STI Balayan BSCoE wins MOTA 2012

by: Terranya M Tiamson

Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering thesis titled “Motorcycle Security System with GPS and GSM Application” won the Most Outstanding Thesis Award (MOTA) 2012 after the final evaluation held last May 4 at STI Headquarters.

This year, STI College Balayan bagged the MOTA award 2012 with BSCoE thesis developers Jose Alvin Cabali, Jayson Mendoza, Leah Calingasan, Lawrence Agdeppa and their adviser Adviser Engr. Jay Ilagan with the support of their Thesis Coordinator Terranya Tiamson, Academic Head Engr. Oliver Noriega and STI Administration headed by the President Mrs. Ellen Christy A. Dimaano. MOTA is a national level (entire STI network of schools) competition held annually to recognize the best of the thesis projects from a batch of graduating students in which each program, BSCS and BSCoE was given an award. The thesis nominees were evaluated by a Panel of Judges in the following criteria: significance of the project, technical depth of the project, group presentation and response to questions; and completeness of the thesis documentation. 

The Motorcycle Security System with GPS and GSM Application

The motorcycle system process presented during high school caravan

The system is operated by a microcontroller, GPS receiver module and GSM modem. The device he device also ehas a microcontroller that processed the data given by owner. All inputs coming from the owner and the sensors will give signals to the microcontroller to be processed and to provide the desired outputs. It also has a GSM modem that will acts as the gateway for the communication between the owner and the device. The device has its own SIM card number. The device can received messages from the owner of the motorcycle and the owner will also received a confirmation messages from the device when the action has been taken. 

The motorcycle also has a tracking device-the GPS receiver (GPSr) that will be used to track the location of the motorcycle once it was stolen. The data that the owner will received from the device is represented by coordinates, in terms of latitude and longitude, which correspond to the exact location of the motorcycle.

The device also used an accelerometer as a sensor which will sense the motion, vibration and inclination happening in the motorcycle. The key sensor will determine if the key is switched on or off. An engine probe sensor is used to determine if there will be a current flowing in the motorcycle. There is also a button that can be used by the owner in terms of emergency. There are several relays that are used for automatically switching the buzzer, key switch, starter and CDI of the motorcycle.