Carbon Monoxide (CO) is the most abundant air pollutant gas and accumulates rapidly to dangerous concentrations even in areas that seem to be well ventilated. Carbon monoxide detectors/alarm systems exist but people who are old, hearing impaired, partially sighted or heavy sleepers may not get the warning or find it difficult to wake up and get out in the event of dangerous concentration of CO in their homes. This paper presents the development of a smart CO monitoring and control system to control the ventilation in a room when carbon monoxide concentration is at a level dangerous to human health. The system is comprised of a microcontroller interfaced with CO sensor (MQ-7) and ultrasonic distance sensor (HC-SR04) for CO concentration sampling and window state determination respectively. A third component interfaced with the controller is a DC motor, which accordingly control the window when the concentration of CO is high. A mechanism was provided to ensure that the fan in the room is ON and the window is completely open whenever CO concentration is high to ensure quick restoration of the air quality. Results from the performance evaluation of the system showed that it achieved an average response time of 6 seconds and consumed 321.62mW and 652.82mW of power during sampling and control respectively. The obtained results showed that the system is capable of responding quickly to dangerous concentration of CO, thus a desired attribute of CO monitoring systems hence, can adequately replace the existing systems with less power consumption. Manuscript profile

Security is a vital issue in the usage of Automated Teller Machine (ATM) for cash, cashless and many off the counter banking transactions. Weaknesses in the use of ATM machine could not only lead to loss of customer’s data confidentiality and integrity but also breach in the verification of user’s authentication. Several challenges are associated with the use of ATM smart card such as: card cloning, card skimming, cost of issuance and maintenance. In this paper, we present secure bio-cryptographic authentication system for cardless ATM using enhanced fingerprint biometrics trait and encrypted Personal Identification Number (PIN). Fingerprint biometrics is used to provide automatic identification/verification of a legitimate customer based on unique feature possessed by the customer. Log-Gabor filtering algorithm was used for enhancing low image quality and effect of noise on feature extracted from customer’s fingerprint minutiae. Truncated SHA 512/256 hash algorithm was used to secure the integrity and confidentiality of the PIN from sniffers and possible adversary within the channel of remote ATM banking transactions. Performance evaluation was carried out using False Acceptance Rate (FAR), False Rejection Rate (FRR) metrics and Collision Attack was performed on the Truncated SHA-512/256 hashed data (PIN). Results of the system performance shows Genuine Acceptance Rate (1-FRR) of 97.5% to 100%, Equal Error Rate of 0.0015% and Collision Attack carried out on the encrypted PIN message digest gave an unsuccessful attack. Therefore, the results of performance evaluation show the applicability of the developed system for secure cardless ATM transaction Manuscript profile

Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) controllers and Internal Model Controllers (IMC) are effective tools in control analysis and design. However, parameter tuning, and inaccurate model representation often lead to unsatisfactory closed loop performance. In this study, we analyse the effect of PID controllers and IMCs tuned with Genetic Algorithm (GA) and Fuzzy Logic (FL), on a poultry feeding system. The use of GA and FL for tuning of the PID and IMC parameters was done to enhance the adaptability and optimality of the controller. A comparative analysis was made to analyse closed loop performance and ascertain the most effective controller. The results showed that the GA-PID and FL-PID gave a better performance in the aspect of rise time, settling time and Integrated Absolute Error (IAE). On the other hand, the GA-IMC and FL-IMC gave better performances in the aspect of the performance overshoot. Therefore, for processes in which a faster response and lower IAE are desired, the GA-PID and FL-PID are more effective while for processes in which the major objective is to minimise the overshoot, the GA-IMC and FL-IMC are more suitable. Manuscript profile