Title :
Eco: ultra-wearable and expandable wireless sensor platform
Author :
Park, Chulsung ; Chou, Pai H.
Author_Institution :
Center for Embedded Comput. Syst., California Univ., Irvine, CA
Abstract :
Eco is a self-contained, ultra-wearable and expandable wireless sensor platform under 1cm3. Previous platforms make trade-offs between size or expandability. Eco achieves both with a novel flex-PCB expansion connector for digital/analog I/O, firmware programming, and battery charging. It can be folded up without obstruction or clipped off if expandability is no longer needed. Only 15% the volume of MICA2D0T, Eco has the same size as the nonexpandable muPart node but with several times more memory, processing and communication speeds. A separate data aggregator and a development/base-station board enable Eco nodes to form a high-performance body sensor network for pre-term infant monitoring and interactive dance
Keywords :
biomedical electronics; biomedical equipment; computerised instrumentation; digital instrumentation; patient monitoring; wearable computers; wireless sensor networks; Eco wireless sensor platform; MICA2D0T; battery charging; body sensor network; data aggregator; expandable wireless sensor platform; firmware programming; flex-PCB expansion connector; interactive dance; pre-term infant monitoring; ultra-wearable wireless sensor platform; Assembly; Battery charge measurement; Biomedical monitoring; Body area networks; Body sensor networks; Connectors; Microprogramming; Pins; Sensor systems; Wireless sensor networks;
Conference_Titel :
Wearable and Implantable Body Sensor Networks, 2006. BSN 2006. International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Cambridge, MA
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2547-4
DOI :
10.1109/BSN.2006.21
