MICAz
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The MICAz [1] is a 2.4Ghz Mote used for enabling low-power, wireless sensor networks.
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Hardware Specifications
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Sensing available via expansion boards non-limiting to:
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| I/O: |
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| CPU: |
Atmega 128L Microcontroller
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| Storage: |
See CPU |
Applications
- Wireless sensor networks
- Security, Surveillance and Force Protection
- Environmnetal Monitoring
- Large scale wireless networks (1000+ nodes)
Power
- 1+ year battery life on AA batteries (Using sleep modes)
Software
MICAz is supported by MoteWorks which is based on theTinyOs environment.
Additional Information
- MICAz Datasheet
- Crossbow - MICAz
- The Sensor Network Museumtm - MicaZ
- Nano-RK - MicaZ Support
- An Experiment using MICAz Wireless Sensor Nodes (Youtube Video)
Papers
- Mache, J., Allick, C., Charnas, J., Hickman, A., Tyman, D., Sensor Network Lab Exercises Using TinyOS and MicaZ Motes, Proceedings of the International Conference on Pervasive Systems & Computing, 2006.
- L. Uhsadel, Comparison of low-power public key cryptography on micaz 8-bit microcontroller, Master’s thesis, Ruhr-University Bochum, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, 2007.
- Su, W., Alzagha, M., Channel Propagation Measurement and Simulation of MICAz mote, WSEAS Trans. on Computers, Issue 4, Vol. 7, Apr 2008, pp.259-264.
- Werner-Allen, G.; Swieskowski, P.; Welsh, M., MoteLab: a wireless sensor network testbed, Information Processing in Sensor Networks, 2005. IPSN 2005. Fourth International Symposium on , vol., no., pp. 483-488, 15 April 2005
References
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