Make your own GPS SMS Security Tracking System

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In this project I will combine a SIM5320 3G module with an Arduino and a piezoelectric transducer as a shock sensor in order to create a security tracking system that will send you the location of your precious vehicle via SMS when it is moved around without you knowing it.

Music:
2011 Lookalike by Bartlebeats
Killing Time, Kevin MacLeod

[UpcycleElectronics]

Now add a feature to send a text to your bike and a simple relay to kill the ignition/spark plug fuse/circuit at will by sending an SMS.
Bystanders generally ignore alarms and noise makers, but someone standing in the middle of the road with a vehicle that won't work gets lots of attention, and stranding a thief is a good way to get them to abandon the effort.

[lucamagens]

I think you need some air in your back tire...

[peterbrown]

I built one of those in 1995, long before anyone else had done it! I used a PIC 16F877. It had various modes & could handle secondary tracking by a control room & also allow immobilization of the vehicle being tracked by the chase team. There were quite a number of additional features. I tried to sell it but nobody understood what I had designed! Secondly, the cost of the components was high back then! Much simpler to do now with arduino & cheap gps units. Whole thing can be built cheaply now!

[UnverifiedMods]

You should have it send battery status texts when it gets low as well

[bruceme]

Mr Scott... or can I call you Great? I really like that your projects are practical and real. Keep at it!

[PieterHarvey]

You can eliminate some false positives by modifying your Arduino code a little. That way if the wind blows the motorcycle or any "earth quakes" happen then it won't notify you. To do this, take a double GPS reading with a delay, if the two coordinates are the same the motorcycle has not moved and you don't need to send a message. If the two GPS coordinates are different each time then it means someone is moving your motorcycle. Should save on text messages even though they are cheap.

[jimdask]

to send email you need to enable ssl. there is a command for this

[tygo]

What about sending an sms to the unit and get the GPS location back?

[wallanderproductions]

To fix the server error for sending an email you must enable “less secure apps” access to the sending gmail account in the security setting of your google profile.

[chicoloco]

i never understan what you are doing yet i find it mesmerizing

[ELECTRONOOBS]

Will this send that text message over and over again if the vehiche is moving for hours? You will get your received SMS full!

[XPLOREanXPLODE]

If you get the mail function working (enable SSL) don't forget many mailservers do greylisting so you maybe have to send the mail a second time after some minutes.
Nice project!

[kNif]

Hi GreatScott! How about building an Amazon Echo with a Raspberry Pi Zero W???

[Thegasman-hczz]

ESP 12S seems like an ideal board to take this project to the next level.

I think, the piezo would work on analog pin too, I remember creating a simple Arduino device. The harder you tapped the piezo, servo would move to certain position. If you tapped softly, servo would go to around 20, if you tapped super-hard, it would go to 180.

[narayanbandodker]

Doesn't the arduino(atmel chip) have a built-in comparator, thus eliminating an external one?

[VictorRivarola]

Congratulations +GreatScott!

This is a great project... But may I suggest you a few mods to make it even better?

1) There is no way for you to know how much power is left in the battery... How can you modify it to provide that info?

2) How can you provide for a way to recharge the battery without removing it? Or even better, eliminating the battery and replacing it with the vehicle's own battery?

3) This 3rd question is not related to this project in itself, but how about making a future video explaining the way to calculate the battery lifetime of a device without running for a few charge/discharge circles?

Keep up the good work!

[vlaskz]

This is just what I needed to make my trucks tracking. Also I needed a temperature sensor, so I’ve gone with thermocouple

[tech]

If you log into the Gmail you created for testing and enable insecure devices, I bet your email notifications would start working. Great video!

[Messauron]

Hey Great Scott, how about an acoustic to eletric guitar "conversion" with a piezo and a homemade AMP? I think that would be really nice!! Keep up the great work!