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Monday, November 29, 2021

Kabaragala Hike

Year and Month; 2021.11.24/25

Crew                                            ; HIKE GANG..(10)  ( Ranil Hemantha,Nilmini                                                                                                           Sadamali,navoda,chathurika,muranga.Pasan,Sauya,Dilesha and other 2 )

Accommodation;  Camping top of the kabaragala

Transport; By Bus

Activities; Hiking, hobby, photography, mind relax, Nature Exploring 
Weather; Rainy day

Route;             From Kandy travel along the Kandy Road passing Peradeniya up until Gampola. Turn to the Gampola –                                     Craighead Road and travel along this route until Dolosbage. The Kabaragala trail starts from                                                             Maryville Junction in the Nawalapitiya – Dolosbage Road 

Notes and Special remark;

  • follow the Google Map route
  • Take enough water
  • Do not go there during heavy rainy days
  • This is a little bit difficult hike
  • Recommended for young  crew hikes
  • Take food and stuff
  • Do not pollute the environment
  • Parking is available near the trailhead
  • Use the comfortable route as it gives just a 3-hour hike
  • Kabaragala is a mountain (1506m)

Author; Ranil Hemantha

 





                Kabaragala is a mountain situated in the Dolosbage mountain range in the central province of Sri Lanka. It is renowned as the highest mountain peak in this range. Kabaragala is approximately 1506 meters in height. It is very much similar to Horton plains due to its flat terrain at the top and the huge drop similar to the World’s End. The highest point is at the right of the terrain.









Friday, November 19, 2021

Kodigala Temple





                                                  Buddha statue of the Kodigala Temple



 Year and Month; 2021.11.18

Crew                    ;( Ranil Hemantha,sadamali)

Accommodation; Home

Transport; Moto bicycle 

Activities; Hiking, hobby, photography, mind relax, Nature Exploring, Temple

Weather; Clear sky

Notes and Special remark; 


  • Take enough water
  • the Google Map route
  • This is a very easy hike
  • Recommended for family hikes
  • Do not pollute the environment
  • Parking is available near the trailhead
  • Use the comfortable route as it gives just a 10-minute hike
  • kodigala Hill Hike (1518m)

For those who are like to take an adventure experience, it is a nice place for beginners. it is an easy task to achieve and it is a nice view at top of the kodigala, it takes a 10-15minute climb with step 

Author; Ranil Hemantha

 

        Sri Lanka is unique for its unspoiled beauty. Buddhism was the cornerstone of our rich history. So it’s no surprise that there will be ancient temples on top of mountains, may be swallowed up by the ocean and in each and every city. That is our culture.

Driving on the Southern highway towards Colombo, a few miles after the Kalutara exit and a mile or two before the Panadura exit, on the right-hand side on top of a mountain the image of a Buddha statue adds tranquillity to the already green and majestic mountain tops. This is the Buddha statue of the Kodigala Aranya. Getting there is not an issue if you know the name of the place since it’s on Google maps and it will take you right to the entrance of the temple.
 If you are not a google maps person, finding the place would be a bit tricky. After taking the Panadura exit, travel on the Panadura Horana road towards Imbula road. It was about a 20 minutes drive from the Panadura exit during a time there was no traffic.

The temple consists of two areas. The lower area has the bo tree and places to worship. Thereafter it’s a 10-minute climb to reach the upper level where you see the majestic Buddha statue. This area is on top of a mountain

, so the view is spectacular. The atmosphere is ideal if you want to spend time in stillness. Not sure why there aren’t too many people visiting this temple, but for those who want peace and quiet while they worship or just enjoy the surrounding, this is ideal. The 10 minutes climb is a little steep, but there are steps except for the last lap where the steps are from what was left from the ancient temple.
According to the Caretaker, there are many folk stories about this ancient temple. Some say that long years ago, people could hardly travel to the upper area of the temple due to strange and mysterious happenings. Later on in the recent past bhikkhus have used the upper area for meditation and have invoked a lot of blessing and with that, the mysteries of the past have vanished.

 I recommend this detour from the Southern Highway to the Kodigala Aranya!!














Tuesday, November 16, 2021

Peacock Hill Hike (1518m)

Year and Month; 2021.11.13

Crew                    ; sellak karayo( Ranil Hemantha,Tharidhu dananjaya)

Accommodation; At friend place at kothmale

Transport; Moto bicycle 

Activities; Hiking, hobby, photography, mind relax, 


Nature Exploring

Weather; Rainy day

Notes and Special remark;

  • Do not ever follow the Google Map route
  • Take enough water
  • Do not go there during rainy days
  • This is a very easy hike
  • Recommended for family hikes
  • Take food and stuff
  • Do not pollute the environment
  • Parking is available near the trailhead
  • Use the comfortable route as it gives just a 10-minute hike
  • Peacock Hill Hike (1518m)

Author; Ranil Hemantha

and Ranil Hemantha. we are planning a hike on a Saturday with Tharindu dananjaya and we came through kurunagala to kothmale for a hike but unfortunately, we couldn’t go to the destination due to the rain. Then we thought to go to Peacock. But couldn’t capture a single photograph due to heavy mist and rain. Hence I also agreed with tharindhu to go to Peacock via a different road which shows in the Google Map.

We ride along the Mahaweliseya from the Kothmale dam and went as per the direction of tharindhu because he has come many time there. However, we realized that this route will get finished at some point and we have to do a small hike to get entered into the actual route. There are two main routes to come to the Peacock and the below are the correct and easiest routes. The route which we followed was the Old Track to Peacock and now it was fully covered with a thick Forest.

Route 1

From Gampola to Nuwaraeliya roadà Turn right from Paradeka junction and come to New Peacock Tea Factory then turn Left side from there and proceed about 4km to Doragala Tea Factoryà Then turn left to the Peacock hill which was situated near the Peak lime houses.

Route 2

From Kothmale DamàCome along the Pussellawa road up to the Kothmale Pagoda junctionà Turn left to the Kothmale Maha Seya Road and proceed about 4.5kmà and will come to the Doragala Tea Factoryà Then turn Right to the Peacock Hill

Route 3

From Nuwaraeliya road after passing Pussellawa turn right to Rothschild Tea Factory road near Delta Gemunupura  College, and proceed up to the Tea Factory and take the road to Monaragala Buddhist Center and there turn right and go to the end of that road, this road will end up at some point mid of a tea estate and a small forest patch. Then park your bikes there and take the forest footpath and reach the village near the peacock hill. This is a bit tough hike and this is the route shown in Google Map. Hence DO NOT USE THIS ROAD BY FOLLOWING GOOGLE MAP. This is a 4WD road and very difficult to ride through the narrow bend and gravel road.

Both routes will meet at Doragala Tea Factory and then precede up to the Trailhead. From the trailhead, there is about a 1km hike to the mountain and select the left side footpath when you entered the Pines patch.

There are communication towers such as SLT, Dialog, Etisalat, and Airtel. Camping is prohibited over there and a Pagoda will be built on a peak in the near future.









Thursday, November 4, 2021

 HULU GAGA (දුම් බර මිටියාවතේ රිදී සළුව)

1. Hulu gaga fall & Bridge

Hulu gaga fall is another beautiful fall created by Hulu gaga. It is flowing down under the Hulu gaga Bridge near the Hulu gaga town area..it is 75 m in height. This bridge is 160 - 170 years old.

2. Jodhu Alla ( Depth Alla)

When I drove to thawalamtanna gs area (Hulu gaga - Panvila Road), We had seen two waterfalls are flowing down in parallel. it is called jodu alla. it is 45m in height.
3. Thaliya watinu alla

Then We had gone allakolla estate. This state maintains by state plantation control. It maintains well. The road is also well. We were lucky to take full view photographs of Thaliya watinu alla in distance. But hard to reach the pond. It is another beautiful waterfall generated by the Hulu gaga. It is 53 m in height. But water flow is low because of the Mini hydropower project. We heard from rural society, there is a cave on the rock & you can go behind the fall.
this was a ended of our hulu gaga tour, we will be back with another marvelous journey........

දුම් බර මිටියාවතේ

සොදුරු දුම් බර මිටියාවතේ සංචාරයේ අපි ටිකක් වේලාසනින් අවදිවුනා, ඇත්ත්ටම ශිතල සමග දිගින් දිගටම කඩා හැලුනු වැස්ස අපිව අවදි කලා. නමුත් උදේ 6.30 වෙද්දි වැස්ස පායලා මි දුමින් පිරිනු දුම් බර වන පෙත අප ඉදිරියේ සොදුරු දසුන් මැව්වා. ඇත්තටම එම පරිසරය නෙතේ මැවු මනහර බව ජායාරූපවලට නගන්න නොහැකි තරම් සුන් දරයි.
















හුලුගග ඇල්ල

සාරි ඇල්ල වැටෙන ජල පොකුණේ සිතූ තරම් විනෝද වුනු අප ඉන් අනතුරුව හුලුගග ඇල්ල කරා පිටත් වුනා මෙය පාලමක් යටින් කඩා වැටෙන ඇල්ලක්. මෙය හුලු ගග නගරය ආසන්නයේම පවතින 75 උස ඇල්ලක්. මෙම පාලම ඉදිකර තිබෙන්නෙ 1853 අවුරුද්දෙ කියලයි සදහන් වෙන්නේ. ඒ කියන්නෙ අවුරුදු 160 ක් පැරනි පාලමක්.






හුලු ගග දිය ඇල්ල නැරබිමෙන් අනතුරුව ජොඩු ඇල්ල එහෙමත් නැත්නම් දෙපත් ඇල්ල නැරබීමට අප පිටත් වුනා. මෙය උසින් 45 වු දිය ඇලි දෙකක් එක ලග එකිනෙකට සමාන්තරව වැටෙන සුන් දර ස්ථානයක්.







තලිය වැටුනු ඇල්ල





Wednesday, July 14, 2021

Semi Automated Water Tape

 #Semi-Automated Water Tape



Through this project, I was tried to save waste water-limit and give smart support to the people.
I want to say things simply and you can do a lot of thing

you are student start simple project and use and develo then you can make beter one

Tuesday, June 22, 2021

Emergency Alarm system

 OBJECTIVE 

In facility two there is a dryer. Some time was off without any signal to technician so after many time it is effective to the production of printing arear. So some time they come and complain then maintain persons have to attend immediately then there current have to stop. It is problem.


In this project, they can get a mobile alert if off the dryer then they can manage time and attend.


                                                                    Mobile Alert




                                                                     Arduino program

Apparatus

  • Arduino UNO
  • GSM shield
  • Power regulator


DESCUSION

From In this project, we can get alerts from any working machine but we have config as the situation. then the operator can take an idea about the falt and come with the solution and wanted tool.


  1. It can you for fire Alarm system.
  2. Any production machine 
  3. Any door Alarm

A remote controllable automatic conveyor belt using Programmable Logical Control (PLC),

 

 ABSTRACT

In many industries, it is required to move parts from one place to another. Sometimes the working environment is not suitable for physical health as there can be poisonous gases and chemicals etc. To replace manual work the concept of conveyer belt is used, but still, need to have human supervision. In this paper, a remote controllable automatic conveyor belt is introduced using Programmable Logical Control (PLC), where it can operate automatically and controlled by a remote location. As Users can obtain information about the real-time status and control the equipment remotely, it can be used in hazardous places where it is unsafe for human beings.  Even with non-hazardous situations, it would reduce the manpower requirement, and also increase the total production efficacy and accuracy. Automation is achieved by using PLC and HMI software running in a PC. Monitoring can be done remotely using the latest network and internet technologies Controlling is done by using relays connected to the sensor module. When compared to traditional systems connected with wires, the proposed system has many advantages with its wireless technology. It is not required to have fixed control room as user can monitor and control from anywhere.

 

KEYWORD: Remote Location, Conveyor Belt, Real-Time Monitoring, SCADA system, IOT system

 

INTRODUCTION

In this project is most importing to small industry, it is a system to move the part to one place to another place, It is Conway system control by Programmable Logical Control (PLC). It is reliable and Safety is very high and production cost also low. Users can obtain real-time status information and control remote equipment without time and space restriction. In this project, the monitoring and controlling of devices are achieved using PLC, simulation of HMI, and pc monitor. Also, it can monitoring and control through the internet by using a network module to PLC. Then the user can control the device through a relay connected to the sensor module. Apart from controlling the devices remotely, an automatic controlling procedure is also provided to control the devices.          

 

Automatic control panels are available in industries for monitoring and controlling the parameters of machines and hence the final product. But most of the control panels in industries are wire panels and machines are controlled and monitored by the control room operator using a wired network. The wires are moving through conducts, sometimes inside walls and sometimes underground also. So breakdown maintenance of these wires is a difficult task in industries. As these wires are not open so it is difficult to locate the fault. And even after locating the fault, it takes time to repair them. The second disadvantage of this method is operator console cannot move from one room to another. Every time operator has to go to a particular room to monitor and control the operation.

Also this Conway system no need an external rack it is initially we have fixed to the Conway it is made by 3D printing. Material decided according to the user.

 

            If anyone hasn’t money to get PLC they can use a microcontroller for this process but it is not suitable for a larger production. But in a small factory can use it easily. It is an IoT system. This system like a small SCDAR system.

 

I. PROPOSED SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE

 Proposed architecture mainly consists of three Modules. They are:

1. Sensor Module
2. DC motor
3. Network Module

Sensor module consists of all the sensors which are used for data acquisition and sending these values to the DC motor through PLC, whereas the DC motor  is the one which is responsible for receiving the values from sensor modules and posting.   

 

 

                                                                                               

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II.BLOCK DIAGRAM OF ALL SYSTEM





 

 



Network module

Remote monitor








III. HARDWARE IMPLEMENTATION

 

S7-300 PLC Modular

The Siemens SIMATIC S7-300 Series Modular Controllers have been designed for innovative system solutions with a focus on manufacturing engineering, and as a universal automation system, it represents an optimal solution for applications in centralized and distributed configurations. The S7-300 Series can be set up in a modular configuration without the need for slot rules for I/O modules. There is a wide range of modules available both for the centralized and the distributed configuration with ET 200M. In addition to standard automation, safety technology and motion control can also be integrated in the S7-300 Series.

 

IV.PROGRAMING LANGUAGE & SOFTWARE

          Thin project use to program language is ladder it is a common language to most of Siemens PLC product. It is easy to understand and analyze.            

            SIMATIC TIA portal is now the latest software for S7 series PLC controller programing. TIA integrated with step7, WinCC & scout TIA.

Before 2010 Siemens has SIMATIC manager software for programming and configuration

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PRESSURE SENSOR

A pressure the sensor is a device for pressure measurement of gases or liquids. Pressure is an expression of the force required to stop a fluid from expanding and is usually stated in terms of force per unit area. A pressure sensor usually acts as a transducer; it generates a signal as a function of the pressure imposed. For the purposes of this article, such a signal is electrical.                                                  


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ENCODER SENSOR

Across a wide range of applications, it is necessary to need to accurately sense the motion of a rotary shaft and know its position, speed, or even acceleration. To do this, a component called a shaft or rotary encoder is added to the motor/shaft assembly.

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INFRARED SENSOR

  An infrared sensor is an electronic device that emits in order to sense some aspects of the surroundings. An IR sensor can measure the heat of an object as well as detects the motion. These types of sensors measure only infrared radiation, rather than emitting it that is called as a passive IR sensor.

           


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HUMAN MACHINE INTERFACE (HMI)

      A Human Machine Interface (HMI) is exactly what the name implies; a graphical interface that allows humans and machines to interact. Human-machine interfaces vary widely, from control panels for nuclear power plants to the screen on an iPhone.

 

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NETWORK MODULE

 

Industrial Ethernet (IE) is the use of Ethernet in an industrial environment with protocols that provide determinism and real-time control. Protocols for Industrial Ethernet include Ether CAT, Ethernet/IP, PROFINET, POWERLINK, SERCOS III, CC-Link IE, and Modbus TCP.

 


 

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CONCLUSION:

 

            Sometime some industry processing area is not suitable to human’s access because of chemical and heavy work in that time need human less processing system in that time can use this method to success the product. Also it can monitoring and control remotely. This have done for small industry but by doing small change it can use anywhere. It is like small SCADA system.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

REFERENCE:

 

Web Pages

 

·         https://www.google.lk/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn5.vectorstock.com%2Fi%2F1000x1000%2F15%2F04%2Fcartoon-conveyor-belt-vector-13711504.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vectorstock.com%2Froyalty-free-vector%2Fcartoon-conveyor-belt-vector-13711504&docid=2AxqArqXSRFAiM&tbnid=Ok7iENw0QnFHGM%3A&vet=10ahUKEwijw93VmJ7dAhULV7wKHVctC8AQMwjoASgEMAQ..i&w=1000&h=780&bih=631&biw=1366&q=conveyor%20belt&ved=0ahUKEwijw93VmJ7dAhULV7wKHVctC8AQMwjoASgEMAQ&iact=mrc&uact=8

 

 

·         https://www.alibaba.com/premium/conveyor_belt_system.html?src=sem_ggl&cmpgn=344375413&adgrp=23302441453&fditm=&tgt=aud-55680625111:kwd-28188600&locintrst=&locphyscl=9069431&mtchtyp=b&ntwrk=g&device=c&dvcmdl=&creative=95829078853&plcmnt=&plcmntcat=&p1=&p2=&aceid=&position=1o1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwlK7cBRCnARIsAJiE3MioOKI_AzlSXbXlpMqwI8CPrKD6Fg0gOWQWUpD2SXuSHPbcKVm9i8UaAjkREALw_wcB

 

 

YouTube link

 

·         https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMOVECQ0WyA&list=PLwPtn15qabIGufmhZuspFxCQdy2lnUtF4

 

·         https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDLYLJubLQs

 

 

 

 

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