Software development environment for prototyping IEEE 1451 smart sensors

Author

Randal, Vincent T.

Author_Institution

, Longmont

fYear

2007

fDate

6-8 Feb. 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

The design and implementation of a sensor network can take many forms. One possible approach is to utilize smart sensors as described in the IEEE 1451 family of standards. In this paper we describe a software development environment for prototyping a 1451 smart sensor. The development environment consists of Gensym G2 to model a sensor gateway and Python for prototyping a sensor protocol stack. Python´s strong built-in networking support for TCP and UDP make it a good choice for implementing a protocol stack. Additionally, we are developing an Ethereal dissector for 1451 protocol development and debugging.

Keywords

IEEE standards; electronic engineering computing; intelligent sensors; Ethereal dissector; Gensym G2; IEEE 1451 smart sensors prototyping; Python; TCP; UDP; sensor gateway; sensor network; sensor protocol stack; software development environment; Computer architecture; Intelligent sensors; Programming; Protocols; Prototypes; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Sensor systems; Software prototyping; Synthetic aperture sonar; Transducers; Ethereal; Gensym G2; IEEE 1451; Python; Python extensions; Sensor network; Smart sensor; Software development environment; WireShark network protocol analyzer; dissector plugin;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Sensors Applications Symposium, 2007. SAS '07. IEEE

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0678-1

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0678-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SAS.2007.374379

Filename

4248501