Communication and logging hub for rapid prototyping of environmental sensors: presenting the Smartphone

Hut, R. (Speaker)

Water Resources

Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference

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paper: H41J-1582

Period	14 Dec 2017
Event title	AGU Fall Meeting 2017
Event type	Conference
Location	New Orleans, United States, LouisianaShow on map

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When desiging prototype sensors for environmental variables a critical step is a comparison campaign where the new sensor is compared to current state of the art sensors. In this step one of the headaches for researchers can be connecting their sensor to a logging or communication device. I present a simple solution: to use smartphone that scans for Bluetooth Low Energy transmissions and uploads any measurement to a data server. In this way the prototype sensor only has to transmit its measurement values over BLE, which can be done using off-the-shelf components. The sensors don’t have to be physically connected to the phone, allowing for very rapid deployment of sensors in locations that have a communication hub (ie. phone) installed. The communication and logging hub consists of nothing more than a low cost Android smartphone running a dedicated app. The phone is encased in a waterproof box with a large powerbank and a solar panel. I will demonstrate this live at the Fall Meeting.