Republic of the Philippines

Jose Rizal Memorial State University

The Premier University in Zamboanga del Norte
Main Campus, Dapitan City

CERTIFICATION

This study entitled EMERGENCY RESPONSE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

USING HOTSPOT prepared by LOUIGGI G. CABANTE, LILYBETH B. LOQUEZ,
JANICE S. RUIZ and KATHLEEN S. SALDON has been reviewed and recommended
for Oral Examination on May 10, 2017.

ENGR. QUILIANO E. LASCO

DEAN

This design project entitled EMERGENCY RESPONSE COMMUNICATION

SYSTEM USING HOTSPOT prepared and submitted by LOUIGGI G. CABANTE,
LILYBETH B. LOQUEZ, JANICE S. RUIZ and KATHLEEN S. SALDON has been
reviewed and recommended for Oral Examination on May 10, 2017.

ENGR. RICHIE L. LACAYA

ADVISER

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 Republic of the Philippines
Jose Rizal Memorial State University
The Premier University in Zamboanga del Norte
Main Campus, Dapitan City

APPROVAL SHEET

In partial fulfillment of the requirements in CPE 52 Design Project II (Project

Implementation) for the degree Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering, this
undergraduate thesis on Design Project II entitled EMERGENCY RESPONSE
COMMUNICATION SYSTEM USING HOTSPOT has been examined and is
recommended for oral defense.

ENGR. RICHIE L. LACAYA

ADVISER

This undergraduate thesis on Design Project II entitled EMERGENCY

RESPONSE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM USING HOTSPOT prepared by LOUIGGI
G. CABANTE, LILYBETH B. LOQUEZ, JANICE S. RUIZ and KATHLEEN S.
SALDON has been reviewed and approved by the thesis committee.

ENGR. QUILIANO E. LASCO

CHAIRMAN

ENGR. MARICON DENBER GAHISAN ENGR. ROMIE LARANJO

MEMBER MEMBER

ENGR. ANDREW B. GALLEMIT

EXTERNAL ADVISER
APPROVED by the panel of examiners on oral defense on May 10, 2017 with a
rating of ____.

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 ENGR. QUILIANO E. LASCO
CHAIRMAN
Date Signed: ________________

ENGR. MARICON DENBER GAHISAN

MEMBER
Date Signed: ________________

ENGR. ROMIE LARANJO

MEMBER
Date Signed: ________________

ACCEPTED by the Dean for the Degree of BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

IN COMPUTER ENGINEERING.

ENGR. QUILIANO E. LASCO

Dean, College of Engineering
Date Signed: ________________

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 DEDICATION

The researchers offer the project to God Almighty that always showered them

with His blessings.

To every person that has been part of this project contributing their resources and

knowledge regarding this project.

To their Family who has been very supportive during the process especially in

terms of money and support.

And above all, to their love ones for inspiring them and continuously giving them

reasons to have more perseverance and patience in finishing this project.

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 ACKNOWLEDGMENT

The researchers dedicate this study to every person that has been part of this

project contributing their resources and knowledge regarding this project.

To their Family who has been very supportive during the process especially in

terms of financial and support.

To their love ones for inspiring them and continuously giving them reasons to

have more perseverance and patience in finishing this project.

To their external adviser Engr. Andrew B. Gallemit for his guidance, support, and

endless efforts in helping them to make this project a success.

To their adviser Engr. Richie L. Lacaya who encouraged and gave them a chance

to pursue in bringing this project into life.

To their advisers and to all Engineering Faculties who motivated them in making

such project which helps them gain knowledge about emergency response

communication.

And above all the researchers offer the project to God Almighty that always

showered them with His blessings.

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 Table of Contents

Certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii

Approval Sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii

Dedication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v

Acknowledgement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi

List of Figures ....................................... viii

List of Tables ....................................... ix

I. Problems and Its Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

1.1 Introduction .................................... 1
1.2 Statement of the Problem .............................. 2
1.3 Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.4 Significance of Study .............................. 2
1.5 Scope & Limitation .............................. 3
1.6 Conceptual Framework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.7 Definition of Terms .............................. 4

II. Related Literature and Studies ....................... 6

2.1 Introduction .................................... 6
2.2 Related Literature .................................. 6
2.3 Related Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

III. Research Methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

3.1 Research Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
3.2 Project Deign ................................. 12

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 3.3 Hardware Design Implementation .................... 15
3.4 Software Design Implementation .................. 22
3.5 Research Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
3.6 Research Respondent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
3.7 Research Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
3.8 Project Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
3.9 Project Cost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

IV. Results and Discussion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

4.1 Discussion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
4.2 Results of the Project Evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

V. Summary, Findings, Conclusions and Recommendation . . . . . . 34

5.1 Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
5.2 Findings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
5.3 Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
5.4 Recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Appendices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
A. Source Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
B. System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
C. Operation Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
D. Data Sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
E. Photos of the Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Curriculum Vitae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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 LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1 Conceptual Framework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Figure 2 Iterative Model of the Development Process of the system. . . . . . 13
Figure 3 Arduino Nano Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Figure 4 Arduino Nano Schematic Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Figure 5 ESP8266 WiFi Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Figure 6 ESP8266 WiFi Module Schematic Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Figure 7 Push Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Figure 8 MB102 Breadboard Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Figure 9 MB102 Breadboard Power Supply Schematic Diagram . . . . . . . 19
Figure 10 Piezo Buzzer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Figure 11 LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Figure 12 Hardware Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Figure 13 Full System Circuit Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Figure 14 Map of Dapitan City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

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 LIST OF TABLES

Table 1 Project Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Table 2 Project Cost and Anlysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Table 3 Testing the functionality of the buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Table 4 Testing the functionality of the WiFi module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Table 5 Testing the functionality of Arduino Nano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Table 6 Testing the functionality of the Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Table 7 Percentage Rating: FUNCTIONALITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Table 8 Ranges of Percentage: FUNCTIONALITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Table 9 Summary of the ratings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54