ABSTRACT

Manualization of the gas station management system allows a lot of shortcomings and challenges which could hinder proper inventory management, lead to theft and also give rise to inaccurate value report of the product dispensed and remaining underground. This led to an extensive research to develop a functional device to device communication technology to automate and enhance gas station management system. A well-crafted algorithm was developed for communicating, computing and relaying of data for the system. The control program codes was realized using C programming language. The developed program was integrated with the ATMEGA 328 Microcontroller using Arduino as the integrated development environment (IDE). A backend for the information gathering in real time using MySQL was developed and the developed microcontroller, ultrasonic sensor device and the WIFI module were all integrated using CORBRA protocol. The prototype as a proof of concept was finally developed. The methodology that was implemented in the project development is the object oriented methodology and prototyping methodology. The ultrasonic sensor (HC-SRO4) was used to get data from the tank by SONAR to determine the volume of the product in the bucket. ATMEGA 328 microcontroller was used as a medium to convert the data received from the ultrasonic sensor and sends it to the WI-FI module. The WI-FI module is an interface between the Hardware and the web application where the data received can be seen and remotely monitored using LARAVEL. The system measures fuel or product volume, gives the equivalent price value of the quantity sold and the price and volume remaining. The system allows for automated analysis and monitoring of product level which will enhance the gas station management process.