Md. Khairul Alam
Published © GPL3+

Pet Locator Powered by Spresense GPS

A pet tracker based on the Sony Spresense development board.

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Pet Locator Powered by Spresense GPS

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Spresense boards (main & extension)
Sony Spresense boards (main & extension)
×1
SIM800 GPRS Module
×1
Adafruit Lithium Ion Polymer Battery
×1
SparkFun LiPo Charger Basic - Micro-USB
SparkFun LiPo Charger Basic - Micro-USB
×1

Software apps and online services

Arduino IDE
Arduino IDE

Hand tools and fabrication machines

3D Printer (generic)
3D Printer (generic)

Story

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Custom parts and enclosures

Box for spresense main board

Box for battery and charger circuit

Box for GPRS Module

Schematics

Schematic Diagram

Designed in fritzing

Android App Source

Code

Pet Locator Arduino Sketch

Arduino
SIM800 was used for GPRS communication and http is implemented using AT command.
/* include the GNSS library */
#include <GNSS.h>
#include<math.h>

#include <SoftwareSerial.h> 
//software serial is for connecting GPRS module
SoftwareSerial GPRS(26, 27); // RX, TX

#define RESTART_CYCLE       (60 * 5)
static SpGnss Gnss;                   /**< SpGnss object */


//Ubidots credentials
#define TOKEN "A1E-wy1sLSSOhc2uhB1L31oL7hL1f8v1DE"  // Remplace it with your token

#define ID1 "5c6b52fe5916361009c83050" // variable ID for flag
#define ID2 "5c6ad8eec03f970ee849e608" // for variable lat
#define ID3 "5c6ad8d8c03f970e872bc451" // for variable long


char latoutput[15];
char longoutput[15];

void setup() {
 
  /* For serial debugging */
  Serial.begin(115200);
  // Serial com for communicating with GPRS Modulr
  GPRS.begin(19200);
  /* Wait HW initialization done. */
  sleep(3);
  /* Set Debug mode to Info */
  Gnss.setDebugMode(PrintInfo);

  int result;

  /* Activate GNSS device */
  result = Gnss.begin();

  if (result == 0)
  {
   //configuring gprs type
   Gnss.select(GPS);
   Gnss.select(GLONASS);
   Gnss.select(QZ_L1CA);
   /* Start positioning */
   result = Gnss.start(COLD_START);
   if (result != 0)
    {
       exit(0);
    }
    
  }
  
}

/**
 * @brief %Print position information.
 */
static void print_pos(SpNavData *pNavData)
{
  if (pNavData->posFixMode == FixInvalid)
  {
    Serial.print("No-Fix, ");
  }
  else
  {
    Serial.print("Fix, ");
  }
  if (pNavData->posDataExist == 0)
  {
    Serial.print("No Position");
  }
  else
  {
    float longi = pNavData->longitude;
    float lati = pNavData->latitude;
    ftoa(lati,latoutput,6);
    ftoa(longi,longoutput,6);
    Serial.print("Lat=");
    Serial.print(latoutput);
    Serial.print(", Lon=");
    Serial.println(longoutput);
    send_data_to_ubidot(latoutput, ID2); //send latitude data to ubidots
    send_data_to_ubidot(longoutput, ID3);//send longitude data to ubidots
  }
  Serial.println("");
}

int sleep_flag=0;
void loop()
{
  static int LoopCount = 0;
  static int LastPrintMin = 0;
  //get user data from ubidots either hw wants to trac or not
  float flag = (int)get_data_from_ubidots(ID1); 
  //flag = 1 for tracking
  if(flag==1&&sleep_flag==0){
    SleepOut(); //wake up gps
    sleep_flag=1;
    }
  else if(flag==0&&sleep_flag==1){
    SleepIn(); //sleep gps to save power
    sleep_flag=0;
    }
  /* Check update. */
  if(sleep_flag==1){
    if (Gnss.waitUpdate(-1))
      {
      /* Get NaviData. */
      SpNavData NavData;
      Gnss.getNavData(&NavData);

      /* Print position information. */
      print_pos(&NavData);
      }
     /* Check loop count. */
  LoopCount++;
  if (LoopCount >= RESTART_CYCLE)
  {
    int error_flag = 0;

    /* Restart GNSS. */
    if (Gnss.stop() != 0)
    {
      Serial.println("Gnss stop error!!");
      error_flag = 1;
    }
    else if (Gnss.end() != 0)
    {
      Serial.println("Gnss end error!!");
      error_flag = 1;
    }
    else
    {
      Serial.println("Gnss stop OK.");
    }

    if (Gnss.begin() != 0)
    {
      Serial.println("Gnss begin error!!");
      error_flag = 1;
    }
    else if (Gnss.start(HOT_START) != 0)
    {
      Serial.println("Gnss start error!!");
      error_flag = 1;
    }
    else
    {
      Serial.println("Gnss restart OK.");
    }

    LoopCount = 0;

    /* Set error LED. */
    if (error_flag == 1)
    {
      exit(0);
    }
    }
    
 }

}
//go to sleep mode and save power
static void SleepIn(void)
{
  Gnss.stop();
  Gnss.end();
}

/**
 * @brief Go to Active mode.
 */
static void SleepOut(void)
{
  Gnss.begin();
  Gnss.start(HOT_START);
}
// reverses a string 'str' of length 'len' 
void reverse(char *str, int len) 
{ 
    int i=0, j=len-1, temp; 
    while (i<j) 
    { 
        temp = str[i]; 
        str[i] = str[j]; 
        str[j] = temp; 
        i++; j--; 
    } 
} 
  
 // Converts a given integer x to string str[].  d is the number 
 // of digits required in output. If d is more than the number 
 // of digits in x, then 0s are added at the beginning. 
int intToStr(int x, char str[], int d) 
{ 
    int i = 0; 
    while (x) 
    { 
        str[i++] = (x%10) + '0'; 
        x = x/10; 
    } 
  
    // If number of digits required is more, then 
    // add 0s at the beginning 
    while (i < d) 
        str[i++] = '0'; 
  
    reverse(str, i); 
    str[i] = '\0'; 
    return i; 
} 
  
// Converts a floating point number to string. 
void ftoa(float n, char *res, int afterpoint) 
{ 
    // Extract integer part 
    int ipart = (int)n; 
  
    // Extract floating part 
    float fpart = n - (float)ipart; 
  
    // convert integer part to string 
    int i = intToStr(ipart, res, 0); 
  
    // check for display option after point 
    if (afterpoint != 0) 
    { 
        res[i] = '.';  // add dot 
  
        // Get the value of fraction part upto given no. 
        // of points after dot. The third parameter is needed 
        // to handle cases like 233.007 
        fpart = fpart * pow(10, afterpoint); 
  
        intToStr((int)fpart, res + i + 1, afterpoint); 
    } 
} 

void httpInit(){
  GPRS.println("AT"); /* Check Communication */
  delay(200);
  /* Configure bearer profile 1 */
  GPRS.println("AT+SAPBR=3,1,\"CONTYPE\",\"Serial\"");  /* Connection type GPRS */
  delay(2000);
  GPRS.println("AT+SAPBR=3,1,\"APN\",\"gpinternet\"");  /* APN of the provider */
  delay(3000);
  GPRS.println("AT+SAPBR=1,1"); /* Open GPRS context */
  delay(3000);
  GPRS.println("AT+SAPBR=2,1"); /* Query the GPRS context */
  delay(3000);
  Serial.println("AT+HTTPINIT");  /* Initialize HTTP service */
  delay(2000); 
}

void send_data_to_ubidot(char* data, char* id){
  httpInit();
  GPRS.print(F("AT+HTTPPARA=\"URL\",\"things.ubidots.com/api/v1.6/variables/"));
  GPRS.print(id);
  GPRS.print(F("/values?token="));
  GPRS.print(TOKEN);
  GPRS.println("\"");
  delay(4000);
  GPRS.println(F("AT+HTTPPARA=\"CONTENT\",\"application/json\""));
  delay(4000);
  GPRS.print(F("AT+HTTPDATA="));
  GPRS.print(strlen(data));
  GPRS.print(F(","));
  GPRS.println(120000);
  delay(2000);
  GPRS.write(data, strlen(data));
  GPRS.println(F("AT+HTTPACTION=1"));  // HTTPACTION=1 is a POST method
  delay(6000);
  GPRS.println(F("AT+HTTPREAD"));
  Serial.println("AT+HTTPTERM");  /* Terminate HTTP service */
  delay(3000);
  Serial.println("AT+SAPBR=0,1"); /* Close Serial context */
  delay(3000);
}

float get_data_from_ubidots(char* id){
    float num;
    String raw;
    flushInput();
    httpTerm();
    httpInit();
    GPRS.print(F("AT+HTTPPARA=\"URL\",\"things.ubidots.com/api/v1.6/variables/"));
    GPRS.print(id);
    GPRS.print(F("/values?token="));
    GPRS.print(TOKEN); //&page_size=1
    GPRS.println(F("&page_size=1\""));
    delay(1000);
    GPRS.println(F("AT+HTTPACTION=0"));  //HTTPACTION=0 is GET method
    delay(4000);
    GPRS.println(F("AT+HTTPREAD"));
    char* reply = readData(3000);
    char* pch = strstr(reply,"\"value\":");
    int bodyPosinit =9+ raw.indexOf("\"value\":");
    int bodyPosend = raw.indexOf(", \"timestamp\"");
    raw.substring(bodyPosinit,bodyPosend).toCharArray(reply, 10);
    num = atof(reply); 
    GPRS.println(F("AT+HTTPTERM"));
    delay(1000);
    return num;
}

char* readData(uint16_t timeout){
  uint16_t replyidx = 0;
  char replybuffer[500];
  while (timeout--) {
    if (replyidx >= 500) {
      break;
    }
    while(GPRS.available()) {
      char c =  GPRS.read();
      if (c == '\r') continue;
      if (c == 0xA) {
        if (replyidx == 0)   // the first 0x0A is ignored
          continue;
      }
      replybuffer[replyidx] = c;
      replyidx++;
    }

    if (timeout == 0) {
      break;
    }
    delay(1);
  }
  replybuffer[replyidx] = '\0';  // null term

  while(GPRS.available()){
    GPRS.read();
  }
  return replybuffer;
}

void flushInput() {
    // Read all available serial input to flush pending data.
    uint16_t timeoutloop = 0;
    while (timeoutloop++ < 40) {
        while(Serial.available()) {
            Serial.read();
            timeoutloop = 0;  // If char was received reset the timer
        }
        delay(1);
    }
}

bool httpTerm(){
    GPRS.println(F("AT+HTTPTERM"));
    if(strstr(readData(1000),"OK")==NULL){
        return false;
    }
    return true;
}

Credits

Md. Khairul Alam

Md. Khairul Alam

64 projects • 569 followers
Developer, Maker & Hardware Hacker. Currently working as a faculty at the University of Asia Pacific, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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