DESIGN OF A GPS/GSM BASED TRACKER FOR THE LOCATION OF STOLEN ITEMS AND KIDNAPPED OR MISSING PERSONS

GUIDE: Mr.K.R.Radha Krishnan

I. II. III. IV. G.Uday Kiran [09L223] N.Nithesh Chakravarthi[09L242] N.Sai Deep[09L251] P.Pranay Krishna[09l246]

NEED FOR THIS PROJECT

The high rate of kidnapping is fuelled by the inability of security agencies to quickly identify the location of the kidnapped persons The increasing rate of kidnapping of persons and vehicle snatching demands the technological assistance to counter them Thus , there is now a need for the use of technology based location finders with high precision and very high response time in the recovery of the stolen vehicles and/or the kidnapped persons
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HARDWARE DESCRIPTION
This system combines The position location capabilities of the GPS to identify the current location of the kidnapped person or stolen items. The microcontroller is the brain of the system. It accesses the memory location data from the GPS module.
It then sends the location information to a predefined phone number through GSM module.

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 GSM modem under the control of the Microcontroller transmits location upon the receipt of a location request SMS.
The mobile phone receives location information in latitude and longitude format

An application which is preinstalled in the mobile phone which receives location information
This application shows the target location by plotting the latitude and longitude in the maps
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BLOCK DIAGRAM
Display device

External storage memory

Microcontroller

GPS module

Power supply

GSM module

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 ARDUINO LEONARDO as microcontroller

SKYTRAQ GPS 634R as Gps receiver

SIM900 as Gsm module

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Google MAPS API

Google Maps API for Android. For applications using Google Map Views

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Interrupts
Location Request Interrupt
Check for msg No Yes
Send loc info to mob

Low Signal strength Interrupt

Read gsm signalstrength

Y/N

<T Yes Send LSA and loc info stop

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No

stop
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TIMELINE OF WORK PROGRESS

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GPS Module
65 channels to acquire and track satellites simultaneously Tracking sensitivity reaches -161 dBm Integral LNA with low power control SBAS (WAAS/EGNOS) capable Cold start 29 sec under clear Sky Hot start 1 sec under clear Sky Accuracy 5m CEP Operable at 3.6V-6V Both of RS232 and UART interface at CMOS level 6 pins wafer connector
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GSM Module
Quad-Band GSM/GPRS 850/ 900/ 1800/ 1900 MHz 3V3 or 5V interface for direct communication with MCU kit Configurable baud rate SMA connector with GSM L Type Antenna. Built in SIM Card holder. Built in Network Status LED Inbuilt Powerful TCP/IP protocol stack for internet data transfer over GPRS. Normal operation temperature: -20 C to +55 C Input Voltage: 5V-12V DC
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ARDUINO LEONARDO
Microcontroller Operating Voltage Input Voltage (recommended) Input Voltage (limits) Digital I/O Pins PWM Channels Analog Input Channels ATmega32u4 5V 7-12V 6-20V 20 7 12

DC Current per I/O Pin

DC Current for 3.3V Pin Flash Memory SRAM EEPROM Clock Speed 25-09-2012

40 mA
50 mA 32 KB (ATmega32u4) of which 4 KB used by bootloader 2.5 KB (ATmega32u4) 1 KB (ATmega32u4) 16 MHz 12

BIBLOGRAPHY
DESIGN OF A GPS/GSM BASED TRACKER FOR THE LOCATION OF STOLEN ITEMS AND KIDNAPPED OR MISSING PERSONS IN NIGERIA., ISSN 1819-6608 ,ARPN Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences GSM AND GPS BASED VEHICLE LOCATION AND TRACKING SYSTEM., ISSN: 22489622,www.ijera.com NMEA Data - http://www.gpsinformation.org/dale/nmea.html Arduino info - http://www.arduino.cc/ Arduino tutorials - http://www.ladyada.net/learn/arduino/

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