Development of solar-powered earthquake detector using ESP32 for home usage

Nor Affandi, Alya Farahana (2023) Development of solar-powered earthquake detector using ESP32 for home usage. Project Report. Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Melaka, Malaysia. (Submitted)

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Abstract

Natural disaster can be clarified as a major event caused by Earth’s natural processes that results a consequence of natural hazards. It also has caused significant damage to the community such as degradation of environment, damage to infrastructure and loss of life. The examples of natural disasters include the earthquakes, volcanic activity, floods, tsunami sand few more. Earthquakes caused most devastated natural hazards as they strike without warning. The detector for the natural hazards is currently highly desired throughout the world, particularly in countries where they frequently occur. Therefore, a system that can detect the shaking of earthquake will be built as it is an essential tool for early warning that can save more lives and provides better preparation for the incoming seismic events. In this proposed designed device, scale will be set as the threshold appropriately. Nowadays, the majority of previous developments are not cost-effective for all residents to use in their homes and are not eco-friendly for all locations. Other than that, most of the devices uses the battery to run the system and it cannot be used for a long period of time, the most it can handle is up to only 2 years maximum. There are two parts of the planned framework: equipment and programming. For the equipment section consists of NodeMCU ESP32, ADXL355 accelerometer sensor, 12V rechargeable battery, LCD, Buzzer and solar panel. The Arduino IDE will be used for the programming section. Based from this implemented device, user can notice the ground motions early with the help of the sensor, and if the motions reach the threshold level required, the device will activate the buzzer alarm to notifies everyone immediately using the Telegram application. So, in the end of the device development, it can save many lives as they manage to secure their important belongings and safely evacuate as soon as the alarms activated.

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