IOT Based Soldier Position Tracking and Health Monitoring System

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IOT Based Soldier Position Tracking and Health Monitoring System

Pavan Mankal1, Sushmita2, Ummeaiman3, Shweta.W4

1Asst.professor, Dept. of Electronics and communication, GND Engg. College, Bidar, India. 2,3,4Student, Dept. of Electronics and communication, GND Engg. College, Bidar, India. ***

Abstract – TheIndianarmyistheland basedbranchand it is the largest component of Indian Army. It will be beneficialforourcountry'ssafetyifwetrytoprovidethem betteradvancedtechnologyequipment.InternetofThings (IOT) is a new and fast growing technology in which everything(smartobjectsandsmartdevices)areconnected totheinternetforeffectivecommunicationbetweenthese connectedthings.Wecancheckthehealthbasedissuesand a lost soldier within a fraction of seconds through a app called ThingView.Thisconsistingofwearablephysiological equipmentandtransmissionmoduleswhicharemounted inside the jacket for communication between soldier and base station or between soldier and soldier. Hence, it is possibletoimplementalowcostmechanismtoprotectthe valuablehumanlifeonthebattlefield.

Key Words: Arduino Board, GPS, GSM module, Temperature sensor, M Health.

1. INTRODUCTION

Inthisprojectwehaveexplainedhowtotrackthelocationa ofthesoldierwiththehelpofGPSandalsowewillbeable tomonitorhealthparameterssuchaspulserateandbody temperature.Themeasuredparameterswillbesenttothe control room with the help of GSM module to know the condition of the soldier. If the soldier is injured the fluctuationswiththepulseratewillbemeasuredandwill inform the military base station and through GPS we can locate the wounded soldiers. we can provide the needed medicationfortheharmedonewiththelocationprovided bytheGPS.Inthisprojecttheexactlocationandthehealth status parameters of the soldier can be sent to the base stationinrealtimesothattheappropriateactionscanbe takenincaseofcrisis.Thistechnologyhelpstominimizethe rescue, time and search operation effort of army rescue control unit. This is a wearable technology which is the mostimportantfactorofthisproject.

Thesoldiermustbeintegratedwithadvancedhealthcare monitoring,realtimeGPS(GlobalPositioningSystem)and data communications to send and receive information to/fromthecontrolunitApartfromthenation’ssecurity, the soldier must need safety by protecting himself with advanced weapons and also it is necessary for the army controlunittomonitorthehealthstatusofthesoldier.

Fig1 :BlockDiagram

1.1 INTRODUCTION TO DOMAIN

Eachday,ourlivesbecomemoredependenton'embedded systems',digitalinformationtechnologythatisembedded inourenvironment.Morethan98%ofprocessorsapplied todayareinembeddedsystems,andarenolongervisibleto thecustomeras'computers'intheordinarysense.

Embedded computing systems generally exhibit rich functionality complexfunctionalityisusuallythereason for introducing CPUs into the design. However, they also exhibit many non functional requirements that make the taskespeciallychallenging:

• Real timedeadlinesthatwillcausesystemfailureifnot met;

• Multi rateoperation;

• Inmanycases,lowpowerconsumption;

• Lowmanufacturingcost,whichoftenmeanslimitedcode size.

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16X2 LCD display

Fig2 :Overview of an Embedded System Architecture

1.2 Hardware components

Therequiredhardwarecomponentsare:ArduinoUno,16X2 LCD display, GSM module, temperature sensor(LM35), Esp8266,pulsesensor.

Arduino Uno

The Arduino is a family of microcontroller boards to simplifyelectronicdesign,prototypingandexperimenting forartists,hackers,hobbyists,butalsomanyprofessionals. Peopleuseitasbrainsfortheirrobots,tobuildnewdigital musicinstruments,ortobuildasystemthatletsyourhouse plantstweetyou whenthey’redry. Arduinos(weusethe standard Arduino Uno) are built around an ATmega microcontrolleressentiallyacompletecomputerwithCPU, RAM,Flashmemory,andinput/outputpins,allonasingle chip.Unlike,say,aRaspberryPi,it’sdesignedtoattachall kindsofsensors,LEDs,smallmotorsandspeakers,servos, etc. directly to these pins, which can read in or output digital or analog voltages between 0 and 5 volts. The Arduino connects to your computer via USB, where you program it in a simple language (C/C++, similar to Java) from inside the free Arduino IDE by uploading your compiledcodetotheboard.

Fig4:

16X2LCDdisplay

LiquidCrystalDisplay,whichweareusingin ourproject is 16*2LCD.Thisdisplayconsistsof16columnsand2rows. This is programmed using the library <LiquidCrystal.h> LCD stands for Liquid Crystal Display that uses a plane panel displaytechnology, used in screens of computer monitors&TVs,smartphones,tablets,mobiledevices.

Temperature sensor:

Temperature is the most often measured environmental quantity. This might be expected since most physical, electronic,chemical,mechanical,andbiologicalsystemsare affected by temperature. Certain chemical reactions, biologicalprocesses,andevenelectroniccircuitsperform bestwithinlimitedtemperatureranges

Fig5: Temperaturesensor

Esp8266:

The ESP8266 WiFi Module is a self contained SOC with integrated TCP/IP protocol stack that can give any microcontroller access to your WiFi network. The ESP8266 is capable of either hosting an application or offloading all WiFi networking functions from another applicationprocessor.

Fig3: ArduinoBoard

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1.3 Software Requirements

Download arduino software

You’llneedtodownloadtheArduinoSoftwarepackagefor your operating system from the arduino download page. Whenyou’vedownloadedandopenedtheapplicationyou shouldseesomethinglikethis:

Fig6:Esp8266

GSM MODULE: GSM (Global System for Mobile communications)originallyfromspecialmobileGroup,is themostgeneralstandardformobiletelephonysystemsin the world.Everywhereit achievedinternational nomadic preparations between mobile phone operatives, allowing subscriberstousetheirphonesineverywhereintheworld. It was everywhere in the implementation of the GSM standard feature for both customers, who may take advantage from the skill to travel and change carriers withoutchangingphones,andnetworkoperativesaswell.

Fig7: GSMModule

Pulse sensor: PulseSensorisawell designedplug and play heart rate sensor for Arduino. It can be used by students, artists, athletes, makers, and game & mobile developers who want to easily incorporate live heartrate dataintotheirprojects.Thesensorclipsontoafingertipor earlobe and plugs right into Arduino with some jumper cables.Italsoincludesanopen sourcemonitoringappthat graphsyourpulseinrealtime.

Fig9:Thisiswhereyoutypethecodeyouwanttocompile andsendtotheArduinoboard.

The Code : The code you write for your Arduino are knownas sketches.Theyarewrittenin C++

Every sketch needs two void type functions,setup(), and loop(),Avoidtypefunctiondoesn’treturnanyvalue.The setup()methodisranonceatthejustaftertheArduinois powered up and the loop()method is ran continuously afterwards. The setup()is where you want to do any initialization steps,andinloop()youwanttorunthecode youwanttorunoverandoveragain.

Fig8:Pulsesensor

Fig10: Codeinsoftware

2. Results and Discussion

The circuit diagram of a Real Time Tracking and Health Monitoring System for Soldier is shown The heart of this circuitisaProgrammableinterfacecontrollerPIC18F452. OtherimportantcomponentsusedinthiscircuitareLM35, EasyPulsev1.1,GSMmodule,GPSmodem,keypad,LCDand somediscretecomponents.Finally,atbasestation,thetext message containing calculated data is received on base station using GSM. This is then displayed on pc or laptop usingandroidpcsuit.

For communication system, we used GSM module (SIM900D) in our project. GSM networks operate in a numberofdifferentcarrierfrequencybands.Most2GGSM networks operating in the 900 MHz or 1800 MHz bands. Wherealready beenassignedtothese bands,it wasused 850MHzand1900MHzbandsinstead.Inoccasionalcases it is set ranges of 400 and 450 MHz in some countries becauseitwaspreviouslyusedforfirst generationsystem.

2.1About app

Using a ThingView app we can see the parameters like, temperatureandpulserateofthewoundedsoldiersothat immediateactionwillbetakenbythebasestation.TheApp displayisgivenbelowsoweaddamultiplechannelto it. Thevariationarelikeintheformofgraphs.

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Fig13: TemperatureGraph

Chart 2: The sensor clips onto a fingertip or earlobe and plugs rightintoArduinowithsomejumpercables.Italso includesanopen sourcemonitoringappthatgraphsyour pulseinrealtime.

2.4 Applications

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Fig 14: PulseGraph

Thecommunicationbetweensoldiertosoldiercan beestablished.

The betterment of base station unit can also be donebymakingproperGUIatbasestationPCand officialsatbasestationcanalsosendfeedbackor anyordertosoldiersviabaseunit.

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Byuseofthissystem,wecancondensecasualties ofbattle.

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Itassiststogivecriticalinformation’sandcautions to soldiers so that they can survive for long and aimofwarorsecretoperationcanbeobtained. 

Thissystemgivesstrengthtothedefensesystem tocountry.So,wecanaccomplishthatthesetypes of strategies are very supportive for certifying securityofthesoldier.

3. CONCLUSION

As this is IoT based project Due to high speed internet access and advanced sensor technology it is possible to track human and other objects. Through the GPS as we connectedinourprojectwecanlocatethelostsoldierby meansofmessaging.Itisintheformoflinkwecancheckit through a google maps with the help of GSM module. As discussedabovethehealthparametersareseenintheapp called ThingView which is available in the playstore in androidsoranyothersmartphones.

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