A Survey on the Guinness Book of Sensors

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A Survey on the Guinness Book of Sensors

• Advanced Topics in Wireless Networks
• Omar Amarin
• 4/7/2008

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• Smallest Sensors
• Epson, eCAM, Kionix, Samsung
• Largest Deployment of Sensors
• Department of Primary Industries (DPI)
• Longest Lifetime Sensors
• Transducer Technology, Inc.

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Smallest Sensors

• 1. Epson (uFR-II)
• Advanced Model of World's Smallest Flying
  Microrobot from Epson (August 2004)
• Micromechatronics technology
• The world's new lightest and most advanced
  microrobot
• The uFR-II is only the latest chapter in an Epson
  success story that began with Monsieur, a
  microrobot that was listed in the Guinness Book
  of Records as the world's smallest microrobot.

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• Problem Limited Range
• Solution Fully wireless operation paired with
  independent flight capability. The world's
  smallest and lightest sensor.
• Wireless features
• - Epson's own sensor (world's smallest and
  lightest)

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World's Smallest Gyro-Sensor (December 2004)

• The XV-3500CB,
• Characteristics

• Features of the newly developed XV-3500CB
  Sensor
• 1. Subminiature SMD
• 2. Outstanding stability
• 3. Sleep mode

4. Airtight structure
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2. eCAM Ultra Compact, High Data-Rate Wireless
Sensor Node with a Miniature Camera

• constructed by plugging a VGA video camera to the
  Eco node.
• Eco is an ultra-compact, high-bandwidth wireless
  sensor node developed by authors. It measures
  only 13mm(L) 11mm(W) 7mm(H) and weights 2
  grams.

• Great Power Consumption
• Other Advantages

Authors Chulsung Park and Pai H. Chou Center for
Embedded Computing System, University of
California, Irvine.
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• Some Properties
• Ultra-Compact Form Factor 13x11x7mm, 2grams
• 2.4GHz Radio, 128 Channels, 1Mbps
• On-Board 3-Axis Accelerometer, Temperature
  Sensor,
• Optical Sensor
• Low Power Consumption
• 40mAh Li-Polymer Rechargeable Battery, Continuous
  Listening about 4 hours
• Flex-PCB Expansion Port Analog/Digital I/O, SPI,
  UART, I2C, and Interrupts,

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3. Kionix, KXPS5, June 30, 2006

• The device, the KXPS5, is just 0.9 millimeters
  thick, The sensor measures acceleration and is
• primarily used for free-fall detection in
  hard drives.
• The KXPS5 family of products was specifically
  engineered to have a very small form factor so
  that they can be incorporated directly into the
  hard disk drive.
• use specifically in the hard drives of
  mobile-electronic devices such as cell phones and
  iPods.

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• How it works
• Other Uses computer and video gaming, global
  positioning systems, sports diagnostics, and
  vehicle-stability applications.

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4. Samsung, 8.4MP CIS, September 8th, 2005
Sensor Size 96.5 mm Power consumption 10
mW. More importantly, the sensors output is not
an analog signal but a digital signal. Micro
unit (MCU) Intelligent function
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Ideas to Help in the Future

• New custom printed circuit boards (PCBs)
• Leads to (Risks)
• Extra hardware development effort
• Risking introduction of new errors

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Largest Deployment of Sensors
World's Largest Agricultural Wireless Sensor
Network Department of Primary Industries (DPI)

• Nectarine orchard covered with 47 nodes, 273
  sensors.
• Sensors include soil moisture, soil and air
  temperature, canopy temperature, humidity, leaf
  wetness, trunk diameter, wind speed and
  direction, solar radiation and GPS co-ordinates.

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• Problems
• 1. Interruptions
• 2. Rainfall
• Good Ideas They have started to monitor the
  sensor network using alerts that are
  automatically transmitted to a mobile phone by
  SMS.

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Longest Lifetime Sensors
Transducer Technology, Inc.
D6F-P MEMS-based D6F-P air flow sensor

• High performance
• No recharge is required for more than a year.
• Pocket CO

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• Problems Enhancements.
• Algorithm

Up to Five times better lifetime
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