European Conference on Computing in Construction

Proceedings of the 2022 European Conference on Computing in Construction

     

Evaluation of low-cost microcontroller-based electronic systems for simple sensor node applications

Benjamin Burse 1, Kristina Doycheva 2, Andreas Aicher 3, Christian Walther 4
1 Bauhaus-University Weimar, Chair for Computing in Civil Engineering, Germany
2 Fraunhofer IVI, Fraunhofer Institute for Transportation and Infrastructure Systems, Germany
3 Bauhaus-University Weimar, Chair for Urban Water Management and Sanitation, Germany
4 Bauhaus-University Weimar, Institute of Structural Mechanics, Germany

DOI: 10.35490/EC3.2022.191
Abstract: Single-board computers like Raspberry Pi, have enabled a wide variety of monitoring applications. Microcontroller development boards offer similar functionality, but at a lower cost. Still, they are not used widely because they are supposed being slow. This paper aims to evaluate the abilities of modern microcontrollers and compares them to single-board computers. For this purpose, a market research and experiments are conducted. The results show that promising low-cost microcontrollers exist, which could be applied to reduce the cost per node or increase the number of nodes used in one monitoring system simultaneously.
Keywords: sensor network, microcontroller, monitoring
Paper:
EC32022_191

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