A low-cost IoT based environmental monitoring system. A citizen approach to pollution awareness

Velásquez, Pablo César Manyoma; Vasquez, Lorenzo; Correa, Christian; Rivera, Diego

doi:10.1109/chilecon.2017.8229599

Cited by 26 publications

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“…• Ref. [16] is the paper that, in this survey, is most aware of aspects related to the cost. The authors describe the prototype design and evaluate energy consumption, showing its dependency from the target application.…”

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Low-Cost IoT: A Holistic Approach

Ciuffoletti

2018

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Abstract:The key factors for a successful smart-city project are its initial cost and its scalability. The initial cost depends on several inter-related aspects that cannot be designed and optimized separately. After the pilot deployment, scaling-up takes place only if the cost remains affordable: an initial financial support may induce dependencies from technologies that become unsustainable in the long period. In addition, the initial adoption of an emerging technology that fails to affirm may jeopardize investment return. This paper investigates a smart-village use case, the success of which strongly depends on the initial cost and scalability, exploring a low-cost way for Internet of Things (IoT). We propose a simple conceptual framework for cost evaluation, and we verify its effectiveness with an exhaustive use case: a prototype sensor designed and tested with its surrounding eco-system. Using experimental results, we can estimate both performance and cost for a pilot system made of fifty sensors deployed in an urban area. We show that such cost grows linearly with system size, taking advantage of widely adopted technologies. The code and the design of the prototype are available, so that all steps are reproducible.

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Low-Cost IoT: A Holistic Approach

Ciuffoletti

2018

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“…Ref [41] present a low-cost environmental node to monitor Carbon Monoxide (CO), temperature, relative humidity, particulate matter 2.5, noise and UV radiation sensors. In this case, a Stalker microcontroller is selected to build the proposed solution.…”

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“…The total price depends on the number of sensors included and the features and functionalities that each microcontroller can perform. Our system is more expensive than [41,42], but our solution includes more sensors and adds energy components such as a solar panel, MPPT and a battery. The new SEnviro version is cheaper than the previous one, the difference being e 29.83.…”

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“…Some studies propose webApp [7,40,41] or mobile app [39] clients to manage IoT nodes in terms of visualizing the collected sensor data. Our approach offers a responsive web app client to adapt the layout depending on the final device.…”

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“…Finally, only three analyzed studies [7,39,41] can be considered an autonomous energy solution. If we add the feature of autonomous connectivity (Connection column), only our approach can be considered a fully autonomous solution.…”

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A Comprehensive IoT Node Proposal Using Open Hardware. A Smart Farming Use Case to Monitor Vineyards

2018

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The last decade has witnessed a significant reduction in prices and an increased performance of electronic components, coupled with the influence of the shift towards the generation of open resources, both in terms of knowledge (open access), programs (open-source software), and components (open hardware). This situation has produced different effects in today's society, among which is the empowerment of citizens, called makers, who are themselves able to generate citizen science or build assembly developments. Situated in the context described above, the current study follows a Do-It-Yourself (DIY) approach. In this way, it attempts to define a conceptual design of an Internet of Things (IoT) node, which is reproducible at both physical and behavioral levels, to build IoT nodes which can cover any scenario. To test this conceptual design, this study proposes a sensorization node to monitor meteorological phenomena. The node is called SEnviro (node) and features different improvements such as: the possibility of remote updates using Over-the-Air (OTA) updates; autonomy, using 3G connectivity, a solar panel, and applied energy strategies to prolong its life; and replicability, because it is made up of open hardware and other elements such as 3D-printed pieces. The node is validated in the field of smart agriculture, with the aim of monitoring different meteorological phenomena, which will be used as input to disease detection models to detect possible diseases within vineyards.

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