Real-Time Tracking and Environmental Monitoring System for Ice Trucks using IoT Techniques SORADA KHAENGKARN, KAMPON NONKEAW, THANASAK WONGLOMKLANG, JIRAPHON SRISERTPOL School of Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Engineering, Suranaree University of Technology, 111 University Avenue Muang, Nakhon Ratchasima 30000 THAILAND Abstract: - The problems faced by ice transporting entrepreneurs are the behavior of truck drivers in driving off the specified route and unnecessarily opening the freezing container door. Consequently, the dropping temperature inside the container of the ice truck damaged the frozen food transportation. For this reason, rotten frozen food because of transportation ruins the customer’s trust. This research aims to present the design of location tracking, opening-closing container door counting system, and temperature monitoring system for ice trucks using Internet of Things (IoT) techniques. The real-time information is visualized via a web application for tracking and monitoring ice trucks Key-Words: - Microcontroller, GPS tracking, IoT, Ice truck. Received: March 17, 2022. Revised: October 15, 2022. Accepted: November 19, 2022. Published: December 12, 2022. 1 Introduction The behavior of driving off the route and unnecessarily opening the freezing container door of the ice truck driver causes temperature loss in the freezer container. This problem affects the quality of frozen food. Therefore, developing a location tracking system with an opening-closing freezer container door and temperature monitoring using the Internet of Things (IoT) for the ice truck increases the competition in the ice truck maker industry. M.S. Ahmed (2021), [1], studied the design of a real-time monitoring system using an IoT platform. This paper suggested the IoT platform for a real- time system which includes the node, server, and communication protocol, Message Queuing Telemetry Transport. The real-time water quality management system uses an IoT platform, [2], to monitor and control water quality, such as pH, temperature, and turbidity, for home applications. The prototype system by the Nucleo Board Arm Cortex-M40 development board. Behzada et al. (2014), [3], designed and developed a low-cost vehicle tracking and controlling system using the prevailing cellular technologies. M. J. A. Baig et al. This technology includes Global Positioning System (GPS), Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM), and Microcontroller. The system used RF signals in a wireless sensor network to estimate the vehicle’s location. J.F. Mendoza et al. (2017), [4], presented an embedded software architecture in microcontrollers for IoT in fog water collection. Mirza Jabbar, et al., (2021), [5], studied the design and implementation of a Peer-to-Peer (P2P) energy trading platform using ESP32-S2 Node-Red and MQTT protocol interface with a private Ethereum blockchain. The real-time monitoring and controlling of energy resources for remote locations with no internet access. V. Change and C. Martin (2021), [6], designed an Industrial IoT (IIoT) Arduino sensor system to record the temperature and location of ladle vessels for metallurgical purposes. The Arduino microcontroller connects to a K-Type thermocouple, Global-Positioning System (GPS) shield, a Real-time clock, and a Bluetooth module. Chinna Babu D. and Prakash V Carlos A. (2018), [7], designed real-time tracking and fuel monitoring which are implemented using IoT with Rasberry Pi. Hernández-Morales et al. (2022), [8], studied the design of an inspection system using IoT design for planting. This system contains a network processing unit and a low-cost application. Nawzad K. Al-Salihi (2021), [9], investigated the positioning tracking module of IoT and GPS using Arduino Uno and connected WIFI by ESP8266. Amit Kumer Podder (2021), [10], reported the smart AgroTech system using IoT to monitor urban farming parameters, i.e., the air humidity and soil moisture. This research presents the design and development of the location tracking and monitoring system using the IoT platform for the 1.65 x 2.25 x 1.66- meter ice truck, as shown in Fig.1. The temperature of the freezing container, the opening-closing state WSEAS TRANSACTIONS on INFORMATION SCIENCE and APPLICATIONS DOI: 10.37394/23209.2022.19.31 Sorada Khaengkarn, Kampon Nonkeaw, Thanasak Wonglomklang, Jiraphon Srisertpol E-ISSN: 2224-3402 297 Volume 19, 2022