Smart Parking System (IoT-based)

An IoT-enabled Smart Parking System that helps optimize urban parking space through automation. The project uses Arduino, NodeMCU, and IR sensors to detect vehicle movement, while a PHP-MySQL backend and Android app manage slot availability, bookings, and real-time updates.

🚗 Features

• User Registration & Login
• View available parking slots
• Book or Cancel a slot
• Park/Retrieve car using app
• Real-time slot status updates via IR sensor
• Admin panel to manage users and slots
• Android application integration
• Arduino-based hardware prototype

🛠️ Technologies Used

Hardware:

• Arduino Uno
• NodeMCU (ESP8266)
• IR Sensors
• Stepper Motor
• Wi-Fi module

Software:

• PHP, HTML, CSS, JS (Frontend)
• MySQL (Database)
• XAMPP (Local Server)
• Android Studio (Java/Kotlin)
• Arduino IDE

⚙️ Setup Instructions

1. Install XAMPP and start Apache & MySQL.
2. Import smart_parking.sql into phpMyAdmin.
3. Place backend/ files in htdocs/ directory.
4. Open the Android project in Android Studio.
5. Upload code to Arduino and NodeMCU via Arduino IDE.
6. Connect hardware components as per the circuit diagram.

🧠 Authors

• Kaushik Shigavan
• Harshad Raurale
• Shubham Modi
• Priyanshu Worlikar

🎓 Academic Info

Final year Diploma Project | Vidyalankar Polytechnic | Dept. of Computer Engineering (2021–22)

📜 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.