Environment monitoring and device control using

ARM based Embedded Controlled Sensor Network

Vaneet Singh
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, I. P. Singh
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, s. K. Sud
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Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India
1 V aneet2007@gmail.com
Abstact- Embedded controlled sensor network is the
technology used to implement environmental solutions
effectively. Many researchers have been making attempts to
develop the embedded controlled sensor network. The existing
systems are bulky, very costly and difcult to maintain. The
proposed system is cost effective and controlled by user friendly
embedded systems. In the proposed system ARM based
microcontroller and wireless sensors are used to control the
various devices and to monitor the information regarding the
environment using Zig bee and GSM technologies.
Inde Terms- Embedded contoled sensor networks,
Environment monitoring system.
I. INTRODUCTION
In the twenty frst century, there is revolution of the
sensor networks which have also come up with various
applications like surveillance, taffc contol, environmental
and wildlife monitoring, agricultural application, home
automation and industial process contol [1 ].Embedded
controlled sensor networks (ECSN) are mainly designed to
be application- specifc so that the energy consumption is
minimum as the battery-powered nodes demand life-time of
several months or even a few years. The architecture of a
typical embedded controlled sensor network is shown in
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Fig. 1 Embedded contolled sensor network
The available technologies are Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Wi-Max,
wireless mobile Ad-hoc network (WMANET), UMB, wireless
HRT, Bluetooth and ZigBee. Embedded sensor networks are
formed by communicating over wireless links without using a
fxed networked infastucture contolled by microcontoller.
Zigbee is the name for a short-range, low-power, low-cost,
and low-data-rate wireless multi-hop networking technology.
Block diagram of ECSN consists of a master circuit which
is conected to number of sub networks consisting of the
various slaves. Master circuit is connected by a personal
computer which can be contolled by the interet. Wireless
technologies for environmental monitoring and device contol
in homes offers many benefts to the users.
I T. METHODOLOGY
Environment monitoring and device contol allows new level
of comfort in homes and it can also manage the energy
consumption effciently which in turs promotes the saving.
Remote contolling of the devices offers many advantages to
senior citizens and people with disabilities which helps them
in being more autonomous and increasing quality of life. In
addition to remote contol, monitoring temperature, food and
carbon monoxide in homes is also a major concer. There is a
severe need to monitor temperature or gases as they can be
costly and deadly. A monitored low temperature sensor wars
about feezing temperatures inside house. Also if the boiler,
washer or pipes leaks in the home, it can cause considerable
damage.
Guangming Song (etc) [2] developed a wireless-controllable
power outlet system. Researchers have worked on home
automation and environmental monitoring system in the past
but in the existing systems cost is high, size is an issue and
they are diffcult to maintain [3][4][5][6].
The proposed system is cost effective and contolled by
user fiendly embedded systems. The block diagram of the
proposed system is as shown in fgure2. In this proposed
system, we have designed one master module which consists
of microcontoller, GSM module and Zigbee module. Three
slave modules are designed using Sbit microcontoller and
Zigbee module. Remote contol circuit is designed to control
the various devices of home for short distance
communication.GSM module is used for long distance control
of devices and monitoring of environment of home.
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communication we have used STM300, which is a ti band
GSM/GPRS engine. The STM 300 is integrated with the AT
commands and are developed to use TCP/TP protocol easily,
which is very usefl for data tansfer applications.GSM uses
AT commands via its serial interface to contol the
devices.Zigbee technology is used for wireless personal area
networking. Zigbee technology offers simplicity and a cost
effective approach to building, constuction and remodeling
with wireless technology.
The circuit diagram of the master network designed using
the AR microcontoller, GSM module and Zigbee module is
as shown below in fgure 3.
Tn slave module we have used 89C51 microcontoller along
with zigbee module and sensors for monitoring the
environment. The various sensors which are connected with
the slave module are gas sensor, humidity sensor, temperature
sensor. The devices which are to required to be controlled
remotely can be connected with the slave module.
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CONCLUSION
This paper demonstates designing of embedded controlled
sensor networks used for contolling the home devices as well
as monitoring the environmental parameters. The features of
GSM and Zigbee are explored to design the system for long
distance as well as short distance .. Embedded contolled sensor
networks have proven themselves to be a reliable solution in
providing remote contol and sensing for indoor
environmental monitoring systems. Three commercial sensors
had been integrated with the system to monitor and compute
the level of existence of CO gas, temperature and humidity in
atosphere usmg information and communication
technologies.
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Vaneet Singh received B.E. degree in Electronics Engineering in
1997. He had obtained his M. Tech. degree in Integrated Electronics
and Circuits fom I.I. T Delhi in 2004.He is pursuing Ph.D fom IIT
Delhi and currently working as Associate Professor in Guru Tegh
Bahadur Institute of Technology, Delhi. His teaching and research
interests are embedded telecommunications. microprocessor
applications, digital signal Processing and wireless sensor networks.
He has co-authored various books and research papers in the jourals
and conferences.
I. P. Singh was born at Allahabad, India in 1947. He had received his
B.E degree in mechanical engineering fom REC Durgapur, India in
1969. He had obtained his M. Tech. degree in Design Engineering and
Ph.D. degree in Solid Mechanics fom I.I.T Delhi in 1971 and 1978,
respectively. Currently, he is an Associate Professor at the Instrument
Design Development Centre at I.I.T. Delhi, India. His current
interests include microcontroller applications, instrumentation and
composite materials.
S. K. Sud was born at Lahore, India in 1946. He had received his B.E
degree in Electronics and Communication and M. E. degree in
applied electronics and servomechanisms fom University of
Roorkee, India (now Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee) in
1967 and 1969, respectively. He worked as Chief Design Engineer
(Selection Grade) at the Design Development Centre at I.I.T. Delhi,
India. His current interests include electronic instrumentation,
microprocessor and microcontroller applications, hybrid electric
vehicles, and micro turbine controllers. He has co-authored many
research papers in the above areas in the jourals and conferences.