Chapter 1 Project Background

The Project
According to Digital Review of Asia Pacific (2008), "Philippines is considered as one of Asia's
millions mobile phone subscribers and known to be as the text capital of the world". Nowadays, mobile
phones are not just a luxury but also a necessity and it is for business and personal purposes. Since it is
essential for mobile phone users to have connection and communication with others; they wanted it to be
battery packed always.
A Mobile phone is a technology that plays a very big role to the people. It is very helpful for daily
activities not only for the ordinary people but also for the businessmen. It provides a way to communicate
and stay connected to the families and friend by making a call and sending text messages. It is also used to
access the internet, updated with the news, social media and use to find a resource for assignments and
reports. Smart phones can also use for business for transactions and can organize schedules, set
reminders for the businessman to not forget any important meeting. A typical mobile phone last for 26
hours but if it is use daily it only last for 7-10 hours.
A battery is a device that stores energy and makes it available in an electrical form that needs a
proper voltage and ampere to be able not to damage the lifespan of the battery. This was a great idea
because it was a cheap form of power in the long run. Having an empty battery is one of the most irksome
things that can happen especially in an urgent situation.
Like a human, there is also a time that phone gets tired and a result to the cell phone to die. In
order for the mobile phone to use again, people use a charger to recharge the battery. But it is inconvenient
when you need to go anywhere because you need to bring a charger and find a power source in order for it
to charge. But then inventors find a way to resolve the problem. Developers invented many phone
charging station. It is a device that uses an amount of energy source from Alternating current (AC) to
charge a cell phone. Mobile phones are charged with plugging in different chargers ports. People can
charge at cheapest price and dont need to spend a time to find a place to charge.
Many phone charging stations are developed in the Philippines one of those is the I-Charj. Like the
other charging stations, it also has limitations and problems. The problems that are encountered in using
this phone charging booth are; the customer needs to watch the cellphone while charging, the user doesnt
know the voltage and current that the charging station is producing in their devices that can cause damage
to the lifespan of the battery, the power supply of the charging station is continuous even though the battery
is already full charge and last is the owner cannot monitor the sales report of the charging booth.
Through the above-observed problems, Lock N' Charge will propose and develop for alternative
solutions. One of the possible solutions that the design project considered in reducing this kind of problem
is to implement a system that is capable of recharging smartphones. The phone charging booth secures
the cellphones while charging and develop an online management system for the owner to update the
renting price and can monitor the service of the mobile charging booth anytime.

Project Objectives
The design project aims to develop a phone charging station that:
Secure and user-friendly
Automatically adjust the required voltage and current.
Has an online management system
Project Requirements Specifications
As shown in Table 1-1, it shows the requirement specification that guides the developers to attain
the defined objectives.
Table 1-1: Requirements Specifications and Project Objectives
Objectives
Requirements Specifications
The design project aims to develop a phone charging station that:
A system that can easily use and understand by the
Secure and User-friendly
user.
A locker to secure the mobile phone of the user
Automatically adjust the required voltage
A detector that detect and supply the required
voltage and current of the mobile phone
and current
A system that can access online to monitor the
Has an online management system
status and sales of the phone charging booth and
can change the renting price of it

Chapter 2 Design Inputs

Lithium-ion battery
Lithium-Ion Batteries are rechargeable batteries that are commonly used in electronics gadgets
and have a high energy density. It has more advantages over other rechargeable batteries. When an Li-Ion
is charging it pack a lot of power and convert it into small size and when there are not in use, it doesnt lose
too much energy.
A lithium-ion battery typically charges in two stages. First comes the process called constant
current charging. This is the part that really is pretty simple. The charger for your phone or tablet will apply
a steady current of electricity to the battery to get all those electrons back to the anode. During this stage,
the charger just decides how much power is coming out of the fire hose and starts spraying. The higher that
constant current, the faster the battery can charge. High-voltage quick chargerslike the ones that are
starting to come with a lot of new phonestake advantage of this first stage to cram in the juice as quickly
as possible (at the cost of a bit of extra stress on the battery).
When the battery is 70 percent recharged, the procedure changes and flips over to constant
voltage charging. During this second stage, the charger makes sure that the voltagethat is, the difference
in current between the battery and the chargerstays the same rather than keeping the current constant.
Practically, this means that as the battery gets closer to full, the current the charger sends into it decreases.
As the battery gets full, the rate at which it charges slows down. Once you reach 100 percent, the charge
simply trickles in, just enough to account for the tiny, tiny bit of charge your battery loses naturally over
time. (Limer, 2015)
Properly Charge A Phone Battery
Battery is the most important part of the mobile phones without it the cell phone cannot be used.
There are some tips to properly charge a cellphones battery. First the user should know the battery
memory effect. It is a battery remembering remaining charge. Since the Li-ion dont suffer memory effect
charge the battery often but not all the way throughout the day and dont let the charge of the battery drop
to zero. Battery should not be charge to 100% because it will shorten the life span of the battery. The
cattery should be charge 100% once a month only. Most cell phone are smart enough to stop when the
battery is full. And it is not advisable to use any charger to the cellphone. (Jary, 2016)
GIZDUINO WITH WIFI SHIELD
E-Gizmo ESP-11 Shield the is made to easily use the ESP8266 wifi module interface with
Arduino/Gizduino Microcontroller boards. No need to wire up or just put a lead to its mini pinouts of ESP.
Connect/attached the Wifi Shield to gizDuino and you will see the wifi connection on your laptop or mobile
devices for adding Wifi functionality to adds a wifi function to your microcontroller via UART serial
connection, it can also be programmed to act as a standalone Wifi connection device, which requires a
power supply. (2015)

Features:
- 802.11 b/g/n protocol
- Wi-Fi Direct (P2P), soft-AP
- Integrated TCP/IP protocol stack
- Compatible in all gizDuino Boards
General Specifications:
Input Supply
External Supply
Internal Source
Part Number
PCB Dimensions
Power Indicator
Bootload Indicator (In bootload mode)

3.3V (module)
5 to 7 Vdc
5V (MCU)
ESP8266 Wifi Module
66mm x 53 mm
Green LED
Red LED

Cable ports use in charging

Micro USB
Micro USB is a normal type of connector
port to charge Samsung unit or other android
phones. It is also used for connecting devices like
computer to cellphone, printer to cellphone etc. it
has a 5 pin connector need to pull-up to make it
high.

Lightning Cable
it is created by Apple Inc. to replace the 30-pin
dock connector. It is compact and not compatible to
the other apple device that designed for the older
connector but in order to work with these devices the
user can use an adapter.

30-Pin Connector
it is an old connector created by Apple Inc. for
their old Apple devices.
Pin

Signal

1
2

GND
GND

3
4
5
6
8

Right
Left
Right In
Left In
Video Out

11
12
13
14
15
16

S-Video Chrominance
output
S-Video Luminance
output
GND
Tx
Rx
N/A
GND
GND

17
18
19-20

N/A
3.3V
+12v

10

Description
Ground (-). Internally connected with Pin 2 on iPod motherboard
Audio and Video ground(-). Internally connected with Pin 2 on IPod
motherboard
Line Out R (+) (Audio output, right channel)
Line Out L (+) (Audio output, left channel)
Line In R (+)
Line In L (+)
Composite video output (only when the slideshow mode is active on
iPod Photo)
For iPod Color, Photo only
For iPod Color, Photo only
Serial GND
Ipod sending line, Serial TxD
Ipod receiving line, Serial RxD
N/A
Ground (-). Internally connected with Pin 16 on iPod motherboard
USB GND (-). Internally connected with Pin 15 on iPod
motherboard
N/A
3.3V Power(+)
Firewire Power 12 VDC (+)

21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29-30

Accessory Indicator/Serial
enable
TPA (-)
S VDC (+)
TPA (+)
Data (-)
TPB (-)
Data (+)
TPB(+)
GND

Different resistances indicate accessory type

Firewire Data TPA (-)
USB Power SS VDC (+)
Firewire Data TPA (+)
USB Data (-)
Firewire Data TPB(-)
USB Data (+)
Firewire Data TPB (+)
Firewire Ground (1)

Programmable mini USB thermal printer

Features:
Supported paper near end sensor
Supported 32bits or 64bis windows system
Durable and shockproof
Interface diversification
Brand name printer mechanism
Supported multiple languages
Supported black mark detection
Bezel LED indication

Figure 2-1: Printer for Receipt

Table 2- 4: Receipt Printer Specifications
mechanism:
Printing method
Dots/line
Dot pitch

CAPD347
Thermal dot line
576 dots/line
8 dot/mm

Paper width
Printing width
Paper thickness
Printing speed
Paper loading
Sensors
Head temperature
Paper press shaft
Paper end
Paper loading
Font size
Dimension (L*W*H)
Weight
Reliability
Ambient environment

Interface

80 mm
72 mm
54~91 um
200 mm/s
Auto loading
Thermistor
Mechanical switch
Photo interrupter
Easy loading
ASCII:9*17;12*24;
Chinese: 24*24
186.9*121.5*112.2 mm
Approx 1.92 kg
Cutter: over 7,000,000 cuts
Thermal head: over 100 km
Work temperature
-10 ~50
Work humidity
20~85% RH
Storage temperature -25~70
Storage humidity
10~90% RH
RS-232 +USB/Parallel

power supply

DC 24V/3A

Command set

ESC/POS

Barcode

supported

Driver

Parallel/USB driver

System

WindowsXP/Win7(32bits or 64 bits)/
Win8/Android/Linux OS

Accessories:

Sensors

Paper holding unit

Roll spindle
Paper bezel (with LED)
Presenter unit
Interface connector
Power supply unit
Cable
Printer series:

paper near end sensor;

paper jam sensor;
dragging paper sensor;

Panel mount type: MS-D347

Small roll holder type: MS-D347-BE
Big roll holder type: MS-D347-TL/TH/V
With presenter unit type: MS-D347-TLP/THP

Competitive advantages:

Green product
Prompt delivery
Customizing software is available
Compatible with 1-D/2-D/QR code
Supported baud rate 115200
Rubber ruler and paper ending detect
Supported LOGO download
Have paper jam/dragged detection
Low noise thermal printing
Chapter 3 Project Design

Based on the gathered information as presented in the previous chapter, possible solutions were
formulated in which it is based on the requirements specifications that lead to the attainment of the
objectives. Table 3-1 shows the possible solutions.
Table 3-2: Requirements Specification with Possible Solutions
Objectives
Requirements Specifications
The design project aims to develop a phone charging station that:

A system that can easily use and understand

by the user.
Secure and Userfriendly
A locker to secure the mobile phone of the
user

Automatically

A detector that detect and supply the required

voltage and current of the mobile phone

Possible Solutions
Voice Operated
Using printed stepby-step instruction
in the charging
booth
Using step-by-step
instruction display
in the Monitor
Using
security
code
Using
Biometrics(fingerpr
int)
Using RF ID
Adafruit
Bestope

 Drok
adjust the required
Has
an online
voltage
and current A system that can access online to monitor the
status and sales of the phone charging booth
management
and can change the renting price of it
system

VB.NET
Android
PHP

Below are the possible solutions advantage and disadvantages for the Requirements Specifications.
OBJECTIVE 1: To develop a phone charging booth that is secure and user-friendly
For Secure:
Possible Solution 1: Using keypad Lock
The system will use a keypad module to get the users password
Advantage/s:

It is easy to use because it is commonly use in setting password.

Disadvantage/s:

It will only require numeric characters.

The user might forget the combination of numeric characters.

Possible Solution 2: Using Biometrics (fingerprint)

The system will use a biometric fingerprint scanner to get the users fingerprint as a password.

Advantage/s:

Fingerprints can't be misplaced and it does not change with age.

It cannot be access by anyone other than yourself

It cannot be misplaced or forgotten.

Disadvantage/s:

It can make mistakes with the dryness or dirty of the fingers skin.

Possible Solution 3: Using RF ID

The system will use beep cards that uses Radio Frequency that will be given to the user and will
serve as their key to the locker.

Advantage/s:
It can be a storage for information and ability to know the location like the GPS
The size of it can be customizing depending on how to use it.
Disadvantage/s:

It is expensive and need a power to work.

There are many guidelines to follow in order to use the RFID

For User-friendly:
Possible Solution 1: Voice Operated
The machine gives instruction to the user by voice command.
Advantage/s:
Gives instruction for those who are not knowledgeable in technology

No training required for the user.

Can help people who have trouble using their hands

Can help people who have cognitive disabilities.

Disadvantage/s:

Even the best speech recognition system sometimes makes errors. If there is noise or some
other sound the number of errors will increase

There are some people are difficult to understand the voice of a machine and cant follow the
instructions.

Possible Solution 2: Using printed step-by-step instruction in the charging booth

Charging booth must have step-by-step written instructions for the user to know how to use the
machine.

Advantage/s:

There is a lesser chance that the user will barely understand the instructions.

The user will easily follow and understand.

Disadvantage/s:

Some people dont want to read written instructions. .

Possible Solution 3: Using step-by-step instruction display in the LCD

Charging booth must have a step-by-step instruction using LCD display.

Advantage/s:

Easy to determine the step-by-step instruction

Easy to read and analyze

Disadvantage/s:

The user must be able to read

The user must be knowledgeable

Objective 2: To develop a phone charging booth that automatically adjust the required voltage and
current

Possible Solution 1: Adafruit

Possible Solution 2: Bestope
Possible Solution 3: Drok

Objective 3: To develop a phone charging booth that has an online management system

Possible Solution 1: VB.NET

It is the fast and easy language to develop an application.

Advantage/s:

It is strict and need some code to assign the integer value to string value

It provides some commonly use word in coding

Developed application are more secure and stable

Disadvantage/s:

Need some codes to handle a pointer

It is easy to learn that can cause large pool of competition

The compiler can be easily compiled

Possible Solution 2: Android

it is a mobile application that developed by the Google. It is used in smartphones and tablets.

Advantage/s:

All developers usually know java so it is easy for them to develop.

Ease of making an application publicly available

increasing adoption

Disadvantage/s:

it makes code slow and in terms of both execution time and performance

It is not easy to publish because App Store do not allow low quality applications.

Possible Solution 3: PHP

It is a commonly use language to design a web-based development

Advantage/s:

It has both procedure programming language and OOP language features.

It is easy to use for development because it is open source.

It is relatively fast

Easy to connect in the database

Disadvantage/s:

It is not really secured because of open source

It is not suitable for large applications

Chapter 4 Constraints, Trade-off, and Standards

This chapter discussed about the constraints, trade-off and standards that the developers aims to
attain for the requirements specification of the design project and check the possible solutions meets the
desired to for the realistic constraints.

Design Constraints

These are the following constraints that the developers considered in designing the project.

Economic:
In economic constraints, the developers considered the price of the current related and similar
products on the market, the cost of our design project and the profit that will gain if it will use as a business.
The designer also considered designing a project for public use and it must be affordable by the customer.

Manufacturability
In manufacturability constraints, the developers considered the availability of the materials needed
to build the project and the components used must not be expensive but have a high quality.

Sustainability
In sustainability constraints, the developers considered the project if it is suite to use for business
and not only components but also the product itself considered a long life span.

Importance of Constraints

Constraints are important to consider in designing to visualize things that the developers need to
happen or would like to happen to the design project. It defines a set of all possible solutions in which it is
satisfied. It also helps the developer to decide which solutions are the best for the project.

The table 4.1 below contains the ranking of the possible solutions per constraint. Each possible solution is
ranked per constraint, 3 being the highest and 1 being the lowest. The total mean is computed by summing
the product of the importance rating and the rank per constraint. The developers give 50% to the
manufacturability constraints because it is the first impact that the user will see and also the functionality of
the project.

CONSTRAINTS
POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS

Manufacturabilit
y

Sustainability

Economic

TOTAL MEAN

4
To develop a phone charging station that secure and user-friendly
For User-friendly
Voice Operated
Using printed step-bystep instruction in the
charging booth
Using
step-by-step
instruction display in the
LCD

14

24

18

For Secure
Using security code
Using
Biometrics(fingerprint)
Using RF ID

27

14

11

To develop a phone charging station that automatically adjust the required voltage and current
Adafruit
3
3
3
27

Bestope
2

17

17

Drok
To develop a phone charging station that has an online management system
VB.NET
Android
PHP

Total mean is computed by multiplying the rate of the device to the rate of that particular constraint and
summing the entire product as shown in Eq. 4.1
TOTAL MEAN = (PS X RS) + (PM X RM) + (PE X RE)
Equation No. 1: Total Mean
Where:
PS = Percentage for Sustainability Constraint
RS = Rating for Sustainability Constraint
PM = Percentage for Manufacturability Constraint
RM = Rating for Manufacturability Constraint
PE = Percentage for Economic Constraint
RE = Rating for Economic Constraint
Therefore, the computation will be used based on the given ranking percentage and rating is
TOTAL MEAN = (4 X RS) + (3 X RE) + (2 X RM).
Equation No. 2: Total Mean Percentage

POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS

CONSTRAINTS

EXPLANATION

To develop a phone charging station that secure and user-friendly

For User-friendly:
Manufacturability
Voice Operated
2
Using
printed
step-by-step
3
instruction in the charging booth
Using step-by-step instruction
3
display in the Monitor
Sustainability
Voice Operated
2
Using
printed
step-by-step
1
instruction in the charging booth
Using step-by-step instruction
3
display in the Monitor
Economic
Voice Operated
3
Using
printed
step-by-step
2
instruction in the charging booth
Using step-by-step instruction
3
display in the Monitor
To develop a phone charging station that automatically adjust the required voltage and current
For Secure
Manufacturability
Using security code
3
Using Biometrics(fingerprint)
1
Using RF ID
1
Sustainability
Using security code
3
Using Biometrics(fingerprint)
2
Using RF ID
1
Economic
Using security code
3
Using Biometrics(fingerprint)
3
Using RF ID
2
To develop a phone charging station that automatically adjust the required voltage and current
Manufacturability
Adafruit
3
Bestope
2
Drok
3
Sustainability
Adafruit
3

Bestope
Drok
Adafruit
Bestope
Drok
VB.NET
Android
PHP
VB.NET
Android
PHP
VB.NET
Android
PHP

3
2
Economic
3
1
1
To develop a phone charging station that has an online management system
Manufacturability
2
1
3
Sustainability
3
3
3
Economic
2
1
3