E-Compass Based Autonomous Qibla Rotation Platform for Moving Vehicle

Abstract

In this research work, we have presented an idea to create a platform which rotates about its axis to find the direction of Qibla automatically, placed in a moving vehicle. During the journeys based on days and months-long, people find it difficult to pray without having a direction of Qibla. This platform would enable them to perform their prayers without the fear of change in direction of the vehicle as the platform would rotate towards the required direction. HMC 5883-L is used to determine the direction of the Qibla which is an electronic compass and obtain values using the magnetic field around the earth. It is implemented on Arduino using the protocol of the serial communication protocol called I2C. The mechanical design handles torque in much optimized way, gearbox is used so that more weight can be handled and the primary purpose of using gearbox is to decrease the speed of platform.