Design , Modeling and Application of Microcontroller (MCU) on Engine Room Ambient Temperature Monitoring Device

Abstract

Manpower shortage in a vessel is a very common issue especially on a large vessel. There are numerous machinery and tanks installed and maintained on board ship. Almost all type of machineries work depend on the temperature settings also the starting and stopping of the alternative machineries are still lack in place due to manual monitoring of the temperature took place. The aim of this paper is to describe a simple design on a low-priced system, and application of the Microcontrollers Unit (MCU). These design were simulated using the Proteus software and then later to implement and test in the hardware models. The program has then compiled in PIC C Compilers, and were programmed into the microcontrollers using a programmer for PIC 8-bit microcontrollers. This paper will offer the developments of the temperature monitoring device system that will alert the crew when the buzzer sounds. The model function suitably by using simulator software. The vital use of the system is to reduce or to ease the task of the crew members even when there is unexpected shortage of the crew.