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Distributed, Embedded Sensor and Actuator Platforms

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Distributed embedded sensor and actuator platforms will be at the core of any research initiatives on smart objects. In this context, recent developments in wireless sensing and micro-sensor technologies provide foundation platforms for considering the development of effective modular systems. They offer the prospect, currently at a prototyping level, of flexibility in use and network scalability. Wireless sensor devices are the hardware building blocks required to construct the core elements of wireless sensor networks. A number of large scale research programmes have developed over the last few years to explore these emerging technologies. We review some of the largest of these, including a review of the current wireless sensor integration technologies. This chapter will also look more closely at some of the more well-known wireless motes that are being used as toolkits for research, development and field trials.

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Barton, J., Jung, E. (2008). Distributed, Embedded Sensor and Actuator Platforms. In: Ambient Intelligence with Microsystems. Microsystems, vol 18. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-46264-6_5

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