Smart-Transit-Arduino-Data-Collection

IoT Project under Vdart Digital

This repository contains the code to control and collect data from the GPS sensors utilizing the arduino board. The code has functionality to use the GPS Sensors to calculate the location using latitude and longitude as well as calculating the distance between two points(current location to destination). Addtionally, the program can connect to the internet via data to send that data to the cloud where it can be processed into a mobile application(the second part of this project).

Process:

The current setup for Smart Public transit is to have a GPS Tracking device that sends wifi signals to the internet where it can be displayed on Google Maps API on a Mobile application. By doing this, the citizens of Trichy, India will receive better efficiency managing public transportation.

Device:

We are going to have a GPS shield/Breakout Board attached to the arduino and use an external GPS antenna to track location data. Furthermore, there will be an on-board SD Card reader to be able to track data or datalog the information from the sensors. This data can be sent via SIM Card/Data towards an application/ through the internet where the second part of this project, a mobile application using Google Maps API can find the location of the vehicle.

Items/Arduino

GPS Sensor from adafruit
Band antenna from adafruit
SIM card
Arduino uno
Lithium Ion polymer battery from adafruit
SIM card board from adafruit

Hardware Configurations

Plug in power configurations
- Connect the 5V Pin from the arduino to the red power line
- Connect the GND pin from arduino to the blue power line
Place the FONA 808/GPS Breakout board onto the breadboard
- Connect VIO pins to the red power line
- Connect GND and Key bins to the blue power line
Configuring the Data connection
- Connect FONA RST pin to the Arduino pin 4
- Connect FONA TX pin to Arduino pin 3
- Connect FONA RX pin to Arduino pin 2
Connect the other components
- Connect the Lithium battery, GPS antenna, and GSM antenna to the breakout board

Assembly of Parts

You will need to Solder the pins from the GPS Shield/Breakout Board Package onto the GPS Shield/Breakout Board. After the solder has dried/cooled, attach the shield/breakout board onto the arduino board and the other components to the GPS Shield/Breakout Board

Instructions

Download the repository and the arduino IDE. Correctly wire the arduino with the other sensors/parts. Open GPSio.ino and run the program.