Implementación de un dispositivo para monitorear variables meteorológicas en la pista de despegue del Club Parapente Chimborazo con una app Android.

Abstract

In this work a device was designed and used to monitor the weather variables on the runway of the Chimborazo paragliding club through an Android app. The measured variables were temperature, atmospheric pressure, relative humidity, rainfall, speed and wind direction, which were processed with the Arduino MEGA 2560 controller card and then sent through the GPRS SIM 900 module that allowed to communicate to internet and save the information on the Thingspeak platform. Next, an application with Android system was designed to show the measured data with what will be decided if there are necessary conditions to fly. For the feeding stage, we opted for the use of solar energy through a 100 W photovoltaic panel with a 55 Ah battery and a charge controller, thus allowing a working autonomy of up to 2 days when there is no sunlight. Analyzing the tests performed on the device, it was obtained that 90.83% of the read data arrive correctly to the ioT platform and therefore can be viewed in the mobile application. This result is acceptable and represents a consumption of the mobile network of 270 Mb, which would require the monthly minimum plan offered by the provider. In addition, the final cost of the device is $ 1117, which is considered an acceptable cost taking into account that similar devices in the market do not provide the service of the application nor the energy autonomy. It is recommended to investigate the possibility of integrating a mobile device that allows it to be coupled in the pilot's equipment in order to expand the monitoring of both take-off, landing and during the flight.