Implementation of remote temperature-measuring by using a thermopile for Wireless Sensor Network

Author

Tsai, Chin-Fu ; Huang, Wei-Sheng

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., Nat. Chin-Yi Univ. of Technol., Taichung, Taiwan

fYear

2012

fDate

18-20 July 2012

Firstpage

1325

Lastpage

1328

Abstract

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) is an important platform to build an intelligent house in the future. This paper describes a non-contact thermometer by detecting an object´s radiant power. We attempt to design a portable device for remote measuring temperature, and then the device will be developed as a sensing node for WSN. A thermopile equipped with a lens was used to implement the performance. The detection range is from 0°C to 300°C. The average error is within ±3°C. In this study, LabVIEW software was used to perform the design of a thermistor linearization and data logging. This study may provide a useful reference for researchers attempting to increase quality of remote radiometry^.

Keywords

data loggers; intelligent sensors; lenses; object detection; portable instruments; radiometry; temperature measurement; temperature sensors; thermistors; thermometers; thermopiles; virtual instrumentation; wireless sensor networks; LabVIEW software; WSN; data logging; intelligent house building; lens; noncontact thermometer; object radiant power detection; portable device; remote radiometry quality; remote temperature-measurement; temperature 0 degC to 300 degC; thermistor linearization; thermopile; wireless sensor network; Performance evaluation; Temperature; Temperature measurement; Temperature sensors; Thermistors; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks; blackbody; emissivity; infrared; thermistor; thermopile;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial Electronics and Applications (ICIEA), 2012 7th IEEE Conference on

Conference_Location

Singapore

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-2118-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICIEA.2012.6360927

Filename

6360927