Line follower robot using microcontroller

Line follower robot using avr microcontroller. In this tutorial you will learn how to design a line follower robot using avr microcontroller and path sensors. It follow a black line automatically and it also turn it direction according to black line. Liner follower robot is very famous project at university level among electrical, electronics, computer and software engineering students. There are a lot of competitions held every year in engineering universities related to robotics. But for first year engineering students, Liner follower robot is very popular.Because it is easy to make and can be easily ready to run with in  minimum time. you can may also like to check out other robotics projects:

• Obstacle avoidance robot
• Voice controlled robot
• Metal detector robot
• wifi controlled robot using Arduino
• Pick and place robotic arm

Applications of line follower robot

Line follower robot which is usually make at university level is just to make students familiar with the field of robotic. But actual robots use in fields are much more complex and they can perform very complicated task in industry. It is not possible to make a practical robot at university level. That’s why international robotics club encourage students to make simple robots like Liner follower robot, obstacle avoided robot, metal detection robot to get basic understanding of practical robots.In this article I have presented you an idea of Liner follower robot. How to make line follower robot using microcontroller.

Block diagram of line follower using avr microcontroller is shown below. As I have clearly mentioned in block diagram. Two motors are used. One motor is attached with left Tyre of robot and another motor is attached with right Tyre of robot. Front wheel of Line follower robot is freely moving wheel. Motor driver IC is used to rotate both motors either clock wise or anti clock wise direction according to turning direction of Line follower robot. L298 motor driver IC is used as a motor driver IC. Microcontroller Atmega16 is used to give control signals to motor driver IC according to sensors output. Light dependent resistor in combination with light emitting diode is used to sense black line. In case robot goes off from black line, respective sensor operate and microcontroller sense its value and take control control actions by turn motors either clock wise or anti clock wise. Block diagram of line follower robot is shown below :

I have already mentioned sensors are used to sense black line. I have used seven sensors in this project. But you can also use 3 , 5 sensors according to width of black line. Light dependent resistor in combination with light emitting diode is used to sense either line follower robot is on black line or off line. Circuit diagram of single sensor is shown below. but you should connect all seven sensors on single strip with a distance of 2-3 cm between each set LDR and LED to get better results of line follower robot.

Circuit diagram of line follower robot is shown below. Diode are used with motors and motor driver IC to avoid sparking due to back emf voltage. Because DC motor is inductive in nature. For simulation purpose dip switches are used instead of actual sensors strip. LCD is used to display direction of both motors. But it is optional to use. It have no link with performance of line follower robot.

Code given below is written in AVR studio compiler and internal oscillator is used for clock frequency.

// ***********************************************************
 // Project: LINE FOLLOWER ROBOT
 // Author: Bilal Malik     "microcontrollerslabhub@gmail.com"
 // Module description:
 // ***********************************************************
 #include <avr\io.h> // Most basic include files
 #include <avr\interrupt.h> // Add the necessary ones
 #include <util\Delay.h> // here
 #include <stdio.h>

#define RS 0
 #define RW 1
 #define EN 2
 #define LCD_PORT PORTC
 #define LCD_DIR DDRC

#define CLEAR_LCD 0x01
 #define LCD_HOME 0x02
 #define LCD_LINE_1 0x80
 #define LCD_LINE_2 0xC0
 #define LCD_R_SHIFT 0x1C
 #define LCD_L_SHIFT 0x18
 #define FWD 0x0A
 #define REV 0x05
 #define R 0x02
 #define L 0x08
 #define CW 0x09
 #define CCW 0x06
 #define STOP 0x00
 #define B 0xFF

#define RSPEED OCR1AL
 #define LSPEED OCR1BL

#define MAX 3
 #define HMAX 1

void move(unsigned char dir);
 void Lcd_Cmd(unsigned char cmd);
 void lcd_message(char line, char * ptr );
 void lcd_data(unsigned char data);
 void lcd_init(void);

unsigned char i , rdev , ldev , ip , delay , dir , power , dirl , history[MAX] , hcount = 0 , rotpow , val = 0;

unsigned char rep=0, prev=0;

void disp()
 {
 char mess[] = "LINE FOLLOWING ROBOT CREATED BY";
 char mess2[] = "BILAL MALIK";
 lcd_message(LCD_LINE_1, mess );

_delay_ms(1000);

for(int i=0;i<20;i++)
 {
 Lcd_Cmd(LCD_R_SHIFT);
 _delay_ms(100);
 }
 Lcd_Cmd(LCD_HOME);
 lcd_message(LCD_LINE_2, mess2);
 _delay_ms(1000);

}

int main(void)
 {

lcd_init();
 disp();

PORTA = 0x00;
 DDRA = 0x00;

PORTB = 0xFF;
 DDRB = 0xFF;

PORTC=0x00;
 DDRC=0xFF;

PORTD=0xff;
 DDRD=0xff;

TCCR0=0x00;
 TCNT0=0x00;
 OCR0=0x00;

TCCR1A=0xA1;
 TCCR1B=0x0A;
 TCNT1H=0x00;
 TCNT1L=0x00;

OCR1AH=0xFF;
 OCR1AL=0xFF;
 OCR1BH=0xFF;
 OCR1BL=0xFF;

ACSR=0x80;// adc disable
 move(STOP);
 _delay_ms(1000);
 while(1)
 {

if(PINA!=0)
 {

ldev=0;
 rdev=0;
 val = PINA;

if((val & 0x08)==8)
 {
 rdev=1;
 ldev=1;
 }
 if((val & 0x04)==4)
 rdev=2;

if((val & 0x10)==0x10)
 ldev=2;

if((val & 0x02)==2)
 rdev=3;

if((val & 0x20)==0x20)
 ldev=3;

if((val & 0x01)==1)
 rdev=4;

if((val & 0x40)==0x40)
 ldev=4;
 if(rdev>ldev)
 move(L);
 else if(rdev<ldev)
 move(R);
 else if(rdev==ldev)
 move(FWD);
 }
 else
 {
 for(i=0,dirl=0;i
 {
 if(history[i]==L)
 {
 dirl++;
 }
 }
 if(dirl>HMAX)
 {
 move(CCW);//,0,rotpow);

_delay_ms(1000); // TESTING & DEBUG
 }
 else
 {
 move(CW);//,0,rotpow);

_delay_ms(1000); // TESTING & DEBUG
 }

_delay_ms(1000); // TESTING & DEBUG

}

};
 }
 void move(unsigned char dir)//,unsigned char delay,unsigned char power)
 {
 PORTD=dir;

char ch[10];
 itoa(dir,ch,10);
 Lcd_Cmd(CLEAR_LCD);

if(dir == STOP)
 {
 lcd_message(LCD_LINE_1, "STOP");
 }
 else if(dir == FWD)
 {
 lcd_message(LCD_LINE_1, "FORWARD");
 }
 else if(dir == REV)
 {
 lcd_message(LCD_LINE_1, "REVERSE");
 }
 else if(dir == R)
 {
 lcd_message(LCD_LINE_1, "RIGHT");
 }
 else if(dir == L)
 {
 lcd_message(LCD_LINE_1, "LEFT");
 }
 else if(dir == CW)
 {
 lcd_message(LCD_LINE_1, "CW");
 }
 else if(dir == CCW)
 {
 lcd_message(LCD_LINE_1, "CCW");
 }

lcd_message(LCD_LINE_2, ch );
 if(dir==L||dir==R)
 {
 hcount=(hcount+1)%MAX;
 history[hcount]=dir;
 }
 LSPEED=50;
 RSPEED=50;
 _delay_ms(1000);

}




void Lcd_Cmd(unsigned char cmd)
 {

LCD_PORT &= ~((1<<rs)|(1<<rw)); rs="" low="" for="" command,="" rw="" <span="" class="hiddenSpellError" pre="for " data-mce-bogus="1">write
 LCD_PORT |= (1<<EN); // Set enable
 LCD_PORT &= 0x0F;
 LCD_PORT |= (cmd & 0xF0); // Send upper nibble
 LCD_PORT &= ~(1<<EN); // Enable low
 _delay_ms(1);
 LCD_PORT |= (1<<EN); // Set enable
 LCD_PORT &= 0x0F;
 LCD_PORT |= (cmd << 4); // Send lower nibble
 LCD_PORT &= ~(1<<EN); // Enable low
 _delay_ms(1);
 }

void lcd_data(unsigned char data)
 {

LCD_PORT |= (1<<RS); //RS high for data
 LCD_PORT &= ~(1<<rw); rw="" low="" for="" <span="" class="hiddenSpellError" pre="for " data-mce-bogus="1">write
 LCD_PORT |= (1<<EN); // Set enable
 LCD_PORT &= 0x0F;
 LCD_PORT |= (data & 0xF0); // Send upper nibble
 LCD_PORT &= ~(1<<EN); // Enable low
 _delay_ms(1);
 LCD_PORT |= (1<<EN); // Set enable
 LCD_PORT &= 0x0F;
 LCD_PORT |= (data << 4); // Send lower nibble
 LCD_PORT &= ~(1<<EN); // Enable low
 _delay_ms(1);
 }

void lcd_init(void)
 {
 LCD_DIR = 0xFF;
 _delay_ms(15);
 Lcd_Cmd(0x03);
 _delay_ms(5);
 Lcd_Cmd(0x03);
 _delay_ms(1);
 Lcd_Cmd(0x03);
 _delay_ms(1);
 Lcd_Cmd(0x02);
 _delay_ms(1); //as said in the book
 Lcd_Cmd(0x28); //Set interface length
 _delay_ms(1);
 Lcd_Cmd(0x08); // Turn off display
 _delay_ms(1);
 Lcd_Cmd(0x01); //Clear display
 _delay_ms(1);
 Lcd_Cmd(0x06); //Set cursor move direction
 _delay_ms(1);
 Lcd_Cmd(0x0F); //Enable display cursor
 _delay_ms(1);
 }
 void lcd_message(char line, char * ptr ) // 1st argument is the string pointer the other is line No.
 {

//Lcd_Cmd(CLEAR_LCD);
 Lcd_Cmd(line); //move cursor to line

while(ptr != '\0')
 lcd_data((ptr++));

}

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Line follower robot circuits