Bulletin of Electrical Engineering and Informatics
Bulletin of Electrical Engineering and Informatics (Buletin Teknik Elektro dan Informatika) ISSN: 2089-3191, e-ISSN: 2302-9285 is open to submission from scholars and experts in the wide areas of electrical, electronics, instrumentation, control, telecommunication and computer engineering from the global world. The journal publishes original papers in the field of electrical, computer and informatics engineering.
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Soft dielectric elastomer microactuator for robot locomotion
Farah Afiqa Mohd Ghazali;
Wong Yi Jie;
Mariatul Rawdhah Ahmad Fuaad;
Mohamed Sultan Mohamed Ali
Bulletin of Electrical Engineering and Informatics Vol 9, No 6: December 2020
Publisher : Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science
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DOI: 10.11591/eei.v9i6.2208
This paper presents dielectric elastomer actuated robot locomotion and the development of a robotic model structure based using a dielectric elastomer actuator. A pre-stretched dielectric elastomer actuator is fabricated onto acrylic frames to form single and multiple robotic crawler models. The crawler models demonstrate forwards motion upon application of high voltage to the attached dielectric elastomer actuator. Characterizations revealed that the fabricated multiple crawler models showed results over the single crawler model in terms of locomotion potential. The maximum forward locomotion speed of the multiple crawler models is recorded as 1.2 mm/s. Nonetheless, precise results are highly attainable provided a structured and coherent fabrication technique of the dielectric elastomer actuator is implemented.
Graphene/PSMA composite for gas sensing application
Hanis Camelia Muhar;
Noor Syazwana Sahar;
Fauzan Khairi Che Harun;
Nurul Ashikin Abdul-Kadir
Bulletin of Electrical Engineering and Informatics Vol 9, No 6: December 2020
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DOI: 10.11591/eei.v9i6.2199
This paper presents the fabrication of conducting polymer sensor which comprise of graphene-poly styrene-co-maleic acid (PSMA) composite that responds to volatile organic compound (VOC) via a change in the electrical resistance of the sensors. Five sensors composed of different material ratio were fabricated to find out the most prominent weight percentage ratio (wt %) for optimum sensor response. Those materials were deposited onto silver electrode using drop-casting method. NI Card PCIE-6323 measures the voltage obtained from the sensor circuit and the resistance of the gas sensor monitored using LabVIEW instrument. It was observed from the experiments that combination of 60% graphene and 40% PSMA gives the highest sensor response.
Drunken drive detection with smart ignition lock
S. L. A. Muthukarpan;
M. N. Osman;
M. Jusoh;
T. Sabapathy;
M. K. A. Rahim;
M. Elshaikh;
Z. I. A. Khalib
Bulletin of Electrical Engineering and Informatics Vol 10, No 1: February 2021
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DOI: 10.11591/eei.v10i1.2241
Drink and drive issue have become solemnly that needs immediate attention. This is due to drivers’ ignorance towards road rules and regulations and their selfish attitude that caused loss of innocent lives. Although previously there is a drunk detecting mechanism using breathalyzer but it isn’t suitable for current fast-paced lifestyle. Therefore, to overcome these issues, this system is proposed. This system is fixed on vehicle’s steering to measure alcohol concentration reading using MQ-3 sensor from the driver’s exhaled breath. If the driver found to be drunk beyond the threshold level of 400 ppm, then ignition lock is activated and the car engine does not start till alcohol concentration falls to a safe level. Or, if the driver consumes an alcoholic drink while driving, upon exceeding permissible limit, the car slows down till it stops. Then, the location of the vehicle is tracked and sent as Google Map integrated link via text message to authorized unit. Simultaneously, the car buzzer goes off while the car slows down so that surrounding road users are aware of the driver’s condition and drives at a distance. The proposed detection system is highly potential to be implemented for reducing the drunk and drive accidents.
Aircraft position estimation using angle of arrival of received radar signals
Freeha Majeed Amjad;
Ahmad Zuri Sha'ameri;
Kamaludin Mohamad Yusof;
Paulson Eberechukwu
Bulletin of Electrical Engineering and Informatics Vol 9, No 6: December 2020
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DOI: 10.11591/eei.v9i6.2273
With increasing demand of air traffic, there is a need to optimize the use of available airspace. Effective utilization of airspace relies on quality of aircraft surveillance. Active research is carried out for enhancements in surveillance techniques and various methods are evaluated for future use. This paper evaluates the use of multiple signal classification (MUSIC) based angle of arrival (AOA) estimation along with multiangulation for locating aircrafts from their electromagnetic wave emission. The performance evaluation of the system is presented by evaluating the AOA estimation errors and position estimation (PE) errors. The errors are evaluated by comparing the estimated value to the actual value. An analysis on the system parameters, AOA error and PE error are presented in the end. AOA errors are affected by the AOA value (emitter bearing), number of array elements, SNR and resolution of AOA estimation algorithm. Errors in AOA estimation lead to PE errors. The simulation results show small errors for short ranges. The system performance can be improved at the expense of computational time by using higher MUSIC resolution and larger antenna arrays
Substrate integrate waveguide and microstrip antennas at 28 GHz
Yaqdhan Mahmood Hussein;
Mohamad Kamal A. Rahim;
Noor Asniza Murad;
Mustafa Mohammed Jawad;
Hatem O. Hanoosh;
Huda A. Majid;
Hussam H. A. Keriee
Bulletin of Electrical Engineering and Informatics Vol 9, No 6: December 2020
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DOI: 10.11591/eei.v9i6.2190
In this paper, two antennas are designed using substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) and microstrip technology at 28 GHz. Parametric study for both antennas is presented to demonstrate the performance at millimeter wave frequency for wireless communication network (5G application). Roger RT5880 substrates with permittivity 2.2 and loss tangent 0.0009 are used to implement the antennas with two thicknesses of 0.508 mm and 0.127 mm respectively. Both antennas have the same size of substrate 12x12 mm with a full ground plane was used. Structures designs have been done by using computer simulation technology (CST). The simulation results showed that the antenna with SIW and roger RT 5880 substrate thickness 0.508 has better performance in term of return loss and radiation pattern than the microstrip patch antenna at 28 GHz. A return loss more than -10 dB and the gain are 6.4 dB obtained with wide bandwidth range of (27.4-28.7) GHz. This proving to increase the realized gain by implementing SIW at millimeter wave band for 5G application network.
LoRa driven medical adherence system
Suheib Sherif;
Wooi Haw Tan;
Chee Pun Ooi;
Abubaker Sherif;
Sarina Mansor
Bulletin of Electrical Engineering and Informatics Vol 9, No 6: December 2020
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DOI: 10.11591/eei.v9i6.2195
Recent discovered technologies have exposed many new theories and possibilities to improve our standard of living. Medical assistance has been a major research topic in the past, many efforts were put in to simplify the process of following treatment prescriptions. This paper summarizes the work done in developing LoRa driven medical adherence system in order to improve medicine adherence for elderlies. The designed system is composed of two sections; embedded hardware device for the use of patients at home and Web application to manage all patients along with their medicines and keep track of their medicine intake history. LoRa wireless communication technology is used for connecting all embedded devices with a central gateway that manages the network. Hardware and software tests have been conducted and showed great performance in terms of LoRa network range and latency. In short, the proposed system shows promising method of improving medicine adherence.
A Symbolic Contour Representation of Shape for Recognition and Retrieval
Taheri Anaraki, Ali;
Ullah Sheikh, Usman
Bulletin of Electrical Engineering and Informatics Vol 10, No 1: February 2021
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DOI: 10.11591/eei.v10i1.2051
Image retrieval technique is one of the most important and vital part of huge image storages. A precise retrieval engine is required to meet the needs of users. In this regard, content-based image retrieval (CBIR) methods based on image contents such as shape, color and texture have been introduced as an alternative of traditional methods to improve the retrieval precision. Of all features of an image, shape holds more valuable information than others. However, due to the dynamic nature of real worlds’ objects, a shape of an object is subject to occlusion, transformation and deformation. This is the main challenge of shape-based retrieval techniques and shape descriptors. In this paper, a new shape representation and description called Symbolic Contour-based Shape Retrieval (SCSR) method is introduced to overcome drawbacks of previous methods in terms of computation time and accuracy. The performance of the proposed method has been compared to other state-of-art methods on three popular datasets, Vehicles, Brown and Mpeg7.
Application of static synchronous compensator and energy storage system for power system stability enhancement
Mohammed Salheen Alatshan;
Ibrahim Alhamrouni;
Tole Sutikno;
Awang Jusoh
Bulletin of Electrical Engineering and Informatics Vol 9, No 6: December 2020
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DOI: 10.11591/eei.v9i6.2319
The major drivers of the quest for optimal placement of flexible alternating current transmission system (FACTS) devices are the quest for smart grids and economic indicators. The demand for energy and power stability will continue much as the astronomic growth in industries and increase in global population remains. The aim of this paper is to deliver a panoramic view of the use of static synchronous compensator (STATCOM) in combination with energy storage system (ESS) in order to enhance power stability. In this paper, it was observed that application of ESS is an important factor in attaining power stability and mitigating the effect of dynamics associated with the power supply system. The miniaturization of batteries and adequate placement of STATCOMs will be a challenge much as new power system are built or existing ones are expanded. The future of ESS is towards the adoption of renewable energy sources as against batteries.
Performance analysis of optimized controllers with bio-inspired algorithms
Ibarra Alexander;
Caiza Daniel;
Ayala Paul;
Arcos-Aviles Diego
Bulletin of Electrical Engineering and Informatics Vol 9, No 6: December 2020
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DOI: 10.11591/eei.v9i6.2619
This article proposes tuning of PID controllers through optimization techniques known as collective intelligence algorithms: the colony of ants and cuckoo search, applied to the temperature control of a PCT-2 plant. The dynamic behavior analysis of the controllers tuned by the application of collective intelligence algorithms were performed in comparison to a controller tuned by the genetic algorithm method and a controller designed with the PID tuner tool, obtaining favorable results in the tuning of the algorithms cuckoo search and ants colony in comparison to the PID tuner method and with a faster execution speed than the genetic algorithms method.
Development and testing of an FPT.AI-based voicebot
Duc Chung Tran;
Duc Long Nguyen;
Mohd. Fadzil Hassan
Bulletin of Electrical Engineering and Informatics Vol 9, No 6: December 2020
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DOI: 10.11591/eei.v9i6.2620
In recent years, voicebot has become a popular communication tool between humans and machines. In this paper, we will introduce our voicebot integrating text-to-speech (TTS) and speech-to-text (STT) modules provided by FPT.AI. This voicebot can be considered as a critical improvement of a typical chatbot because it can respond to human’s queries by both text and speech. FPT Open Speech, LibriSpeech datasets, and music files were used to test the accuracy and performance of the STT module. For the TTS module, it was tested by using text on news pages in both Vietnamese and English. To test the voicebot, Homestay Service topic questions and off-topic messages were input to the system. The TTS module achieved 100% accuracy in the Vietnamese text test and 72.66% accuracy in the English text test. In the STT module test, the accuracy for FPT open speech dataset (Vietnamese) is 90.51% and for LibriSpeech Dataset (English) is 0% while the accuracy in music files test is 0% for both. The voicebot achieved 100% accuracy in its test. Since the FPT.AI STT and TTS modules were developed to support only Vietnamese for dominating the Vietnam market, it is reasonable that the test with LibriSpeech Dataset resulted in 0% accuracy.