waiter to give our order for food. This creates

problem when there is rush in hotel especially in festival seasons and generally on weekends.

Main intention of our project is to avoid such problems and to give solutions to such problems.

In this project a Touchscreen panel will placed on every table. Whenever customers come to

their table then they will select the desired order menus from the touchscreen. For example:

suppose users have selected menu no 1,5,3 so on and once he/she is done then he/she can

press enter/confirm key. At this time information will be sent to the kitchen of the hotel. All this

information will be displayed on a computer display. For this purpose we have used a wireless

RF transmitter at the customer table side. And wireless RF receiver at the kitchen side. So

orders will be directly sent to the kitchen and users don’t have to wait for the waiter. And at the

same time LCD will display the total billed amount directly to the user.

Touch screen size = 2.2inch x 2.75inch (55mm x 70mm)

Print out paper placed under Touch screen

Print out paper placed under Touch screen

Please Note: We have NOT provided any Graphical LCD or LCD display under the touch screen,

because this is a low cost of version of the touch screen project. We are simply going to put a

printout paper under the Touchscreen. Printout paper will have 7 menus and a confirm button
printed on it. This will help to reduce the cost, so here we can assume that the orders of the

hotels are fixed and can be display under the one touch screen.

Block Diagram:

Touchscreen based Ordering System for Restaurants

CD

You will get a CD with this project:

CD contains following things:

Project Report in pdf format and in doc (word) format

Circuit diagram

PCB layout
Microcontroller program in assembly language

Hex file of the microcontroller code

Datasheets of all the components / ICs used in the project

Receiver section

Description in detail:

Main blocks used in this project are Touch screen, LCD display, RF transmitter, RF receiver,

Buzzer and PC interfacing:

1) Touchscreen: We have used resistive type of touch screen panel. Dimensions of touch screen

are 55mm x 70mm and thickness is 1.5mm. This touch screen has various layers inside.

Whenever any person touches this resistive screen then it gives variable analog voltage. Touch

screen used in this project gives out put using serial communication protocol and it is in terms

of X, Y and Z co-ordinates. So we can say X is length parameter, Y is width parameter and Z is

the pressure with which touch is applied on the touch screen. We can use our fingers or any
stylus to give the input to touch screen. We have divided the screen into multiple parts by

drawings row and columns on the paper placed under touch screen. So let us say, we have 4

columns and 2 rows so it will have 8 sections under it. Now the width and length is 55 mm by

80 mm then accordingly X and Y co-ordinates will change as per change in your touch on the

touch screen and accordingly the output data will vary.

2) LCD display: First thing, we want to make clear that this LCD display is NOT placed under the

touchscreen panel. This LCD display is placed separate from the touch screen. We have placed a

simple printout paper under the touch screen. LCD display is used to show a various messages

to users. These various messages are like project title or the project name, then the message

like “Please select the menu”. Once the user has selected various option then the LCD will

display the menus you have selected are option 5, option 9, option 2, Please press enter to

confirm. And once the user has pressed enter key, the LCD will display your order is confirmed

and has been sent to the hotel kitchen unit. We have used 16 by 2 LCD which means we can

display 16 characters on one line and there are two lines on the display.

3) Micro controller: This is the important block of the project. Micro controller perform

following various operation:

i) Reads the input from touch screen panel

ii) Calculates the exact location where touch was applied

iii) Finds menu from these co-ordinates

iv) Sends the data to LCD display

v) Sends the data to wireless transmitter

vi) Calculates the final bill amount and displays on LCD.

We can say that microcontroller is the heart of the system or it is the central processing unit of

the complete system.

4) Computer interfacing: Computer interfacing is used so that the person/chef in the kitchen

can view order given by customer. Computer interfacing is done using serial communication.

We are going to use RS232 protocol and we are to going to use HyperTerminal software on the

computer. Terminal software will be provided in CD as well. User can use this software to view

the orders placed through the touch screen panel. It will simply display the option like table no.
X has order A,B,C and D for example Table no 3 has following orders option 1, option 2, option

3, and option 4.

5) RF transmitter

6) RF receiver

7) LPG Gas sensor

8) Comparator

9) Buzzer

Receiver unit / Computer display:

Upon receiving the command from wireless receiver unit, Computer will display order in

following format:
Table No. 1 Order details:

Coffee

Sandwitch

Pizza

Applications:

1. Touch screen based Wireless ordering project can be used in hotel for the customers. By

using this project customer can give the order immediately.

2. With little bit modification this project can be the used in library. In some libraries, users are

not allowed to enter inside library. In this case if any user needs books then he/she has to give

book names to the librarian. Then librarian finds out the books and gives it to user. In such

situations, this project can be used by the users of library. They can select books they want to

order and they can press confirm button. Then the books information will displayed on the

computer of the librarian.

Advantages:

1. It reduces customer’s time for waiting. So customers don’t have to wait for the waiter to take

the order. Thus it saves the time.

2. This project is users friendly and fast.

Future Development:

1. We can add graphical LCD (also called as GLCD) under this touch screen. Thus this project will

become more interactive. Users can select option 1 and then the sub option under that option

1 will be displayed.

2. We can add printer to this project so users can immediately get printout of the bill. If the

users want printout then he/she can select the option to get the printout.