DIY LoRa Based Low Power GPS Tracker | Live Location Tracking in Google Maps

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𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝗣𝗖𝗕 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗼𝘁𝘆𝗽𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝟭$: www.allpcb.com/activity/proto...
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In this project, we will build a LoRa Based Low Power GPS Tracker using Arduino & ESP8266. This is a special kind of GPS tracker. It’s special because it uses something called LoRa, and it’s built with Arduino and ESP8266. LoRa is a technology that lets devices talk to each other over really long distances without using a lot of power.
The transmitter part of our GPS tracker is a small device made of several SMD components parts. The main parts are a microcontroller called Atmega328, a LoRa Chip named SX1276 and an L80 GPS Module. The microcontroller is like the tracker’s brain, the LoRa Chip lets it send GPS location, and the GPS module shows the location with Latitude & Longitude. To save power, the device can go to sleep mode when it’s not being used, and it can be charged through a USB cable.
We also made the receiver for this project using ESP8266 & SX1276 LoRa Module. The tracker sends the location information to a receiver that parses GPS data and the ESP8266 chip to connect to WiFi. This receiver then sends the location information to the Blynk app, which can show you where the tracker is on a Google map.
This kind of tracker could be really useful for things like finding lost pets, keeping track of valuable items, or even in scientific research to track wildlife movements.
𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗲 & 𝗪𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗧𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹: how2electronics.com/lora-base...
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КОМЕНТАРІ: 67
@Delali
@Delali 8 місяців тому
As a fellow electronics content creator i can relate to the amount of effort you've put into this video. Well done. This video is simple and straight forward. Great job.
@HowtoElectronics
@HowtoElectronics 8 місяців тому
Thanks for the motivation and support brother.
@diyprojectslab1689
@diyprojectslab1689 10 місяців тому
Fantastic tutorial! Clear instructions, thorough explanations, and easy-to-follow steps. The combination of LoRa and GPS technology for live location tracking with extended battery life is impressive.
@raymondmichael4987
@raymondmichael4987 10 місяців тому
Awesome, please create a mesh network with auto-discover and automatic healing 😊
@robertparenton7470
@robertparenton7470 10 місяців тому
Thank You!
@laynemccormic9102
@laynemccormic9102 6 місяців тому
Wow very impressive. Thank you for demonstrating
@mramzadg
@mramzadg 10 місяців тому
Awesome low power gps tracker 🎉
@iotprojectsideas
@iotprojectsideas 10 місяців тому
Great tutorial 👌
@dianeramakers3368
@dianeramakers3368 10 місяців тому
Cool tutorial!
@gougakos
@gougakos 8 місяців тому
Hi Awesome, how much the battery will last lets say with one gps + lora packet per day
@firdoshdiakus4841
@firdoshdiakus4841 6 місяців тому
Awesome tutorial, may you please do a tutorial on indoor asset tracking on google maps without GPS as GPS does not work indoors. This will be a big hit as I do not see anyone else doing this.
@sixteenornumber
@sixteenornumber 5 місяців тому
Can I just buy the complete boards?
@mlit83
@mlit83 Місяць тому
Thanks 🇳🇴 Im want to put a LoRaWAN 8ch repeater on the tallest mountain and heights e/solar just to have at least a start of a network. There's a few around, so hopefully we will mesh. This project is so cool! Very nicely done! I'm new to electronics. I build drones and stuff, but this is more advanced. The coding. But you have open-sourced your tracker which is really cool! 😊 This would work perfectly for a 🐕 dog tracker. Improvement would be to use the WiFi to turn on if the dog runs away. Maybe geo-lock with the wi-fi connect to the phone app. So if dog moves 25m away and stays away for more than minutes the WiFi module starts logging WiFi networks to better track the dog and when lora repeater picks up the dog it'll draw the dogs trail using the dbi from the wifi networks to more accurately trace the dog 😊 Thanks again! I will make this
@AliDurrani
@AliDurrani 7 місяців тому
WOW great
@devilal527
@devilal527 10 місяців тому
Exallent job
@Cricketislife0786
@Cricketislife0786 10 місяців тому
Good job👍
@ankit_aniket
@ankit_aniket 9 місяців тому
I love watching your videos Excellent work 👌🏻 Does it also tell about battery percentage of transmitter board under device info option?
@HowtoElectronics
@HowtoElectronics 9 місяців тому
Not it doesnt, but you may add few lines of code to send battery percentage data.
@ankit_aniket
@ankit_aniket 9 місяців тому
@@HowtoElectronics Do I need to make any changes in hardware part also ?
@HowtoElectronics
@HowtoElectronics 9 місяців тому
No change is required, there is already a voltage divider newtork associated with analog pin of Atmega328, which can read voltage from battery directly. You may map the volatage and convert to percentage. Code related to battery voltage calculation is available on this video: ukposts.info/have/v-deo/bI9iiamim5uhu3k.html
@ankit_aniket
@ankit_aniket 9 місяців тому
Thanks a lot 🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️
@theexperimentlab7887
@theexperimentlab7887 10 місяців тому
Nice job sir 🎉🎉🎉😊
@InnovateYourselfashu
@InnovateYourselfashu 10 місяців тому
Wowww 😮😮 amazing content ❤
@kabitachand2578
@kabitachand2578 10 місяців тому
amazing
@TARUN__46
@TARUN__46 10 місяців тому
Hyy
@alejandronovillo
@alejandronovillo 5 місяців тому
wow this is very good! i want to track cows in farm
@sithembinkosimampengesi855
@sithembinkosimampengesi855 Місяць тому
Hy I'm working on something almost the same how's it going...
@alejandronovillo
@alejandronovillo Місяць тому
@@sithembinkosimampengesi855 i use heltec wireless tracker with meshtastic.. very fast with this.. y use mqtt to send to my server .. i show track with my develop web with strapi backend and front react
@marinenav8
@marinenav8 10 місяців тому
👍👍
@markneiltanap
@markneiltanap Місяць тому
Can i buy the board i dont have background on doing this but i will use it for our capstone
@keeper1855
@keeper1855 10 місяців тому
Still no info about lora ebyte:(
@abdelmajidbejjaji857
@abdelmajidbejjaji857 8 місяців тому
Great project, I was able to create the GPS transmitter and able to upload the code and display the lat and long but I don't have a lot of luck with the GPS receiver. I kept getting fatal error message when uploading the code to ESP8266. I tried to use both drivers CH 342 and CP2102 and still not working, any suggestions is appreciated.
@HowtoElectronics
@HowtoElectronics 8 місяців тому
Check the FTDI connection. Do not miss the RTS pin connection.
@abdelmajidbejjaji857
@abdelmajidbejjaji857 8 місяців тому
@@HowtoElectronics I did, I even keep pressing the RST and FLS button while uploading the code. anything else I am missing
@HowtoElectronics
@HowtoElectronics 8 місяців тому
Please check the resistor and capacitor value you soldered. Make sure there is no short between esp pins. And you don't need to press any reset button, the uploading is automatic. The circuit and PCB that we provided is tested and works perfectly well.
@abdelmajidbejjaji857
@abdelmajidbejjaji857 8 місяців тому
@@HowtoElectronics, thank you for your response, I will build a new board and let you know.
@abdelmajidbejjaji857
@abdelmajidbejjaji857 8 місяців тому
I rebuilt the GPS Receiver from scratch and this time I was able to upload the code with no errors thanks for your advice, however the GPS TX will say transmission successful but I am not receiving or getting data in the Receiver side. any idea why?
@ABISHEKKUMARMA
@ABISHEKKUMARMA 8 місяців тому
Hey, I am doing the project on Bus Tracking System. And your design and video inspired me to do the project, Instead of wifi - antenna module Can I make it wifi - wifi module For longer distance tracking, maybe this is possible on the project?
@HowtoElectronics
@HowtoElectronics 8 місяців тому
You need Ad-Hoc networking
@ABISHEKKUMARMA
@ABISHEKKUMARMA 8 місяців тому
Thank you for your reply, can I get more details of Ad-Hoc networking
@ABISHEKKUMARMA
@ABISHEKKUMARMA 8 місяців тому
​@@HowtoElectronicsI am doing this project, As a gps tracker for a bus tracking system, how can I achieve longer distance communication for the project.
@asivetheblackbreed2547
@asivetheblackbreed2547 6 місяців тому
@@ABISHEKKUMARMA did you get the help you need?
@djsolstice8964
@djsolstice8964 5 місяців тому
Great project. However, I do want to question something in the design. It only has 1 km range? LORA is not so good at going through buildings on flat ground. It's great for long line of sight projects, like RC planes (See the ExpressLRS project, 100km+ range). Isn't the point of a GPS tracker ....to track... over distance. Like when someone steals your bike/car/anything and moves it >1km away. I think a GSM module would be better sevrved here. That's how all other GPS trackers work.
@MamtazAlam-bw5bo
@MamtazAlam-bw5bo 5 місяців тому
GSM and LoRa both are different technology. You cant compare GSM with LoRa.
@ChanakyaNiti1702
@ChanakyaNiti1702 3 місяці тому
Does this require Internet for functioning or it is net free GPS tracking?
@vaibhavsingh335
@vaibhavsingh335 Місяць тому
needs internet for sending data to blynk
@pierpa_76pierpaolo
@pierpa_76pierpaolo 5 місяців тому
I would need something very small (size like a crown cap), which works the same way to be able to hide and easy to apply on cars, motorcycles, etc. If it was powered by a rechargeable battery with a mini solar panel that would be great. Waiting for info. Thank you very much.
@Chintanned
@Chintanned Місяць тому
Hey, Thank you for wonderful tutorial,We want to make something similar, Can you help us - It's for a noble cause under a NGO
@Musicmaddnes
@Musicmaddnes 9 місяців тому
I found all fhe partsbut its estimated price is about $60usd. Where did you get parts?
@HowtoElectronics
@HowtoElectronics 9 місяців тому
Buy all those from aliexpress. It will be cheaper.
@Musicmaddnes
@Musicmaddnes 9 місяців тому
@@HowtoElectronics Yeah, that is exactly where I looked.
@HowtoElectronics
@HowtoElectronics 9 місяців тому
I dont know what components you selected. It should not have crossed 60$. Are you ordering in bulk.
@Musicmaddnes
@Musicmaddnes 9 місяців тому
@@HowtoElectronicsNo but shipping for pretty much each item is like $2-3. l80-m39 are around $9. Capacitors and resistors are about $15 because there isnt complete books I can find under $20 ea. The atmega is $4. Antenna is $4. HPD13a is $5. MCP73831T is $3. plus all the other components. Each one of those costs $2-3 shipping. I have $25 in shipping alone.
@mateuszkogut7452
@mateuszkogut7452 17 днів тому
Without a LoRa antenna connected, you can burn up the transmitting system!
@HowtoElectronics
@HowtoElectronics 17 днів тому
I just run the test for a short period without the antenna. Always Use antenna of 1.5dbi or more.
@JNET_Reloaded
@JNET_Reloaded 10 місяців тому
yeah thats way too long make this a product i can just buy for £50 ty!
@raymondmichael4987
@raymondmichael4987 10 місяців тому
There is a good feeling doing it if you’re into electronics and coding
@diyprojectslab1689
@diyprojectslab1689 10 місяців тому
@JNET_Reloaded Thanks for sharing your thoughts on the tutorial. While I understand your desire for a ready-made product, this tutorial focuses on building a DIY solution using LoRa technology for low-power GPS tracking. The tutorial is intended to guide enthusiasts who enjoy building and customizing their own devices & DIY can be done for lesser than 30$. I hope you understand
@ABISHEKKUMARMA
@ABISHEKKUMARMA 8 місяців тому
​@@diyprojectslab1689 hey bro where to get the components.
@edwardfletcher7790
@edwardfletcher7790 9 місяців тому
Worst voice over EVER 😩
@user-sp3hf6nm4y
@user-sp3hf6nm4y Місяць тому
i need this project. how can i contact you
@kabitachand2578
@kabitachand2578 10 місяців тому
@TARUN__46
@TARUN__46 10 місяців тому
How to contact u i have dm on insta no reply
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