TAXIMETER: My Graduation Project

Taximeter

Design and Implementation of a Microcontroller Based Taximeter

Taximeter Final View

By
Abed El Ghani Hisham Abu Jabal

Elias Issa Elias Fashho

Mohammed Tawfiq Samara

Me Working on PCB

Taxies in Gaza strip do not have any fare calculations system which resulted in raising several problems in the transportation section. To permanently solve these problems we came up with the idea of a taximeter customized according to Gaza strip needs. Our taximeter is a microcontroller-based electronic device which can be easily integrated with the taxies in Gaza. The proposed taximeter can handle up to four passengers simultaneously. The fare calculations depend on the traveled distance and elapsed time which could guarantee the fairness towards both drivers and passengers. We also provided PC software that is going to be used by the Official Tariff Organization in case of any changes to the fare calculations variables. The proposed taximeter was tested on a car and gave satisfying results. We strongly recommend the Ministry of Transportation to apply the proposed taximeter on the transportation section in Gaza strip because we think it is going to be a great solution for the rising problems.

Breadboard Phase

PCB Phase

About me...

I am Elias I E Fashho

From the day I was born, I was that intelligent boy interacting with everyone around me and attracting them to me. I entered school when I was five years old, and through the whole studying years at primary, preparatory, and secondary school I was the head of my class.

After I had finished school studies with 98.1 GPA, I joined the Islamic University of Gaza to study Engineering, and because of my interests I decided to study Computer Engineering. Computer Engineering is a very large field to study since everyday you have new things appear in that field and you must be up-to-date with all of these things to be in the lead. Among studying and working..... studying....working... and doing a lot of projects, that I will present here in the near future, doing a lot of successful presentations and a lot of exams till few weeks before, I have graduated and have been granted the Bachelor degree in Computer Engineering with a very good grade.

In addition to my studies I am a leader in a scouting group called the Arab Orthodox Scout of Gaza (AOSG) which is the biggest scouting group in Gaza Strip. I joined this group since I was a cup scout when I was 10 years old, and I have been promoted regularly according to my hard work in scouting camps or in volunteering in lots of fields till I was certified as a leader in 2003 after having the required courses and became the leader of boy scouts. Until now the group has many activities ,which I will show here, hoping to be bigger and bigger to contribute in Scouting Movement around the world.

According to my religion I am Christian and I am an intoner in our church here in Gaza which is Church of Saint Porphyrius, and also a teacher in the Sunday School in the same church. Saint Porphyrius was born in the city of Thessaloniki, Greece, 347. He visited Gaza in 395 AD accompanied by a "Deacon Mark" who wrote the life history of this Saint. It took five years to build this church and it was built in 407 AD, so it is a very old church, I may put some pictures of it here. 

Now I am searching for a temporary work till finding a scholarship to study Master degree.

I hope you find useful materials here in my blog to start working or to help you with a specific problem.

Best regards