Wireless Sensor Networks

Outline:
Introduction.
Sensor Node Architecture.
Power Management.
WSN in Aquaculture.
Conclusion.

References.
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Introduction:
Definition.
Applications:
1- Military applications.
2- Environmental applications
3-Health applications.
4-Home applications.
5-Commercial applications

Figure 1: Block diagram of the planned sensor node. Optimized, energy-efficient sensor front end and radio
components will allow the entire node to be powered from ambient energy harvested from solar, vibration, or
thermal sources.
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Figure 2: Smart City.

Sensor Node Architecture.

Sensing Subsystem.
Processor Subsystem.
Communication Subsystem.
Figure 3: Architecture of a wireless sensor node

Power Subsystem.

Power subsystem
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Sensing Subsystem.
One or more physical sensors.
One or more analog-to-digital converters.

Figure 4: analog-to-digital conversion process.

Figure 5: Physical sensors.

Processor Subsystem.
Microcontroller.
Digital Signal Processor.
Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA).
Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC).
Figure 6: Microcontroller.

Figure 9 :Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC).

Figure 8: Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA).

Figure 7: Digital Signal Processor.

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Communication Subsystem.
Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI).
Inter-Integrated Circuit (I

C).

Figure 11:Inter-Integrated Circuit (I2C).

Figure 10:Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI).

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Power Subsystem.
Battery.
DC-DC Converter .
Voltage Regulator (optional).

Figure 12:Battery.

Figure 13:voltage regulator.

Figure 11:DC-DC Converter .
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Power Management.
Dynamic power management

Scope

Global DPM.
Local DPM.

Dynamic operation modes.

Dynamic scaling.

Figure 14:Power saving configurations .

Figure 15:Application of dynamic voltage and frequency scaling..

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WSN in Aquaculture.
Water quality parameters in aquaculture:

Dissolved oxygen
Temperature
pH
un-ionized ammonia
nitrite
nitrate
carbon dioxide
alkalinity
solids

Figure 16: 6-Port Multiparameter Water Quality

Sonde with Anti-fouling Wiper.

Figure 17: Multiparameter Water Quality

Sonde .
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Figure 18: Different Parameter sensors .

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Conclusion.
Using the WSN to monitor the Water Quality will increase the productivity and
Utilizing DPM techniques will decrease the wasted energy by managing the
node power consumption.

Figure 19: Optical-DO-Monitor-on-Pond

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