October 20, 2020 by Makerfabs Jennifer
In this project, I will tell you how to use ESP32 to make a simple people counter to count the visitor number of your side.
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Last weekend I went to my friend’s milk tea shop to help because the business was so hot that he didn't arrange enough clerk. In order to reasonably arrange the working hours of the clerk, I Build a people counter to help him count the changes in the number of customers.
ESP32 is work in a promiscuous mode that this clever chip allows IEEE802.11 network packets capturing for further analysis. Presented sniffer requires a callback function that will process all received promiscuous packets. Example callback function displays a few basic information like packet type (control packet, management packet, etc.), RSSI, or MAC addresses. Nowadays everyone has a smartphone that has a unique MAC address. It means the MAC address represents one person, and counting the MAC address means counting the number of people.
1. MakePython ESP32: https://www.makerfabs.cc/product/makepython-esp32.html
2. MakePython A9G GPRS/GPS Expansion Board: https://www.makerfabs.cc/product/makepython-a9g-gprs-gps-shield.html
3. Micro SD Card
4. Micro USB Cable
Connect two boards according to the pins. Power the boards via mobile power.
ESP32 Support
Follow the Installation Instructions to add ESP32 support if you are not yet doing it: https://github.com/Makerfabs/Makerfabs_FAQ.
You can get the code from here: https://github.com/Makerfabs/Project_WiFi-Statistics.
void wifi_sniffer_init(void)
{
nvs_flash_init();
tcpip_adapter_init();
ESP_ERROR_CHECK(esp_event_loop_init(event_handler, NULL));
wifi_init_config_t cfg = WIFI_INIT_CONFIG_DEFAULT();
ESP_ERROR_CHECK(esp_wifi_init(&cfg));
ESP_ERROR_CHECK(esp_wifi_set_country(&wifi_country)); /* set country for channel range [1, 13] */
ESP_ERROR_CHECK(esp_wifi_set_storage(WIFI_STORAGE_RAM));
ESP_ERROR_CHECK(esp_wifi_set_mode(WIFI_MODE_NULL));
ESP_ERROR_CHECK(esp_wifi_start());
esp_wifi_set_promiscuous(true);
esp_wifi_set_promiscuous_rx_cb(&wifi_sniffer_packet_handler);
}<br>int check_mac_only(const uint8_t addr3[6])
{
for (char i = 0; i < mac_count; i++)
{
bool flag = true;
for (char j = 0; j < 6; j++)
{
if (mac_lib[i][j] != addr3[j])
{
flag = false;
break;
}
}
if (flag == true)
return 0;
}
for (char j = 0; j < 6; j++)
{
mac_lib[mac_count][j] = addr3[j];
}
mac_count++;
return 1;
}void writeFile(fs::FS &fs, String path, String message)
{
Serial.println("Writing file: " + path);
File file = fs.open(path, FILE_WRITE);
if (!file)
{
Serial.println("Failed to open file for writing");
return;
}
if (file.println(message))
{
Serial.println("File written");
}
else
{
Serial.println("Write failed");
}
file.close();
}
#File which you want analysis
trace_file_name = "./log3.txt"First, this counter is very small and portable, the number of people can be counted anytime and anywhere as long as you connect the mobile power supply, I think it is very convenient. Second, the detection range of this counter is large. It can be used in a large shopping mall to count the number of people in the shopping mall over time, so that you can see what time period the passenger flow peaks and how many people will increase. At the same time, it can be used in public places, such as parks and squares that you can investigate the number of people as a hawker, etc.
Working at Makerfabs, Turnkey PCB Assembly Service, Electronics Engineering, IoT, ESP32, Arduino, Raspberry Pi.
