Ecowizard

EcoWizard is a wireless sensor network (WSN) specialized in energy related measurement. The device is built upon the IEEE 802.15.4 standard. It is regarded as energy monitoring version of NeoMote, one of the commonly used industrial mote systems.

Hardware

The device consists of a Printed Circuit board enclosed in an ABS housing.

Spec

  • AtMega128L Processor RAM4K- Program Flash Mem 128K - Serial Flash 512K - Config EEPROM 4K
  • Radio CC2420 2.4GHz IEEE 802.15.4 output 0dBm / 5dBm (amplified type).
  • Sleeve antenna.
  • UART
  • 50 pin connector

Sensor interfaces

  • Electric power meter interfaced by RS485
  • Flow meter (gas, fluid) interfaced by pulse input
  • RTD (PT100) temperature probe, 4 channel input
  • Air temperature, humidity, light sensor
  • DC Voltage 4 channel input
  • AC current, 4 channel input

Power Supply

  • Three or six AA drycell batteries
  • External power supply connector
  • DC from connected power meter
  • Automatic battery management provided by the software

Networking

The motes communicate using the IEEE 802.15.4 standard including the base-station approach to sensor networking. The NeoMote supports the IEEE 802.15.4 MAC layer, on top of which ZigBee or similar system layers can be built.

Software

Suppoted by a software in design platform for MICAz hardware called MoteWorks. The client software, MoteExplorer, is presinstalled in a Linux PC.

See also

  • Annual fuel utilization efficiency (AFUE)
  • Efficient energy use
  • Energy audit
  • Energy recovery
  • Energy-efficient landscaping
  • Energy Saving Modules
  • Energy-Service Company
  • Fuel efficiency
  • Green computing
  • Green Ethernet
  • Heat Pump
  • Over-illumination
  • Sensor Networks
  • Telemetry

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