4 Bit Link Estimation
There is a new link estimator for TinyOS 2.0 now that significantly improves on the previous link estimation techniques. More information in this technical report.
Archive for October 4, 2007
Automatic Meter Reading in Chinese Utility Industry
China represents the fastest growing market globally with a population of over 1.3 billion people and has maintained two digits economic growth rate since last twenty years. At the beginning of 2007, there are approximately 348 million electricity meters, 200 million water meters and nearly 100 million gas meters installed in the whole country of [...]
ZigBee Networks Grow, Power Use Doesn't
The wireless metering and control technology known as ZigBee is gaining more traction. In Sweden , the city of Gothenburg is on the verge of becoming the first city to use ZigBee to read meters. The city’s energy company, Goteborg Energi AB, is working with Nuri AiMiR AMM Systems to install ZigBee meter readers to [...]
Sun SPOT SDK v3.0 beta
The beta version of the Sun SPOT SDK v3.0 (purple) beta has just been released. There are many technical improvements, but what is really interesting is the new application currently called SPOTWorld. It is a new class of program that helps you to manage a network of wireless motes. It gives you graphical and list [...]
