TY - GEN
T1 - Wireless sensor node hardware
T2 - 2008 IEEE Sensors, SENSORS 2008
AU - Healy, Michael
AU - Newe, Thomas
AU - Lewis, Elfed
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) are becoming increasingly popular, due to the benefits they bring to many applications as well as the increasing availability and maturity of the underlying technology. The fundamental building blocks of these networks are the sensor nodes themselves, the sensors attached to these nodes, and the software running on the nodes. A basic sensor node platform consists of a CPU, a radio and a power supply. For the last 10 years a number of research institutions and companies have been designing and producing nodes with these three components as a minimum. We review how these sensor nodes have evolved over this time and we also categorize the features of various platforms so as to enable an application developer to quickly determine which node is appropriate for their particular network or which features are desirable for inclusion on a custom built sensor platform.
AB - Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) are becoming increasingly popular, due to the benefits they bring to many applications as well as the increasing availability and maturity of the underlying technology. The fundamental building blocks of these networks are the sensor nodes themselves, the sensors attached to these nodes, and the software running on the nodes. A basic sensor node platform consists of a CPU, a radio and a power supply. For the last 10 years a number of research institutions and companies have been designing and producing nodes with these three components as a minimum. We review how these sensor nodes have evolved over this time and we also categorize the features of various platforms so as to enable an application developer to quickly determine which node is appropriate for their particular network or which features are desirable for inclusion on a custom built sensor platform.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=67649909548&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ICSENS.2008.4716517
DO - 10.1109/ICSENS.2008.4716517
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:67649909548
SN - 9781424425808
T3 - Proceedings of IEEE Sensors
SP - 621
EP - 624
BT - 2008 IEEE Sensors, SENSORS 2008
Y2 - 26 October 2008 through 29 October 2009
ER -