Microsystem controller for sensor network control and data correction

Author

Balasundaram, Prasanna ; Vaidyanathan, Kartik ; Mason, Andrew

Author_Institution

Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2004

fDate

23-26 May 2004

Abstract

A microcontroller specifically tailored to the processing needs and energy budget of battery-powered sensor-based microsystems is described. The microsystem controller contains both a microprocessor core and a data computation engine to support the operation control and data processing needs common to sensor systems. The RISC microprocessor is capable of general-purpose control and data handling but also includes hardware blocks and instructions to facilitate sensor network communications. The configurable computation engine provides energy-efficient hardware for digital calibration and compensation of sensor data and supports general signal processing algorithms. The methodology, features and functionality, of the microsystem controller, are presented.

Keywords

data handling; microcontrollers; microsensors; reduced instruction set computing; sensor fusion; signal processing; RISC microprocessor; battery powered microsystems; data computation engine; data correction; data handling; data processing; digital calibration; microprocessor core; microsystem controller; reduced instruction set computing; sensor based microsystem; sensor network communication; sensor network control; signal processing; Communication system control; Control systems; Data processing; Engines; Hardware; Microcontrollers; Microprocessors; Process control; Reduced instruction set computing; Sensor systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Circuits and Systems, 2004. ISCAS '04. Proceedings of the 2004 International Symposium on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8251-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISCAS.2004.1329395

Filename

1329395