Block Diagram

Legend:
Physical Link
Wireless Link

Figure A: Block Diagram of Localized Water Level Monitoring and Road Access Information System with
Central Control

The systems block diagram is composed of 5 primary blocks, namely; the

Input, Level Detector, Wireless Transmission, Central Control, and Output block.
Input block is simply the level of water on the road. It is the variable to be
measured which will be analyzed and interpreted by the system.
Level Detector block is responsible for the sensing and interpretation of water
level. The block is sub-divided into 4 components; the microcontroller unit (MCU),
level sensor circuit, power supply, and solar panel charging circuit. The power
supplys function is to power the MCU, it is supplemented with a renewable energy
source with the use of solar panel charging circuit. The level sensor circuit is used to
detect the actual level of water and then each level will activate specific number of
pins in the MCU. The MCU will interpret the level of water by examining the number
of activated I/O pins.
Wireless transmission is accomplished with the use of Ultra High Frequency
(UHF) Transceivers. The UHF transceiver modules used in the transmission and
reception sides are exactly the same and only differ on which data pin is used; the
RX pin for the transmitter side and the TX pin for the receiver side.

The server is responsible for the reception, interpretation, and retransmission

of the data given by the remote sensor (level detector). It is composed of the MCU,
Computer, Visual Basic Interface, and the web based MySQL database. The MCU will
receive and decode the signal coming from the UHF receiver. The computer is the
electronic device that will interconnect the microcontroller and the software based
Visual Basic interface. The Visual Basic interface will fetch data from the serial port
of the computer and decode it then retransmit its equivalent functionalities and
data to the web based MySQL database. MySQL database stores data that will be
fetched by the output website. The website includes the level of water and the
corresponding list of vehicles that cannot access the road at its current state based
on the level of water.