Micaz
MICAz is a wireless sensor network (WSN) mote developed by Crossbow Technology. The device is built upon the IEEE 802.15.4 standard. It is one of the most commonly used mote system in the world.
Hardware
The device consists of a Printed Circuit board of two AA drycell size for flexible modification by the user. Product numbers are MPR2400 and MPR2600
Board
- AtMega128L Processor - Program Flash Mem 128K - Serial Flash 512K - Config EEPROM 4K
- Radio Chip CC24202.4 GHz IEEE 802.15.4
- MMCX ant connector
- UART
- 10 bit built-in ADC
- 51 pin connector
Sensor Boards
- MTS310 2-axis accelerometer, 2-axis magnetometer, microphone, temperature, light, piezo-speaker
- MTS420 GPS receiver, 2-axis accelerometer, temperature, humidity, barometer, light
- MTS400 2-axis accelerometer, temperature, humidity, barometer, light
- MDA300 universal input/output interface: 11 ch 12bit ADC, relay outputs, counter, sensor excitation volt out, temp/hum.
- MDA100 universal breadboard, temperature, light
Power Supply
- Two AA drycell batteries
- External power supply connector
- 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 MICAz supports the IEEE 802.15.4 MAC layer, on top of which ZigBee or similar system layers can be built.
Software
Suppoted by TinyOS, Xmesh(MoteWorks), SOS, LiteOS, Mantis, Contiki and Nano-RK.
External links
ja:MICAz