Mobile animal tracking systems using light sensor for efficient power and cost saving motion detection

This paper proposes an open architecture for animal tracking systems using an easy-to-access Arduino board equipped with various sensors built into a compact prototype, easily attached to an animal collar. With GPS and public Google Map API functionalities, global location and sensor information are sent over SMS-GSM networks to an Android OS phone embedded with a simplified RF technology used to track animals when closing by with an adaptive alert sound and bar sign for mobile monitoring and searching. In addition, to efficiently save the battery power and cost of the tracking system, a practical usage of a simple analog light sensor with motion logic is investigated, and then implemented resulting in feasibility and efficiency of battery power and data transmission.