Fleet Management with PLC Arduino

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In this particular case, a fleet management is implemented.

Data acquisition is an important issue in industrial automation. This study case consists in installing, in each vehicle that composes the fleet, a controller Arduino of Industrial Shields with its set of sensors and actuators. 


Speed and location of each vehicle

With this assembly, we can obtain the address, speed and location of each vehicle and send these data to a server with its database. We will be able to access these data  from the cloud and display them on the screen, in the headquarters.

There is also the possibility of sending messages from the headquarters to the desired truck by installing a Bluetooth module in each truck that interacts with the driver's mobile.

PLC Arduino for Fleet Management
M-Duino, the PLC Arduino controller


Summary

Each truck in the fleet will have an industrial Arduino Based PLC connected to the truck's 12V power supply.

Each equipment will have three modules to obtain the information, send it to the cloud and receive messages from the headquarters as well:


  • 1x GPS Module: It will give us the location, address and speed of the vehicle.
  • 1x GPRS Module: Connected to a SIM card, it allows us to send data to the cloud that will be collected by the server and stored in the database.
  • 1x BT/LE Module: When the driver receives an alert or message from the headquarters through the GPRS module, we can send this information to the driver's phone with the Bluetooth module.

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