A Real Time Prototype for Vehicle Tracking System

Abstract- A vehicle tracking system is an electronic device installed in a vehicle to enable the owner or a third party to track the vehicle's location. This paper proposed to design a vehicle tracking system that works using GPS and GSM technology, which would be the cheapest source of vehicle tracking and it would work as anti-theft system. For doing so an ARM7 microcontroller is interfaced serially to a GSM Modem and GPS Receiver. A GSM modem is used to send the position (Latitude and Longitude) of the vehicle from a remote place. The GPS modem will continuously give the data i.e. the latitude and longitude indicating position of the vehicle. When the request by user is sent to the number at the GSM modem, the system automatically sends a return reply to that mobile. Here piezo electric buzzer is used to detect the vibrations that are occurred in case of any accidents and it sends signal to microcontroller to send latitude and longitude information to the number stored in microcontroller. Also a SOS Button is used in case of any emergencies. When the button is pressed, the system automatically sends a message to the number stored in the microcontroller