Voting Techniques and Power Supply in Electronic Voting

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CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
1.1 VOTING
Voting is a method for a group such as a meeting or an electorate to make a
decision or to express an opinion often following discussions or debates.
1.1.1 Voting Techniques
In India all earlier elections be it state elections or centre elections a voter used to
cast his/her vote to his/her favorite candidate by putting the stamp against his/her name
and then folding the ballot paper as per a prescribed method before putting it in the Ballot
box. This is a long, time-consuming process and very much prone to errors.
This method wanted voters to be skilled voters to know how to put a stamp, and
methodical folding of ballot paper. Millions of paper would be printed and heavy ballot
boxes would be loaded and unloaded to and from ballot office to polling station. All this
continued till election scene was completely changed by electronic voting machine. No
more ballot paper, ballot boxes, stamping, etc. all this condensed into a simple box called
ballot unit of the electronic voting machine.
1.1.2 Electronic Voting Machine
The complete EVM consists mainly of two units - (a) Control Unit and (b)
Balloting Unit with cable for connecting it with Control unit. A Balloting Unit caters up-
to 16 candidates. Four Balloting Units linked together catering in all to 64 candidates can
be used with one control unit. The control unit is kept with the Presiding Officer and the
Balloting Unit is used by the voter for polling.
The Balloting Unit of EVM is a small Box-like device, on top of which each
candidate and his/her election symbol is listed like a big ballot paper. Against each
candidate's name, a red LED and a blue button is provided. The voter polls his vote by
pressing the blue button against the name of his desired candidate.

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1.1.3 Tele voting Machine
Tele-voting is a method of decision making and opinion polling conducted by
telephone. TVM has the major unit i.e. control unit. And the heart of the machine is a
microcontroller which controls all the ICs and components connected to it. It can cater
large number of candidates and even further its capacity can be increased by interfacing it
with 8255.
In this a voter calls up the number with which the machine is connected and the
system automatically activates and the voice message already stored on voice processor
chip gets played and on following the voice script voter casts his vote by pressing the
respective key of his phone. And the vote cast gets stored in flash memory instantly. All
vote cast can be checked later with the help of couple of switches and LCD display. Reset
keys are also provided to reset the machine for next time.
1.2 ADVANTAGES OF TVM
The TVMs have following advantages:
 Elimination of polling queues.
 Can be interfaced with PC to generate back-ups
 The saving of considerable printing stationery and transport of large volumes of
electoral material,
 Easy transportation, storage, and maintenance,
 No invalid votes,
 Reduction in polling time.
 Easy and accurate counting without any mischief at the counting centre
 Eco-friendly.
1.3 COMPARE A ND CONTRAST: PAPER VOTING, EVM and TVM
We have so far discussed three different voting systems. These systems are
being used or considered obsolete because of certain positive and negative points. These
are summarized as follows:
Device type
Ballot paper : Papers and boxes

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EVM : Embedded system with Assembly code
TVM : Embedded system with Assembly code
Visual Output
Ballot paper : Stamp on paper
EVM : Single LED against each candidate's name
TVM : LCD screen and one LED
Security Issues
Ballot paper : No security provided by the system, neither during polling nor
during voting.
EVM : During polling, a facility is provided to seal the machine in case of
booth capturing. No further voting can be done afterwards.
TVM : machine is disconnected from the telephone line. No more calls can
be received afterward.
Power Supply
Ballot paper : No power supply required.
EVM : 6V alkaline batteries or electricity.
TVM : Electricity and supply from exchange.
Capacity
Ballot paper : As much a ballot box can hold.
EVM : 3840 Votes.
TVM : Depends on the size of flash memory attached.

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1.4 EXISTING SYSTEM
But this electronic voting machine has its disadvantages too. These areas of
deficiency are not much of a concern to a layman, but for an intelligent voter this must be
eliminated for a secure election. The few technical disadvantages are given as:
 Microprocessor based design, which requires a no. of supporting components like
memory, peripheral interface, etc.
 Long polling queues at the centre.
 Existing system costs around 12000 INR(300$)
1.5 PROPOSED SYSTEM
All these faults motivated us to make this enhanced version of EVM. The faults
which are eliminated are summarized as follows:
 Microcontroller replaced microprocessor, which made the EVM closer to real
time operation making it faster, more reliable and unique.
 More user friendly and interactive LCD display
 Proposed Module costs around Rs 2000.
 Elimination of polling queues had been the major factor.

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CHAPTER 2
POWER SUPPLY
2.1 INTRODUCTION
These days almost all the electronic equipments include a circuit that converts AC
supply into DC supply. The part of equipment that converts AC into DC is known as AC
to DC converter. In general, at the input of the power supply is a transformer. It is
followed by a rectifier, a smoothing filter and then by a voltage regulator circuit.
2.2 COMPONENTS OF POWER SUPPLY
Power supply consists of four components:-
(i) Step-Down Transformer
(ii) Rectifier
(iii) Filter
(iv) Voltage Regulator
Block diagram of such a supply is shown below:-
Fig. 2.1 Block diagram
TRANSFORME
R
VOLTAGE
REGULATO
R
RECTIFIER FILTER

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2.2.1 Step Down Transformer
A transformer in which the output (secondary) voltage is less than the input
(primary) voltage is called step down transformer. Alternating current is passed through
the primary coil which creates the changing magnetic field in iron core. The changing
magnetic field then induces alternating current of the same frequency in the secondary
coil (the output). A step down transformer has more turns of wire on the primary coil
than in secondary coil which makes a smaller induced voltage in the secondary coil.
The transformer equation relates the number of turns of wire to the difference in
voltage between the primary and secondary coils.
Vp
/Vs = Np
/Ns ...(2.1)
Vp is the voltage in the primary coil.
Vs is the voltage in the secondary coil.
Np is the number of turns of wire on the primary coil.
Ns is the number of turns of wire on the secondary coil.
2.2.2 Rectifier
Rectifier is defined as an electronic device used for converting A.C voltage into
unidirectional voltage. A rectifier utilizes unidirectional conduction device like P-N
junction diode.
There are three types of rectifier:-
a. Half wave rectifier.
b. Full wave center tap rectifier.
c. Full wave bridge rectifier.

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2.2.3 Filter
The output from any of the rectifier circuits is not purely D.C but also has some
A.C components, called ripples, along it. Therefore such supply is not useful for driving
sophisticated electronic devices/circuits. Hence, it becomes essential to reduce the ripples
from the pulsating D.C supply available from rectifier circuits to the minimum. This is
achieved by using a filter or smoothing circuit which removes the A.C components and
allows only the D.C component to reach the load. A filter circuit should be placed
between the rectifier and the load.
2.2.4 Voltage Regulator
Voltage Regulator (regulator), usually having three legs, converts varying input
voltage and produces a constant regulated output voltage.
7805 voltage regulator has three pins:-
a. Input:- For 7805 the rectified and filtered voltage coming at this pin must be
between 8 to 18V in order to get stable 5V DC output at the output pin.
INPUT O OUTPUT
GND
Fig. 2.2 Pin configuration
b. Ground:- This pin is connected to the ground of the circuit to which this 5V DC
supply is provided.
c. Output:- If the input voltage at input pin is between 8-18V then at the output pin a
stable 5V DC voltage will be available.
7805 can give +5V output at about 150 mA current, but it can be increased to 1A when
good cooling is added to 7805 regulator chi
7805

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2.3 5V DC POWER SUPPLY USING FULL WAVE CENTER TAP
RECTIFIER
The transformer supplies the source voltage for two diode rectifiers, D1 and D2.
This transformer has a center-tapped, low-voltage secondary winding that is divided
into two equal parts (W1 and W2). W1 provides the source voltage for D1, and W2
provides the source voltage for D2. The connections to the diodes are arranged so that
the diodes conduct on alternate half cycles. When the center tap is grounded, the
voltages at the opposite ends of the secondary windings are 180 degrees out of phase
with each other. Thus, when the voltage at point A is positive with respect to ground,
the voltage at point B is negative with respect to ground. Let's examine the operation of
the circuit during one complete cycle.
During the first half cycle (indicated by the solid arrows), the anode of D1 is
positive with respect to ground and the anode of D2 is negative. As shown, current
flows from ground (center tap) to point A, through diode D1 to point B and to point D.
When D1 conducts, it acts like a closed switch so that the positive half cycle is felt
across the load (RL).
During the second half cycle (indicated by the dotted lines), the polarity of the
applied voltage has reversed. Now the anode of D2 is positive with respect to ground
and the anode of D1 is negative. Now only D2 can conduct. Current now flows, as
shown, from point C to point B through diode D2 then to point F and back to point D.
Now during both the cycles the capacitor C1 quickly charges to the peak voltage
but when the input voltage becomes less than peak voltage the capacitor discharges
through load resistance and loses charge. But because of large load resistance the
discharging time is large and hence capacitor does not have sufficient time to discharge
appreciably. Due to this the capacitor maintains a sufficiently large voltage across the
load.

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Fig. 2.3 Centre-tap full-wave rectifier
The voltage across the capacitor is applied to 7805 voltage regulator which
provides a constant 5V D.C. voltage at its output.
Fig. 2.4 Output waveforms of centre-tap full-wave rectifier

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Fig. 2.5 Output waveform of voltage regulator.

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CHAPTER 3
DTMF RECEIVER
3.1 INTRODUCTION
DTMF stands for Dual Tone Multi Frequency. In TVM we are required to convey
the information of phone key pressed by the voter to the microcontroller for further
processing. DTMF receiver converts the analog signal to digital signal that could be fed
to the microcontroller through demultiplexer. In this project we have used MT8870DE
series of DTMF receiver.
3.2 GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The MT8870DE series are Dual Tone Multi Frequency (DTMF) receivers
integrated with digital decoder and band-split filter functions. The MT8870DE type
supply power-down mode and inhibit mode operations. It uses the digital counting
techniques to detect and decode all the 16 DTMF tone pairs into a 4-bit code output.
Highly accurate switched capacitor filters are employed to divide tone (DTMF) signals
into low and high group signals. A built-in dial tone rejection circuit is provided to
eliminate the need for pre-filtering.
3.2.1 Features
 Operating voltage: 2.5V~5.5V
 Minimal external components
 No external filter is required
 Low standby current (on power down mode)
 Excellent performance
 Tristate data output for µC interface
 3.58MHz crystal or ceramic resonator

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 1633Hz can be inhibited by the INH pin
 MT8870DE: 18-pin SOP package
3.2.2 Pin Configuration
Fig. 3.1 Pin configuration

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Pin Name I/O Internal Connection Description
Vp I OPERATIONAL
AMPLIFIER
Operational amplifier non-inverting
input
Vn I Operational amplifier inverting input
Gs O Operational amplifier output terminal
VRef O VREF Reference voltage output, normally
VDD/2
X1 I
OSCILLATOR
The system oscillator consists of an
inverter, a bias resistor and the
necessary load capacitor on chip. A
standard 3.579545MHz crystal
connected to X1 and X2 terminals
implements the oscillator function.
X2 O
PWDN I CMOS IN
Pull-low
Active high. This enables the device
to go into power down mode and
inhibits the oscillator.
INH I CMOS IN
Pull-low
Logic high. This inhibits the detection
of tones representing characters A, B,
C and D. This pin input is internally
pulled down.
Vss --- --------- Negative power supply

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OE I CMOS IN
Pull-high
D0~D3 output enable, high active
D0-D3 O CMOS OUT
Tristate
Receiving data output terminals
OE=_H_: Output enable
OE=_L_: High impedance
DV O CMOS OUT Data valid output When the chip
receives a valid tone (DTMF) signal,
the DV goes high; otherwise it remains
low.
EST O CMOS OUT Early steering output (see Functional
Description)
RT/GT I/O CMOS IN/OUT Tone acquisition time and release time
can be set through connection with
external resistor
Vdd --- ----------- Positive power supply, 2.5V~5.5V for
normal operation
DVB O CMOS OUT One-shot type data valid output, normal
high, when the chip receives a valid
time (DTMF) signal, the DVB goes
low for 10ms.
Table 3.1 Pin Description

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3.3 FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION
The MT8870DE series tone decoders consist of three band pass filters and two
digital decode circuits to convert a tone (DTMF) signal into digital code output. The pre-
filter is a band rejection filter which reduces the dialing tone from 350Hz to 400Hz. The
low group filter filters low group frequency signal output whereas the high group filter
filters high group frequency signal output. When each signal amplitude at the output
exceeds the specified level, it is transferred to full swing logic signal. When input signals
are recognized to be effective, DV becomes high, and the correct tone code (DTMF) digit
is transferred.
When one of the telephone set's buttons is pressed two tones are produced: One
signifying the row and the other the column. The frequencies are chosen thus that they
don't contain harmonic frequencies of each other. Normal human speech doesn't contain
mixed frequencies that are stable for a significant duration.
1 2 3 A 697
4 5 6 B 770
7 8 9 C 852
0 * # D 941
1209 1336 1477 1633 Hz
Table 3.2 Dual Tone Multi Frequencies

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When the voltage of RT/GT changes from 0 to VTRT (2.35V for 5V supply), the
input signal is effective and the correct code will be created by the code detector. After
D0~D3 are completely latched, DV output becomes high. When the voltage of RT/GT
falls down from VDD to VTRT (i.e.., when there is no input tone), DV output becomes
low, and D0~D3 keeps data until a next valid tone input is produced.

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CHAPTER 4
MICROCONTROLLER AT89S52
4.1 INTRODUCTION
The AT89S52 is a low-power, high-performance CMOS 8-bit microcontroller
with 8K bytes of in-system programmable Flash memory. The device is manufactured
using Atmel’s high-density nonvolatile memory technology and is compatible with the
industry- standard 80C51 instruction set and pin out. The on-chip Flash allows the
program memory to be reprogrammed in-system or by a conventional nonvolatile
memory programmer. By combining a versatile 8-bit CPU with in-system programmable
Flash on a monolithic chip, the Atmel AT89S52 is a powerful microcontroller which
provides a highly-flexible and cost-effective solution to many embedded control
applications.
The AT89S52 provides the following standard features: 8K bytes of Flash, 256
bytes of RAM, 32 I/O lines, Watchdog timer, two data pointers, three 16-bit
timer/counters, a six-vector two-level interrupt architecture, a full duplex serial port, on-
chip oscillator, and clock circuitry. In addition, the AT89S52 is designed with static logic
for operation down to zero frequency and supports two software selectable power saving
modes. The Idle Mode stops the CPU while allowing the RAM, timer/counters, serial
port, and Interrupt system to continue functioning. The Power-down mode saves the
RAM contents but freezes the oscillator, disabling all other chip functions until the next
interrupt or hardware reset.

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4.2 FEATURES
– Compatible with MCS-51® Products
– 8K Bytes of In-System Programmable (ISP) Flash Memory
– Endurance: 1000 Write/Erase Cycles
– 4.0V to 5.5V Operating Range
– Fully Static Operation: 0 Hz to 33 MHz
– Three-level Program Memory Lock
– 256 x 8-bit Internal RAM
– 32 Programmable I/O Lines
– Three 16-bit Timer/Counters
– Eight Interrupt Sources
– Full Duplex UART Serial Channel
– Low-power Idle and Power-down Modes
– Interrupt Recovery from Power-down Mode
– Watchdog Timer
– Dual Data Pointer
– Power-off Flag
– Fast Programming Time
– Flexible ISP Programming (Byte and Page Mode)

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4.3 BLOCK DIAGRAM
Figure 4.1

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4.4 PIN DESCRIPTION
Figure 4.2
VCC Supply voltage.
GND Ground.

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Port 0
Port 0 is an 8-bit open drain bidirectional I/O port. As an output port, each
pin can sink eight TTL inputs. When 1s are written to port 0 pins, the pins
can be used as high impedance inputs. Port 0 can also be configured to be
the multiplexed low-order address/data bus during accesses to external
program and data memory. In this mode, P0 has internal pull-ups. Port 0
also receives the code bytes during Flash programming and outputs the
code bytes during program verification. External pull-ups are required
during program verification.
Port 1
Port 1 is an 8-bit bidirectional I/O port with internal pull-ups. The Port 1
output buffers can sink/source four TTL inputs. When 1s are written to
Port 1 pins, they are pulled high by the internal pull-ups and can be used
as inputs. As inputs, Port 1 pins that are externally being pulled low will
source current (IIL) because of the internal pull-ups. In addition, P1.0 and
P1.1 can be configured to be the timer/counter 2 external count input
(P1.0/T2) and the timer/counter 2 trigger input (P1.1/T2EX), respectively,
as shown in the following table. Port 1 also receives the low-order address
bytes during Flash programming and verification.
Port 2
source current (IIL) because of the internal pull-ups. Port 2 emits the high-
order address byte during fetches from external program memory and
during accesses to external data memory that use 16-bit addresses. In this
application, Port 2 uses strong internal pull-ups when emitting 1s.

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Table 4.1 Alternate Functions of Port1
Port 3
source current (IIL) because of the pull-ups. Port 3 receives some control
signals for Flash programming and verification. Port 3 also serves the
functions of various special features of the AT89S52, as shown in the
following table.

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Table 4.2 Alternate Functions of Port3
RST
Reset input. A high on this pin for two machine cycles while the oscillator
is running resets the device. This pin drives high for 98 oscillator periods
after the Watchdog times out. The DISRTO bit in SFR AUXR (address
8EH) can be used to disable this feature. In the default state of bit
DISRTO, the RESET HIGH out feature is enabled.
ALE/PROG
Address Latch Enable (ALE) is an output pulse for latching the low byte
of the address during accesses to external memory. This pin is also the
program pulse input (PROG) during Flash programming. In normal
operation, ALE is emitted at a constant rate of 1/6 the oscillator frequency
and may be used for external timing or clocking purposes. Note, however,
that one ALE pulse is skipped during each access to external data
memory. If desired, ALE operation can be disabled by setting bit 0 of SFR
location 8EH. With the bit set, ALE is active only during a MOVX or
MOVC instruction. Otherwise, the pin is weakly pulled high. Setting the
ALE-disable bit has no effect if the microcontroller is in external
execution mode.

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PSEN
Program Store Enable (PSEN) is the read strobe to external program
memory. When the AT89S52 is executing code from external program
memory, PSEN is activated twice each machine cycle, except that two
PSEN activations are skipped during each access to external data memory.
EA/VPP
External Access Enable. EA must be strapped to GND in order to enable
the device to fetch code from external program memory locations starting
at 0000H up to FFFFH. Note, however, that if lock bit 1 is programmed,
EA will be internally latched on reset. EA should be strapped to VCC for
Internal program executions. This pin also receives the 12-volt
programming enable voltage (VPP) during Flash programming.
XTAL1
Input to the inverting oscillator amplifier and input to the internal clock
operating circuit.
XTAL2
Output from the inverting oscillator amplifier.

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4.5 MEMORY ORGANISATION
MCS-51 devices have a separate address space for Program and Data Memory. Up to
64K bytes each of external Program and Data Memory can be addressed.
4.5.1 Program Memory
If the EA pin is connected to GND, all program fetches are directed to external
memory. On the AT89S52, if EA is connected to VCC, program fetches to addresses
0000H through 1FFFH are directed to internal memory and fetches to addresses 2000H
through FFFFH are to external memory.
4.5.2 Data Memory
The AT89S52 implements 256 bytes of on-chip RAM. The upper 128 bytes
occupy a parallel address space to the Special Function Registers. This means that the
upper 128 bytes have the same addresses as the SFR space but are physically separate
from SFR space. When an instruction accesses an internal location above address 7FH,
the address mode used in the instruction specifies whether the CPU accesses the upper
128 bytes of RAM or the SFR space. Instructions which use direct addressing access the
SFR space. For example, the following direct addressing instruction accesses the SFR at
location 0A0H (which is P2).
EXAMPLE: MOV 0A0H, #data
Instructions that use indirect addressing access the upper 128 bytes of RAM. For
example, the following indirect addressing instruction, where R0 contains 0A0H,
accesses the data byte at address 0A0H, rather than P2 (whose address is 0A0H).
EXAMPLE: MOV @R0, #data
Note that stack operations are examples of indirect addressing, so the upper 128 bytes of
data RAM are available as stack space.

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The function of the pins of microcontroller AT89S52 used in the TELEVOTING
MACHINE can be described as follows:
– Pin no 1,2,3,4 of PORT 1 are connected to get the vote data input from 74154
(BCD to DECIMAL decoder) for four different candidates.
– Pin no 5,6,7,8 are connected to four push-button switches to check the vote data
casted for individual candidate.
– Pin no 9 is connected to the reset button to reset the microcontroller automatically
when we switch on the power. It is a Power on reset.
– Pin no 10 of PORT 3 is connected to a push-button switch to check the total vote
caste for all the candidates.
– Pin no 11 and 12 of PORT 3 are connected to two push-button switches (R-1 and
R-2) to reset or clear all the vote data. To reset the data firstly we will press the R-
1 button then press the R-2 button and again press the R-1 button. Then all the
vote data has to be cleared from the AT24c02 flash memory.
– Crystal is connected to the pin no 18(XTAL 1) and pin no 19(XTAL 2) providing
11.0592 MHz frequency.
– Pin no 20 is connected to the ground (GND).
– Pin no 21 and 22 of PORT 2 are connected to pin no 5(SDA- serial data) and pin
no 6 (SCL- serial clock input) of AT24c02 flash memory.
– Pin no 26, 27, 28 of PORT 2 are connected to the pin no 4, 5, 6 of LCD display.
Pin no 26 is connected to RS (register select), pin no 27 is connected to R/W
(read/write select) and pin no 28 is connected to En(chip enable signal) of LCD.
– Pin no 31( EA/Vpp) should be strapped to VCC for internal program executions,
this pin also receives the 12-volt programming enable voltage (VPP) during flash
programming.
– Pin no 32 – 39 of PORT 0 are connected to the DB0-DB7 (8-bit) data lines of
LCD display.
– Pin no 40 is connected to the positive supply (Vcc)

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CHAPTER 5
LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY
5.1 INTRODUCTION
Figure 8.FFFF
FIG. 5.1
Liquid Crystal Display also called as LCD is very helpful in providing user
interface as well as for debugging purpose. The most common type of LCD controller is
HITACHI 44780 which provides a simple interface between the controller & an LCD.
These LCD's are very simple to interface with the controller as well as are cost effective.
The most commonly used ALPHANUMERIC displays are 1x16 (Single Line &
16 characters), 2x16 (Double Line & 16 character per line) & 4x20 (four lines & Twenty
characters per line).
The LCD requires 3 control lines (RS, R/W & EN) & 8 (or 4) data lines. The
number on data lines depends on the mode of operation. If operated in 8-bit mode then 8
data lines + 3 control lines i.e. total 11 lines are required. And if operated in 4-bit mode
then 4 data lines + 3 control lines i.e. 7 lines are required. How do we decide which mode
to use? It’s simple if you have sufficient data lines you can go for 8 bit mode & if there is
a time constrain i.e. display should be faster then we have to use 8-bit mode because
basically 4-bit mode takes twice as more time as compared to 8-bit mode.

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5.2 PIN DESCRIPTION
Figure 5.2
Pin Symbol Function
1 Vss Ground
2 Vdd Supply Voltage
Pin Symbol Function
3 Vo Contrast Setting
4 RS Register Select
5 R/W Read/Write Select
6 En Chip Enable Signal
7-14 DB0-DB7 Data Lines
15 A/Vee Gnd for the backlight

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16 K Vcc for backlight
Table 5.1 Pin Description of LCD
1.RS(Register Select)
When RS is low (0), the data is to be treated as a command. When RS is high (1), the
data being sent is considered as text data which should be displayed on the screen.
2. R/W(Read/Write)
When R/W is low (0), the information on the data bus is being written to the LCD. When
RW is high (1), the program is effectively reading from the LCD. Most of the times there
is no need to read from the LCD so this line can directly be connected to GND thus
saving one controller line.
3. E(enable)
The ENABLE pin is used to latch the data present on the data pins. A HIGH - LOW
signal is required to latch the data. The LCD interprets and executes our command at the
instant the EN line is brought low. If you never bring EN low, your instruction will never
be executed.
4. D0-D7
The 8 bit data pins D0-D7 are used to send information to the LCD or read the contents
of the LCD’s internal registers. .To display any character on LCD micro controller has to
send its ASCII value to the data bus of LCD. For e.g. to display 'AB' microcontroller has
to send two hex bytes 41h and 42h respectively LCD display used here is having 16x2
size. It means 2 lines each with 16 characters.
In 4-bit mode the data is sent in nibbles, first we send the higher nibble and then the
lower nibble. To enable the 4-bit mode of LCD, we need to follow special sequence of

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initialization that tells the LCD controller that user has selected 4-bit mode of operation.
We call this special sequence as resetting the LCD. Following is the reset sequence of
LCD.
 Wait for about 20mS
 Send the first init value (0x30)
 Send second init value (0x30)
 Send third init value (0x30)
 Wait for 1mS
 Select bus width (0x30 - for 8-bit and 0x20 for 4-bit)
 Wait for 1Ms

5.3 LCD CONNECTIONS IN 4-BIT MODE
Figure 5.3

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Sending data/command in 4-bit Mode
The common steps are:
 Mask lower 4-bits
 Send to the LCD port
 Send enable signal
 Mask higher 4-bits
 Send to LCD port
 Send enable signal
5.4.1 Writing and reading the data from the LCD
Writing data to the LCD is done in several steps:
1) Set R/W bit to low
2) Set RS bit to logic 0 or 1 (instruction or character)
3) Set data to data lines (if it is writing)
4) Set E line to high
5) Set E line to low
Read data from data lines (if it is reading):
1) Set R/W bit to high
2) Set RS bit to logic 0 or 1 (instruction or character)
3) Set data to data lines (if it is writing)
4) Set E line to high
5) Set E line to low

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EXAMPLE:
Fig. 5.4
5.5 LCD COMMAND CODES
1. CLEAR DISPLAY SCREEN
2. RETURN HOME
4 DECREMENT CURSOR ( SHIFT CURSOR TO LEFT)
5 SHIFT DISPLAY RIGHT.
6. INCREMENT CURSOR ( SHIFT CURSOR TO RIGHT)
7. SHIFT DISPLAY LEFT
8. DISPLAY OFF, CURSOR OFF
A DISPLAY OFF CURSOR ON
C DISPLAY ON CURSOR OFF
E DISPLAY ON CURSOR BLINKING
F. DISPLAY ON CURSOR BLINKING.
10. SHIFT CURSOR POSITION TO LEFT
14. SHIFT CURSOR POSITION TO RIGHT
18. SHIFT THE ENTIRE DISPLAY TO THE LEFT

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1C SHIFT THE ENTIRE DISPLAY TO THE RIGHT
80 FORCE CURSOR TO BEGINNING OF IST LINE
C0 FORCE CURSOR TO BEGINNING OF 2ND
LINE
38 2 LINES AND 5 X 7 MATRIX
5.5.1 Checking the busy status of LCD
The code to check the status of LCD whether it is busy or not is as follows:
WAIT_LCD:
SETB EN ;Start LCD command
CLR RS ;It's a command
SETB RW ;It's a read command
MOV DATA, #0FFh ;Set all pins to FF initially
MOV A,DATA ;Read the return value
JB ACC.7,WAIT_LCD ;If bit 7 high, LCD still busy
CLR EN ;Finish the command
CLR RW ;Turn off RW for future commands
RET
Thus, our standard practice will be to send an instruction to the LCD and then call
our WAIT_LCD routine to wait until the instruction is completely executed by the LCD.
This will assure that our program gives the LCD the time it needs to execute instructions
and also makes our program compatible with any LCD, regardless of how fast or slow it
is.
5.5.2 Initializing the LCD
The code to initialize the LCD is as follows:

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INIT_LCD:
SETB EN
CLR RS
MOV DATA, #38h
CLR EN
LCALL WAIT_LCD
SETB EN
CLR RS
MOV DATA, #0Eh
CLR EN
LCALL WAIT_LCD
SETB EN
CLR RS
MOV DATA, #06h
CLR EN
LCALL WAIT_LCD
RET
Having executed this code the LCD will be fully initialized and ready for us to
send display data to it.
5.5.3 Clearing the display
The code to clear the LCD display is as follows:
CLEAR_LCD:
SETB EN
CLR RS
MOV DATA,#01h
CLR EN
LCALL WAIT_LCD
RET
we may clear the LCD at any time by simply executing an LCALL
CLEAR_LCD.

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5.5.4 Writing text to the LCD
The code to write any text to the LCD is as follows:
WRITE_TEXT:
SETB EN
SETB RS
MOV DATA,A
CLR EN
LCALL WAIT_LCD
RET
The WRITE_TEXT routine that we just wrote will send the character in the
accumulator to the LCD which will, in turn, display it. Thus to display text on the LCD
all we need to do is load the accumulator with the byte to display and make a call to this
routine.

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CHAPTER 6
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
6.1 CIRCUIT DIAGRAM
Figure 6.1

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6.2 Functional Description
The function of the pins of microcontroller AT89S52 used in the electronic voting
machine can be described as follows:
– Pin no 1,2,3,4 of PORT 1 are connected to get the vote data input for four
different candidates.
– Pin no 5,6,7,8 are connected to four push-button switches to check the vote data
casted for individual candidate.
– Pin no 9 is connected to the reset button to reset the microcontroller automatically
when we switch on the power. It is a Power on reset.
– Pin no 10 of PORT 3 is connected to a push-button switch to check the total vote
caste for all the candidates.
– Pin no 11 and 12 of PORT 3 are connected to two push-button switches to reset or
clear all the vote data. To reset the data firstly we will press the R-1 button then
press the R-2 button and again press the R-1 button. Then all the vote data has to
be cleared from the AT24c02 flash memory.
– Crystal is connected to the pin no 18(XTAL 1) and pin no 19(XTAL 2) providing
11.0592 MHz frequency.
– Pin no 20 is connected to the ground (GND).
– Pin no 21 and 22 of PORT 2 are connected to pin no 5(SDA- serial data) and pin
no 6 (SCL- serial clock input) of AT24c02 flash memory.
– Pin no 26, 27, 28 of PORT 2 are connected to the pin no 4, 5, 6 of LCD display.
Pin no 26 is connected to RS (register select), pin no 27 is connected to R/W
(read/write select) and pin no 28 is connected to En(chip enable signal) of LCD.
– Pin no 31( EA/Vpp) should be strapped to VCC for internal program executions,
this pin also receives the 12-volt programming enable voltage (VPP) during flash
programming.
– Pin no 32 – 39 of PORT 0 are connected to the DB0-DB7 (8-bit) data lines of
LCD display.
– Pin no 40 is connected to the positive supply (Vcc).

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6.3 WORKING OF THE SYSTEM
The working of this project is controlled by a microcontroller ATMEL AT89S52
and EEPROM is used for memory storage. The project works in the following ways:
1. Switch on power supply.
2. Message ‘VOTING MACHINE’ , ‘INDIA VOTING’ will appear on LCD.
3. Controller switch is pressed after which the message ‘Cast the Vote’ appears.
4. After casting the vote, one hears the buzzer after which no other votes will be casted
until the controller button is again pressed.
5. To check the number of vote press the button on the PCB and number of votes of each
candidate & total number of vote will appear on LCD.
6. Two memory clear pins are provided for clearing the EEPROM.
6.4 LIST OF COMPONENTS
S.NO. LIST OF COMPONENTS QUANTITY
1 220V, 50HZ, 9V-0-9V CENTRE TAP
TRANSFORMER
1
2 7805 VOLTAGE REGULATOR 2
3 LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY 1
4 8Ω LOUD SPEAKER 1
5 CONDENSER MICROPHONE 1
6 89S52 MICROCONTROLLER 1
7 MT8870 DTMF RECEIVER 1
8 CD74HC154E Demultiplexer 1
9 24C02 EEPROM 1
10 LED 7
11 IN4148 DIODE 1

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12 IN 4007 DIODE 3
13 1000µF,16V ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR 2
14 470Ω RESISTOR 3
15 LED 7
16 PUSH BUTTON SWITCH 11
17 10KΩ RESISTOR 5
18 4.7KΩ RESISTOR 4
22 3.58 MHZ CRYSTAL OSCILLATOR 1
23 0.1µF CERAMIC CAPACITOR 4
25 1KΩ RESISTOR 8
26 27µF CERAMIC CAPACITOR 2
28 0.01µF CERAMIC CAPACITOR 1
32 22µF CERAMIC CAPACITOR 1
33 BC 548 NPN TRANSISTOR 5
34 11.0592MHZ CRYSTAL OSCILLATOR 1
Table 6.1 List of ComponentS

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CHAPTER 7
CONCLUSIONS
7.1 Area of Applications

 Fast track voting which could be used in small scale elections, like resident
welfare association, “panchayat” level election and other society level elections.
 It could also be used to conduct opinion polls during annual share holders
meeting.
 It could also be used to conduct general assembly elections where number of
candidates are less than or equal to eight in the current situation.
 It is used in various TV serials as for public opinion.
7.2 Future Scope
 Number of candidates could be increased by using other microcontroller.
 It could be interfaced with printer to get the hard copy of the result almost
instantly from the machine itself.
 It could also be interfaced with the personal computer and result could be stored
in the central server and its backup could be taken on the other backend servers.
 Again, once the result is on the server it could be relayed on the network to
various offices of the election conducting authority. Thus our project could make
the result available any corner of the world in a matter of seconds.

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CHAPTER 8
CODING
#include<reg52.h>
#define lcdport P0
sbit rs=P2^2;
sbit rdwr=P2^1;
sbit lcde=P2^0;
sbit cand1=P1^0;
sbit cand2=P1^1;
sbit cand3=P1^2;
sbit cand4=P1^3;
sbit cand5=P1^4;
sbit cand6=P1^5;
sbit cand7=P1^6;
sbit cand8=P1^7;
sbit party1=P2^3;
sbit party2=P2^4;
sbit party3=P2^5;
sbit party4=P2^6;
sbit party5=P2^7;
sbit party6=P3^0;
sbit party7=P3^1;
sbit party8=P3^2;
unsigned int
cand1count,cand2count,cand3count,cand4count,cand5count,cand6count,cand7count,cand
8count;
/****************FUNCTION FOR SWAPPING LSBYTE AND MSBYTE OF THE
DATA***************/
unsigned char xch(unsigned char data1)
{
unsigned char temp,temp1;
temp=data1;
data1=data1>>4;
temp1=data1;
data1=temp;
data1=data1<<4;
data1=data1|temp1;
return(data1);
}

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/************ delay for 20 micro second
**********************************************/
void delay()
{
unsigned char i,j;
for(i=0;i<80;i++)
{
for(j=0;j<120;j++)
{}
}}
/***************** FUNCTION FOR SENDING LCD
COMMANDS***********************************/
void send_command(unsigned char data1)
{
unsigned char newdata;
rs=0;
delay();
lcde=1;
delay();
lcdport=data1;
lcde=0;
delay();
lcde=1;
newdata=xch(data1);
lcdport=newdata;
delay();
lcde=0;
delay();
rs=1;
}
/************************** FUNCTION FOR WRITING DATA ON THE
LCD***********************/
void send_data(unsigned char data1)
{
unsigned char newdata;
rs=1;
delay();
lcde=1;
delay();
lcdport=data1;

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lcde=0;
delay();
lcde=1;
newdata=xch(data1);
lcdport=newdata;
delay();
lcde=0;
delay();
rs=0;
}
/*********** COMMAND FOR BRINGING LCD CURSOR ON SECOND LINE
***************************/
void next_line()
{
send_command(0xc0);
delay();
}
/**************COMMAND FOR CLEARING LCD AND BRINGING LCD
CURSOR ON FIRST LINE********/
void clr_lcd()
{
send_command(0x01);
delay();
send_command(0x02);
delay();
}
/* FUNCTION FOR DISPLAYING DATA ON THE LCD
*************************************/
void dispslogan(unsigned char *p)
{
unsigned char data1;
while(*p)
{
data1=*p;
send_data(data1);

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p++;
}
}
/********************** INITIALIZATION OF LCD
***********************************/
void lcdinit()
{
clr_lcd(); /*FUNCTION SET */
send_command(0x28);
delay();
send_command(0x28);
delay();
send_command(0x28);
delay();
send_command(0x06); //ENTRY MODE
delay();
send_command(0x0e); //DISPLAY ON/OFF
delay();
clr_lcd();
}
void count_display(unsigned int data1)
{
unsigned int a[4];
int i=0;
while(data1!=0)
{
a[i++]=data1%10;
data1=data1/10;
}
i--;
for(;i>=0;i--)
send_data(a[i] + 48);
}
void cand1chk()
{
if(cand1==0 && vote_switchflag==1)
{
next_line();
dispslogan("CONG_OK ");
vote_switchflag=0;
cand1count++;

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}}
void cand2chk()
{
{
next_line();
dispslogan("BJP_OK ");
vote_switchflag=0;
cand2count++;
}}
vote_switchflag=0;
cand7count++;
}}
void cand8chk()
{
{
next_line();
dispslogan("CP1_OK ");
vote_switchflag=0;
cand8count++;
}}
void voteswitchchk()
{
if(vote_switch==0)
vote_switchflag=1;
}
void party1chk()
{
if(party1==0)
{
next_line();
dispslogan("CONG= ");
send_command(0xc5);
count_display(cand1count);
}}
void party2chk()
{
if(party2==0)
{
next_line();
dispslogan("BJP= ");
send_command(0xc5);

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}}
void party3chk()
{
if(party3==0)
{
next_line();
dispslogan("RSS= ");
send_command(0xc5);
}}
void party4chk()
{
if(party4==0)
{
next_line();
dispslogan("BSP= ");
send_command(0xc5);
}}
void party5chk()
{
if(party5==0)
{
next_line();
dispslogan("SP= ");
send_command(0xc5);
}}
void party6chk()
{
if(party6==0)
{
next_line();
dispslogan("RJD= ");
send_command(0xc5);
}}
void party7chk()
{
if(party7==0)
{
next_line();
dispslogan("JDU= ");
send_command(0xc5);
}}

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void party8chk()
{
if(party8==0)
{
next_line();
dispslogan("CP1= ");
send_command(0xc5);
}}

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RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
The complete system (including all the hardware components and software routines) is
working as per the initial specifications and requirements of our project. Because of the
creative nature of the design, and due to lack of time some features could not be fine-
tuned and are not working properly. So certain aspects of the system can be modified as
operational experience is gained with it.
 Initially the landline section in the circuit got hanged after 3 rings & the circuit to
automatic switch on the landline section does not work properly as the
electromagnetic relay connected earlier consumes more current when circuit is
powered on therefore, a remedy to this problem is that we have used reed relay
which has low switch & voltage ratings, capable of faster switching speeds and
mainly used for temporarily storing information in telephone exchanges.
 Also, the voice processor section having APR9600 chip got hanged due to reverse
current flow in that section. To avoid this we have connected an op-amp 714 to
compensate for the same.
As the users work with the system, they develop various new ideas for the development
and enhancement of the circuit.

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REFRENCES
 Muhammad Ali Mazidi , Janice Gillispie Mazidi, Rolin D. Mckinlay. Second
edition, “THE 8051 MICROCONTROLLER AND EMBEDDED SYSTEM”
 K. J. Ayala. Third edition, “The 8051 MICROCONTROLLER” Tutorial on
microcontroller:
 www.8051projects.net/microcontroller_tutorials/Tutorial on LCD:
 www.8051projects.net/lcd-interfacing/
WEBSITES
 www.atmel.com
 www.seimens.com
 www.howstuffworks.com
 www.alldatasheets.com
 www.efyprojects.com
 www.google.com
 www.eci.gov.in/Audio_VideoClips/presentation/EVM.ppt
 www.rajasthan.net/election/guide/evm.htm
 www.indian-elections.com/electoralsystem/electricvotingmachine.html

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