Low-power wireless sensor network for frost monitoring in agriculture research

Author

Diedrichs, Ana Laura ; Tabacchi, German ; Grunwaldt, Guillermo ; Pecchia, Matias ; Mercado, G. ; Gonzalez Antivilo, Francisco

Author_Institution

Fac. Regional Mendoza, Dept. Electron., Univ. Tecnol. Nac., Mendoza, Argentina

fYear

2014

fDate

11-13 June 2014

Firstpage

525

Lastpage

530

Abstract

This work presents the development of a wireless sensor network (WSN), based on IEEE-802.15.4, in order to be used for frost characterization in precision agriculture by measuring temperature. Our key objective is to reduce the power consumption of the network to the minimum, allowing several measurement points per node and the remote monitoring of the sensors behaviour. For the communication interface between a WSN node and the sensors, we have developed a serial protocol inspired in SDI-12. Preliminary results show a low-cost and low-power WSN. The user can access and use the data for agronomic research.

Keywords

Zigbee; access protocols; agriculture; power consumption; remote sensing; telecommunication power management; temperature measurement; wireless sensor networks; IEEE-802.15.4; SDI-12; WSN; agriculture research; communication interface; frost monitoring; low-power wireless sensor network; power consumption; precision agriculture; remote monitoring; serial protocol; temperature measurement; Batteries; Probes; Synchronization; Temperature measurement; Temperature sensors; Wireless sensor networks; IEEE 802.15.4; Micro-climate; Precision Agriculture; Remote Sensing; WPAN; Wireless Sensor Network; low-power WSN;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Biennial Congress of Argentina (ARGENCON), 2014 IEEE

Conference_Location

Bariloche

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-4270-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ARGENCON.2014.6868546

Filename

6868546