Design of a flood prediction system

Author

Al-Assadi, Waleed K. ; Gandla, Sandeep ; Sedigh, Sahra ; Dugganapally, Indira P.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Missouri Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Rolla, MO, USA

fYear

2009

fDate

4-7 Oct. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

This paper explains the chip design of a flood prediction system based on piezoelectric pressure sensors. The sensors are placed at different water levels and can dependably predict the occurrence of a flood. The main criteria considered in the design of the system are low cost, low power consumption, ease of installation, autonomy, reliability, and most importantly, provision of early alerts. Predicting the flood before its actual occurrence can buy sufficient time for residents to evacuate nearby areas, preventing loss of life and property. The design has been prototyped on Altera´s Cyclone DE2 FPGA board.

Keywords

field programmable gate arrays; floods; level measurement; piezoelectric devices; pressure sensors; safety systems; wireless sensor networks; Altera Cyclone DE2 FPGA; chip design; flood prediction system; piezoelectric pressure sensor; water level; Base stations; Batteries; Chemical sensors; Circuits; Electromagnetic radiation; Energy consumption; Floods; Power system reliability; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Sensor systems; FPGA; Flood Protection; Piezoelectric Pressure Sensors; VHDL; Wireless Sensor;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2009. ITSC '09. 12th International IEEE Conference on

Conference_Location

St. Louis, MO

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5519-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-5520-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ITSC.2009.5309516

Filename

5309516