Remote Control and Monitoring of ESRAEnvironment Using Sensors

Departments of

Electrical Engineering

&

School of Architecture

Dr. Nader ChalfounDr. Salim Hariri

Kiran Kumar Modukuri

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Description of Wireless Technology & Motes

The Wireless Digital Nervous System

Motes are A new breed of Intelligent Sensors that are smarter, smaller, and more adept at communications

Low cost, low energy sensors:

mems, Smart Dust ,nanotechnology

Low cost wireless platforms–integrated radio, uP

Adhoc Networking

Principle : Energy Saved is Energy Gained

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Next Generation Wireless Technology

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Wireless Sensors

Ultra-Compact Size Temperature & Humidity Sensor Barometric Pressure Sensor Ambient Light Sensor Photosensitive Light Sensor

4Mhz, 8bit MCU (ATMEL)

512 bytes RAM, 8KB ROM

900Mhz Radio

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ESRA & Wireless Data Acquisition System

Phase_5 Data Logging and control using Serial Communication

Internet

Phase_4 Base Station

Phase_2 Area of sensors Phase_3 WirelessCommunication

Phase_6 InternetClients

Inside ESRAESRA environmentTesting area

Control area

Phase_1 placement

500 feet

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Wireless Implementations

Environmental Monitoring

Structural Monitoring

Air Quality

Soil Moisture

Micro-Climates

Animal Tracking

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Alternative Approaches

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Building Monitoring

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Other Applications

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Engineering Issues of project

1) Sensor Network Sensor Interface Radio Communication

2) Base Station Management Radio communication with sensor Network Serial communication with server

3) Server Serial communication with base station Apache SOAP Server for serving the client

4) Client Querying Server for Node information Control, Monitoring, Logging and Display of sensed Information

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Implementation and Results

Proto Type Implementation of Monitoring of Light and Temperature Levels to Show Proof of Concept

Forwarding Serial Data to TCP port & logging data into MySql Database Monitoring and Analyzing recorded Data

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Implementation and Results

Real Time Monitoring and Controlling of Sensor Network

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Implementation and Results

Remote Monitoring on a Web Page

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Remote Controlling OF ESRA

Turning On and Off of Lights , Heaters

Automatic emailing Control Personnel of Possible Hazards

Turning off Sensors to save power while not in operation

Closing Windows and Doors OF ESRA Remotely

ESRA Manufacturer Monitoring Services

Monitor quality of material for different Climate Conditions

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Ongoing & Future Work

Autonomous Middleware for Sensor Based Infrastructure

Advanced Power Management Calibration and updating Firmware in sensors

Nodes Remotely More Reliable Communications between

Nodes and base Station

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Autonomous Middleware for Sensor Based Architecture

Sensor Network Gateway

Context aware Communication

Context aware Communication

Context aware Communication

Context Based Autonomous Middleware

Sensor Load balancing Services

Context Aware Services

Load balancing Services

Context Aware Communication Protocol