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 Journal of Control & Instrumentation
ISSN: 2229-6972

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Microcontroller-based Temperature Controlling and

Monitoring System with Graphical user Interface

Dhruv M. Patel*, Taher Kalolwala, Gopal Thakor

Instrumentation and Control Engineering Department, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Institute of
Technology, Vasad, Gujarat, India

Abstract
Temperature is one of the most important process variables in the process control. Process control
is an efficient expression of improving the operation of a process, the productivity of a plant, in-
crease flexibility and the quality of products. The accurate measurement of temperature is not an
easy task. The aim of this work is to develop a low-cost and flexible temperature controller for
controlling and monitoring the temperature. The purpose of temperature control is to facilitate a
system to a specified temperature, then maintain it at that temperature in a controlled manner.
Using ATmega8 microcontroller is the best and cheapest way in which this type of control can be
accomplished. In this work, the authors are basically trying to introduce a temperature control
system that reduces human effort to control the temperature. The temperature sensor will sense the
temperature. The microcontroller will do the computing task and as per the software will compare
the value of current temperature and the set point values. It will send the data to LCD for dis-
playing it .The data will also be sent to the computer where the operator will also be able to
monitor the whole process. Then, the signal will be passed to the relays to On-Off the heat-
er/cooler for maintaining the correct temperature. In this work, the GUI is developed by using
Visual Basic 6.0. The GUI is used for monitoring the current and set point value of temperature
with graphical representation and provide ON/OFF status of cooler and heater. GUI is also used
for providing record of previous set point value of temperature, current temperature value and
status of cooler and heater with time and date.

Keywords: ATmega8 microcontroller, temperature sensor, graphical user interface

(GUI), LCD, heater fan and cooler fan.

*Author for Correspondence E-mail: dmpatelic@gmail.com

INTRODUCTION AND LITERATURE aim is to provide an easy and cost-effective

SURVEY
Human beings have always sorted options for
better convenience. As the era kept on chang-
ing, the demands and expectations of humans
increased rapidly. Experts have been continu-
ously innovating and exploring concepts in the
world of science and engineering.
way of temperature control. The operator sit-
ting in the control room or operator station
should get an easy access to the current value
of temperature of the system. Nowadays, the
demand for accurate temperature control has
conquered many of the industrial domains such
as process heat, automotive, industrial spaces or

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