Date of Publication :7th August 2016

Abstract: This paper gives custom designed implementation details of unmanned environment sensing and monitoring embedded system. This embedded system will be helpful to monitor the air pollution levels in the remote areas where it is difficult for the human beings to travel. In this design, we intend to monitor pollution levels and gauge the suitability of environment for living conditions as per the standards set by the environmentalists. The uniqueness of this Envi-Quadcopter is that, the electronic system designed is mounted on the DJI Phantom 3 drone which has visual positioning system that allows quad copter to maintain its position at lower altitudes and even when GPS is weak or unavailable. A box is custom designed and light weight 3D printed to be integrated with DJI Phantom 3 drone using CAD software to hold the circuitry. This system consists of four pollution gas sensors NO2 , CO, CO2 , O3 and two meteorological condition sensing components for sensing pressure, temperature and humidity. The meteorological parameters help to determine accurate concentration of pollutants and seeing the trend of change in concentration of gases with changes in temperature and pressure. The sensed parameters are logged into SD card and also transmitted to the server for real time monitoring. The transmission is done by ATSIM900 module. These values can be then analyzed and helpful in formulating laws for environmental protection.

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