Title :
FPGA based wireless sensor node for distributed process monitoring
Author :
Goh, K.M. ; Ong, Sim Heng ; Joe, Yen Yen ; Kusolpalin, P. ; Moh, W.P. ; Ling, K.V.
Author_Institution :
Manuf. Execution & Control Group, Singapore Inst. of Manuf. Technol., Singapore, Singapore
Abstract :
In this paper, we investigate FPGA based wireless sensor node for distributed process monitoring. The research uses Collaborative Clusters of wireless sensor nodes concept to achieve distributed monitoring. To demonstrate the concept, a virtual chemical process unit in a typical chemical plant is used as an example application. The paper also presents the implementation of wireless sensor node with FPGA as the secondary processor. The sensor nodes will measure and pre-process raw data from sensor source before sending them to a higher order node in the network in order to achieve real-time monitoring. To enable the sensor nodes for rapid creation of wireless sensing applications, an improved system setup is proposed and the results of the implementation will be discussed.
Keywords :
chemical industry; field programmable gate arrays; process monitoring; wireless sensor networks; FPGA based wireless sensor node; chemical plant; collaborative clusters; distributed monitoring; distributed process monitoring; pre-process raw data; real-time monitoring; sensor source; virtual chemical process unit; wireless sensing applications; Base stations; Data models; Field programmable gate arrays; Monitoring; Temperature distribution; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks; formatting; insert; style; styling;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Electronics and Applications (ICIEA), 2012 7th IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Singapore
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-2118-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICIEA.2012.6361045