Motor Vehicle Condition Monitoring and Recording System Using Arduino Mega

Abstract

Transportation is needed to overcome the gap in distance and communication between the place of origin and the one of destination. For this reason, transportation and communication systems have been developed in the form of facilities (vehicles) and infrastructures (roads). Safety and security in driving are important in every country in the world, especially in Indonesia. Over the past five years, traffic accidents in Indonesia have claimed nearly eight hundred thousand lives. About 17 percent of the accident rate has resulted in many deaths. Most motor vehicle accidents occur because of drivers and motor vehicle conditions. Therefore, a monitoring system for both the condition of the driver and the condition of the vehicle, especially on four-wheeled vehicles, is needed. This study is focused on monitoring and recording the condition of motorized vehicles. If a malfunction of the motor vehicle's vital functions occurs, this system will provide an early warning. Then the recording function is carried out as a preventive measure for periodic motor vehicle condition analysis so that prevention efforts can be made. The parameters to be monitored and recorded are the orientation of motion, speed, and position of the motorized vehicle. Then the vehicle recording data can be monitored in real-time and can be downloaded wirelessly. Based on the results of testing the system, both monitoring and recording have obtained an accuracy for Rolls of 99.50%, Pitches of 99.21%, and Yaw of 99.5%. As for the position with GPS, the accuracy results are very good at 99.99%.