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How GSM works with GPS?
GPS module gets the location information from satellites in the form of latitude and longitude. The microcontroller processes this information and sends it to the GSM modem. The GSM modem then sends the information to the owner’s mobile phone.
What is GSM module for Arduino?
The Arduino GSM shield allows an Arduino board to connect to the internet, send and receive SMS, and make voice calls using the GSM library. The shield will work with the Arduino Uno out of the box. The GSM library is included with Arduino IDE 1.0. 4 and later.
What is the difference between GPS and GSM and GPRS?
GPS specifies the object location in terms of latitude and longitude. On the contrary, GPRS is the enhanced version of GSM which provides high data rates for the cellular systems. GPS uses a constellation of 24 satellites that orbit the earth to locate the position.
What is a GSM tracking device?
A GPS/GSM/GPRS Tracker is a system unit to determine the precise location of a vehicle, person or other asset to which it is attached and to record its position at regular intervals.
What is GPS GPRS module?
SIM808 Module is a complete Quad-Band GSM/GPRS module which combines GPS technology for satellite navigation. Featuring an industry standard interface and GPS function, it allows variable assets to be tracked seamlessly at any location and anytime with signal coverage.
What is the GPS receiver?
A GPS Receiver is a L-band radio processor capable of solving the navigation equations in order to determine the user position, velocity and precise time (PVT), by processing the signal broadcasted by GPS satellites.
How does a GPS receiver work?
GPS uses a lot of complex technology, but the concept is simple. The GPS receiver gets a signal from each GPS satellite. The satellites transmit the exact time the signals are sent. By subtracting the time the signal was transmitted from the time it was received, the GPS can tell how far it is from each satellite.
What is GSM module and how it works?
A GSM modem or GSM module is a hardware device that uses GSM mobile telephone technology to provide a data link to a remote network. From the view of the mobile phone network, they are essentially identical to an ordinary mobile phone, including the need for a SIM to identify themselves to the network.
What is GSM and its uses?
GSM (Global System for Mobile communication) is a digital mobile network that is widely used by mobile phone users in Europe and other parts of the world. GSM digitizes and compresses data, then sends it down a channel with two other streams of user data, each in its own time slot.
What is GSM modem?
The GSM modem collects the information for microcontroller and then transfers it to the mobile phone through the SMS which is in text format. This microcontroller (IC2) is the major component which performs as the brain of the project. It acts as an interfacing medium in between multiple hardware peripherals used in this project.
How to connect a GSM module to a computer?
As shown above the GSM module comes with a USART adapter which can be directly interfaced to the computer by using a MAX232 module or the Tx and Rx pins can be used to connect it to a Microcontroller. You can also notice the other pins like MIC+, MIC-, SP+, SP- etc where a microphone or a Speaker can be connected.
How to connect IC2 to Iwave GPS module?
The connection between IC2 and GPS module is set by connecting transmit pin TXD of GPS to the microcontroller via MAX232. The NMEA data defined an RS-232 communication standard for devices that include GPS receivers. The NMEA-0183 standard which is actually a subset of NMEA protocol is supported properly by the iWave GPS module.
What are the components of GPS and GSM based vehicle tracking system?
As we can see clearly, the chief components employed in this project are: microcontroller, GPS module, GSM modem and 9V DC supply as a source of power for project. The working of the project ‘GPS and GSM based vehicle tracking system’ can be summarized in points below: