DZ50: Energy-Efficient Wireless Sensor Mote Platform for Low Data Rate Applications
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Date
2014-07-07
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Abstract
A low cost and energy efficient wireless sensor mote platform for
low data rate monitoring applications is presented. The new
platform, named DZ50, is based on the ATmega328P micro-controller
and the RFM12b transceiver, which consume very low energy in
low-power mode. Considerable energy saving can be achieved by
reducing the power consumption during inactive (sleep) mode,
notably in low data rate applications featured by long inactive
periods. Without loss of generality, spot monitoring in a Smart
Parking System (SPS) and soil moisture in a Precision Irrigation
System (PIS) are selected as typical representative of low data
rate applications. The performance of the new platform is
investigated for typical scenarios of the selected applications
and compared with that of MicaZ and TelosB. Energy measurement has
been carried out for different network operation states and
settings, where the results reveal that the proposed platform
allows to multiply the battery lifetime up to 7 times
compared to MicaZ and TelosB motes in 10s sampling period scenarios.
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WSN, Hardware, Low rate applications, Energy measurments