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Tactical Up-Armored Vehicle -
Automatic Distress Detection System
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TUV-ADDS is multi-sensor platform which will be monitored by a team of microcontrollers in order to detect the characteristics which would indicate if an Implemented Explosive Device (IED) had detonated in close proximity to an up-armored wheeled tactical vehicle, or if that vehicle has rolled over. This system intent is to alleviate the protocols which U.S. armed forces are tasked with when a vehicle is hit by an IED or is involved in a rollover, and to allow first responders earlier notice of a distressed vehicle. TUV-ADDS will incorporate use of an accelerometer, temperature sensor and irradiance sensor to qualitatively determine if an explosion occurred, and a gyroscope will be used to detect rollover. A MCU will be used to compare the data measured from the sensors to predetermined thresholds, once these thresholds have been exceeded then GPS coordinates will be sent to a control center stating the vehicle is in distress.
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