Design of interactive paging and locating device for GPS applications

This paper proposes design of an interactive paging and locating device. It is a standalone device which integrates the modern communication methods in it. It is an interactive device and it communicates with the user via the touch screen and through paging. The proposed system allows the user to send location information via the Global Positioning System (GPS) module. This device finds its application in vehicles by helping them to track the locations. The device proposed is designed using the IDE tool Atollic TrueSTUDIO which provides fast write and debug options thereby developing a software of superior quality. STM32CubeMX is the graphical tool used for configuring the microcontroller. The STM32F10xxx CortexTM-M3 processor is the hardware used to implement the proposed design which is a high performance 32-bit processor. In developing countries, other than India, where the hiring of vehicles is common, the system proposed here can be of great significance. This device can also be incorporated with other additional features and can be used as a mobile standalone device in future.