Ethernet and PC‐based experiments on barometric altimetry using MEMS in a wireless sensor network

Abstract

This paper presents a training framework that applies to Micro-Electro-Mechanical-Systems (MEMS) technology. Recommendations are in line with a prototype educational platform along with an innovative set of experiments for a creative training on barometric altimetry. The proposed platform relies on a wireless sensor network system of Ethernet as well as PC-based (i.e., LabVIEW) user interface for ambient air pressure acquisition. The web user interface renders feasible the implementation of a single setup per class, while also minimizes students' occupation on software and hardware configuration activities; hence, students are concentrated on the problem solving process. The LabVIEW controlled interface advocates tutordemonstration by means of real-time graphical monitoring of the measurement procedure. The wireless system feature provides flexibility in experimentation, allowing the examination of particular sensor characteristics (related to the design of a MEMS system) that regularly require an exceptionally expensive apparatus. ß 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Comput Appl Eng Educ 24: [443][444][445][446][447][448][449][450][451][452][453][454][455] 2016; View this article online at wileyonlinelibrary.com/ journal/cae;

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