DEVELOPMENT OF TOOL TRACKING SYSTEM AND APPLICATION
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Date
2020
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UMT, Lahore
Abstract
Tools can be in a safety risk when they are improperly handled by employers at the aviation site
or misplaced due to negligence that will create money and time loss and delay the number of
scheduled tasks, projects and increase the total expenses. Misplacement of a tool in aircraft
maintenance industry seem a minor occurrence but it is an expensive one. That causes the
maintenance activities to be delayed for days and week of personnel search until the misplaced
tool can be found. Because a lost object of any kind in or around the aircraft can cause
unrecoverable damage due to Foreign Object Damage (FOD). We propose a tracking system that
is low energy and highly efficient in various conditions. This Report focuses on the introduction of
tracking system that uses Bluetooth low-energy (BLE) module and data transfer by using
embedded system approach. Tracking system provides two features, monitoring and tracking.
The system essentially based on two components Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and Micro controller. Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) send a signal which received by the micro-controller.
Micro-controller is programmed through Arduino source code and calculate the distance from the
received signal by Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE). The calculated results are transferred to the
database by micro-controller via internet source. This system provides incessant monitoring and
tracking for tools in aircraft maintenance