creators_name: Torres, Santiago J. Barro creators_name: Cascon, Carlos J. Escudero type: journalp datestamp: 2009-11-14 11:36:22 lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:57:31 metadata_visibility: show title: Embedded Sensor System for Early Pathology Detection in Building Construction ispublished: pub subjects: comp-sci-art-intel full_text_status: public abstract: Structure pathology detection is an important security task in building construction, which is performed by an operator by looking manually for damages on the materials. This activity could be dangerous if the structure is hidden or difficult to reach. On the other hand, embedded devices and wireless sensor networks (WSN) are becoming popular and cheap, enabling the design of an alternative pathology detection system to monitor structures based on these technologies. This article introduces a ZigBee WSN system, intending to be autonomous, easy to use and with low power consumption. Its functional parts are fully discussed with diagrams, as well as the protocol used to collect samples from sensor nodes. Finally, several tests focused on range and power consumption of our prototype are shown, analysing whether the results obtained were as expected or not. date: 2009-08 date_type: published publication: S. J. B. Torres and C. J. E. Cascon, "Embedded Sensor System for Early Pathology Detection in Building Construction", International Journal of Computer Science Issues, IJCSI, Volume 1, pp26-35, August 2009 volume: 1 publisher: International Journal of Computer Science Issues, IJCSI refereed: TRUE citation: Torres, Santiago J. Barro and Cascon, Carlos J. Escudero (2009) Embedded Sensor System for Early Pathology Detection in Building Construction. [Journal (Paginated)] document_url: http://cogprints.org/6686/1/1-26-35.pdf