Considerations for the design of a general purpose wireless sensor node

Cihan Taysi Z., Gokhan Yavuz A. G.

European Computing Conference, Athens, Greece, 25 - 27 September 2007, pp.631-642 identifier

  • Publication Type: Conference Paper / Full Text
  • Volume:
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/978-0-387-84814-3_63
  • City: Athens
  • Country: Greece
  • Page Numbers: pp.631-642
  • Yıldız Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) consist of small, autonomous nodes which are capable of communicating with each other over a wireless link. Minimizing the size and the power consumption of these nodes is an important research topic. A WSN node consists of a microcontroller, a wireless communication controller, a secondary storage module, and different types and combinations of sensors. We propose a wireless sensor node design that aims to be minimal in size and power consumption without significantly degrading processing power. © 2009 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.