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ABSTRACT:
Improper maintenance and negligence, the tyres will affect the handling quality of the vehicle, performance of the vehicle and fuel efficiency and sometimes it may even lead to an accident. Hence, this project is to provide a system, which monitors the tyre pressure regularly along with real-time graphs and also this system is capable of self-inflating the tyres. In order to prevent human loss at the time of an accident in remote areas, a GPS crash detection system is also included separately. These systems are connected via the Internet of Things (loT) using Arduino UNO and node MCU ESP 8266. The microprocessors have pre-set data fed into the system to continuously monitor the air pressure of the tyre as per the manufacturer s recommendation. The mechanism will automatically inflate the tyres to the prescribed limit if there is any pressure loss in the system.
KEYWORDS: Inflation; Tyres; Crash detection system; Arduino UNO; Internet of things
1. Introduction
The tyre, which serves as the car's primary point of contact with the road. They tend to become the most wear and tearable component of a vehicle. Most people underestimate the important role of these tyres and neglect to maintain them. Regular usage of vehicles over a period of 15 days approximately can cause a few psi (1-2 psi) of tyre pressure loss. This makes the tyre under-inflated. In India, most people fail to look at their OE-specified tyre pressure and fill their tyres accordingly. This is due to most people inflating their tyres at their fuelling stations [1, 2]. There the air filling system doesn't have a specified list for all types of vehicles. Instead, they fill all tyres with average pressure for all types of vehicles. Apollo tyre started its Apollo Safe Drive program in 2006 to educate and raise awareness of the benefits of proper tyre care for car and commercial vehicle users. To date, the program has run over 626 campaigns across India, reaching nearly 85,000 customers directly. In 50 largest Indian cities, they examined 36,000 tyres on 9,000 passenger automobiles for six months. The percentage of cars with tyres that met OE recommendations was only 22%. About 44% of car tyres were inflated too much. The remaining 34% had under inflation....