Garba Suleiman

Implementation of a Contactless Water Level Controller: Embracing Opportunities in Nigeria Computer Science NCE Curriculum

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Garba Suleiman ^1,*

1. Computer Science Department, Federal Capital Territory College of Education, Zuba, Abuja, Nigeria

* Corresponding author.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijem.2020.02.04

Received: 15 Feb. 2019 / Revised: 28 Nov. 2019 / Accepted: 27 Jan. 2020 / Published: 8 Apr. 2020

Index Terms

Application, Controller, Contactless, Sensor, Ultrasonic.

Abstract

The society is blessed with diverse natural resources such coal, oil and water. The significance of water to lives cannot be over-emphasized. The benefits of water include but not limited to an increases in provision of energy, promotes healthy living and regulate body temperature. In schools, the benefits of water are useful in the laboratories for chemical reactions, fish farming and irrigation system. However, the wastage of water by individuals has been evident in the society. For people that are used to electromechanical pumping machine to fetch water; they used to forget to switch off the machine after the water tank might have been filled. The consequences of over-flowing include flooding and weaken of the building foundation. In this technological era, many automatic systems have been developed to control the flow of water into the containers or water tanks. A contactless water level controller system was developed as a demonstration and application of educational sustainable development in Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE) curriculum. The curriculum was aimed at encouraging the students to be up-to-date of relevant development in computer science and for the students to be able to impact the knowledge acquired to the young ones. Advanced programming is one of the course contents which involve learning C++, Java, C+ and Visual Basic at NCE level so as to be able to design and implement some application that will be of beneficial to the students and society at large. The controller work on the principle of signals transferred or received by the ultrasonic sensors. It consist of power supply, controller unit, ultrasound, display unit, water pump and water tank while C++ programming language was used and edited by using C++ Crimson editor. The system was installed outside the water tank. The sensor switched ON the motor pump when the water level is below 45cm and again switches OFF the motor pump when the water level is above 45cm. The system has low maintenance and installation cost which is more efficient. Also, electrical power wastage was successfully managed as the motor pump shut down when the water level reaches the desired level thereby reducing the cost of electricity bills for the user. The System was designed, implemented and tested to ascertain its working and viability practically to allow the students of computer science acquire relevant skills in programing language as outlined in the curriculum and to achieve and enhance capacity building. The finding of this research included acquisition of programming skills for implementation of automated system.

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Garba Suleiman. “Implementation of a Contactless Water Level Controller: Embracing Opportunities in Nigeria Computer Science NCE Curriculum", International Journal of Engineering and Manufacturing(IJEM), Vol.10, No.2, pp.41-51, 2020. DOI: 10.5815/ijem.2020.02.04

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