DocumentCode :
3478868
Title :
Compact Buoy System for Scallop Cultivation Using Sensor Network Technologies
Author :
Wada, Masaaki ; Hatanaka, Katsumori ; Toda, Masashi
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Syst. Inf. Sci., Future Univ., Hokkaido
fYear :
2006
fDate :
18-21 Sept. 2006
Firstpage :
1
Lastpage :
6
Abstract :
In this paper, the authors present a compact buoy system used to observe seawater temperatures for scallop cultivation. The system is based on the sensor network technology, namely Micro Cube, which makes it possible to collect seawater temperatures from thermometers via the Internet. Thermometers adopted with a multi-drop interface for measuring the multi-layer seawater temperatures were also developed in this study. A low power micro controller is used as the A/D converter for thermistor in the thermometer. The thermometer has an accuracy of plusmn0.5 degree of Celsius. The buoy system developed for the scallop cultivation is extremely smaller and lighter than the general buoy system and designed for easy handling on the sea. That makes the present system easily applicable to fishery. The measured data are sent by an email from Micro Cube to the web database server via a dial up connection (PPP). The web database system for storing and showing measurements through the Internet has been configured by a free database engine on the Linux operating system. In this paper, the development of the system is described and the experiments carried out on the west coast of Hokkaido, Japan are discussed to demonstrate the applicability of the present system
Keywords :
Internet; analogue-digital conversion; aquaculture; geophysics computing; inter-computer links; ocean temperature; oceanographic regions; thermometers; A/D converter; Internet; Japan; Linux operating system; Micro Cube; PPP; compact buoy system; database engine; dial up connection; fishery; micro controller; multidrop interface; scallop cultivation; seawater temperatures; sensor network technology; thermistor; thermometers; web database server; west Hokkaido coast; Aquaculture; Databases; IP networks; Ocean temperature; Sea measurements; Sensor systems; Temperature sensors; Thermal sensors; Thermistors; Web server;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
OCEANS 2006
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0114-3
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0115-1
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/OCEANS.2006.307020
Filename :
4098857
Link To Document :
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