P06501: About Zigbee Technology
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P06501 : ABOUT ZIGBEE TECHNOLOGY 2005 5 Engineers : 2 CE, 3 EE Sponsors : Sensorcon, PCB Express Advisor : Dr Hu, Dr Reddy
Problem : Crossbow Technology provides wireless sensor motes but cost deters the creation of large networks
Requirements : Sending commands to the network, receiving messages from the connected mote and display the real time network topology
Solution : Create low cost ZigBee Data Forwarding Unit (DFU) hardware and software prototype
P06501 : ABOUT ZIGBEE TECHNOLOGYWhy :
Low-powerLow-costUse of standard (Protocols and
Hardware)Results : 3 concepts have been studied, only one until the end Life-time calculations : more than 4 years The final project works Open-Source, Open-Architecture
Conclusion : This project match with our project, the low-power is very useful. The only problem is the range, which is 30ft outdoor. Is it possible to go further with this technology?
Lessons Learned : Find different solutions for the same
problem Low-power implies sleeping devices :
how to transmit data to sleeping devices Most important : separate each part of
the project in sub-projects, hence the need of good modularity (interface device/device)