IoT based Accident Detection System using

ESP8266 NodeMCU and Vibration Sensor

Module
 CONTENTS
 What is Internet of Things?
 How IoT Works?
 The Future of IoT
 The Potential of IoT
 Few Applications of IoT
 Technological Challenges of IoT
 Circuit Diagram
 Hardware
 Software
 Conclusion
 References 2
 What is IoT?
The Internet of Things (IoT) is the network of physical
objects or "things" embedded with electronics, software,
sensors, and network connectivity, which enables these
objects to collect and exchange data.
IoT allows objects to be sensed and controlled
remotely across existing network infrastructure, creating
opportunities for more direct integration between the
physical world and computer-based systems, and resulting
in improved efficiency, accuracy and economic benefit.

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 "Things," in the IoT sense, can refer to a wide variety
of devices such as heart monitoring implants, biochip
transponders on farm animals, electric clams in coastal
waters, automobiles with built-in sensors, DNA analysis
devices for environmental/food/pathogen monitoring or
field operation devices that assist fire-fighters in search
and rescue operations.

These devices collect useful data with the help of

various existing technologies and then autonomously flow
the data between other devices.
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 History of IoT
The concept of the Internet of Things first became
popular in 1999, through the Auto-ID Center at MIT and
related market-analysis publications. R
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 How IoT Works?
Internet of Things is not the result of a single novel
technology; instead, several complementary technical
developments provide capabilities that taken together help
to bridge the gap between the virtual and physical world.
These capabilities include:
 Communication and cooperation
 Addressability
 Identification
 Sensing
 Actuation
 Embedded information processing
 Localization
 User interfaces
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 The Future of IoT

"The Sky's not the limit. It's only the beginning with IoT."
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 The Potential of IoT

GE’s estimates on potential of just ONE percent

savings applied using IoT across global industry 13
 Applications of IoT

"The Ultimate Goal of IOT is to Automate Human Life."

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 Few Applications of IoT
 Building and Home automation
 Manufacturing
 Medical and Healthcare systems
 Media
 Environmental monitoring
 Infrastructure management
 Energy management
 Transportation
 Better quality of life for elderly
 ... ... ...
You name it, and you will have it in IoT!
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 TECHNOLOGICAL CHALLENGES OF IoT
At present IoT is faced with many challenges, such
as:
 Scalability
 Technological Standardization
 Inter operability
 Discovery
 Software complexity
 Data volumes and interpretation
 Power Supply
 Interaction and short range communication
 Wireless communication
 Fault tolerance 12
Circuit Diagram
 SW-420 VIBRATION SENSOR

The Grove - Vibration Sensor (SW-420) is a high sensitivity non-

directional vibration sensor, which can work from 3.3V to 5V. The
sensor uses the LM393 comparator to detect the vibration over a
threshold point and provide digital data, Logic Low or Logic High, 0, or
1. When the module is stable, the circuit is turned on and the output is
high. When the movement or vibration occurs, the circuit will be briefly
disconnected and output low. At the same time, you can also adjust the
sensitivity according to your own needs. There are two LEDs on the
board, one for the Power state and another for the sensor’s output. In
this project, we will use 5V to power the module.
 Thingspeak

ThingSpeak™ is an IoT analytics service that allows you to aggregate, visualize, and
analyze live data streams in the cloud. ThingSpeak provides instant visualizations
of data posted by your devices to ThingSpeak. With the ability to execute
MATLAB® code in ThingSpeak, you can perform online analysis and process data as
it comes in. ThingSpeak is often used for prototyping and proof-of-concept IoT
systems that require analytics. You can send data from any internet-connected
device directly to ThingSpeak using a Rest API or MQTT. With ThingSpeak, you
can store and analyze data in the cloud without configuring web servers, and you
can create sophisticated event-based email alerts that trigger based on data
coming in from your connected devices. You first need to create an account with
your email address and then proceed.
IFFT
 ARDUINO PROGRAMMING

Programming the NodeMCU ESP8266 using Arduino IDE is

not a complex task as it has only one sensor which has to be
interfaced along with a warning LED. As usual, the complete
code along with the working video can be found at the end of
the page.
 
We start by adding the header files required. You should add
the ESP8266 Wifi.h file from the link given in the code or
from here https://github.com/esp8266/Arduino. Download
this and copy the library folder to the library folder of your
Arduino IDE. For adding Thingspeask Library, go to Sketch>
Include Library> Manage Library and
search Thingspeak in the search bar.
 conclusion

This project is implemented to program the NodeMCU to use

an SW-420 Vibration Sensor Module to send an Email Alert
in case of an accident. We can also use push notification if
you are using the IFTTT app or can ask your Google Assistant
or Alexa Home to sound an emergency alarm using IFTTT
services.
 References
1. www.google.com

2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_of_Things

3. Cisco whitepaper, "The Internet of Things" - How the Next

Evolution of the Internet Is Changing Everything, by Dave Evans,
April 2011.

4. GE cloud expo 2014, "Industrial Internet as a Service", by

Shyam Varan Nath, Principal Architect.

5. Dr. Mazlan Abbas, MIMOS Berhad, Wisma IEM, Petaling Jaya

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THANK YOU

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