Physical positions detection using RFID for on/off sensors applications in harsh environments

Author

Roudet, Fabrice ; Coutelou, Olivier ; Bruel, Marc ; Vuong, Tan-Phu ; Tedjini, Smail

Author_Institution

Schneider Electr., Grenoble

fYear

2006

fDate

10-12 Sept. 2006

Firstpage

288

Lastpage

290

Abstract

This paper presents the design of a system allowing us to monitor physical position of equipment´s in electrical distribution switchboards. We obtained good performances by combining standard RFID (radio frequency identification) products and simple mechanical devices. By adopting a pragmatic approach and taking account of propagation in harsh environment, we finally realized a simple and quite low cost on/off RFID sensor for circuit breakers. Experimental results are confirmed and optimized using theoretical predictions. In addition, this principle could be used to monitor equipment´s with multiple positions (2 and more) involved

Keywords

circuit breakers; radiofrequency identification; sensors; RFID; circuit breaker; electrical distribution switchboard; on-off sensor; physical position detection; radio frequency identification; Antenna measurements; Antennas and propagation; Attenuation; Circuit breakers; Fading; Monitoring; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency identification; Receiving antennas; Switching circuits; RFID; harsh environment; on/off sensor; positions detection;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Technology, 2006. The 9th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Manchester

Print_ISBN

2-9600551-5-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ECWT.2006.280493

Filename

4057496