scholarly journals Low power GPS drifters with local storage and GSM modem made from off the shelf components

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rolf Hut ◽  
Thanda Thatoe Nwe Win ◽  
Thom Bogaard
Keyword(s):  
Software Engineering ◽  
Low Power ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Gps Receivers ◽  
Open Hardware ◽  
Hydrodynamic Behaviour ◽  
Extensive Training ◽  
Hardware Component ◽  
Local Storage

Abstract. Drifters that track their position are important tools in studying the hydrodynamic behaviour of rivers. Drifters that can be tracked in real time have so far been rather expensive. Recently both GPS receivers and GSM modems have become available at lower prices to tinkering scientists due to the rise of the Open Hardware revolution and the associated Arduino ecosystem. This article serves two goals. Firstly, we provide detailed instructions on how to build a Low Power GPS drifter with local storage and GSM model that we tested in a fieldwork on the confluence of the Chindwin and Ayeyarwady rivers in Myanmar. These instructions allow fellow geoscientists to recreate the device. Secondly, we set the question: "Has the Open Hardware revolution progressed to the point that a low power GPS drifter that wireless transmits its position can be made from Open Hardware component by geoscientists without extensive training or expertise in electrical and software engineering? We feel this question is relevant and timely as more low-cost Open Hardware devices are promoted but in practice applicability often is restricted to the 'tinkering engineer'. We argue that because of the plug and play nature of the components geoscientist should be able to construct these type of devices. However, to get such devices to operate at low power levels that fieldwork often requires detailed (mircro)electrical expertise.

scholarly journals Easy to build low-power GPS drifters with local storage and a cellular modem made from off-the-shelf components

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 435-442
Author(s):  
Rolf Hut ◽  
Thanda Thatoe Nwe Win ◽  
Thom Bogaard
Keyword(s):  
Low Power ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Electrical Engineering ◽  
Cellular Model ◽  
Hydrodynamic Behavior ◽  
Gps Receivers ◽  
Open Hardware ◽  
Measurement Devices ◽  
Local Storage

Abstract. Drifters that track their position are important tools in studying the hydrodynamic behavior of rivers. Drifters that can be tracked in real time have so far been rather expensive. Recently, due to the rise of the open-hardware revolution and the associated Arduino ecosystem, both GPS receivers and cellular modems have become available at lower prices to “tinkering scientists”, i.e., scientists that like to build their own measurement devices as much as is possible. This article serves two goals. Firstly, we provide detailed instructions on how to build a low-power GPS drifter with local storage and cellular model that we tested in a fieldwork on the confluence of the Chindwin and Ayeyarwady rivers in Myanmar. The device was designed from easily connected off-the-shelf components, allowing construction without a background in electrical engineering. The instructions allow fellow geoscientists to recreate the device. Secondly, we set the following question: has the open-hardware revolution progressed to the point that a low-power GPS drifter that wirelessly transmits its position can be made from open-hardware components by most geoscientists?. We feel this question is relevant and timely as more low-cost open-hardware devices are promoted, but in practice applicability is often restricted to the “tinkering engineer”. We argue that because of the plug-and-play nature of the components geoscientists should be able to construct these type of devices. However, to get such devices to operate at low power levels that fieldwork often demands requires detailed (micro)electrical expertise.

A Low-Cost, Low-Power and Real-Time Image Detector for Grape Leaf Esca Disease Based on a Compressed CNN

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-1
Author(s):  
Laura Falaschetti ◽  
Lorenzo Manoni ◽  
Romel Calero Fuentes Rivera ◽  
Danilo Pau ◽  
Gianfranco Romanazzi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Low Power ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Image Detector ◽  
Esca Disease ◽  
Real Time Image ◽  
Grape Leaf ◽  
Time Image

Event Processing-based Low-Power Low-Cost Wireless Sensor Network for Real Time Wildfire Monitoring

2020 ◽  
Vol 69 (5) ◽  
pp. 706-718
Author(s):  
Sangho Choe ◽  
Jeong-Hwa Yoo ◽  
Ponsuge Surani Shalika Tissera ◽  
Jo-In Kang ◽  
Hee-Kyung Yang
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Network ◽  
Low Power ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Sensor Network ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Event Processing

scholarly journals WIRELESS REAL TIME PROPORTIONAL CONTROL SYSTEM

2013 ◽  
pp. 15-20
Author(s):  
UJJWALA G. BORATE ◽  
PROF. R.T. PATIL
Keyword(s):  
Low Power ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Ultra Low Power ◽  
Proportional Control ◽  
Star Network ◽  
Precise Control ◽  
Zigbee Technology ◽  
Temperature And Humidity ◽  
Transceiver Module

This system provides low power consuming and low cost wireless sensor network. This system provides a real time temperature and humidity. It also gives proportional control action. This system consists of TI’s MSP430 microcontroller which consumes ultra low power and improves the overall system performance. The Sensorion’s SHT 11 sensor is used to measure temperature and humidity. Sensor SHT 11 consumes low power and gives the fully calibrated digital output. Zigbee technology is used for wireless communication. Zigbee is low power consuming transceiver module. It operates within the ISM 2.4 GHz frequency band. AT and API command modes configure module parameters. RF data rate is 250 kbps. To achieve the proportional control triac and MOC 3022 are used. The star network topology is implemented. The temperature of earth goes on increasing due to global warming, deforestation, pollution, etc. Due to this the temperature of atmosphere also increases which is harmful and dangerous for many systems. This system provides precise control of temperature and humidity in Green House, Art Galleries and Industries.

Automatic Meter Reader Using Zigbee

2013 ◽  
Vol 303-306 ◽  
pp. 991-994
Author(s):  
Zazilah May ◽  
Mohamad Firdaus Mohamad Roselee
Keyword(s):  
Low Power ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Programming Language ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Real Time Monitoring ◽  
Design And Implementation ◽  
Lcd Display ◽  
Good Potential ◽  
Automatic Meter Reading System ◽  
Reading System

The real-time monitoring of a data is crucial in ensuring the accuracy of the acquired data. It determines whether the device is properly working or in fault. This paper proposed the design and implementation of a ZigBee-based wireless automatic meter reading system. It focuses on the development of a device that is capable of monitoring meter reader remotely. It sends the data hourly or daily using Zigbee as the transmitting medium. The proposed device uses software; XCTU, Arduino Programming Language, Multisim and hardware; Microcontroller, Pulse generating circuit, Zigbee antenna, 16X2 LCD Display to actually demonstrate the result. This device has a good potential in wireless meter reading due to its low-cost, low power consuming, and low data rate. The input is the pulse generated by the pulsating circuit and the output will be shown onto the LCD display and in the XCTU software proving that it transmitted wirelessly. The results successfully shows the data is received as what it is transmitted.

Low Cost, High Accuracy Positioning In Urban Environments

2006 ◽  
Vol 59 (3) ◽  
pp. 365-379 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Hide ◽  
Terry Moore ◽  
Chris Hill ◽  
David Park
Keyword(s):  
Urban Environment ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
High Accuracy ◽  
Urban Environments ◽  
Reference Trajectory ◽  
Differential Gps ◽  
Positioning Accuracy ◽  
Gps Receivers ◽  
Better Than

It is well known that GPS measurements are regularly obstructed in urban environments. Positioning accuracy in such environments is significantly degraded and in many areas, it is not possible to obtain a GPS position fix at all. There are currently two methods that can be used to improve availability in the urban environment. Firstly, GPS receivers can be augmented with dead reckoning sensors such as an INS. Alternatively, High Sensitivity GPS (HSGPS) receivers can be used which are able to acquire and track very weak signals. This paper assesses the performance obtained from a GPS and low cost INS integrated system and a HSGPS receiver in an urban environment in Nottingham, UK. The navigation systems are compared to a high accuracy integrated GPS/INS system which is used to provide a reference trajectory. It is demonstrated that the differential GPS and low cost INS system can provide horizontal positioning accuracy of better than 2·5 m RMS in real-time, and better than 1 m RMS in post-processing, whereas the non-differential HSGPS receiver provides a real-time performance of 5 m RMS. These results were obtained in an environment where, with conventional GPS receivers, a position solution is only available 48·4% of the time. Operational considerations such as initial alignment of the GPS and low cost INS are also discussed when comparing the two systems for urban positioning applications.

HTNMote: A Hardware Platform for Wireless Real-Time Railcar Monitoring and its Performance Analysis

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sushanta Mohan Rakshit ◽  
Michael Hempel ◽  
Pradhumna Shrestha ◽  
Fahimeh Rezaei ◽  
Hamid Sharif ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Low Power ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Ieee 802.15.4 ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Field Tests ◽  
Hardware Platform ◽  
Hop Count ◽  
Freight Train ◽  
The North ◽  
Depth Analysis

Real-time monitoring of various components of a railcar such as wheel bearing temperature, brake line status, integrity of transported goods and many more has become a key focus area of research for the North American freight railroad industry. The ability for timely detection of abnormalities and impending failures prevents costly accidents, the potential loss of life and damage to the environment. Monitoring also increases overall operational efficiency, reliability and safety of freight railroads. Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) are an obvious choice for implementing such a monitoring scheme. The accumulated data from various sensors distributed throughout each railcar along the length of the train is transmitted wirelessly using multi-hop transmissions to the locomotive for alerting and monitoring. From there, this information is also transmitted to dispatch centers for further analysis and recording. ZigBee technology based on the IEEE 802.15.4 standard is a popular choice among WSN communication protocols, owing to its low cost and low power requirements. ZigBee performance degrades severely in the long chain-like topology characteristic of the railroad application environment. This effectively disqualifies ZigBee as a candidate technology for such railcar monitoring deployments. To overcome these issues with ZigBee deployments for freight train monitoring we developed our Hybrid Technology Networking (HTN) approach [5–7]. HTN leverages both ZigBee and Wi-Fi communication to achieve reliable communication along an entire freight train. Railcar monitoring nodes are grouped into smaller clusters, within which we utilize ZigBee for its low-power operation and report to each cluster’s gateway node. The gateway nodes of all the clusters on a train communicate using Wi-Fi, to benefit from the high throughput and long communication range. This tiered architecture also results in a drastic reduction in overall hop count for end-to-end communication. In this paper we present HTNMote, a hardware platform that we are developing and employing for real-world evaluation of the HTN protocol. We also present results from our field tests of the HTNMotes at the Transportation Technology Center (TTCI) facility in Pueblo, Colorado, operated by the US Association of American Railroads (AAR). The results show that the use of HTN improves performance of the network by at least an order of magnitude compared to a ZigBee-only network. This paper details the design of our HTNMote platform, present the test setup and results, as well as conduct an in-depth analysis of the obtained results as they relate to railroad operations.

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