Open AccessCheap Deployable Networked Sensors for Environmental Use
Author(s) -
Alex Antunes
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of telecommunications and the digital economy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.202
H-Index - 6
ISSN - 2203-1693
DOI - 10.18080/jtde.v2n4.271
Subject(s) - software deployment , wireless sensor network , arduino , the internet , computer science , embedded system , base station , environmental monitoring , sensor web , telecommunications , engineering , computer network , wireless , operating system , key distribution in wireless sensor networks , wireless network , environmental engineering
We profile the utility and limits in deployment of inexpensive disposable sensor networks by amateurs to achieve environmental monitoring goals. Four current technology movements — PC-on-a-chip processors such as Arduino, prebuilt sensors, 3-D printing, and Wi-Fi and mesh networking — enable rapid sensor platform creation and make it easy for non-specialists to create general sensor-bearing platforms. Deployment of a cluster of multiple sensor-bearing platforms is, however, communications-limited in terms of both range and number of devices supported, and generally requires a base station with internet access. We examine how inexpensive technology supports scenarios for short-term environmental modelling by average citizens.