Digital temperature and humidity monitoring unit for remote applications

Author

Matos, Rubens ; Cabral, S. ; Bravo, N. ; Cordeiro, A. ; Palma, J.

Author_Institution

Inst. Super. de Eng. de Lisboa, Inst. Politec. de Lisboa, Lisbon

fYear

2008

fDate

14-16 April 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

A digital hardware unit designed to integrate a network of digital thermometers as well as a group of analogue humidity sensors is presented. The unit was conceived to operate with low consumption as required for remote applications. The power supply is provided by a 230 VAC/12 VDC adapter or by internal rechargeable Ni-Cd batteries. The recorded data is stored in a 128 kbyte EEPROM and can be accessed by a single RS-232C port in a desktop or laptop PC through developed software. A GSM-SMS alarm system was also integrated to warning users about critical events.

Keywords

digital instrumentation; humidity sensors; remote sensing; temperature sensors; EEPROM; GSM-SMS alarm system; analogue humidity sensors; digital hardware unit designed; digital thermometers; humidity monitoring unit; internal rechargeable batteries; memory size 128 KByte; power supply; remote applications; temperature monitoring unit; voltage 12 V; Application software; Batteries; EPROM; Hardware; Humidity; Power supplies; Remote monitoring; Temperature measurement; Temperature sensors; Thermal sensors; Acquisition; Digital thermometers; Digital unit; GSM-SMS alarm system; HMI; Humidity sensors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Consumer Electronics, 2008. ISCE 2008. IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Vilamoura

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2422-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2422-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISCE.2008.4559427

Filename

4559427