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Location-Tagged SOS, Asset Tracking or Vehicle Tracking
GPS tracking devices can be used for a variety of applications, from personal tracking of teen drivers, children, the elderly, or individuals with special needs to business tracking for fleet and asset management.
This application demo shows a solution based on a 32-bit microcontroller (MCU) that can be used during an emergency to send a distress signal via a location-tagged SOS SMS text message. Here is a quick overview of how it works:
- The host SAM D21 MCU communicates with the GPS module over the UART interface to perform the acquisition and tracking of GPS coordinates.
- The MCU registers event callbacks for location tracking of the GPS receiver
- The Mikroelektronika GSM-GPS click used in this application contains a hardware module that combines both GSM/GPRS and GPS functionality used to track the device and to send out the emergency or distress signal
- The GSM/GPRS module is configured to send the location-tagged SOS SMS text message to a specified mobile phone number when the emergency switch is pressed and the GPS position is available
- A cell phone number can be configured to send a SMS text message when the switch on the board is pressed for more than four seconds
Application Demos
Resources
Related Products
| Required Hardware Tools | Design Files |
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| SAM D21 Curiosity Nano Evaluation Kit | Download |
| Curiosity Nano Base for Click boards™ | Download |
| GSM-GPS click from MikroElektronika | Download |
| Li-ion or LiPo Battery |