JSS ACADEMY OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION

JSS Campus, Dr. Vishnuvardhan Road,

Bengaluru - 560060.

TOPIC: Health Monitoring and Tracking

System For Soldiers Using INTERNET OF
THINGS
PROJECT GUIDE :-
Mrs. Shubha B
Assistant Professor, JSSATEB

GROUP MEMBERS:
RAHUL VINAYAK H.S 1JS15EC069
RAMKUMAR SRIKANT GAURAV 1JS15EC071
ROHITH VISHWANATH SHIMPI 1JS15EC079
RUTHU DINESH 1JS15EC081

BATCH NUMBER: B-15

INTERNET OF THINGS
A scenario in which objects, animals or people
are provided with unique identifiers
and the ability to transfer data
over a network without
human-to-human or human-to-
computer interaction.
INTRODUCTION
 In today’s world enemy warfare is an important factor in any nation’s
security.
 In our project we have come up with an idea of tracking the soldier as
well as to give the health status of the soldier during the war, which
enables the army personnel to plan the war strategies.
 The army suffers a lot due to the unavailability of information of injuries
to its personnel which may increase the death/ permanent disability toll.
 It is observed that the causalities are caused due to injuries rather than
the direct assaults in the battlefield
 By using the location sent by the GPS modem, the base station can
understand the position of soldier.
LITERATURE SURVEY
 Manual Health Systems
 Network oriented operation

 No jackets which can monitor health

 Normal jackets
PROPOSED SYSTEM
 Health monitoring jackets:
 Automatic health system
 Works both in Network and non network
areas.
 GPS is used to guide the soldier in
correct direction.
OBJECTIVES
 Continuous heart rate monitoring system.
 Locationstatus.
 Emergency notification unit.
 Temperature status.
 Body warm up system.
SYSTEM DESIGN

Heart Beat Push Button for

Sensor Emergency

Vibration Sensor
Temperature for Belt Unit
Sensor
MICROCONTROLLER

ARM LPC 2148

IOT
Thermo Electric COMMUNICATOR
Unit for Warm (ESP8266)
Up

GSM
GPS

12V
DC POWER SUPPLY
MOTIVATION

A soldier life is saved in which other ways

go into vain due to unawareness of soldier’s
status.
 With this project the status and location of
soldier is monitored and he/she can be treated
in emergency and can be moved to safer
place who could later be a great asset to
nation.
SCOPE
From here the project can be
taken forward which can
prepare a smart soldier
incorporating health
monitoring, location status,
power subsystem helping all
devices with sufficient
energy and much more
which shall help the soldier
in all dangers and
safeguarding her/himself.
 Hardware requirements
 ARM7 Micro Controller kit
 GSM modem
 Vibration Sensors
 Pulse rate sensor
 Temperature sensor

 Software requirements
 Embedded C
 Kiel M Vision
 JTAG
ARM PROCESSOR
 ARM- Advanced Risk Machine
Processor: ARM7-TDMI-S
RAM: 32 KB
(On chip)Additional: 8KB for
USB
512 kb of flash storage
Two 32-bit timers
2 UARTs
32-bit ARM
64-bit IC
45 GPIO pins
3.3 V operating voltage
2 ports
It offers high performance and
very low power consumption
POWER SUPPLY
DC voltages are required to operate
various electronic equipment
These voltages are 5V, 9V or 12V which
cannot be obtained directly
Thus the input to the circuit is applied
from the regulated power supply
GPS RECEIVER
 GPS stands for Global Positioning System
by which anyone can always obtain the
position information anywhere in the
world.
 The system provides critical capabilities to
military, civil and commercial users
around the world. It is maintained by the
United States government and is freely
accessible to anyone with a GPS receiver.
 TEMPERATURE SENSOR
 LM35 is a precision IC temperature sensor with its
output proportional to the temperature.
 The sensor circuitry is sealed and not subject to
oxidation.
 Possesses a low self-heating capability
 The output voltage is converted to temperature by a
simple conversion factor.
 Operates from 4 to 30 volts.
 Low self heating.
 - or + ¼ degree Celsius of typical non-linearity.
 Rated for full -55 degree to +150 degree Celsius range.
Wi-Fi MODULE

The NodeMCU EPS Wi-Fi 8266 module

provides minimum of 512Kb flash memory.
It is low cost user friendly plug and play
module with easy to configure and set up.
 Every module has unique IP address
which is special identification of every
Soldier.
Every soldier is connected with control
room with the help of EPS8266 module IP
address.
 HEART RATE SENSOR
 This sensor is designed to measure heart beat when finger
is placed on it.
 It works on the principle of light modulation by blood
flow through finger at each pulse.
 Whenever heartbeat of soldier will deviate from the
threshold value, the system will transmit information to
control room.
 Operating voltage is +5v.
 Easily interfaced with controller.
 Compact in size.
 It gives direct output in number format.
GSM MODEM SPECIFICATION
Operating frequency : GSM 850MHz,
EGSM 900MHz
Operating voltage rating : 3.2V - 4.8V
Output pin current :25mA
Output pin voltage : 5V DC
Communication mode : UART interface,
configured for full-duplex asynchronous
mode.
Baud rate :supports auto bauding, 9.6kb/s
used
THERMOELECTRIC WARM-UP
UNIT
CIRCUIT DIAGRAM
ALGORITHM
1. Track the exact location of soldier using GPS
receiver and send it to control room and also display
on LCD
2. Measure body temperature of soldier using LM35
temperature sensor. When it crosses the threshold
level,and inform to control room.
3. Compute pulse rate of soldier using pulse rate
sensor. When it crosses the threshold level,Desired
data is also display on LCD.
4. Panic Button will help the soldiers in any
Emergency situation.
FLOWCHART TO DISPLAY A
MESSAGE
START

Configure LCD connection

Configure LCD port

Configure I/O ports

A
 A

Initializing 4-bit mode,

cursor home,
entry mode, and
display on cursor blinking

Display message

Stop
FLOWCHART FOR HEARTBEAT SENSOR
START

Initialization of heart beat

sensor pin

Keep the finger

Calculate the pulse

Display the pulse rate on

the LCD display

Stop
FLOWCHART FOR TEMPERATURE SENSOR
START

Initialization of
temperature sensor pin

Sensing atmospheric temperature

Convert voltage to temperature

Display the temperature

on the LCD display

Stop
FLOW CHART
START

INITALISE GSM ,GPS , ,ARM 7

MONITOR HEART BEAT AND BODY TEMP

AND GPS

IF H.BEAT<60
no
CONDITION)
yes
CHECKS GPS VALUES CONTINOUSLY

no IF MISSED
CALL=1

yes
SENDS GPS VALUES TO CONSULT PERSON THROUGH GPS,DISPLAYS ON
LCD AND ENGINE WILL STOP

STOP
IMPLEMENTATION
Biomedical sensors are used to monitor
health status of soldier and GPS, to
determine the location and their position,
orientation along with Wi-Fi module.
ADVANTAGES:
Provide more security to soldiers.
Can be implement in any conditions.
Telemedical records of each soldiers can be
stored.
Continuous communication is possible.
Continuous tracking is possible.
Real time monitoring.
Faster communication over GSM network.
Fewer components, so easy to maintain.
Less complex circuit.
Low power consumption.
APPLICATIONS:
Human tracking System.
By doing little modifications, this same
project can be used for any other tracking
System.
FLOW CHART
START

INITALISE GSM ,GPS , ,ARM 7

MONITOR HEART BEAT AND BODY TEMP

AND GPS

IF H.BEAT<60
no
CONDITION)
yes
CHECKS GPS VALUES CONTINOUSLY

no IF MISSED
CALL=1

yes
SENDS GPS VALUES TO CONSULT PERSON THROUGH GPS,DISPLAYS ON
LCD AND ENGINE WILL STOP

STOP
RESULTS
CONCLUSION
This project reports an IoT
based system for the health
monitoring and tracking of
the soldiers. Biomedical
sensors provide heartbeat
and environmental
parameters of every soldiers
to control room.
This technology can be helpful to provide the accurate
location of missing soldier in critical conditions and over
the drawback of soldiers missing in action. Thus we can
conclude that this system will act as a life guard to the army
personnel all over the globe.
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