Survival Strap

When out of cell range, you need a watch that lasts more then 24 hours and can radio for help. Pebble Time with SurvivalStrap is here.

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Things used in this project

Hardware components

Arduino UNO

UHF Radio Frequency Transmiter

Pebble Time

Digital Radio Receiver

Story

We are a team of hikers, bikers and adventurers. The Survival Strap is a solution to solve the nagging problem of "what happens if I get hurt out side of cell phone range."

First pass on building our prototype

Our project is built on the Arduino platform, the watch itself uses a teensy 3, and receives GPS position from the phone and transmits it with an UHF transmitter. Survival tips and information is programmed into a pebble app so the adventurer can go over fire starting, or shelter building information. The strap includes an emergency supply of paracord, and a fire starter.

Eric working with our paracord strap

Mike building both the UHF sending and receiving platfrom

First prototype of the strap