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Posted Feb 07, 2012 at 11:30 am
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The project is a small Open GPS Tracker device that is used with cheap prepaid mobile phone to produce a GPS tracker.
During the operation, the GPS tracker will respond to text message commands, detect motion, and will send the exact position. It was made to work with Google Maps or any mapping software. The firmware of the GPS Tracker is open source and can be customized by the user. The current design of the project is supporting the hardware platform based on Tyco Electronics A103D GPS module, Motorola C168i AT&T Go Phone prepaid mobile phone, and Atmel ATtiny84-20PU AVR microcontroller.
The construction of the project does not require interface chips. The main components needed are the GPS module, a phone, an ATtiny84, voltage regulator, PNP transistor, and a few passive components. The device is currently a second-generation stable beta V0.17 and a commercial grade tracker. One feature about this version is that it stores messages while out of GSM coverage, and forwards them when it regains coverage.
Other functionalities include sending latitude, longitude, altitude, speed, course, date, and time. It can also send to any SMS-capable mobile phones or any email address.
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