A wireless sensor network (WSN) is a network of spatially distributed autonomous sensors to monitor physical or environmental conditions, such as temperature, sound, air quality, etc. and to cooperatively pass their data through the network to a main location. This workshop will provide an introduction to WSN and into the Arduino platform in particular, through lectures and hands on sessions. It will give participants the opportunity to build their own WSN, to send data using different wireless technologies and to store measurements in online databases.
Target Audience
Network systems administrators and engineers from ISP/REN/Universities or corporations, who are responsible for network maintenance and planning.
Pre-Requisites
Medium to good knowledge of the UNIX/Linux command line environment
Basic knowledge of TCP/IP networking
Basic programming skills
PARTICIPANTS ARE REQUIRED TO BRING A LAPTOP
Workshop Topics
Intro to Arduino
Analog and Digital sensors
Installing the Arduino IDE, Hello World in Arduino
Reading data from internal sensors and Experimenting with Grove sensors
Options for WSN communications (802.15.4, WiFi, GPRS, BT)
Sending data using WiFi, Sending data to an online database
Planning the deployments
Setting up equipment for deployments
Deployments of sensors
Objectives
At the end of the workshop students will be able to:
Explain core concepts relating to the Arduino system
Explain the difference between and give examples of Analog and Digital sensors
Install the Arduino IDE and program the "Hello World" in Arduino
Read data from internal sensors and experiment with Grove sensors
Explain the options for WSN communications (802.15.4, WiFi, GPRS, BT)
Program Arduino units to sending data using WiFi including sending data to an online database