Thesis Archive
Wireless Autonomous Data Logging Surface Water Vehicle (2012)
CSG-C1-02-1112
Kaine Donald B. Nicolas, Rowell R. Reyes and Loren Abigail C. Sion, advised by Elmer R. Magsino
Abstract:
-Today, in this present age, water contamination is one ofthe biggest problem the world faces. This is a result of the Earth’s rapid modernization. Monitoring the condition ofthe bodies of water is essential for its preservation andalso offers an insight to the health of its marine life whileproviding people with data on how pollutants affectnatural resources and at the same time provides itsorigin. There are a handful of ways to analyze the qualityof water although these methods have either expensive implementation, consumes huge amount of energy andtime, or generates unreliable data highlighting the needfor modern technology where monitoring can be efficientwhile accurately gathering important information bodiesof water.This paper aims to demonstrate how water monitoringcould be done with less human interaction throughautomation of a surface water vehicle and itscorresponding system. For this thesis, a surface watervehicle has been modified and installed with amicrocontroller, sensors, GPS module and compass. Asystem that is capable of moving on its own whileprocessing data from the sensors, GPS module andcompass and sending the data wirelessly to a base station via an Xbee module. The data that the base station hasreceived will then be processed through the Visual Basicprogram which will then be uploaded to a website. Thesystem also includes a floating device that serves as apartial simulation of a data gathering surface watervehicle and acts as a data packet router.
Correspondence:
Elmer R. Magsino
[email protected]