PICARE

PC Interactive Care And Remote Environment

An all-in-one PC maintenance companion — Flutter mobile app + Windows companion.

Final Year Project by Amin Mokhtar · 2026

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About

PICARE is designed to make PC maintenance simple for casual users. The mobile app pairs with a Windows companion app to monitor temperatures, plan upgrades, guide hardware repairs via AR, and clean up storage — all from your phone.

Features

• 📷 AR Guide — Point your camera to detect PC components and follow step-by-step maintenance guides
• 🌡️ Live Temp — Monitor CPU, GPU, motherboard, and SSD temperatures in real time
• 📋 Upgrade Plan — Find compatible hardware upgrades based on your current PC specs
• 💾 Storage Cleanup — Free up disk space by clearing junk files with one tap
• 🔔 Reminders — Set custom maintenance reminders (dust cleaning, driver updates, defrag, etc.)
• ⚡ PC Power — Wake, sleep, restart, or shut down your PC remotely (Wake-on-LAN)

Project Structure

PC-Care/
├── pc_care_app/          → Flutter mobile app (Android)
├── PcCareCompanion/      → Windows companion app (.NET 8)
└── README.md             → You are here

Download

Grab the latest release from the Releases page:

File	For	Required for
PICARE-vX.X.apk	Android phone	Everything
PICARE-Companion-vX.X.zip	Windows PC	Connect Mode (real PC data)

If you just want to try it, install only the APK and use Demo Mode.

Requirements

Mobile app

• Android 8.0 or higher
• Camera permission (for AR features)
• ~50 MB storage

Companion app (optional — only for Connect Mode)

• Windows 10 or 11
• Admin privileges (for kernel-mode sensor access)
• Same Wi-Fi network as your phone

How It Works

1. Install the APK on your Android phone
2. (Optional) Install the Windows companion on your PC for real-time data
3. Open the app and choose Demo Mode or Connect Mode
4. Explore the four features from your phone

Technology Stack

Mobile app

• Flutter (Dart) — cross-platform framework
• YOLOv11 nano (ONNX) — on-device AR object detection
• flutter_local_notifications — scheduled reminders
• YouTube Data API v3 — video tutorial integration

Windows companion

• .NET 8 + WinForms — Windows companion app
• ASP.NET Core Minimal API — local HTTP server
• LibreHardwareMonitorLib — CPU/GPU/motherboard/SSD sensors
• Windows System.IO.DriveInfo — storage info

License

This project is a Final Year Project for academic use. Feel free to explore the code for educational purposes.

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Developed by Amin Mokhtar Final Year Project · 2026